Entries by Moiz Amjad

The Comparison Trap

    یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں I still remember the afternoon I walked out of the seminar hall feeling really small. A colleague had pulled me aside after my presentation and said, almost casually, “You know… you’re not as energetic and quick as the other speaker. He’s much better.” I nodded politely, but inside […]

When I Finally Stopped Running From My Feelings

    یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں For weeks, something inside me felt unsettled—like a quiet ache pressing against the edges of the heart. From the outside, the incident that caused it probably looked small, even insignificant. But inside, it felt heavy—dense—like someone had quietly switched off a light. I kept trying to outrun it. […]

The Clarity I Have for Others—but Not for Myself

  یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں A few days ago, I was sitting with a friend, sharing a frustration I had carried for years. “It’s so strange,” I told him. “I can clearly see what others should do. I can untangle their emotional knots, articulate principles, even guide children through stormy feelings… but when life […]

Meaning Over Happiness

    یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں We were sitting in our usual corner of the café—two chipped cups, a quiet afternoon, and the kind of conversation that only happens when the world outside feels slow enough to think. I don’t even remember how we got there, but somewhere between sips of steaming tea, I […]

These—Right Here—Are the Good Times

    یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں I was sitting with a friend a few days ago on a slow afternoon when our conversation naturally turned to deeper, more personal thoughts. Without intending to, I admitted something that had quietly been bothering me for years. “I’ve spent so much of my life waiting,” I said. […]

Borrowed Identity

      یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں I still remember the day I walked into his lecture hall. There was a strange silence in the air, the kind that signals something important is about to be said. He smiled softly, almost knowingly. “Welcome,” he said. “Sit. I want to begin with a story.” The […]

A System Obsessed with Measurability

      یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں I found him sitting under the old neem tree near the deserted school playground — a quiet figure in a world obsessed with noise. Children rushed past us, clutching worksheets and textbooks, reciting facts like holy hymns of a new religion: marks, grades, exams, ranks, percentages. I […]

Wrong Decisions Made with Good Intentions

      یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں I once went through something painful and confusing — and if you’ve ever made a sincere decision that later turned out to be wrong, you’ll understand me. I remember asking my teacher one day, almost with guilt in my voice, “I made a decision with full sincerity. […]

Is Patience Resignation?

    یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں We sat together after a long, exhausting day—tea growing cold on the table—when I finally opened up about something I had been struggling with for years. “I need to confess something,” I said, staring at the steam rising from my cup. “Every time I try my best and […]

Feedback, Humility & Growth

    یہ مضمون اردو میں پڑھیں We were sitting together after a long class—papers scattered, empty cups on the table—when I finally said something that had been quietly bothering me. “I’ve realized something strange,” I said. “Sometimes I only notice my mistakes much later—when I listen to a recording of myself or reflect after […]