"Calm"
If you ask anyone close to me, they will tell you I can be a very stressed out person. And they wouldn’t be wrong I thrive on stress, I thrive when my mind works a hundred miles per hour. But some would say that I can’t be calm, and here they’re wrong. I can be calm . I cannot calm down when I am stressed, but I can be calm, and content. Photo: Maha Ali Like this very moment, I am calm. The breeze of Lake Michigan blowing my hair, random songs playing through my headphones blocking out the hustle of the world, and it’s just me, my laptop, and the lake. (And Sarah) For me, at this moment, it’s just my thoughts, the words that I’m typing. This isn’t the only moment that calms me though, it’s one of many. The world calms me. Large buildings (even the ones that are architecturally uninspiring), Masjids and temples with large domes, a bus ride home-things that remind me that there is more to the world. Large, empowering things, that remind me that the world is not just you, an