A Nightmare

A Nightmare

Reflections
May 23, 2025•1 min read

Imagine if this happens?!

Imagine a whole day passes—24 full hours—and you haven’t read a single useful thing to feed your mind or advance your life. That’s not just a missed opportunity; it’s a quiet regression.

Every day, your mind is either growing or shrinking. There is no standing still. If you’re not feeding it with knowledge, insight, or reflection, you’re allowing ignorance, stagnation, and distraction to creep in by default.

Think about it: your future self is being shaped by what you do—or don’t do—today. One day of not reading may feel harmless, but days become habits, and habits become your character.

It’s like refusing water for a plant—not out of neglect, but because you thought one day wouldn’t matter. Do that enough, and the plant weakens. So does the soul and mind when you deny it nourishing knowledge.

So ask yourself: what did I learn today that made me better than yesterday?

If the answer is “nothing,” then it’s not just a wasted day—it’s a day stolen from your potential.

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Sayyid Haidar Bahreluloom is a strategist, lecturer, and public intellectual. His studies under the tutelage of the professors of the Islamic Seminary in the Holy City of Najaf, and his lectures in communities across the globe, have ranged across theology, jurisprudence, philosophy, ethics, and community development. In addition to serving as an advisor and trustee of The Mainstay Foundation, Sayyid Bahreluloom is a strategy consultant at a research and advisory firm.

Sayyid Haidar Bahreluloom

Sayyid Haidar Bahreluloom is a strategist, lecturer, and public intellectual. His studies under the tutelage of the professors of the Islamic Seminary in the Holy City of Najaf, and his lectures in communities across the globe, have ranged across theology, jurisprudence, philosophy, ethics, and community development. In addition to serving as an advisor and trustee of The Mainstay Foundation, Sayyid Bahreluloom is a strategy consultant at a research and advisory firm.

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