Sherifat

Sherifat

Balancing Career and Personal Life

If I’m honest, balance hasn’t always come naturally to me. There have been times when work took over more space in my life than I realised. It started subtly; wanting to do well, wanting to keep up, wanting to prove…

The Most Important Lessons I Learned at Work

Work Has Taught Me More About Myself Than I Expected When I first started working, I thought it would simply be about building skills, gaining experience, and moving forward in a clear, structured way. I assumed that if I worked…

The Role of Gratitude in My Life

Gratitude wasn’t always a natural part of my life.If I’m honest, for a long time I was more focused on what was missing, what was difficult, what didn’t go the way I expected. And there was a lot of that.…

Finding Strength in Difficult Times

If I’m being honest, I don’t always feel strong. There have been moments—more than I like to admit—where everything just felt like too much. Not in a dramatic, life-falling-apart kind of way necessarily, but in that quieter, heavier way. The…

What Faith Means to Me After 50 Years

Fifty years is a long time to believe in anything. Long enough to question it, walk away from it, come back to it, reshape it, and sometimes hold onto it by nothing more than a thread. If you had asked…

Moments When Prayer Changed My Perspective

There have been times in my life when prayer didn’t just feel like saying words—it felt like a lifeline. I remember one particularly stressful period during my engineering studies. I was buried in assignments and exams, and I kept worrying…

How Faith Became My Anchor in Life

Faith has been a quiet but powerful presence in my life, shaping the way I see the world and helping me navigate challenges. As a child, I faced moments of uncertainty—dreams that didn’t go as planned, expectations from my parents…