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The best advice I ever received was "Be one with the floor." It is a tool to quiet fer.

Hope emerges not from certainty but from presence, anchoring in this moment when tomorrow feels impossible.

Rejection and loss reveal what we’re made of and redirect us toward who we’re meant to become.

Transformation begins with tiny acts—mopping a floor mindfully, writing one page, making one call.

When I first arrived in America from Bangladesh in 1986, I was a 19-year-old student with just $700, a suitcase, and dreams far bigger than my circumstances. I spoke little English, knew no one, and had no safety net. The weight of uncertainty was heavy, but it also sparked my journey.

At Southern Illinois University, I studied engineering by day and worked as a janitor by night. Those gr

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