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Patience

If you asked me a year ago what I thought of patience I would have responded that patience was overrated. I would then say that patient people are...

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LESSONS FROM OUR CHILDHOOD

For some reason or another people don’t say please, thank you, or I’m sorry. These words are very powerful and can make a relationship...

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THE ART OF COMPLAINING

After I speak or after someone reads my book, one of the most frequent comments that I get is that they are embarrassed of complaining. Now, do I...

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MY PROCESS AS A WRITER

When I tell people that I wrote my first book ...

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SOURENA V.'s TOP TEN TWEETS

I was reluctant to start tweeting because I assumed that I would tweet stuff such as having dinner with my friend or it’s midnight and I...

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DESTINY

The beginning of 1998 was a particularly difficult time in my life. It was in the middle of a series of events that brought me face to face with my...

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ARE WE HANGING OUT

My mother Zahra went back to school to get her degree in the late 80s. Back then, my father Ben worked at his restaurant all day on Sundays....

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A LESSON IN DIFFICULT TIMES

When times get challenging we become more disciplined. When times are good, it’s in our nature to not be quite so rigid, and this does not...

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GETTING BORED

Oftentimes, my life as a disabled person feels like stop and go traffic. The setting has to be just right in order for me to work my hardest, which...

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ALWAYS GIVE 100%

We constantly hear that if you want to succeed, you must always give 100% of your effort.  I disagree with this. There are many times when...

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