What motivates you?
When I think about what motivates me, it always comes back to legacy. Not wealth or property, but the moments I’ll leave behind. My children are at the heart of this. They are the continuation of me, long after I’m gone.
Charity is a strong part of that too. A kind word, a helping hand, a small act done quietly — these things matter more than we realise. I’ve learnt that what you give away never really leaves you, it lives on in ways you may never see, through the people you’ve helped.
This blog is also a piece of that same motivation. My words, my stories, my reflections, they’re fragments of me. Maybe one day my children will read them and understand me more, or maybe someone else will stumble across them and feel less alone.
Life has taught me many lessons, and each time I’ve learned something new. I want my children to see that example. Not a man who was perfect, but a man who tried, who failed, who got up again, and who never stopped trying.
Time is a motivator. It slips through our hands, and once it’s gone, it never returns. That pushes me to use what I have while I still have it, write, give, love and leave something worth remembering. I don’t want my days to just pass, I want them to mean something.
And above it all is faith. This life is temporary, a test, a bridge to something far greater. My only hope is that Allah accepts the little I’ve tried to do, forgives the many mistakes I’ve made, and allows the good to outlive me. That, for me, is the real meaning to leave footprints beyond time. Not so people remember my name, but so when everything else fades, the echoes of my faith, my love, and my legacy are still walking this earth.
The Narratives - Mohamed Miah 
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