What Still Remains

The morning after is quieter than the night before.
Nothing dramatic changes,
yet something within us has shifted.
We wake not lighter,
but more aware of what we choose to carry forward.


The poem follows

Morning does not erase the night.
It only teaches light
where to enter.

Some weight stays
not as burden,
but as reminder
that we survived yesterday
and woke up anyway.

The body remembers before the mind does.
A tired breath.
A slower step.
Hands that reach for familiarity
before ambition.

I move carefully now,
choosing what deserves my energy.
Not everything that asks for me
is owed an answer.

There is a quiet wisdom
in arranging the day gently
placing effort where it matters,
leaving space where it heals.

I am learning that living well
is less about carrying more,
and more about knowing
when to set things down.

Some mornings,
peace arrives unnoticed
in warm light across a table,
in stillness that doesnโ€™t demand proof,
in the simple act of beginning again.


Written in the pauses of everyday life,
where small comforts matter
and mindful choices still believe in kindness.

Pen by Zee


A gentle reminder to live with intention โ€” in our words, our spaces, and the things we choose to keep close.
This same philosophy shapes Jazeez Online and Zee Corner.

What do I get from writing poetry, quotes and Fundraising

๐ŸŒน Someone once asked me:โ€œWhat do you get out of writing poetry, quotes, and fundraising for charities?โ€The truth? I donโ€™t get much in the material sense.But I gain something far greater:

โœจ The joy of turning words into hope.

โœจ The chance to give voice to those who feel unseen.

โœจ The opportunity to let art serve a purpose bigger than myself.Thatโ€™s why I wrote If Rose Could Talkโ€”a poem reminding working professionals to pause, breathe, and remember their worth.

For me, poetry is not just about beauty, itโ€™s about impact.I donโ€™t just write for myselfโ€”I write so words can bloom into kindness. ๐ŸŒน

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A Book for the Restless Soul: “Healing in Stillness” is Coming

Have you ever noticed how the world seems to get louder every day? The constant notifications, the endless demands, the relentless pressure to do and achieve… It can be deafening, leaving us feeling disconnected from ourselves and yearning for a sense of inner peace.

I spent years chasing that peace in external sources: accomplishments, relationships, even adventures. But what I discovered, ultimately, was that the most profound healing begins not in the external world, but within. It starts in the quiet spaces, the moments of stillness where we can truly listen to our own hearts.

That journey of personal discovery is what led me to write “Healing in Stillness” a book dedicated to exploring the transformative power of inner stillness. It’s not about escaping the world, but about cultivating a sanctuary within so that you can navigate life’s challenges with greater resilience, clarity, and joy.

“Healing in Silence” is an invitation to rediscover your own inner wisdom. To nurture the wounded parts of yourself. To find strength not in the noise, but in the quiet, powerful voice within.

What if the key to healing isn’t found in loud conversations, but in the profound wisdom of silence? My upcoming book, “Healing in Silence,” explores the transformative power of inner stillness. Are you ready to listen? #HealingInSilence #InnerPeace #SelfDiscovery #Mindfulness

Join my Journey, Please do like, share and comment. If you like my work please help me by donating so that I can keep working and produce practical writing that would help someone clear their doubts and increase self confidence and self awareness with mindfulness.

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I am super excited and need your help too

I am glad that I post regularly here. This helps me clear my mind, and any negative thoughts that build up over time.

Why I am excited ๐Ÿ˜Š

I feel like I am a part of this large community where I can share my thoughts and ideas ๐Ÿ’ก

What am I doing?

Blogs and Book Writing:

I write blogs here and additionally I write books on mindfulness, repentence and related topics. I am currently writing a book titles ” Healing in Silence” I will share more details as I progress.

What else do I do?

I gave up my Job due to ongoing family and personal issues, health issues as well. However, I have not given up hope of bouncing back and reviving myself.

Following this I registered myself as a sole trader, where I could write as a freelancer and start a small business, this would be a social entrepreneur where I will donate a part of my income for good causes. My business name is Jazeez Store. Further details to come soon.

How do I plan to earn:

By writing blogs and books and other digital products.

I also do affiliate marketing where I write posts about products and upload videos on my YouTube channel “The Global Pulse by Zee”.

I coming weeks I am looking forward to introduce my own range of products. These would be Gifts sets with various themes, like gift ideas for Mindfulness, gift sets for students, teachers, nurses and so on. As I do not have means to do all of this in one go I would be starting slow.

How can you help me

Please do subscribe me here or on YouTube channel to help me grow. You can also donate to help me. This would be a big help, and to return this favor back I will endeavor to give back an appreciation gift of digital or non digital form.

Lastly, please do join in my journey to grow and make positive changes to lives of people who are struggling in some form or shape.

In today’s fast paced world ๐ŸŒŽ every one is going through struggles and even though the intensity of struggles might not be same for everyone their struggles and their personal outlook is unique in its own sense.

If this post has resonated with you, or if you feel we can make positive change together plead like,share, subscribe or comment

Thank you

Zoeb Ali – Zee

If I Opened a Shopโ€ฆ

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?

Not all shops sell things.Some sell hope.Some sell change.Some sell the belief that kindness can be bought โ€” and given away โ€” in the same moment.If I opened a shop, it wouldnโ€™t be just shelves and counters.It would be a beating heart wrapped in four walls,a place where each item whispered a storyand every sale became a seed of change.

I would call it โ€œThe Giving Corner.โ€A space where books breathe hope,where handcrafted treasures carry the touch of their makers,and where even the smallest purchaseripples out to feed a hungry soul,lift a struggling dreamer,or plant dignity where the soil was once barren.In one corner, my words would rest โ€”poems, stories, and thoughts stitched with care,waiting for hands to hold themand hearts to carry them forward.Because to me, a shop is not a business.Itโ€™s a bridge.

A way to connect your kindness to someone elseโ€™s tomorrow.A place where buying becomes giving,and every transactionis just another way of saying,โ€œYou matter.โ€And if you walked out of my shop,you wouldnโ€™t just carry a bag.Youโ€™d carry a piece of someoneโ€™s hope.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Your turn: If you opened a shop, what would your walls hold โ€” and what would it stand for?#SocialImpact #Entrepreneurship #KindnessInAction #PenByZee

What change,big or small,would you like your blog to make in the world?

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?

If I could ask for one changeโ€”just oneโ€”from the words I share here, it would be this:

That we remember how deeply we need each other.

Not just in moments of crisis, not just when headlines remind us of suffering, but in the quiet, everyday spaces of life. The way a kind word softens someone’s day. The way shared stories remind us weโ€™re not alone. The way a simple act of givingโ€”whether food, time, or listeningโ€”can be a turning point in another personโ€™s life.

My blog isnโ€™t just about ideas, itโ€™s about connection.
Itโ€™s about building a placeโ€”however smallโ€”where we remember that compassion isnโ€™t weakness, itโ€™s strength. That empathy isnโ€™t a luxury, but a foundation. That when we choose to lift one another, even in the smallest of ways, we are building something far greater than ourselves.

I want this space to be a quiet rebellion against indifference.

A reminder that even when the world seems hardened, you still have the power to soften itโ€”through your words, your presence, your care.

What if we stopped seeing people as strangersโ€ฆ and started seeing them as stories waiting to be heard?
What if we treated kindness not as a random act, but a conscious practice?

That is the change I hope this blog brings.

To inspire a deeper commitment to helping one another, to showing up with honesty, and to creating community where no one feels invisible

Because the truth is:
The world doesnโ€™t change because of grand gestures.
It changes because we choose, again and again, to care.

So let this blog be a place where care lives.
Where trust is nurtured.
Where hope is kept alive not through perfection, but through the simple, sacred act of showing upโ€”for one another.

This is Zoeb Ali – Zee, wishing you all the good luck in whatever positive, small or big you are doing in your life to improve life of your loved ones, unknown individuals and families struggling and needing your love โค and help and yourself. Keep reading my posts and comment,like and share so I know if my words make any difference to you. Thank you for reading my posts.

Letting Away Your Roots to Change the Fruits

Hi everyone,

Iย  am still in recovery mode from my hernia surgery and currently working on my next post

Letting Away Your Roots to Change the Fruits.

Here I am intending to discuss how changing the way we think, the way we have been grown up to achieve the success with the changing time and situations. As I myself have been through a lot of changes emotionally, physically and in another aspects of my life.

I invite you to comment and like my topic and if you have anything that I should add or mention in my post please do le me know. I am happy to mention credit by adding your name/blogsites for authenticity if required.

With the hope of getting your support and love, signing off for now.

Looking forward to hear from you all.

Thank you,

Zee

The Journey Home

Thereโ€™s a certain pull that comes with the idea of “home.” Itโ€™s not just a placeโ€”itโ€™s a collection of moments, memories, and emotions, woven together like a patchwork quilt. For me, that place is my hometown in India, where narrow streets hum with life, the aroma of freshly cooked spices lingers in the air, and laughter bounces off the walls of small, vibrant homes.

I left all of it behind, chasing opportunities in a distant, developed land. The choice felt right then, practical even. But as the years passed, I realized that while I gained material comforts, I left a part of my soul behind. My hometownโ€”the soil, the people, the essenceโ€”called to me, but I was too distracted to listen.

Writing The Forgotten Garden brought back waves of nostalgia and reflection. It reminded me of a garden that once thrived in my childhoodโ€”a garden I abandoned along with my roots. Revisiting that garden in my mind stirred something profound: a longing to reconnect, to revive not just the garden but the parts of myself it represents.

This continuation is about that call, the journey back to oneโ€™s origins, and the healing that awaits when we answer.

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The winds of time carried me far,
Across oceans wide, beneath foreign stars.
I built my dreams on distant lands,
With golden towers and weary hands.

But somewhere deep, a whisper grew,
A voice I knew, yet scarcely knew.
It called me back, both soft and strong,
A melody Iโ€™d lost too long.

The streets I walked in childhood days,
Now shadowed paths in memoryโ€™s haze.
The laughter, the cries, the scents that stayed,
Their echoes formed a fleeting parade.

The garden waits, a patient friend,
Its story unfinished, far from its end.
The flowers wilted, the fruitless trees,
Yet hope lingers in the breeze.

I pack my bags, not just with clothes,
But with fragments of dreams, with humble oaths.
To tend the soil that shaped my name,
And light once more that tender flame.

Each step I take feels bittersweet,
As past and present gently meet.
The forgotten blooms will rise anew,
In colors bright, in morningโ€™s dew.

For home is not just bricks and stone,
But the seed of love weโ€™ve always known.
It waits, it whispers, it longs to see,
The part of itself that lives in me.

โœจ By Zoeb Ali ๐Ÿ“œ โ€œWhat if your dreams werenโ€™t just figments of your imaginationโ€ฆ but whispers from your subconscious guiding you through lifeโ€™s chaos?โ€”}

After a long journey of hardships, silent struggles, and spiritual awakenings, I found myself standing at the intersection of the seen and unseen. It was thereโ€”in the quiet moments of the nightโ€”that dreams began to speak to me. Each dream felt like a coded message, a gentle nudge from the inner self.

The boundaries between the subconscious and conscious blurred, urging me to document not just what I saw, but what I felt. That was the birth of this handwritten piece: “Journal of Dreams, Interpretation and Spirituality.”๐Ÿง  It is not about right or wrong interpretations, but a raw, unfiltered dive into how dreams can reflect real-life situations.๐Ÿ“– It is not a research paper. Itโ€™s a reflection. An offering. A journey.๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™‚๏ธ It doesn’t aim to name or blameโ€”it aims to heal and make sense of the inexplicable. I write this journal with minimal research, using dreams as keys to unlock my thoughts. When the world fails to offer clarity, I believe our inner world still does.

๐Ÿ” Why this matters to you: In a world flooded with information, we often overlook the quiet wisdom that resides within us. If youโ€™ve ever dreamt something that felt too real, or had a moment of dรฉjร  vu that shook youโ€”perhaps itโ€™s time you paid attention.๐Ÿ’ญ What are your dreams trying to tell you?๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Are you brave enough to interpret your own soul?๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Pen by Zee is more than just writingโ€”itโ€™s a journey of self-reflection, healing, and mindful exploration.

If this resonates with you, I invite you to follow along or even start your own journal of dreams. Spirituality #DreamInterpretation #Journaling #SelfDiscovery #MentalHealth #Mindfulness #InnerWisdom #WritingTherapy #PenByZee #ZeeVibe

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If my writing has touched your heart, sparked a thought, or brought a moment of peace, consider supporting my work. Every donationโ€”big or smallโ€”not only fuels my passion for storytelling, poetry, and mindful living, but also helps uplift causes I deeply care about, like combating food poverty through the Feed it Forward initiative and supporting Auckland City Mission.

๐Ÿ’› Support the Words that Make a Difference

If my writing has touched your heart, sparked a thought, or brought a moment of peace, consider supporting my work. Every donationโ€”big or smallโ€”not only fuels my passion for storytelling, poetry, and mindful living.

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