I am going for a 10 days Vipassana (silent meditation) retreat. It was on my to do list of life since a while and the only thing stopping me was my commitment to my daily live videos. Yesterday marked day 1551 of my daily live motivational videos and with it I closed the series of #connectingthethoughts 🎯👌🏻💯😊 I started doing them on www.Fb.com/RKwrites on 1 May 2018 and after touching 900 days I realised I can also stream them on www.YouTube.com/RuqyaKhan These videos have been my fuel. They were #motivation for me to get out of bed and face the world at a time when I was ploughing through loss and grief. They helped me find my way out of the darkened place of depression. They became light for my listeners too. I feel grateful for the journey and am excited about what lies ahead. I took this bold step to change what I do because I feel called to do this retreat for myself. To disconnect from the world so that I can reconnect with the bare real me. Wish me luck. After so many conversations; silence will surely be a valuable detox! I am looking forward to the learnings in silence - after all the first step within my SMILE strategy is ‘silence the mind’ 😊 I hope to share more with you once I am back. Until then keep smiling, keep shining, stay safe and thank you for being you! #ruqyakhan #smiletastic #returnonintention #vipassana #silence (at Sharjah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgoDqGcJ34e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=