Keep Going

The sun is sinking and the horizon fades
Morning dawns and the world awakes
Now that the darkness has the baton
Makes my heart ache, but I'm okay
I know the way home just like I always knew
It doesn't matter what tomorrow brings because I'm here now with you
And I can see that for both of us it's getting hard to go on
It's a bittersweet story, but it's still ours to tell
And when we talk about you we'll keep on saying how you changed my life for good
Even though these days are hard my love for you will never change
You showed me what life is all about and that has made it worth her wait

Inspiring Words-1

1. You can't measure a dream.

2. Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable.

3. Enjoy it. It's happening.

4. To accomplish we must not only act but dream.

5. Everyone needs help sometimes.

Honesty

  I was well-known for my honesty among everyone who knows me; I just do not like to tell a lie, I feel so bad when I lie, so I prefer not to talk if I am in a situation that it is no way but lie. I also firmly believe that people who talk too much they must have done too much lying. So there were many events that I have been brought forward to tell exactly what happened if I was a witness to something they all turn to me and ask what had happened because they are sure I will be truthful, everybody I dealt with for some time will know that I am honest, and do not like to cheat, for example; at work we usually write our working hours at the end of the day, I always write the exact time that I left work, some co-workers write more time than they actually worked. I do not know why I am like that may be the way I was brought up, even though my brothers and sisters are not like me. Honesty is hard all the time, but we should try our best to be truthful and, honest most of the time.

Beautiful Friend

 I have very few friends; one of my best friends is Khalid, he is the best friend I could ever have, he is nice, courageous, considerate, generous, supportive. He has a positive attitude all the time, smiling, courteous, I remember when I passed one of my exams once I told him he hugged me and exclaimed "you did it, you did it". He is always advising me to do or choose whatever is good for me, he never hesitated to support me in any situation; I thank God for such a friend, and I will never forget him, and I will do my best to help him if he ever needed my help.

My Sisters

I have 2 sisters; one older than me and the other is younger, older sister is married and has 3 kids, two boys and a girl, she is the best sister I could ever have; she is soft, kind, helpful, smart, patient, and supportive. Her youngest child has down's syndrome; she is so kind and patient to him, she never complains about this that she is taking care of her family including her sick child; I consider her my hero for her strength and determination to study, work, taking care of, and support her family, I would do my very best to make her happy. 

My other sister is the opposite; she is selfish, always complains, never likes her situation, even though she has a much more easy life than my older sister, but she always wants more and more, I love her as my sister, but I never like her attributes.

My Travels

  I have been to many countries; my personality is not very social, but I like to know and learn new things; to have an idea about many places and people of this world. I went to Italy, The United Kingdom, the United States of America, Japan, Germany, France, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Brazil, and Canada. Each country is a unique experience because people are different in so many things, for example, I like the politeness of the Japanese, the landscape in Canada and the USA, the British accent, Pyramids in Egypt, Generous people of Tunisia, Food in France and Italy, German humbleness, Amazon forest in Brazil. I also know each country has a mix of most of these things.

  I strongly believe that travel is one of the best schools in my life, it taught me so many exciting things not only about people and places but it taught me how to deal with different situations, to be patient, to be understanding, to accept and acknowledge that we are different.

Three Things to do to Live a Happy Life

1. Have faith; that is an unbreakable connection with God and complete trust that God with absolute knowledge about you and all your matters; so you should always ask God to help you in all your affairs whether it's good or bad.

2. Be honest; with yourself and all around you, being honest will spread love, trust, respect, understanding, comfort, goodness to you and all others, and you live with a clear conscience, it is not easy but it is very rewarding in the end.

3. Do what you love; in all your aspects of life, unless it's harmful to you or others, doing what you like most, or what you enjoy most, would give the best version of you, so you will be happy and make everyone else happy.

My Pigeon

    At some point when I was a small kid I wanted to get a pigeon because I have seen my cousins have many pigeons of different kinds, I have never had one, they were trading and breeding them, so I thought it would be a good hoppy for me to try out. I had no knowledge whatsoever about pigeons, I tried to get some information from my cousin, he taught me a lot and offered to give me a little one to start with, to grow, and take care of. It was not a good experience for me and for the little pigeon; I put it in a small cottage-like place, I started to feed him, first of all, I was feeding so much food, so it might have bad indigestion, I felt like he was not happy, not moving good, maybe because he was heavy full of food, we had a cat in the house and I never thought that she would attack him, but unfortunately, she did and killed him, I was so sad and never thought about getting one again because I realize that pigeons need so much care and types of equipment to have a successful nice group of them.

Stop Complaining and Do it

   We tend to blame someone or something for our own decisions or choices, in fact, we have no one to accuse but ourselves. It is very easy to put the blame on someone or on your situation, or on your bad fortune; if we use these things as an excuse, we will never do anything, we will never get to our dreams, it is never easy for almost everyone to get to the top.

In my case, I always pick my parents for my misfortune and regretful choices, to be honest, they have some percentage but the largest proportion is from my side, I chose to be what I am now, I chose this difficult road to walk on, I chose not to face my problems I chose to flee and not to come back.

Real Life

   My childhood and adolescence were not like other kids, we have been raised in an environment most likely resembles a prison; not to talk to people, not to go anywhere by yourself or with friends,  not to go anyplace without help from anyone else or with companions, not to discuss or give your opinion on any subject even if that issue about you or not to examine or offer your input in any subject regardless of whether that issue about you or not.

So we have been detached from real life and confined from reality, not knowing how people think or behave in many matters and how to solve issues, not knowing how to act in many situations.

One Day when I was in my teen years, one of my friends came to my house inviting me to go with him and some of my other friends for a barbeque and a picnic beside the sea, I had to turn that down because I was sure that my parents would not let me go. 

My Brother and Me

   I have a brother who is two years younger than me, however, we were in every case together, working together, playing together, studying at the same school, mostly our friends are the same, he is substantially more speaker than me, fluent, cheerful, telling jokes, talkative, I ended up having fewer friends than him because people tend to like the person who speaks and amuses them than the one who is most serious and talks less frequently. 

  He is also kinder than me, in the sense of he is more open to forgiving and excusing than me, I tend to forgive but I like to take revenge and deliver retribution silently before forgiveness and complete absolution, not showing that I am angry or irritated, but in fact, I would be very upset and unpleasant with the person who used me or hurts me.

My Summers

   When I was a kid; after school, every Summer, I and my brother go to our land beside the sea, it is a beautiful place and a lovely attractive spot,  but we go to work on the land, we  produce various kinds of crops and vegetables such as dates, parsley, potatoes, tomatoes, green pepper, etc and in addition to that, we herd sheep too.

    There was a big festival in our town, it comes each Summer, we were waiting for it every time,  there was a small marketplace where some people sell toys and games, as well as there were different shows and artists from areas and towns near by.

Good Manners

I have been raised and taught that good manners are essential and they must be the way I deal with people; to respect elders, be kind to youngsters, be straightforward, be honest, do not cheat, everywhere I go should be the same in respect of dealing with people, interacting with others, no matter what happens I should put my good manners, principles, and standards first and act according to them.

Dreams

Dreams are life if somebody has no dreams or ambitions that means he/she has no life to live.

When I was a child, I had exceptionally big dreams, one day we were going to visit my uncle's house; we passed by a huge building (it's an institution for research); I told my father and mother that I want to work in this building, they laughed at me and said you have to work very hard to get there and you need to strive to arrive.

My dream was to become an engineer, computer engineer, I ended up studying something else, and never accomplished my dream. 

My father wanted me to become a physician, I hated medicine; and I did not study medicine, however, I studied something close to it; pharmacy.

I love pharmacy, I like my job as a pharmacist, but that was not my dream, I shifted my dreams to be successful and have a family and never push my kids to study anything they do not like or want.

Good Intentions

I always have good intentions or let me say mostly; because sometimes bad intentions prevail, but honestly, my purpose in doing or saying something is 99% to do a good deed, to benefit myself first and people around me and then everyone else it would reach to.

Some people would say good intention not always beneficial because people just take advantage of you and use you and then they just ignore you or even do not acknowledge your help or support. 

I have this short story; it happened to me with a friend, we were roommates, one time I was going on a trip outside the country,  it was for one month, and even though I was going away, I paid half of the rent with him, moreover; I left my cell phone to him to use while I was away, he got no cell phone, when I came back he never said thank you and he never even mentioned that to any of our friends, he just took advantage of me; I do not need anything from him, thank you would be more than enough for me and he never did.

Communications Barriers

In my family, we have been raised in such a way that communications between us especially between my parents and me and my brothers and sisters are almost nothing. We can not express our feelings, our opinion is always not even considered or to be listened to.

So many situations I have encountered in which our future is been decided for us and we have no control over it whatsoever.

In one occasion, we had to move out of our house, because they were planning to build a train station in that area, so the government compensated us and, we started searching to buy a new house; most of us were keen to buy a house in the city, because it is much more convenient for all of us, my father did not even consult or discuss that with us and he just bought a house in the same area, regardless of all our plea to move away from this little town.

Live Life

Does anyone know how to live life? How to enjoy it? How to get the most beautiful things from it? How to live happily ever after?

But does anyone know how long do they have to live? When are they going to die? What is going to happen after death? Is there another life after that? Is it the same life or different life?

Does anyone know why some people are more fortunate than others? Why are there people who are more intelligent or smarter? Why are there people who are very poor and very rich?

Do you think life is a mystery? People say live life the fullest, what if I can not do that? Do you think everyone has this choice? What if I am sick, poor, oppressed, killed, very unlucky, .etc

Do you think there is justice between humans? Name a country who you think it is very close to being just?

White Heavens

In your first sight to the place, you immediately call it paradise, full of life, activities, and people from different areas, mixed cultures, freedom, kind, reactive and helpful; yet one might argue about all of that uttering life is so stressful in that area as everyone used to be, so much you have to do, at the end of every month you should give specific amount of money to keep going otherwise you will die as simple as that and you will keep doing that for the rest of your life.

Let’s go there, fantastic place, wonderful, picturesque, I can not imagine doing anything except contemplating and thinking over and over about this place. I can not give other than brilliant or breathe taking location.

Some Thought

People are creatures with complex things; everything is complex in their lives starting from their bodies, emotions, feelings, thoughts, work, movements, desires, opinions and you can not expect what the next odd thing that you can see from a human being.

Sometimes we think, are there two things that are identical in this world? Definitely, some people would say yes and some would say no, in my opinion there will never be identical things, simply because there will be even an extremely delicate difference between them. 

However, we call them identical things because it is beyond our limited comprehension to distinguish those differences and those variations are the essence of our life in my point of view, because if there are no such mutations of objects, we will reach a point in which we will stop at a specific end. Nothing is new, no inventions, no improvement, no development, but due to diversity we always find new objectives and approaches to address and discover.

Journey to Canada

It was one of the coldest nights of winter; it was my second trip ever outside my country. I felt many mixed emotions and feelings, fear, joy, hope, and sadness. I came without notifying any of my friends, so once I arrived I called my friend and it appeared that he was not in the same city, however, he phoned one guy and asked him to host me for few days till I find a place to live. I went to the apartment by taxi and paid $ 50 for that, his apartment was in the downtown area, Toronto. In the same night, there was another guy coming, but he arranged his staying with the people in the apartment, and he was told to use the subway, he was from the capital city, and we use to know that the people of the capital are more open and know more tricks than people in the countryside.

We slept that night and stayed for few days in the apartment, then he went to Edmonton, Alberta, and I stayed for few more days, and then I moved to another house in Hastings the east part of Toronto. After one month, my friends asked me to move with them and I agreed. I stayed in the same apartment since then, it was touchy and stressful to see people coming and leaving while you are still at the same place. 

Days go by and we look back, we wake up in the morning at 9 am, we go to the library, study, and study until 11 pm, then we go back to the apartment to eat and sleep.

I attended a refreshing course for my exam that needed by overseas graduates, and then I wrote the exam in May, then I started looking for a job, I asked some friends to find a job, and one good guy gave me a phone number of an entrepreneur who has a franchise of restaurants, actually, he gave me the number of his assistant, who told me to go to another guy, an owner of one restaurant, and ask him for a job, after few days, I went there, and the guy told me to come for training, and after a while, he accepted me to work at his store.