I'll tell you a secret: We don't read and write poetry because it's pretty. We read and write poetry because we belong to the human race; and the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, Commerce, Engineering.. they are noble and necessary races to dignify human life. but poetry, beauty, romance, love are things … Continue reading Sustenance
Honest
Love doesn't have to be perfect, but it has to be honest
Rain
What is your favorite type of weather? I fell in love with rain decades ago... I don't really remember how this love started in the first place. I genuinely think rain is beautiful, wise, romantic and like the french, I think rain is a she ☺️. She beautifies everything, she washes up the dryness of … Continue reading Rain
Control
We only control what we don't trust. We can either control ourselves or love ourselves, but we can't do both. Love is the opposite of control. Love demands trust. I love myself now. Self-love means that I have a relationship with myself built on trust and loyalty. I trust myself to have my own back, … Continue reading Control
More
What do you wish you could do more every day? I wish I could be more grateful everyday. Being grateful will make me feel "enough" and this enough-ness will make me feel at peace no matter what. I wish I could spend more time with my kid. I wish I could read more I wish … Continue reading More
Dropping Keys
The small womanBuilds cages for everyoneSheKnows.While the sage,Who has to duck her headWhen the moon is low,Keep dropping Keys all night longFor the BeautifulRowdyPrisoners.-HAFIZ
Heal
Lessons
I see a husband who is taking care of his terminally- ill wife, even though for years and years they have shown a very cold and distant relationship as a couple. Both in their seventies, he tends to her every need, he comes to her bed just by hearing a smallest sound from her mouth. … Continue reading Lessons
Purpose
We learn to use language well, spoken or written, only when we use it for a purpose, our purpose, to say something we think is important, to people we want to say it to, or to make something happen that we want to happen Instead of Education, John Holt, page 105
The four laws of a Shaman
The first says:"The person who comes into your life is the right person"In other words,no one comes into our lives by chance, all the people around us, who interact with us, are there for a reason, to make us learn and advance in each situation. The second law says: What happens is the only thing … Continue reading The four laws of a Shaman