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Who doesn’t?

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Do you need time?

Time is what we are. More precisely, it is  what our life is.

When we are young, we don’t care about it, don’t think about it. Precious or not, we enjoy it. It streches long and green before us. But the older we become, the more we think about it and live every second of it. We no longer measure it as we live its all colours.

Can anyone say I don’t need time? Can anyone live without time? I doubt it.

Working, studying, writing, reading, making a family, raising children, cooking, cleaning, exercising, etc, all need time. Even our emotions need time.

Love needs time. Yes, one can fall in love at the first sight, in a split second. But,  it’s time that proves whether this love is an infatuation, a passing fancy, or genuine. Hate also needs time though one can hate at the first sight. Our attempts to get rid of this feeling or that need time. It’s time that can explain why and how we have the feeling and whether we will ever overcome it.

Of course, I need time.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Past, Present, and Future

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What will your life be like in three years?

Everyone has plans for today, tomorrow, next month or year. Are we going to achieve them or not, I believe only God knows. But, of course we can’t give up making plans and having dreams.

I heard some people say that when you keep talking about your plans and dreams, you’ll achieve them. It does happen. Sometimes. An old friend had made her mind to become a doctor and marry a doctor. She managed to achieve both though with a lot of problems and what I can describe as “extra support.” Sometimes the plans and dreams that consumed us, are not always the best. Your life might turn out just as you dreamed and planned but this doesn’t imply that it would turn out to be happy and peaceful.

That’s why I thought it would be better to think about last year/s plans instead. That’s what we already achieved. Then we can ask ourselves this question: Are we living the life we have been planing and dreaming to live today?  We might say yes, no, or somehow. But then we know what we did, why we did it, and whether we’ll keep on  with the same life or not?

At least we learn from the past, try to make changes in the present, and let the future surprise us.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Time doesn’t go back

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Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

No, it does but only, in our imagination.

Just close your eyes and go back in time. There are your big family gatherings, school trips, and your last year at high school with all its hardwork and true friendship. And here’s your wedding day, your first baby in your arms, your second playing around, and your third holding your hand. And could one ever forget that first day in a foreign land, the first friend abroad, and the new life. Can you ask time to stop at one of these moments, days, or years? I might have made that wish years ago, but not anymore.

There are pleasant moments, days, and years in one’s life, and there are also horrible ones. That’s life. It goes up and down. It’s hard to pick one day, or age or year without living the whole experience of it. That’s how we grow and how we change. Haven’t all these years and days and moments made us who we are today? Haven’t they given us all these wonderful memories to relish and re-live in in our imagination?

Does this make any sense? I hope it does.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Thanks so much

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You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for?

But I neither need your magic nor wishes.

I will lock the small door of the rusty lantern and hand it to one of the new robots. I’ll give my orders to take that lantern with its occupant on one of the spaceships and deliver it straight to hell.

We’ve had enough of the genies in the world turning it upside down.  Your wishes will be granted. The servant kept its word. Honest is that genie. Truly honest. That’s what old stories tell. Oh, poor children, poor us, to believe and imagine life will be rosy if only we have that lantern once!

But haven’t we ever thought why that genie was imprisoned in the lantern in the first place? No, we just need our wishes to come true.

Aren’t we capable of making our wishes come true? Yes, but why not take the shortcut.

What if one wishes for revenge, for destruction, for their own powerful survival? Of course, that’s also included in the genie’s package. Haven’t we let the genie out? That was his job, his one main job. Why else was he caught and sentenced to eternal prison in the lantern?

What about others who are wishing for peace, love, friendship, and happy life? Oh, sure the genei wouldn’t mind help with that somehow, but don’t blame him when others’ wishes blast those noble dreams into ashes.

Thank you very much, but I’ve grown out of the genie’s lies.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Sorry Moon

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How much would you pay to go to the moon?

Oh, the moon, such a miraculous creation!

It looks so beautiful, so romantic. Who wouldn’t like it? Who couldn’t be inspired by its luminous silver light on a dark night? Isn’t our calendar affected by the change of its amazing round shape throughout the month?

But of course, that’s how we see the moon from our Earth. In fact it’s so distant, so dark, so lifeless. Thanks to the sun, it has its beautiful light. Thanks to the spaceships, astronauts give it some life. They travel all the way to bounce on its surface as if they haven’t been bouncing enough on Earth for thousands of years.

But Adam lived on this Earth, and his offspring scattered all around it with different colours and tongues. That’s God’s plan.  God didn’t create us to live on the moon, but to watch it from far, far away. To understand how we are so weak and fragile that we can neither live without nor live on one of the simplest natural satellites, the moon.

Sorry, Moon, I won’t pay to go to you, but I’ll always be so, so happy to see you from far far away.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Let’s make it personal

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What major historical events do you remember?

But of course,  the major historical events are all related, like blood brothers, to inhuman man-made catastrophes, major catastrophes. So why not let the ‘big’ leaders of the world and their loyal devotees answer that? Their answers probably wouldn’t be different from what we learn at school.

So, let’s make it personal. Can there be a bit of alteration? Something like, ‘what is the best day you can describe as the major historical event in your life? That’s better, much better this way.

I was waiting at home, running from one window to another and looking out for my father. He used to bring my end of year exam results every year. I had never disappointed him, but this time was so different. I was shaking from head to toe. It was the result of my final exams in high school.  I studied hard that year with no private tutors, no extra help. I lost too much weight and looked miserable. All I wanted was to pass with honourable results. And I did. I glanced at my father walking down the street towards our house with a big smile on his face, and I knew I did it.  Not only did I get honourable marks, but my result was the second highrest at my school. Such an event had never happened in the history of my family.

That was the major historical event in my life. First, because my parents were so proud of me. Second, because my life had changed  significantly after that day.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Wouldn’t you?

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What are you most proud of in your life?

Isn’t it incredible to have the ability to survive when you undergo many unexpected challenges in life?

Isn’t it great to keep going and to let go when others, relative or not, disappointed you?

Isn’t it brave to be the odd one out not because you want to be but because the majority want you to be?

But isn’t it wonderful to have faith, to repent, and to pray in a world that wants so much to eliminate and challenge the very idea of the Almighty God?

Wouldn’t you be proud if you lived through any of those moments and came out safe and sound?

Wouldn’t you be extra proud if you experienced them all and always made a new beginning?

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Robots

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What makes a good neighbor?

Of course I’m joking, but that’s the trend on social media: Roberts at your service sir/Madame.

Has it ever come to you that one day your neighbour might be a robot? A perfect version of neighbour! A machine programmed to greet you everyday with cheerful voice, knock on your door if it doesn’t see you one day,  lend a hand with your children and chores, share a meal with you, congratulate you on good news and support you in bad times. A robot neighbour would do that all and more. All at your service!  Isn’t that incredible?

But we are humans, and a robot is not a human, can’t be one. What will we enjoy or learn from this perfect version of a neighbour? How are we going to change or understand others if they look the same, talk the same, and behave the same?

A good neighbour is a kind neighbour. We might be totally different to each other, but kind enough to smile at each other whenever our paths cross. Or, kind enough to share our numbers in case we need help or send messages every now and then to make sure each one of us is still there.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Fiction or real life?

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What would you do if you lost all your possessions?

In fiction, sometimes, the main plot is about making new beginnings. Things like how the change, the end, or the loss of something or all things is nothing but a different route for new beginnings, new journey, or new life. But, isn’t fiction, in most cases, a representation of our lives, a mirror of ourselves?

It’s heartbreaking to read a war story, a report in the news, and, of course, posts on social media about a mother who lost everything; her husband, her children, her house, her land, and all her possessions. Why? Did she do anything to have this punishment? No. Then why? Simply, because of Evil: evil that aims at destroying everything, everyone, and all possessions for its own benefit, its own growth, its own lies. But the story doesn’t end, won’t end, at this stage.

The mother is still alive, have memories, dreams, breath, and faith. She starts again with new people, new children, new life around her. Goodness prevail, always prevail.

Isn’t that we read in fiction? Isn’t that what happens in real life? What’s happening now?

Life goes on. Even if we lose all our possessions, we can have new ones, always find new ones as long as good exists, as long as we are real.

With all the best wishes,

Nahla

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Noah’s Ark

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Someone was commenting on the current events around the world saying ” Is it really logical that people nowadays are from the offspring of the righteous people who had embarked on Noah’s Ark. But then, what kind of morals did those who had drowned in the flood have?’

That’s funny but it also makes a good point.

But, perhaps, we should think more about Noah than his people or his offspring. How did he cope with mockery, hatred, and betrayal? How didn’t he give up building his Ark? Never. How strong was his faith? And how he made a new start and lived a better, longer life?

Noah was patient, faithful, and resilient. He had never lost hope, never abandoned his faith. In the end, he was saved while most of his people drowned.

Could we just embark on Noah’s Ark and do our best to live a good,  healthy life on this earth?

With all the best wishes,

Nahla