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Charm

You have a beautiful way of capturing everything.  Scenic way of perceiving your life believes.  A charming indeed. You smoothly let all the heavy moments in my heart relief on its own. I could tell from your thoughts of helplessly missing the one you love are so eloquent  and so peacefully strung together,  that it almost makes things better.  What a blessing it was to meet halfway.

Culture #101

Culture is embedded in all human beings, in our mind, body and our collective memory. It is defined by everything from language to music, art, food, literature, fashion, humor, love, friendship, etc. It is the seed of a society, the web that keeps us connected, the foundation of our roots and the nature of our existence, our footprint, our mark in history. Culture is shared and nobody can do it alone. It is an ideal that is generated, transmitted and developed over time.

Recipe For a Good Life

Muhammad Ali’s story meant a lot for me - beyond the boxing he spent a lifetime preparing to meet God, and was dedicated to a path of Tassawuf, to the inward path of Love. He believed that the secret of God is revealed through the knowledge of Love. Ali strived to become a truly beautiful human being; following the Tassawuf wisdom that ‘The outer beauty of a person must merge with the inner beaut y and become one. This is the source of true beauty.’ He was most certainly such a human being, and was once asked: “What would you like people to think about you when you’re gone?”. He responded that he would like people to say: ‘He took a few cups of love. He took one table spoon of patience. One table spoon, tea-spoon of generosity. One pint of kindness. He took one quart of laughter. One pinch of concern. And then he mixed willingness with happiness. He added lots of faith. And he stirred it up well. Then he spread it over a span of a lifetime. And he served it to each and every deservi...

A year ago

A year ago everything was different. I wouldn't have pictured myself like this and now that I look back, I have realized that a year can do a lot to a person.  So, in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years that count in order to have a life worth living. It is the pursuit of a memorable life!