Happy Summer All
Today I downloaded the new Vivaldi browser I am hoping to get back to blogging again and getting back in the writing mode as I did many years ago.
Summer is a great time to start this since the days are longer and lighter and happier.
I am hoping too we can create our blogs as we did on Opera with great backgrounds and colors .
Enjoy your Summer and be safe.
In light and love,
Fatimah
Lady Bug Kathrine
Life’s little Pleasures
Since I am retired I have begun to take workout classes at the local Y. Each day I find something or someone else whom makes my day so much more enjoyable.
Tuesday, I did a workout class and then went swimming and after the swim I went into the dressing room to change. A woman and her granddaughter was already in the dressing room and this older woman was there with her granddaughter. I said hello to them and the little girl said hello back. I then mentioned to the little girl that she was so pretty and she said thank you.
I asked her how old she was and she replied, ” 5″ I said I have a granddaughter 5 also. This girl happened to be small for her age and she asked me if my granddaughter was bigger than her and I replied, ” yes, however my younger granddaughter was bigger than her sister, so everyone is different and different sizes” I then complimented on her clothes and she said, ” my grandmother took her to a thrift shop and bought her the boots and a jacket” she then proceeded to tell me that she has the best grandma in the whole world. I was so happy to hear those words since you don’t hear them that often.
I explained to her that she is Lady Katherine and she said to me, ” no! I am lady bug Katherine, my grandma bought me a lady bug coat too”
After looking at it I agreed with her lol.
Lady bug Katherine decided to sing her PAPA favorite song and then her Gramy favorite song. Wow, she has a great voice, I said you should be on YouTube but she didn’t know what that was.
This bright little girl really made my day. As I said.. life’s little pleasures.
Thanks for reading ,
Fatimah
Spring a Time for Rebirth
I gave my notice to resign from my employer after 9 years of dedicated service and instead of hearing Congrats, I hear WTH.
My supervisor freaked out as I thought she would since I work in 3 states and now she has to hire 4 people to do what 1 person, myself was doing for 9 years.
I believe in what goes around comes around, the company treats people like disposal diapers and they expect more? Corporations are becoming much harder to be dedicated to. I hear it in all the stores I work in and it’s the same story, one by one they all say the same just in a different way.
People ask me what will I do with my free time, I state this, ” Things that make me happy, work not being one of them “
I have moved to a senior housing which my rent goes by my income and the electric and cable is included so why keep driving 25K miles a year for a company which looks at you as a number not a human.
I found 3 people whom can be hired and trained for my job and glad I made the effort to work until April 30th. I can leave without looking back and looking forward to my gym time and reading time and my writing time.
Vivaldi. watch for more from me, I will have the time and mind to create another wonderful blog as I did on Opera. Please give us the tools to design as we did on Opera
Thanks for reading and keep looking up.. we are all going there one day.
in love and light,
Fatimah
A Letter from Syria
My beloved Fatimah,
Your sweet heartwarming feelings are like perfumed flowers for me.We may choose our words
and polish it up with art,But the word that sways and stays is the word that comes from the heart.
There are friendships made for the sake of meeting each other’s needs.There are also friendships
made only for the sake of pleasurable times.True friendship consists of people who desire only
the good of the other.It does not live upon our changing wants and passions. Rather, it endures
even difficult times and lives long after our initial attractions have passed.
Thank you my dear Fatimah for your thoughtfulness and genuine care.
I am safe and fine but the situation is not getting better as man has to live with noise
of constant shelling, and frequent mortar attacks and car bombs .When The violence is so
overwhelming,it’s easy to lose sight of what it means for individuals.
If we are to end our wars in the world where I belong , we have to dispense with a threatening,
vengeful and sectarian ideology and culture and we have to stop mixing religion with politics.
Something that is most likely not to happen .When religion and politics travel in the same cart,
the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong faster
faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does
not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.
The rulers especially in this part of the world always using religious elites and institutions
in despicable way to manipulate and control the crowd , and to justify the unjustifiable if it is
wrapped in the piety of religion.
When the masses becoming absorbed by irrational religious utopias, have the tendency in
the voyage of life,to be in search of heaven, but they lose sight of the earth and live in fatastical
intelligence isolation.
I think ,the main object of genuine spirituality that can serve humanity is before to get a man
into heaven,is to get heaven & heavenly virtues into him,in his heart and conscience.
We make our own Heaven and hell Right Here on Earth.
As the notable poet Omar Khayyám once said”Beyond the earth,beyond the farthest skies
I try to find Heaven and Hell.Then I hear a solemn voice that says:Heaven and hell are inside”.
As you know ,war makes often men barbarous because, to take part in it, one must harden oneself
against all appreciation of delicacy and sensitive values.At the same time a man discovers what he
is actually worth in this world when he is stripped of all but his native potentialities. He soon finds
that nothing has more weight than his human qualities.
care,compassion ,Love is in the ordinary as well as in the hard times, in the steady flow of life which leads
us ever closer and stronger than before. We may fail to see it for what it really is, but as we look back,
we can recognize that extraordinary thread that has kept us together and that has certainly made
life worth living for.
Even amid the violence and winter’s chill we can embrace warming thoughts.Few weeks ago a major
snowstorm has hit my country and the entire Middle East,though it has brought misery to refugees
but also brought fighting to a near standstill.
The country sat for few days suspended in silence.The white stuff dropped from the sky,
covered everything and created a fascinating environment to be standing in.
In fact, the only noise that could be heard was the snow falling and resting on the ground.
The cold temperatures created dry flakes that shimmered in the moonlight as they descended
from the heavens.
These peaceful nights, lit by the glow of the moon, relaxed my soul and made me feel connected
to a larger world.For this brief moment, everything in the world rearranged itself into an order
that made sense. I enjoyed this calm immensely.
I suppose as usual during this period of time ,the same weather and heavy snow will affect
the east coast of US.I hope you’re dealing well with weather,particularly getting to the gym
is a way to get fit and keep motivated.Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart
and the mind.
I am so happy you enjoyed going to gym and your stay in appartement and finding comfort
in community there .
Wishing you a much safety and warmth in the coming days. Sending you and your sister my warm thoughts!
Thank you for sharing the beautful song and pictures.
Take care & drive safely.
With all my love
Mohamed
Not to be Forgotten
We walk thru the doors of many stores during our week and never do we think of those whom fill our shelves with the product we buy.
Daily or weekly we see their smiling faces and always willing to help us when we need the help or reach for product we can’t reach ourselves.
Carol was one of these people, for many years I knew her each month I would service her store and she would be the first people I would see and always speak with and share different memories or just about our work .
I found out this week that Carol passed away 2 weeks ago, she was sick as I have known however she was on the mend and I was happy to know this .
Easter is about rebirth and I wanted to share this and to let others know that when someone dies they do in a way get reborn however, just in a different place.
Carol will never be forgotten and her memory in this store will always be with her co-workers as they are with me.
Remember these words when you walk into your favorite store.
Happy Easter.
Fatimah
Winter of No Return
This was taken in 2013
We had more ice than snow in that year.
This year we have had storm after storm making life harder for some
and enjoyable for others.
I know Spring is soon to appear and with Spring comes other problems however,
all temporary.
Wishing for all a speedy Spring arrival and peace.
Love,
Fatimah
A letter from Syria
My beautiful Fatimah,
It is said the great essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love
and something to hope for.It is my great happiness to find opportunity to write to you,
hoping you this finds you and your family in the best of health and good cheer.
Even When our arms can’t reach people who are close to our heart, we can always hug them
with our thoughts and prayers. Because All The World is meaningless without kind feelings
and Love.
The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity and emotional authenticity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people.
The radiant sun is nothing but a big ball of fire that hovers above us.If not for love and the life she brings to creatures on earth,what could the sunrise mean?
And yet with love,even a candy wrapper can be put in a special golden box,
even a torn ticket can be held with the highest regard.
It is because our loved ones walked these streets,that we come back here again
and again.If anything is of much value,spend time and effort to care for it and
nothing is of greater importance than our bond with the people we love.
As for me I am fine .I don’t wanna bother you with details But Still painful stories here
are the same .There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. only a relentless cultivation
of our ability to dream, to analyse and to captivate can prevent our personality from degenerating into nothing or else into a personality like all the rest.We must don’t let
people pull us into their storm but we pull them into our peace.
In the end If we cannot show a picture of life in which even pain, hardship and
death are meaningful and belong to a larger whole, then we cannot rehabilitate
human existence.
Rumi once said”If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it.
Those are not in love with God will see only their own face in it”
Stupid dictatorships and ruthless fanatics and their alliances in my country and in
the entire region don’t see in others supposed their fellow citizens even their own
faces ,their human attributs. The result :entire societies are collapsing, cities fully
destroyed and religiously cleansed. Personaly that what I expect along ago from
combination of fanatiscism and dictatorship.We can’t harvest grapes from a thorn
bush and figs aren’t found on thistle weed “Jesus said.
I heard the news that winter storm hit parts of northeast of america with heavey snow.
I don’t know if the storm hits your home state.I hope you are safe and please be carful in traffic.
Also a month ago my country hits by heaviest snowfall in decades and the world became
suddenly quiet, subdued and fragile, until the neighborhood children came out to break
the stillness with their tracks and shouts and joy. I remembered such days from my own
childhood in the mountains.The world, for a few short hours, transformed.
I let you in the arms of the angels.
With Hug & love
Mohamed
