This piece of poem from Khalil Gibran had a great impact on me. I would like to share it in “My World” with whoever comes to visit me!
I truly believe that: " There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings."

On Children

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children." And he said:

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

To My God,


God please take away these black thoughts from me! take away my inner pain and enlighten my heart with brightness.

My dear god I have no one apart from you to turn to. Help me now that I need you most.
Help me god please. Once more give me the pleasure of feeling that life is beautiful and worth living. These have been taken away from me. God have mercy on my son. you know how dear he is to me...

Help me!

My ‘Moonlight’

Today, like most days when she works in the same office as me, she had prepared the lunch. She had gone to the shop and bought salad, bread and some healthy snacks for lunch. As soon as I entered the room, she said that she knew how tired I was, and she had prepared our lunch. Then she says: “Come and sit here next to me. I hope you like it.” We talked and laughed throughout and enjoyed it very much.

“ It is not the quality of the meat, but the cheerfulness of the guests, that makes the feast”.

Despite her being a small-built and round-faced girl, she has a massive kind heart. Despite all the problems she has been faced with in her life and that are still going on, she is very helpful to everyone. While she is in trouble up to her neck, she thinks of other peoples’ problems and tries to be of assistance to them.

I can say that she is the first ever person in my life that I have met and I have truly seen the ‘generosity’. I believe that not everyone has the ability of being generous.


Her name means, “Moonlight” and it suits her very much. She is a ray of moonlight, when you walk home in the dark it brightens your path!

“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”

Birhtday

Today is someone’s birthday. Someone who is closer than anyone else in this world to me. In my heart I am so happy. Happy that he is with me and he is mine!! I want to wish him happy birthday from my heart. And tell him that I love him more than he will ever know!

My dear god be with you and bless you all the way…..

You are my true friend and nothing could give me more pleasure than knowing that you are not only my husband, but also you are my friend…

“A single rose can be my garden...a single friend, my world”.

Think of Tomorrow

On my way home I bumped into a friend. After the usual greetings I asked her if she would join us in couple of days to go to the seaside. She said that she wouldn’t enjoy going by herself without any partner! I tried to cheer her up and ask her to come and see how it goes, I told her that I would be pleased if she wants to stay with me and my family. But she was too upset….

This short conversation took me a little while back, which I am going to tell you about!! We take everything in life for granted. Never think of losing them or appreciate and value them while they are with us! This very friend had a husband and a kid. One day when we were talking she told me that she wants to enjoy herself. She wants to spend the money she earns and doesn’t like to save anything, because her husband is providing for her! I told her that it is true but we need to think of tomorrow as there is no one in this country to support us if something goes wrong! She said that nothing would go wrong. It wasn’t long after that, that her hubby fell in love with another woman, divorced her, and married the other one. My friends kid was from a previous marriage and she could no longer afford to look after him and had to send the kid to his grandmother back in their country. She lost her home, husband, and kid in the blink of an eye! As she didn’t have any savings, she had to rely on her friends for living for a little while until she got on to her feet! Now she is all alone by herself!
Saying all this, I really do feel for her, and I wish none of these had happened to her, but again it reminds me that DON”T TAKE ANYTHING IN LIFE FOR GRANTED! And THINK OF TOMORROW TOO!

My dear darling mother, I just wish that you could use the internet to be able to read and feel the love and ache I have for you.....

I thought long and hard about what I should write about in my first page of "My World" which you made for me, and nothing was better than remembering you and your sacrifices... I love you so much.....

"God could not be everywhere, and therefore He made mothers."