834) إنسان - الجزء الثانى !

لا

لم يعد جسدى هامدا

و لم تعد نفسى مُرة ..

القلب مازال دافئا

و الروح طليقة حرة

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لست صنما

فإن الحجر لان ..

و لست وثنا

فقلبى ملئ بالإيمان

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أدركت نفسى

قبل فوات الأوان ..

 أحببت نفسى

و فرحت بأنى إنسان

 Mohaly

10-1-2013

650) Personal ::: "Being Myself" on my Birthday!!

Today is my Birthday, I am officially in my mid 30s; i.e. Biologically have lived half my life (wel 2a3mar beyad Allah). It's a scary feeling. When I look back and see what I have did, missed, and achieved, I can say that I'm satisfied with the whole experience, but I gotta put more effort to build on what I have done, & try to catch up with what I missed.

The most important thing that in all these years (since mid 70s), I have succeeded in being sincere in all my feelings & actions whether personally or professionally. My biggest achievement is that I don't hate, envy, or wish any harm to anyone, and I hope that it is vice versa. If anyone reading this post, and has anything against me, please let me know, and I am apologizing in advance.

I launched this blog in Feb 2007 so there were 2 documented birthdays in 2008, 2009, let's see my wishes and how realistic they were.

Birthday Wishes 2008

On my birthday, I am asking God to keep my friends & family safe, happy, and successful, and close to each other.
Mohaly

That is an ongoing wish... I guess that is going in the right direction so far.

Birthday Wishes 2009

I wish that this year I can make the right balance between spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional targets, it is about time, and to be able to make more positive difference with more number of people.

Big Fat Zero in 2009, I just made it worse (mental 90%, and the rest 10%), but thank God by the end of 09 and start of 2010, I woke up and working hard to make this happen, and I am feeling much better...so this has to be accomplished in 2010 by hook or crook.

I wish that Egypt will at least stop and realize that we were going backwards, and start PLANNING for the future even if it is late.

No comment (seems that I was stoned when I wrote that)!

I wish that my friends and this blog readers still like and support me as they have always done, and I wish someday I make them proud of this friendship..

I can't answer that, but I always felt your love and support although the majority of this blog readers and followers have never met or talked to me in person....and I do honestly love u all, u r my virtual family who help me in overcoming my chronic loneliness :)

Mohaly

So my wish in the year 35 is to succeed in "Being Myself".... It is a milestone year, and I gotta make the best out of it In-Shaa-Allah.

Mohaly

born on 27 Jan @12pm

P.S. A Tribute to the soul of Mama Didi, my first birthday without her.. and to the love of my life Tooty, my first birthday in her life.

537) The Curious Case of Life!

Couple of weeks ago I have watched the Curious Case of Benjamin Button that won 3 Oscars, and was nominated for 13 (Brad Pitt should have won the Acting Award). It is really one of the most beautiful and meaningful films I have seen in the 21st century. 

Other than the great production in all aspects (acting, directing, make-up,..etc), the most important is the hidden question the author is asking; would it have been better to life our lives in reverse order, where we grow younger instead of growing older? If we were born old, then become younger every year, would life have been better? This is the real morale about the movie that was written 90 years ago!

My personal opinion is that it doesn't not the matter which direction is our life heading as much as we are making the best out of what we have. I guess the film supported that as well where it highlighted that the best part of our lives when wisdom meets action; i.e. in 30s & 40s, so let's make the best out of it.

What about you?

Mohaly

My fellow 30ians - Part II: Body

The way you treat your body and the habits you get into in this decade, will play a big role in determining your health for the rest of your life. Check your cholesterol levels regularly, find some stress relieving mechanisms and keep as active as possible. You will be so grateful later on!

By our fourth decade on planet earth, most of us have learnt some new words. We’ve learnt some stuff about interest rates, bond repayment and ante-nuptial contracts. Things have started to get serious. What with needing to get the kids to soccer and ballet, getting to the PTA meeting and catching the cricket score, you’ve missed your workout … again.

This is the stage of your life that the habits – good or bad – over the previous years of your life come home to roost. Look at your waistline, and those of your friends. What’s happened to yours in the last ten years? Ideally, your trouser size should stay more or less the same. More importantly, it shouldn’t be more than size 36. Any larger than that and your run a heightened risk of heart disease.

(c)--Health 24.com

My fellow 30ians - Part I: Emotions

At least by the time you are thirty you should begin to feel more secure about yourself than you did when you were a teenager. But these are still potentially confusing times, when there is an enormous amount of social pressure on you to establish a career, to become financially independent, find a life partner if you didn't do so in your twenties and learn to cope with possible fatherhood.

It must be remembered that even positive changes bring about stress. How well you know yourself will play a great role in how you deal with the dramatic changes in your life. How healthy your self-image is, will also determine many of your choices, from sexual choices, to career choices to your choice of partner.

Despite a growing sense of independence, during this time in your life, friends and family will be very important support structures. If you are a good friend, you will have good friends.
Spending time with them will help you to destress. Family is also important, and not only because granny will babysit, so you can go to the movies. If however, you feel that your family of origin is more destructive than supportive, it may be an idea to minimise contact, especially if it stresses you out.

You will, at this stage of your life, probably learn the very liberating skill of saying no. Knowing where to draw the line with your children, your boss, your parents, your partner and your friends. This is not a selfish thing to do – on the contrary. In this way you will not get burnt out or feel used as you would if you always bent over backwards to accommodate everyone, except yourself, that is.

It is also during these years of your life that your personal values will become clearer and you will prioritise your life accordingly. It is a time of change, of growth, of major decisions and of hard work – take a deep breath and get the most out of the experience.

---to be contd.
(c)--Health 24.com