Away from Everything . . . !!!

 

I wish I could runaway to a place which will never remind me of anything I went through !!!!

I would love to get away from all the stress , worries and tension of life . . . I would love to have a long break from thinking !!!

 

A place where I can forget all about my broken dreams , crushed expectations and lost hopes . . . !!

A Year Has Passed . . !!

A roughish good year has passed !!!! and It was full of so many emotions and extraordinary moments. . .

A Year after the Egyptian Revolution

We have stepped down a whole dictatorial system and have them jailed !!!

 

We learned how laugh at our jokes while crying at the martyrs’ funerals !!!!

 We faced the crisis as one. . And observed joys together as well !!

We were taught to love Egypt in our own way . . Although we had times when we disagreed on how to express this love, but we never disagreed on how to wave proudly the Egyptian flag !!!

We finally knew how true parliament elections are like, after decades of political corruption !! 

A whole generation was taught about politics and turned into fans of the politicians rather than celebrities!!!!

We recognized loads of terms, rights and laws we never knew they existed!!!

We prayed faithfully . . sang loudly . . and dreamed optimistically !!!!

 

And may be we didn’t get all our expectations done and yet much to be realized . . But at least . . .

We had something after years of NOTHING !!

Signs Are Everywhere . . !!

I think Allah gives us hints and signs all the time to warn or cheer us up . . .  They are everywhere. . some are clear enough , while others are too blurred to be noticed !! But they are placed along our roads pointing to where we are supposed to be. . !!!! 

 

Usually we don’t start paying attention to them, unless we took wrong turn and about to get lost !!!  But for me it is different . . .

 

I have always believed in signs, and I look for them all the time whether I am in need or not . . .

But Sometimes when life is more confusing, I just flip the pages of the “Quran” and I ask questions (the answers are some random verses I meet by chance) I always feel like it's right, or even close to what I need to know !!!!!! It happens all the time :))

Also signs might come in many ways: a certain word you hear when you are thinking about a certain thing , wise advice from someone you know , dream or even an inner feeling you have . . !!!!!

Signs happen all the time , the important part is to try to notice them when they come . .

This Is Not Me . . . This Is My Protective Shell !!

If anybody would ask  my family , my friends or people I have known for years , they would probably say that I am not shy at all !!!  because I am really coooool with them :))

But when I am around new people, at new places or have to talk in front of a group of people, I am really shy !!

Sometimes I just wonder about my shyness . . Am I really shy or just protecting myself from what I don't know !!!!! and I never knew what the answer is . . !!

Anyway , I do try to break through my shyness or at least train myself to get comfy with people faster (as it takes me longer than the average to feel comfortable !!) , but I have always been that way . . . I don't think that it could be easily changed !!! but No prob. , I can live with it . .

So , Why I am writing this . . ???!!

Because I don’t like to be judged based on what may others see at first . . believe me , I am not that girl !!!!

I just need sometime to feel secure and reveal the “Real Me”. .

Simple Thing . . Big Fun !!

I love popping bubble wrap . . !!!!!  

I believe everybody does !! who wouldn't like such fun ??!!

Remember when I was a kid , whenever something wrapped up in bubble wrap came, me and my younger brother would always fight over it !!!!

Now , after all these years , I still love it !! It is fun and stress reliever too ;) And whenever I get something with bubble wrap , I feel more excited about the wrapping sheet than the thing itself . . !!!!!

Childish . . . . huh ??!

Actually, it is amazing how a simple thing like a bubble wrap sheet brings all this pleasure to anyone !!

The Swing . . !!

I remember the first time I swung !! I was almost 3  or 4 years old . .


My mom put me on the swing’s seat , told me to catch the chain of the swing well, and then she started pushing on the swing carefully . .


It was fun to sit on the swing doing nothing but being pushed by someone . . But later, Mom got tired of standing, so she pushed me one last push and went to take a seat !!

At this time, I realized that I should keep swinging without her help !!!! I should know about moving back and forth by myself. . !!

Well, it was really difficult to deal with self-swinging at the beginning !! As my legs were hanging and my body was rocked !! I Felt as if I was sliding off the swing’s seat !!!!!!!!!!

But gradually I learned how to balance between sticking my legs out and pulling them back with every up & down-swing while grabbing the chain of the swing tightly . . . and woooow  it became  so cool !!!

In a view of that memory, I realized that life is exactly like the swing ride I have experienced many many years ago . . but a life time one !!!  So , I came up with the "Swing's Theories". . .

• We all just need a push or pushes to start , but at a certain point we have to run things by ourselves . . .  !!!

• At times things might seem not easy to be handled  not because they are really bad !!! but because  we have no idea about how to make them work properly . . !!!


• Our values , beliefs and religious convictions are the rope of the swing . . . they should be grabbed tightly, otherwise we could fall . . . !!!!

• Every experience has both sides ,  bright &  dark one . . No matter which one we will start with , but definitely we are going to come across the other side too . . . !!!

• And finally ,  Yes !! we can still have fun even without anybody around . . . !!!
  

See !!! everything can teach you something . . . Even those little swings in the playgrounds !!

 Enjoy Swinging ;)

Another New Year . . .

(This post was supposed to be shared in the New Year’s Eve . . . but late is better than never )

 

Actually, I am not really concerned about New Year’s Eve celebrations !!! And this is because of my religious conviction (I am Muslim El-hamdul’Allah)

So, for me this eve is just time to reflect upon the past . . It is the time when I take a moment to look at what I did during the last months . .

I have realized that the last few years were really challenging and life has rarely gone in the way I have wanted or expected !!!!  But there were always loads of lessons to learn , and  every trial, hard situation or painful moment I have lived, has shaped me somehow into the person I am today !!

About what I feel !! Well , I admit  I am a bit excited about 2012 with much caution. . . It’s like I'm waiting to open up a box that I don’t know what it has inside !!!


Hope what is coming next will be better Insha'Allah :)