When the existence kills everything beautiful,

the farewell becomes a necessity.


It's really too hard to express your feelings, intertwined 
like the roots of tropical trees,

you cannot separate them without severely damaging them.

Unfortunately, you can't know anything for sure until you drop yourself in this life,

making right and wrong choices and test everything.

We each have to do this, but destiny makes the difference between my life and yours.

Man does not attain all his heart's desires for the winds do not blow as the vessels wish

Once upon a time, there was a king who had a weird idea to kill all the ministers who made an error or committed a sin.
The punishment was carried out by using brutal dogs.

Our story begins when a horrible voice came from the basement of the king’s palace.
“Please, my master. I will never do it again. It was a devil's mistake, and I had a weak soul.
Please believe me. I will never do it again.” Those were the last words they have heard from that basement.

After quiet some time, one of the king’s ministers gave him an erroneous opinion, which made our king very angry.
Hence the king has ordered to throw the minister to cruel dogs.

The minister said to the king:
“My Lord I have been serving you for 10 years. Why are you doing this to me? Please, I beg you just for 10 days, before the realization of the judgment.”

The king gave him what he had asked for.

Immediately after that, the minister went to the guardsmen of dogs.
“Please my friend, can you do me a favor.
I want to serve these dogs only for 10 days.”

The guardsmen said:
“What do you have in your mind?
And what do you aim for?”

The minister said:
“I will tell you later.”

The minister took the guard's place and he started to care for dogs: he fed them, washed them, and spent all his time with them.

Ten days after, the king gave the order to throw the minister in a jail with dogs.
The king was standing out watching for the moment when dogs will tear apart the minister.
But, what happened was totally unpredictable.
Dogs were only barking under his feet without doing anything.

The king asked him:
“What did you do to these dogs?”

The minister said:
“I have served these dogs for 10 days and they have not forgotten my assistance. And I have served you for 10 years, and you have forgotten all of that.”

A foreign language is like a little dragon living in your mind.
Even if you feed him every day, it will always be hungry.
I guess it's better to kill him.
But my heart's too weak to do that, so it is still with me.
Now we put the second candle in its cake.

((My English book ;)

The owners of the ship asked all experts for help, but none of them could figure out how to fix the ship's engine.

Then, they consulted with and brought an old man to try.
He had worked in ship repairs since he was young.
The old man was carrying a large bag of tools with him.
When he went inside the engine room, he Immediately started checking the engine out.
At the same moment, the two owners of the ship were watching him, hoping that he could repair the engine.
After he finished his examination, he took out a small hammer.
He quietly knocked on a part of the engine.
They were surprised when the engine returned to life.
Carefully, he placed the hammer back inside the bag.

"The engine is working now", he said.

After a week, they received a bill from the old man, and it was for $10,000.00.
It was unbelievable! Some of them argued, "He barely did anything! He certainly didn't do anything worthy of this amount of money".

So they wrote to him and said, "Please send us an itemized invoice for your work".

The old man sent his bill, and it read as follows:
- roads hammer = $2.00
-The place that the hammer touched = $9,998.00.

Effort is important, but knowing where to put the effort in our lives is what make the difference!

Have you ever noticed how a fly tries to get out of a window?

There was a small fly that entered through one of the windows of the car.
And after a while, she wanted to get out from the same window, which was closed.
She flew around it from the left to the right from the top to the bottom to get out but it was hopeless.
She kept trying that until she got tired and exhausted all her energy and died.                   

The strange thing was that all the other windows of the car and all the other doors were open, but she did not try to look for any other way to get out and insisted on one way only which she tried over and over again until she died.

 Unfortunately after the first hit the fly won't be flexible and will try to get out again out of the same place where it got hit before!

The fly might remain inflexible for the next 10 minutes by insisting to solve the problem using the same way that didn't work while few inches away there may be a real opening where it can escape from!

Seems like a dumb fly right?

well if you think so then don't hate me for telling you that you might be doing the exact thing without noticing. 

Flexibility is one of the very important skills that every goal oriented person should have.

If you want to be flexible in life then put in mind that if something didn't work then you have to change your approach and try a different method.

Are you afraid of making a mistake?

Let say " YOU have just made the mistake!!

Does this happen?

Are you expecting someone to say something to you about the mistake?

Are you around someone who seems to enjoy pointing out your mistakes?

What else happens?  What is your response?

                                                    How do you feel?

Does it make you feel bad!, hold you back, lead you into the dark, tear you down, lose your opportunities, drive insanity, burn you, drown you, destroy you, bother you, you can't sleep, feel like the end.

Do you know that all successful people that I know have made some pretty big mistakes.

Failures in life are great experiences as they can eventually lead you to your destination, as long as you don't give up.

When we take full responsibility for mistakes, we can learn from them. If we blame something or someone outside of ourselves, we will never learn.   No one starts-out at the finish line. Sure, some people have more advantages than others (birthplace, family wealth etc); but, those things are not the main determining factor in success.  We must be willing to go after what we want, recognizing that we WILL make mistakes and take away vital experience that we can apply later. That is the essence of successful.

The goal in life is to keep the mind open, take in everything, learn from your mistakes, and always move forward.

You should know that mistakes are part of our lives. 

 I learned that if I make a mistake, I immediately make a pact with myself to not fall into the same trap again, but to learn from my mistake. I learned the power of taking time off, listening and respecting , going with the flow, being easy on myself and finding happiness in the present. I, in a nutshell, learned to embrace imperfection and to find a valuable lesson in my mistake.

Do you love your mistakes now !!

My story this time talked about the old woman and her story with mosque.

It is taught by the old people that once there was a king. He wanted to build a mosque in his city, and he was very proud of himself. It wasn't hard to see him bragging about his belongings.

With selfish feelings, The king declared that no one would be allowed to help in his Mosque by any means.

After two years, his mosque was finished and his name was put upon it.
One day, after going to sleep, the king started to dream about that mosque.
In this dream, someone had removed his name from the mosque and replaced it with the name of a woman.

when he woke up, he could not explain the feeling of that dream. Suddenly, he made up his mind and sent his soldiers to see if his name had really been replaced by another. when they got there,nothing had changed.

When the soldiers returned, they said: your name is still there, your highness.

On the second night , he had the same dream. In this time he felt that something was really wrong and, for this, he sent his soldiers back to this mosque again. However, everything was still the same.

On the third night , he had that dream again. something was different this time, he could see things more clearly.

The king remembered the name that had replaced his in that dream. Then, he ordered his soldiers to bring in that woman.

When she walked in, her appearance was of a poor an old woman. He checked her out with a serious frown before he suddenly exclaimed: "Tell me, what did you do to keep coming in my dreams old woman?!"

She said: "I am a poor and elderly woman! What could i do against you, my lord?"

He asked again: "I ask you by Allah name"tell me what you did when the mosque was being built !"

She said: " I didn't do anything to the mosque, BUT"

"_BUT what ?!?!", He replied.

She said: "_ Once I passed by the mosque and saw the animals that were carrying the materials. They looked very thirsty! all I did was to quench their thirst !"

The king stood up, stared at the woman for a moment and said: "_You had pure intentions when you helped those animals. on the other hand, I was just trying to impress humans, and that's why Allah didn't take my offer."

After that, he ordered that her name was put on his mosque.

the king

the story takes place in andalusia long ago. It's a story of three young men, who used to carry the people's goods from the market to their homes using donkeys. One night , after a hard day of work, the three ate their dinner together and then sat down to talk. As they were speaking one of them, named mohammed, said " if i was king, what would you wish for ?"
the two men burst into laughter, they said " this is impossible! How could you be king? You work with a donkey. But mohammed ignored their laughter and repeated his question again. He said " what if l was king? What would you wish for?"
seeing that he was serious, the first man said, "i'd want gardens and a horse and a hundred thousand dinars of gold. The second man said, " if you become king, then put me on a donkey and let me face its back end it while someone parades me through the village saying " this man is a crazy liar". And let him take me to jail. It was obvious he didn't think mohammed could ever be king. That night, they all fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, mohammed woke up early. Mohammed felt their words were true. How could a person who worked with donkeys ever become king ? mohammed thought a lot. What is the first step to reach my goal, he asked himself. Then, he decided to sell his donkey and to try to find work in the police station.
He worked hard there until he finally became the head of the police department. It was at this time that the king died. Mohammed was declared king. He opened the country and expanded his reign.
Thirty years passed and then one day, he suddenly remembered his friends who worked with him. He sent for them and asked them to come. The two arrived and then entered. They were taken to see the king. They were shocked to see their friend, mohammed, wearing the crown.
Mohammed said to the guards," i was with these two men thirty years ago. We were working with donkeys. One night, we were talking. I said to them, if i become king , what would you like? He asked the first one." Do you remember what you wished for? The man said, "i asked for gardens and a horse and a hundred thousand dinars of gold. "the king said, " i will give you what you asked for' then, he turned to the second man. " and you? Do you remember what you wished for? The man said, " if you become king, put me on a donkey and let me face its rear end. Let someone parade me through the streets while calling me a crazy liar and then have him take me to jail.
The king said, " and you shall have what you wished for. Know that nothing is impossible and that god is capable of everything.

This is not one of my great travels; it is only a small journey in a small city, with friendly people. 

But it is still an adventure I could experience and tell stories about it...

The heroes of this journey! Mom, my aunt, my cousin, and me, also a lot of people who went, are mentioned in the story.

I said that I would pack my things that I did need. I moved the table over  the window, and then I put everything in the middle of the floor. In the end I got a big suitcase. In this case I believed that my mom wouldn't be happy with this result.

We arrived at 1,00 am and we could find a nice quiet place to rent.

The next day, which was Friday, it was mom who woke me up, she said, " Do you know that it's nearly twelve o'clock "

What! I jumped out of bed.

And she added calmly " get ready before 4:00 pm "

Oh god I forgot to set up my alarm!! And I also forgot about our all invitations thist evening. So I was so worried about missing this occasion.

In the evening, we were sitting around a table full of many kinds of delicious sweets and we were served with coffee, and the atmosphere was like a party, there were kids everywhere, families were sitting around the tables. They sipped their coffee, ate, and chatted, they laughed and smiled. it was odd to hear some women talking about politics. They obsessed about it. So it was interesting to get their perspective. 

 However, 

  I was getting bored when two girls entered the room and they came to me to check my hand and said “ hi” and they took the place which was next to me, and we hit it off immediately, and we got along well together. We talked about how we could improve our English !! i mentioned many kinds of sites which were useful in our case and i skipped our site becouse i wasn't sure about it.

My aunt leaned in closer to me and whispered, “ Time flies guys    

Oh, Time’s kind of escaping me tonight; I had no idea what the time was!! 

But it was a nice supper with a lovely people.

At the end of the day, night came and the world was peaceful and calm, our little light didn't help us in this case, what was it, what the hell was going on there!! Nothing just our story it was ending, " don't worry, there's more then you thought and this is just a pieces of it"

Translated by gozal

This sentence was repeated by an old blind man, who was standing in the road, carrying a bag of money. Again and again, he shouted in his loudest voice, " Slap my Face And Take A Dinar"

This kept happening.

One day, a man was passing by when he saw what was happening to the old man. He could not believe his eyes, shocked, he asked the old man, why are you doing this to yourself !!

The old man told him his story .......

He said when i was younger, i was married to a beautiful girl and i had a son. We were poor but happy.

One day, when i was walking in the village, i heard someone say there is a place very far away which has an amazing treasure. But it's very difficult to get there and far too dangerous for anyone to try alone. I said to myself that man is old and weak. But i'm young and strong .. why don't i go and find that treasure ?

The idea kept coming to me night after night. I could not forget that treasure. And one day, i decided i could not take it anymore. I decided to leave my wife and son and go to the treasure.

I wanted to be rich so badly. I imagined living in a big house ... eating the best food and never having to worry about money again. My wife, on the other hand, opposed my idea. She didn't want me to leave her alone. She begged me to stay, but i didn't listen to her.

The next day, i started to search for the treasure. I took my bags and went far and wide.

It took me many years but i finally found the treasure. There was nothing for me to be happy about that thought. I had become an old man and i'd lost my sight. And when i returned to my town, i found my family had moved after i'd gone.... Worse my precious wife had died, and my son i don't know where he is now.

The old man sighed and then continued " Here i am, I have a treasure, but I paid a heavy price to get it. This is my story, he said that with tears in his eyes.

In the end, when he had finished recounting his story, the blind man started shouting as usual

" Slap my Face And Take a Dinar"