I opened my eyes. I looked out of the window it was drizzling and there was mist outside. What a beautiful day! I love when it is raining especially when it is light and one can take a walk enjoying the rain without being worried about getting wet. I made breakfast ready then I took my kids to school. I went walking. Trees with their colorful leaves and a cool breeze touching my face! God everything is just amazing. I saw some people; they were walking I smiled at them they smiled me back. Oh God everything is just different. I always like to be in this way. Then I thought to myself is it me who felt and looked at things differently or the world is different today?

What a beautiful lake! One can see the reflection of blue sky and its clouds. I was touching its surface with my fingers and was stunned by the amazing scenery all around. It was like paradise. In the blink of an eye all I could see was a large alligator with its big mouth and sharp teeth; there was something between its teeth; it looked like a hand. Oh my God it was my hand! 

I wish war planes instead of dropping bombs, drop colorful balloons and bubbles. Then kids would run happily to play with them; they would laugh from the bottom of their lungs when they try to catch bubbles not knowing that as soon as they touch them, they would disappear. I wish instead of cartridge guns shoot chocolates, then kids would race to see who would pick more. I wish all the grenades would spread tinsels when they explode with a funny voice instead of horrifying sound.

I wish the horrible sound of explosions do not traumatize kids instead exhilarate them for bringing funny stuff.

I wish we have never invented military weapons. I wish we humans act wiser and spend no money on weapons instead for eradicating poverty and diseases, for education and facing with natural calamities and whatnot.

I wish those who produce weapons would read my post.

First I wanted to address this letter to my beloved country like all of you. A land which our parents and their parents and we have grown up and therefore we have a long root in it; a land which every particle of it has become a part of us, a land that has special meaning for us. That’s why we never stop loving our country despite some facts that we might not approve. Like a child who loves her or his parents even when they punish him or her.

Then a thought came into my mind; I always like to find an excuse which could bring us ’humans’ closer and makes us one. So I would like to write a letter to a place which all of these wonderful countries are located on; we call it “earth” our home. The only planet in entire galaxy which humans can survive.

Dear earth how can I describe your indescribable beauty; with your blue sky above and lush green lands beneath, with your inexhaustible source of energy the sun, with your beautiful stars and moon, with your magnificent mountains, with your rivers which are like vessels in your body, with your marvelous jungles and its wonderful wildlife and whatnot.

Dear home you have provided us with all kinds of facility to live. In some parts of you circumstances are harsh to live but as you know humans are smart and they adapt themselves to different environment. You are so kind to us but we have destroyed you due to excessive use of your resources.  

So many people have lived on you and so many are going to live, so we should save you for them. You have seen so many great people who tried to make earth the best place to live. You also have seen so many wars and battles which destroyed everything. Oh I don’t know when we will stop fighting, but I do hope that one day we will make you a desirable place to live and make all lands peaceful which everyone will enjoy living there.

There are so many questions that occupy my mind, especially when it comes to religion.  Whenever I think of religion so many questions arise in my mind.

What is religion? Where does it come from? Is it sent to us by God? What is the purpose of religion?

In my opinion religion is like a guideline sent to us by God in order to help us to find the right path. Right path? What is it and to where? Altruism is the right path which leads to prosperity and happiness of all.

Actually God has no need of our praying. Praying helps us to purify our soul, to strengthen our faith and to soften our heart to be altruistic.

Why God has created us in different shapes and languages? Look around yourself; the beauty of life lies in its variety. Don’t you think if all of us were the same we would be bored? There is no beauty in Monotony. It’s no wonder then if we all have different religions and beliefs. It doesn’t mean that one religion is better than another. They are all sent by God, so they carry the same message. Surely they are different in details but they are the same in principles. There is no religion which supports oppression, murder, rape, steal, lie and so on. They all invite us to be good to do well. They are here to reveal the best of our humanity, to reduce pains caused by natural disasters not to increase pains by creating some disasters like war.

Does it really matter where we worship God in mosque, in church, in a synagogue, in a temple? What is the real worship? I believe to give helping hands to others, to be kind is the real worship. God wants us to love each other, to forgive, to be fair, to be compassionate, to be merciful, and to respect each other.

Imagine a society which people of different religions live in peace and respect with each other. What a wonderful society it would be! A society with high technology couldn’t be an evolved one if it does not care about human rights and dignity. If you are a religious person you must know that if you want others to respect your religion you must respect their religions too. Apart from our religion, our gender, our race and our country we all share the essence of humanity.

My intention of writing this blog is to highlight the fact that all religions should be respected. We should learn to understand the main message in order to create a better world.

Is it possible to have a world filled with peace and love and people practicing their own religion with respect to one another?

Let’s have hope. 

My eagerness, keen and enthusiasm for learning English is intense, extreme and drastic. The vast, huge and broad vocabulary of English language makes me bewildered, puzzled or confused. There are so many words meaning the same like delay, postpone and procrastinate; meanwhile we have some phrasal verbs which mean the same as those verbs like putt off.

I started learning English first as a hobby, pastime or recreation, but as time went by I fell in love with this beautiful, gorgeous and elegant language. I want to be an expert or buff in English, so I have a long way ahead. I am so determined, steadfast or persistent to achieve my goal.

Writing seemed so hard for me that I couldn’t dare or venture to give it a try or shot. One of my friends that I owe a debt of gratitude or thanks to him encouraged, persuaded or talked me into writing. So I started writing although I haven’t made so much progress, advance or headway but at least now I can write whatever comes to my mind much easier. I know that to get better I should read and write more.

Please wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed for me.:D

As I was driving on a highway, a car with high speed overtook my car. In the blink of an eye he lost his control and all I remember was a car spinning in front of my car, I lost my control and bang. I was watching my car and “i” injured in the car. Oh my God! It was time for me to go, to leave everything behind. My time was over, but I was not ready to go. I have so much to do. I wanted to tell my kids how much I love them. I wanted them to know that although sometimes I was harsh on them, but I always love them. I wanted to hug them tight, to feel them and to say out loud no matter what, I will always love them.

I wanted to thank my parents and my beloved husband. I wanted to tell my siblings that despite arguing and fighting as a child but we had a great time with each other. I wanted to tell my friends that they were so precious for me and I have learned so much from them.

Oh I wanted to watch sunrise. I wanted to go under the snow and look at the sky see those beautiful white gifts falling from the sky. I wanted to run so fast. I wanted to laugh at myself when I fuss over the things which really do not matter. I wanted to make others happy. I wanted to thank God from the bottom of my heart. Oh I wanted….

Suddenly I opened my eyes in sweat; oh God! It was a nightmare. I am alive.  I still have the opportunity to live life, so I got up went to my kids’ room; I hugged them so tightly. They said: “mom are you ok”?Yes my dears I am I am, couldn’t be better. I am alive…. .

It was winter; Setareh had some strange feelings, so she asked her husband to buy a pregnancy test device to see if she was pregnant. Her husband went to drugstore and came back soon. With eyes filled with tears of joy and happiness Setareh informed her husband that they were going to have a baby. It was the best moment ever; she and her husband were on cloud nine. After few months, when Setareh went to doctor for monthly check-up; her doctor told her that she could hear two heart beats and that means two babies. Setareh was shocked “twins, you mean I am going to have twins?” she asked her doctor. The doctor confirmed.

She couldn’t believe it. She told her husband that they were going to have twins; her husband got surprised just like her. Setareh was afraid of whether she could take care of two little babies or not. She had no experience. Then she and her husband started talking about their babies, about whether they like them to be identical or not, to have boys or girls or what she would do if they both cry. It was like they were trying to believe what they heard. As they talked they realized how happy they were, gradually all of their worries vanished as they feel the joyous of having twins.

Seatreh and her husband prayed for having healthy kids no matter if they were boys or girls, identical or different. They asked God to help them to raise their children with all their love. Now setareh’s twins are all grown-up; she is always grateful to God for having them.

Her mind was busy while she was looking at her girls. She loves them so much. She is expecting another baby; she longed to have a boy. Her husband also loves to have a boy and told her that this time it must be a boy. A few days later she walked into doctor’s office to have sonogram to see if the baby is ok and also to find out about baby’s gender.  She was informed that the baby was fine and the baby was a girl.

She didn’t know whether to be happy or not and how to give the news to her husband. Sad story!

Are you familiar with such stories?  Do you have such people around you? Are you one of these people?

Hopefully these kind of thoughts are not common as they were in the past, but still we have them. It has a long story; in the past people prefer boys over girls because it was boys who worked outside the house and were responsible for living, although women always work hard alongside with men. Another reason was because they fight so often so they need boys in order to have more soldiers.

Kings always wanted to have boys in order to have a substitute for their throne. 

I even consider this kind of thoughts among people who claim whatever God grants them they will accept it with pleasure, but in reality they also insist on having boys even  if it means having six or seven girls.

Unfortunately even most of  women have these kind of thoughts. They like to have boys and they take so much proud in themselves when they give birth to boys.

Whenever a baby girl’s birth is welcomed by sadness it breaks my heart. A question pops in my head why? Why it should be like this?   

Time has changed. Now women are almost as capable as men. Men and women have differences but it doesn’t mean that one is superior to the other.

Women give beauty to the world. Their kind hearts give life to everything.  Their love and their compassion help others through difficult times. Look at a mother; the way she takes care of her babies, she is ready to sacrifice her life for her kids. Look at a wife; she supports her husband with all her heart, she comforts her husband with all her love. Look at a girl; she adores her father, she loves her father the way nobody does.

 Oh what a dull world it would be without these little angels. If you are a girl if you are going to have a girl be proud of yourself. Let’s change these unpleasant way of thinking towards girls. Let’s start from ourselves. Cheer up it’s a girl.:D

Her mind was busy while she was looking at her girls. She loves them so much. She is expecting another baby; she longed to have a boy. Her husband also loves to have a boy and told her that this time it must be a boy. A few days later she walked into doctor’s office to have sonogram to see if the baby is ok and also to find out about baby’s gender.  She was informed that the baby was fine and the baby was a girl.

She didn’t know whether to be happy or not and how to give the news to her husband. Sad story!

Are you familiar with such stories?  Do you have such people around you? Are you one of these people?

Hopefully these kind of thoughts are not common as they were in the past, but still we have them. It has a long story; in the past people prefer boys over girls because it was boys who worked outside the house and were responsible for living, although women always work hard alongside with men. Another reason was because they fight so often so they need boys in order to have more soldiers.

Kings always wanted to have boys in order to have a substitute for their throne. 

I even consider this kind of thoughts among people who claim whatever God grants them they will accept it with pleasure, but in reality they also insist on having boys even  if it means having six or seven girls.

Unfortunately even most of  women have these kind of thoughts. They like to have boys and they take so much proud in themselves when they give birth to boys.

Whenever a baby girl’s birth is welcomed by sadness it breaks my heart. A question pops in my head why? Why it should be like this?   

Time has changed. Now women are almost as capable as men. Men and women have differences but it doesn’t mean that one is superior to the other.

Women give beauty to the world. Their kind hearts give life to everything.  Their love and their compassion help others through difficult times. Look at a mother; the way she takes care of her babies, she is ready to sacrifice her life for her kids. Look at a wife; she supports her husband with all her heart, she comforts her husband with all her love. Look at a girl; she adores her father, she loves her father the way nobody does.

 Oh what a dull world it would be without these little angels. If you are a girl if you are going to have a girl be proud of yourself. Let’s change these unpleasant way of thinking towards girls. Let’s start from ourselves. Cheer up it’s a girl.:D

We all have had a kind of conversation inside our head while we try to do something. Part of us encourages us to do it and the other part tires to prevent us from doing it. We may call it good and bad parts, positive and negative parts, angel and evil parts of ourselves or whatnot. There is an ongoing conversation between these two parts which helps us to make a better choice, although sometimes the good part wins and sometimes the bad part wins.

I got the idea of writing about this topic when I listened to a poet who composed a very nice poem related to this subject. He said that once a wise man told that there is a wolf inside each of us. A permanent fight takes place between this wolf and our own self. Physical strength can not help us in order to win this battle. Only our wisdom can help us. There have been so many masculine and hefty men who were defeated by the wolves inside of them while there were so many feeble and skinny men who conquered the wolf.

We must defeat this wolf until we are young otherwise it would get more powerful as we grow older then It would be so hard to overcome the wolf. Every one who can defeat the wolf he/she will become a pure person on the other hand if someone loses the battle to wolf he/she will turn to a wolf although they look like humans in the appearance.

The reason people are fighting with each other is because they let themselves to be led by these wolves inside of them, as a result they can not understand those who fostered the humanity part and killed their wolves.

Let’s try to overcome the brutality inside of us and have mercy towards our kinds. Let’s defeat this wolf inside of us.

Recently I have observed a new perspective in movies. It was always like there were some nice people against those who were the bad guys.  The good ones were always good and the bad ones were always bad. It was like they were born to be villain. The new perspective in movies tries to see positive and negative features in villains. They would act so differently if they had a chance; I meant the chance of being good. When the villains are not blamed for everything wrong, when they are treated well, when the good ones help them then they will try to be nice.

we all like to do good, to make others happy, to be loved, to love others, to get recognition; on the other hand we all are sick of being blamed for our faults, for being treated unfaily and for not being loved.

 I like this new way of looking because we all as human beings have some flaws.  We all are fallible. I don’t approve of blaming convict only; what about the conditions, society or so many other factors which were involved in making him/her to do something wrong.

 My friend told me that we can not remove darkness by darkness but by light. We can not remove hatred by hatred but by love. So I hope all people especially the bad ones have the opportunity to show their true self.

I love walking in cool weather rather a bit cold, when cold breeze touches my face.

I love swimming and playing badminton. I can never imagine life without music. What a dull life it would be! I enjoy listening to music. I love looking at people’s faces in crowded places. I love observing young and newly married couples and to see how much love they are sharing through looking at each other. I love seeing others happiness. I love watching babies of few months old.

I love watching movies drama, comedy and mysterious ones and last but not the least animations. I love watching kind of talk show in which a group of people discuss over a topic. I love listening to Ted Talks in my cell phone soooo much.

I love speaking in English, reading books in English and practicing my English. Oh my! It’s all related to English, so to sum it up I am an English lover.:D

He told me about his wonderful journey; when the sun shines in the sky; she takes us up to the sky by her fingertips.  He described how beautiful it is to look at the earth from up in the sky. He told me how he transformed from liquid form into gas form; something like cloud. He told me how he was moved by wind every where in the sky and when the time was ripe he came back to earth again in shape of drop. He narrated his long journey among forest, fields, rivers and finally back to ocean. I asked him what the best part of his journey was; he replied: when he was up there he saw eyes which were looking and waiting for him and his friends.  He saw how plants, beautiful flowers and even humans wither away if he was late. He saw the happiness and tears of joy in the eyes of those who had waited so long, so the best moment for him was when he came down from the sky joyfully and to become part of their happiness.  Now I was ready to start my journey. I was ready to start my adventure. I am waiting for the sun to take me up.

Here is a house. A house is a common roof for family members who are bonded by love; a father and a mother and their kids. They love each other, care about each other and protect each other. Even if one of the family members does something wrong they would try to help her. This is what it means to be a family. They all know that in order to have a happy family they all must be responsible.  It’s the first community that we start our social life. We learn that how great it feels to be loved, to be accepted and to be cherished and also we learn how to love others, to accept them and to cherish them. We learn that if we want to live together we must learn to forgive, to give another opportunity and to make sacrifices for those we love.

Here is a city full of the houses. Now the city is like a family and every house is like a member of the city. In order for a city to be run well, every citizen has a role to play. Each person has some responsibilities. It’s the same story as family if we want to live in supporting and caring environment we must apply the same attitude. We must follow the rules, help those who are in needs and give opportunity to those who have none left. It reminds me of a nice saying” nobody needs smile as much as those who have none left to give”.

Here is a country which has so many cities. The same story will go on; in order to have a good country all cities should do their part. Country is like a family and cities are like the family members. Again we must practice what we have learned as a good family member and as a good citizen. Then the result would be a thriving country which will benefit its entire people.

Here is a continent; many countries exist there. It’s seems we have the same old story again. It seems that we are all connected to one another. In order to have a peaceful continent, every country should respect its neighbor. They should help each other through difficult times like natural catastrophes or through economical recessions. It may seem impossible but when we help each other nothing seems out of our reach.

And last but not the least here is our planet ‘our home’.  It has five continents on it. We turned it into a global village by all the devices that have been discovered. Nowadays we can communicate more easily, but it seems that in reality we are still so far away from each other. It’s Time to bring our heart closer if we want to have a peaceful life on earth. It’s time to share our similarities, its’ time to help one another.  It’s time to act like a family, to put aside all hatreds, all grudges and all misunderstandings.

One day it might be so late to unite this shattered family. Lets start it from now.

When I was a child my grandmother was not so old; now that I have grown up when I look at her I notice that she has got so old. I also realized that my parents are getting old and there is almost no black hair left. All of a sudden I felt that this means I am getting old too and it made me frightened.  Nobody likes to get old but this is life. It has been in this way and is going to be as long as we live on this planet.

We were born one day,  then we were child and young ; now we are adults and we may have the chance of living a few years longer to become old. Then I thought it’s just so amazing. How lucky I am to see my parents getting old, to watch my kids grow older so there is nothing to be afraid of.  

There were so many innocent kids who never got the chance of becoming older and so many adults who were not lucky to see their kids turning to become youth.

I must be grateful to God for giving me this opportunity and try to enjoy and live every moment to its full.

For those who never got the chance to fall in love, for those who never see their own kids, for those who were so young but were killed for their beliefs, for those who were on their way to get succeed but left so soon, may God rest their souls in peace, amen.

This is a story about a kid who has to face the harshness of life so early in life. Her mother left her. She is now living with her addicted father. Her father made him to sell flowers on the streets. Whenever she sees a family, a mother with her kid hand in hand she dreams of having one.” Oh God if only I had parents who love me” she thinks then I would be the happiest child.

In winter when her hands are so cold she yearns for having a mother who can warm up her hands with kindness. She craves her father would hug her with so much love but alas they all live in her dreams and the harsh reality of life seems to smirk at her.  She asks why her life should be in this way.  Has she done anything wrong? She has no answer for all her questions. In her beautiful mind she dreams about her life in the future. She wants to be different from her parents. She says to herself” I will be a wonderful mom and I will make an amazing family”.

I know that her dreams will live on as long as she lives because it’s the only thing nobody could take it away from her.  I wish all her dreams come true.

We come across so many kids like her. So many organizations are held to help these kids, but still so much needs to be done. Sometimes I blame irresponsible adults who bring them in this world and leave them on their own. Sometimes I blame society or government that does not take care of them. Sometimes I blame my own self, but I know that blaming will not help.

When I talk about theses kinds of issues people would say this is life you can not save all. But I believe there must be a way to save all kids, to give them a chance to live a better life and I wonder what that way is and what my role…is.

Dear friends, this is not a new blog. In my previous one I have talked on behalf of God. Dear Lady Noor has informed me that it's not appropriate to  talk on behalf of God and use the pronoun "I", so she kindly suggested me to change the pronoun "I" to "HE". Dear Noor thanks for your correction.

There was a time when he decided to create a creature named human. He endowed this creature with his own spirit. He said to spirit that he will be companion to this creature and one day he will return to him. This pure soul was a gift from him. He called human as a supreme creature because he gave them the capability of becoming the best. He granted human with free will and the ability to choose, so it’s up to them to be the superior or inferior one.

He created them in mate, because he wants them to go through good times and tough times with each other hand in hand, to enjoy life with each other, to console each other and to love each other.

Some of them will indicate the best of humanity so he will be proud of them.  But some will become the worst. They will think of themselves only and they will darken their pure souls.

“They are God in their chrysalis”. It means that they are capable of having his traits. They are able to create whatever they want in their lives, to fulfill their dreams and to make what seems impossible possible, to be kind, to be compassionate, to show mercy to each other, to help one another.

In searching for happiness, they would be happier if they help each other. Their happiness depends on one another.  When they return to him, he would ask them whether they live a happy life or they created any happiness.

There are different ways to communicate with other people. It depends on people and the way they choose to convey their messages. Have you ever looked at a picture or a painting for so long and it looks like it is talking to you. It seems that the painter try to convey his message through his painting without using even a single word he is able to transfer the meaning he had in his mind. A composer speaks through his music. Sometimes a piece of music can touch our soul and heart so deeply.

Do you remember when we were a child and the look that our parents gave us was enough to see what was going on?  Even eyes can convey messages. When you look into someone’s eyes you can see joyous, sorrow, anger, calmness, hatred or love. That’s why people believe eyes are not able to disguise our real feelings. They reveal the truth easily. They are like windows of our souls.

How about silence? Sometimes even silence can convey a deep meaning. We have an expression in Persian that says “my silence is not a sign for my satisfaction; I am silent because I am not kind of a person who complains”. We have seen so many great people who choose silence over speaking in order to talk their heart out because the words can not help them any more.

Most of us communicate with others through speaking. Have you ever felt that you can not make yourself completely understood and even sometimes your interlocutor may get you wrong? Then you struggle to put the words in another way in order to make yourself clear.

Some people are so good at speaking. They are masters in giving lectures so they get succeed in conveying their messages. Of course they get this ability through practicing, reading so many books and enhancing their knowledge.

Some may not be able to speak well so they prefer to write.  They convey their messages through their writings. When their books are translated in other languages, they communicate with people all around the world. Words are the carrier of meanings. Their mission is to deliver the message to readers.

Can words always deliver the meanings and the feelings completely? Some times an author distills all his life into a book; All of the pains, all of the difficulties, all of his fears, his hopes, his dreams and all of his hardworking stories into one book. Sometimes a sentence may carry a deep meaning so I think we must look, listen and read with both heart and mind in order to get the meaning right.