The moment you put your pen on the paper to transfer your thoughts through the words it will become a blog. Blog is a thought craving to be known. Blog is an imagination desiring to be shared.  Blog could be a heart-to-heart talk hoping that some nice feedbacks will comfort you. Blog could be a story that a person wants to share with others. It could be a lesson that a person learned a lot from and now he wants others to get the most out of it as well. Blog could be an idea that comes from your innovative mind and you like to know others opinion about it.

Blog is a place where every body can talk about their culture, their tradition and their beliefs. Blog is a place to prove that apart from all differences we have, we are all human beings. It’s a place to bring us closer. Blog is a place to highlight our similarities. Blog is a place to improve our tolerance of ambiguity.  Blog is a place where we can share your hopes and fears. It is a place to share our doubts our questions our likes and dislikes.

For me blog is a proof that I exist. It’s a place where I can be myself the one I forget during daily life. It’s a place where I can communicate with others all around the world; the ones that I may never have the chance of contacting in reality, isn’t it amazing?  

Blog is a chance to see things from others’ eyes, to put yourself in their shoes and to empathize with others. Blog is an opportunity to learn new things. Blog is…. .   

So many stories have been told about love. So many books have been written about love.  As long as people live the story about love will live on.  In every country there are so many stories and legends about love. People like listening and reading these kinds of love stories.

There are of course different kinds of love for instance a kind of love between family members, the kind of love people feel about their country or the kind of love that some have about a belief or a goal so accordingly they devote all their lives towards it. Whenever we talk about love mostly the first impression is romantic love. When two people of the opposite gender feel so passionately about each other; it seems like they can not live without each other so they decide to share the journey of life together.

When we plant a seed in soil it needs so many things in order to grow and flourish. It’s the same for love. It also needs so much of caring and devotion and sacrifices.  Where there is love there is no ‘I’. Where there is love there couldn’t be any selfishness. There is no comparison; there is no asking of the other person for being this way or that way. The only person you see is him or her. You see nothing wrong with him or her. We all desire to be loved and to love some one.

I always think that love is something extraordinary and so special isn’t it? I am a wife who loves her husband. I am a mother who loves her kids. I am a child who loves her parents. I am a sister who loves her siblings. I am a friend who loves her friends and last but certainly not the least I am a human who loves all human beings.  I always wonder if I love them for myself or for their own sake. Would I love them if they don’t love me back? Do I love them unconditionally? And so many other questions unanswered in my mind.

I believe that love will give us the power to forgive others, to help them through out the difficulty, to support them and to treat them kindly. To put it in a nutshell I believe actions speak louder than words; so love would be proven through out actions not by expressing sweet nothing words.  That’s why I think love is so hard to be defined and therefore it is so mysterious.  

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

I created them in mate, because I want 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 and I 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 my 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 me  I would ask them whether they live a happy life or they created any happiness.

I want to make friends with you. Sounds familiar, right?

At lease we come across with it in virtual world so often.  It got me thinking what it really means to make friends on net.  What do you expect from someone that you choose to be your friend? Is it important to you where does he or she come from? Does it matter what is his or her religion? How about his gender? His job, his marital state and so on.

For me it is kind of exciting to make friends from all over the world, because it would give me the opportunity to get to know different people with different cultures. It is unlikely I could get the opportunity to see other countries in reality so that would be an amazing experience to be friends with different people through this magical place internet, skype, Ec or whatever you name it.

Having something in common can be a good start for a friendship. Like the one we are gathered here for I mean learning English. If we want to have a good friendship we must have mutual respect towards each other. We all are grown up in different cultures with different backgrounds so it is important not to offend one another. Stereotyping others for their country, religion or beliefs is not fair. Let’s put aside all those judgmental thoughts at least in this virtual world.

I really like it when my friends share their favorite books, movies etc with me. I have read so many amazing books because my friends highly recommended reading those books.  Taking time out of our busy life and talking to our friends once in a while would be great. It indicates that they matters to us. We all have some difficult times in our lives so having someone to talk your heart out would be a great relief. We all know that talking to people in a positive way can do magic especially when they feel down. So a friend should inspire her or his friend, show them the light at the end of the tunnel.

A real friendship should help both sides to become better people to thrive to enjoy each other’s company. Because I think that is what friendship is all about.

I do not claim that I am a good friend but I try to do my best. I wish to make so many great friends in real and virtual world as well.

I have been watching cartoons from my childhood. There are some old stories like Cinderella, snow white, beauty and beast, sleeping beauty and etc. although they have been making so many new stories with new characters still they are producing some movies with those old characters like Cinderella and snow white and others again and again. I have been thinking about this issue that maybe animations need some new heroes and heroines, so I was wondering if I could create some new characters for animations and movies.

Let’s see what features a character should have in order to be loved by kids and adults as well.  He or she must have a special feature like braveness, kindness or beautifulness.  They also must have a special power something like magic. I have been observing movies for different kinds of magic that have been used in movies, so the magic I want to create should be something new for example unlike spider man or superman. I also need to decide which personality I am going to choose for my character. Do I want a kind one or a brave one? I guess I had better give more time to this idea because if I want my character to gain fame I have to work hard on it. So till then. :D

When I first opened my eyes I saw you. There was something special in your eyes that I later found out it was pure love. The first scent that I smelled was yours which I could recognize it easily and it gave me calmness. I felt safe and secure in your arms.

The first song which I heard was your lullaby that you sang with your sweet voice.  It was the most beautiful song.  You fed me with every drop which came from inside of you and was filled with love.

The first word that I called was your name “mommy”. What a wonderful word!

You were there when I took my first step looking at me with a big grin on your face. Every time I was in pain you were beside me trying to soothe me. You were awake throughout all night beside my bed; although you were so tired but you never left me. Later I realized that only with you beside me I could handle the sickness.  You yourself was a painkiller for all my pains.

As I grew older I realized whenever I came home from school if you greeted me with big smile I would be the happiest child, but sometimes you were sick and you couldn’t be like always; home without you were like a grave. There was no happiness and joy at home. At night before going to bed I pray to God with all my heart” Dear God please heal my mother. I love her so much. I don’t want anything only my mom to be healthy again”.

Dear mother you are the most precious thing I have ever had. You are irreplaceable. You are unrepeatable. I love you from the bottom of my heart. I wish I could be there for you whenever you need me. I wish I never forget your kindness. I wish I could make you happy and be the one you want me to be. I wish I could make you proud. I wish you and all mothers long and happy life. 

Last night I watched a movie named “boyhood”. It was a nice movie which was about a boy named Mason and the ups and downs of his life from his sixth till his eighteenth. By watching this movie you get to live life with him and his family. Besides having some difficulties, I loved those scenes that they spend with their parents happily. There are so common things between families despite different cultures or different backgrounds; therefore in my opinion sometimes we can learn a lot of good points from these kind of movies which we mostly miss them.

There were two scenes that I loved the most and it made me thinking. In one of the scenes there was a plumber guy who had a short conversation with Mason’s mother. The woman told him that he was smart therefore he should be at school. Probably she didn’t have any idea that how his few sentences was going to have huge impact on his life.  Few years later whiles Mason, her mom and her sister were sitting in a café, a guy came by and said to Maon's mother that while back you told me that I was smart and I had to get back to school. He told her that he took her advice and continued his education and now here he was, with a good job and he was about to get his bachelor degree. He thanked her. I am sure it’s a great moment for every body to see that they actually could have positive effect on people lives.

Human beings are social animals. Only by satisfying our own needs we wouldn’t be happy. The satisfaction that people get through helping others is something unique therefore couldn’t be replaced by any other achievement; and that is what a human being means.

The next scene was when the little Mason who now was a young 18 years old boy was packing his stuff to go to college.  Suddenly Mason’s mother burst into cry and in reply to her son that asked what was the matter. She told that I knew this day would come but I didn’t know that you would be so happy.  Of course that was not the point; she got upset because she couldn’t believe that her kids were leaving her. The scene brought tears into my eyes too because I thought one day I would have the same feeling when my kids leave me.

She said to Mason that next time you are going to come to my funeral. Mason told her mother that she was jumping ahead like forty years then she said that she thought there would be more. While adults are struggling to make living for their kids, sometimes they probably lose some important moments that are unrepeatable. So we must remember to value every moment of being with our kids to play with them, to sing with them, to read stories for them, to spend time with them, sometimes just to listen to them and etc. then we will never have any regret of those days.  

Although parents always want the best for their kids but it would be one of the hard times for them because they don’t want to lose them. We haven’t realized the time that passed so fast. I read somewhere that when your baby is born look at her/his back you would see two small wings. As they grow older those wings will become larger and one day they are going to fly from your nest to build their own nest. So never think that you are going to have them forever, and that's life.

A newly bud started to bloom. As she opened her eyes at once she noticed a beautiful flower in full bloom. She said: hi, you are so beautiful. The flower appreciated her recognition and told her that in a few days she would become beautiful too.  A newly bud was so curious so she asked so many questions.” Do you like being here” she asked. The flower responded: yes, it’s so beautiful here and I like it when every morning the sun smiles at us and grants us her light generously, when cool breeze tickles me, when drops of rain kiss my petals, I just love it.  The bud asked: what do you like the most. The flower said: every day so many people pass by here some are busy to look at us while some others stare at us eagerly and admire our beauty then smile. I love it when I make them smile.

The flower talked about so many amazing things and added that although our life is too short but it is so wonderful.  Suddenly the bud said: short, but why? I like to live longer.  The flower told her that everything in this world has its own longevity; the important point is to live life fully and to enjoy every moment of it.

But it got the newly bud thinking. She was so worried knowing that she is not going to have a long life. The next day when she opened her eyes she did not enjoy the sun because her mind was so busy thinking how she could find a way to live longer. Suddenly she got an idea when she saw a passenger; she called upon him: sir would you mind picking me. The passenger asked why and she said: I want to live longer and I wonder if you could make that happen? The passenger told: I am afraid I can’t; on the contrary it might even make your life shorter.

The flower was observing her and told: let me give you a piece of advice, no matter how long we live we must get the most out of life and enjoy every moment of it then we would have no regret of wasting our life. The bud said: I am afraid I have to confess that you are right and I will try to do my best. But she was still wondering what it would be like if she had a long life.  

Dear luci

I read some where whenever you see something which is worth to be praised just do it and give your sincere appreciation. Oh you look beautiful today or what a brilliant idea or etc. so I am writing this blog to give you “Luci” my recognition. Approximately a few weeks ago you wrote your 100^th blogs only within a year. It is just great. You always came up with brilliant topics. You are creative, funny and kind. I have almost read all your blogs. All were interesting. Your English is so good. You created a group named kill your fear of speaking which had a lot of members. It was great. Your ideas and your blogs encouraged us to learn better.

Maybe you don’t know me in person or you don’t have me in your friends’ list, but in order to be friends with someone, one does not need to have some one in their list but in their heart.  In the morning I found out that you are not EC member any more. I got so upset because I believe EC needs people like you in order to proceed and enhance more.

I hope every thing is fine with you and your family. I also hope to read your blogs soon. I felt it is necessary to write this blog and to let you know that besides your friends there are also some others who loved your activities here. We will miss you. I wish you health and happiness wherever you are.

I don’t know how but it seems that you have a connection with my emotions.  When I am touched deeply by emotions you are there for me to make me calm. You are there to help me suffer less. Whenever you see I am thrilled with joy you will celebrate my happiness with me. Whenever I feel lonely and nobody is there to talk to, you are there with me.

  Whenever I trembling with rage and shouting and screaming couldn’t help me out, you are there for me. Whenever I sympathize with those who are suffering because of war, natural disasters and diseases again you are there with me.

When I took my first child in my arms, you were with me. You know when the right time to be with me is. It sounds you feel it. When my emotions go stronger and I no longer could bear it, you the transparent drop of salty liquid stream down on my face.

  Maybe you seem just as a drop but in fact you are carrying so much emotion that I couldn’t keep inside.  You are trying to make me calm. That’s why I always think every drop of you is so precious. When I am so happy you can not wait; you flow down on my face to join the smile on my lips to celebrate my happiness with me.

  I wonder if there were no tears how we could express our feelings. I believe you soften our heart and you bring tranquility in our mind. Dear tears thanks for being with me through hardships and difficulty and also through happiness and good times.

After jack went to his room, his dad went to the library. He was still upset because of his son’s marks at science.  While he was looking at books he saw one of his favorite book “how to win friends and influence people” by Dale Carnegie. He loved this book. He read it few years ago. He took the book sat on the chair and started reading. While he was reading he came across this sentence “if you want to persuade someone to do something first you need to arouse in other person an eager want”. This sentence made him think. He noticed that the way he talked to his son was not right. He should not speak about his own dream and what he wants. He should have asked his son about his son’s dreams.  He knew how much his son was smart; he could be a good engineer if he wanted. 

The next morning he greeted his son with a warm smile” good morning” he said. Jack was a little surprised. He expected to see his father with an irritated face. His father started speaking by saying: son I think you must follow your dream and do whatever makes you happy but you have to promise me to do your best at school because I know you are so smart. And one more point is that you should also do some research about engineering and painting before you choose them for your future career. It is so important because your life depends on it.

On his way school, Jack was so happy. He was so proud of his father. “I knew my father will respect my desire” he said to himself.  But he promised himself to make his father happy next time by having good results at school.

The next day Jack told his father “dad I would like to go to a painting gallery this afternoon.  Would you like to come with me? “Yes why not” his father replied.  They had a great time seeing all beautiful paintings. At the end he and his father went to the painter and talked to him about his job. The painter said that this is not his permanent job because he couldn’t make enough money to buy his painting stuff let alone make a living out of it. He continued that because he loves painting so much, he never stopped doing it. He said “I am doing it whenever I get free time”.  On the way back home father observed his son was silent and was thinking.  He said nothing and let his son think deeply about what he had heard because now he was able to understand his father better. It was not only about fulfilling his father’s dream; it was about all the best that his father always wants for him.

The whole family, brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts decided to go out in the countryside. They talked about launch, fruits, snacks and nuts. They prepared everything to spend a pleasant day in nature.

There was a stream with pure water coming out of a spring and lush, green trees surrounded by hills. It was so beautiful. It was early spring and the weather was cool. It was only one and half an hour away from the city where they live. So they set off early in the morning around 6. She got married when she was 19. Now she is married for about 20 years. She loves her husband. She has 2 kids and was so grateful to God. Recently she observed some strange behavior from her husband. Although she trusts him but there was some doubt in her mind. When they arrived at countryside, her husband told her because of no signal he had to go up on the hill to call his brother to make sure that he knew the direction here. After he left she decided to join him up on the hill. The scene was so beautiful from up there. While she was almost near him, she saw him talking on the phone and laughing. Suddenly she turned her way to the other side; she gave no attention to her husband calling her. She had a strange feeling and felt upset. Oh my God, what is wrong with me? Who was he talking to? Doesn’t he love me any more? Oh these thoughts made her so confused. Her husband asked her why she didn’t come to him? Why she went to the other side? She never was good at hiding her feelings, so abruptly asked: who you were talking to. He replied: my brother. She said: I don’t believe you. She continued I told you many times whenever you get tired of me and you don’t feel any more love just tell me. I know it would be hard, so much hard but it would be easier to hear it from you and not from others or finding out on my own. There was silence. He said: you know I love you more than anything in the world; you should never doubt my love. He continued by saying that no one could take your place in my heart. She always likes listening to him expressing his love.  She replied: you know that you are the happiness of my life; I don’t want all the joy in the world without you but you have been so strange lately. He assured her that there was nothing to worry then he hugged her played a kiss upon her forehead. She held him so tightly apologized for suspecting him. They have a very lovely day there. Every body had fun especially kids. She had read so many stories about those couples and lovers that had been left alone, so whenever she thinks about these stories, she would picture herself in their shoes. she used to ask herself What would I do if it happened to me? This was something that bothers her the most; she knew that she must enjoy every minute of being with her family; not to bother herself with theses annoying thoughts, but sometimes she couldn’t.

Every job is important. In a society which we live every job is like a piece of puzzle. In order for a society to be run well, every job needs to be done well. If you want to do your best you should love the job you are doing.  For instance a chef who loves his/her job could make great foods. Have you ever experienced it when you are in a good mood, the food you prepare would be more delicious. Or a waiter/ waitress who loves their job, you can feel it from the way they serve the food.  It is almost right about every job. You can say whether the person is doing their job out of love or just because they have to. How ever there are some jobs that from my point of view are so important, why? because of their great effects. Let me make it clear by giving some examples. A teacher for instance plays a vital role in students’ lives. Do you remember when you were a kid; you love a subject because of the teacher. I mean you loved the teacher and her/his manner of teaching and most importantly her/ his behavior towards you, So you would get interested in the subject, but if you didn’t like the teacher you almost would hate the subject. Teachers could be a role model for their students, so a teacher should not consider their job only as a job. They must know how important their job is and how they could effect their students future by being a good one. We all at least once have come across some great teachers who adore their job and they are the best ones in their job. Let me give you another example, doctors for instance.

Being a doctor you are going to deal with human beings lives. You must care about your patients’ problems and try to do your best. Have you ever come across some doctors who listen attentively to their patients? You will feel so good when you have your doctor’s attention but the opposite is terrible. So what I want to say that doctoring is not only a job. They must be committed to their oath and try to do their best.

I can give more examples, but my point is that the attitude that some one has towards their job could affect their performance. It would make a huge difference if someone loves their job or not. We could have a better Society if we have more teachers, doctors, engineers, chefs and etc who love their job and do their best.

I got inspired to write this post because of dear Lady Anne's blog, the hardest part of being a teacher.thanks Anne.

There are so many mistakes, I would be glad to be corrcted by you. I would be grateful.

I want to be like a sun bright, warm and shiny. Like a sun which gives its light so generously without expecting any thing in return.

I want to be like a rain to quench the thirst of every creature and to make lush and green landscapes with so many beautiful flowers.

I want to be like a tree that always grows upward. I want to be like a tree which shares its shadow with those who seek a shelter out of heat.

I want to be like a moon which shines in the middle of darkness.

I want to be useful not harmful.

I want to be constructive rather than destructive.

I want to be warm hearted and kind.

I want to give without expecting something in return.

I want to bring smile on every one’s face.

I want to be like a sedative for those who suffer.

I want to be worthy to be called a human being.

I have been learning English for five years. I feel like I couldn’t make much progress. I know the reason; it must have been because of not following an organized schedule. So I think I must follow a tight schedule. And I also think I could have done better, if I had memorized words in contents. That must be a better way in order to increase my vocabulary effectively. So I’d better reschedule my English learning. I should improve my writing and my speaking as well. In order to improve my writing I had better join writing challenges. If I wanted to improve my speaking, I should find some friends who are so patient with people like me. Then I might get some progress in my speaking. I am sure I will.

Setitedor

Meaning: it consists of two words seti that is the first part of my name then Ted which is my favorite site for its amazing ideas, new perspective that each person has towards different topics, and sharing their unique story. So this word means a person who is fiercely interested in Ted Talks.

Example sentences:

If you are a setitedor go to Ted Talk site, there you can find lots of interesting stories and speeches.

Maybe one day you share your story or your fascinating idea with other Setitedors.

Origin: I am an English learner and lover. I enjoy listening English languages, especially American accent. While trying to improve her English, she got familiar with this amazing site. Now she loves listening to them and enjoys it so much. She pictures herself giving a lecture on Ted one day. Maybe her speech makes many people turning into setitedors.

Quick quiz

What is the word Setitedor referred to?

1. A person who is interested in learning English.
2. A person who loves listening to speeches in English
3. Both A and B.

In order to lead a happy, we need to be healthful both physically and mentally. We ought to be concerned about nourishing our mind as well as our body. It is proven scientifically that how important the health of mind is. A lot of physical disorders originate from mental problems. We must be careful about all thoughts and attitudes that enter into our mind. Positive attitudes will have positive effects on our lives, whereas negative attitudes will cause more problems for us or maybe even they become obstacles for achieving success in our life. When you study or listen to the story of successful people, you find out that they have positive attitudes towards life or if they had negative ones, they came to conclusion that in order to get succeed they must change their attitudes.  Our attitudes affect our actions, our actions will make our habits and finally these habits will make our life. So we must be so meticulous about all thoughts and beliefs that we choose, because they are going to help us to be successful or to make us a failure.  Shiv Khera is an author who has written a book named “you can win”. It’s a wonderful book. He writes about positive attitudes, setting goals, to have plans, how to achieve your goals, commitment and etc. I highly recommend this book; it’s so worth reading. I read some where that some people’s lives are changed when they read a book or only a few sentences have had huge impact on their lives. I hope reading this book changes my life as well as yours.

Last night I watched a woman who was playing a violin. It was marvelous. I was so touched by her performance. It made me to write a few sentences down and I would like to share it with you. She told before learning how to play violin, she was so depressed. Nothing could cheer her up but violin. She played so well. As I was listening, I got the feeling that she put her soul in her music. It was her soul who talked through her music.  It made me thinking that we human beings mostly utter our feelings and thoughts through our words. But there are some hidden layers of our souls that couldn’t be revealed by words. So music could be the best tool for this purpose. I don’t know much about musical instruments, yet I know violin is one of the most difficult ones. She played fantastically, however. There was a woman who played piano and with a perfect harmony, they performed a great show. When different instruments with different sounds are played in harmony, the result would be something incredibly beautiful and every one would enjoy listening to it. You, I and all people around the world are like the music instruments. Each of us is unique. I wonder if we worked in harmony, could we make a beautiful song out of life?