BECAUSE HE DREAMT.......

This morning I woke up in a low mood and didn’t wanna do anything, coming to work was a problem but such days happen to all I believe. I pushed my weary self out of the bed, to the bathroom and I felt discouraged that some of the dreams I had so long dreamt were not coming to reality. I reminded myself that dreams are there to motivate us and not necessarily to come true. This line was enough for me to get my “ ass “ out of the house and get on road….

When I turned on the TV at the break room, the words on CNN screen made my heart almost leap, it was unbelievable, exciting, and unpredictable and above all I felt a surge of inspiration flow within me. This news may not affect me directly, I may be insignificant party here but one thing that was eminent at that moment was the courage and extreme optimism I received. Who told you that you were too small to dream? Who discouraged you that you could never reach for the stars? These people may have been close to you and you had great hope for their support. What if they were wrong? Do you know that a life without dreams is like dry bones.. Dreams are the source of oil that nourishes the flame in our souls. How many times do we let people dictate to us what we can become and what we can not?

Today I learn that hardships will come my way, tears will fall and I will loose strength to carry on but I will not let go on my faith. I will hold on to what I believe, listen to what opinions people have to say but I will trust my inner self to make the decision. For that is the source of my dreams.

The yesterday’s happening may be discouraging, the pain may have made us fall hard and we get sleepless nights over this. It doesn’t matter how hard you fall or how disgraceful it may be but it’s of a great deal how we arise. Its wise to get in touch with the inner “we” and find out what it says, don’t be afraid to let the dreams motivate you and lift you in the wings of an eagle. You will soar again above the clouds of pain and doubt just as the eagle flies above the clouds of rain.

However it’s important to work to achieve your dreams and this you need abundance of self love, faith and self acceptance. In this way you will be in a position to pass on the love and optimism to all around you. You will never ever truly love and make other people happy when you don’t love yourself or miss the joy within you…

Back to my inspiration this morning: BARACK OBAMA dreamt, he fought, and he passed his joy and optimism to all around him. He inspired them to dream with him…he achieved his goal… but remember it all began with a simple dream. H e held on to his dreams…………………

TERMINAL…………

Being ill this week made me loose my mood, feel extremely exhausted and lonely. I complained within me and lamented to the flu that was tormenting my body and spirit. However, the news I got in the middle of the week made me stop and think twice. Here I was complaining to a sickness that could be cured and yet there were people who wished to hear the magical word “cure”…

How about those people who had been diagnosed with terminal illness, the people who had been advised by the doctors to get their stuff right? When the doctor shrugs his shoulders in defeat. I think of these people tonight. When you know that every day you live the alien in your system makes your body decay. Brings your immunity to its knees. If you have children you have to start saying goodbye and getting them ready for your absence.

When you know that the sunsets and sunrises draw you closer to the end of your journey. How hard it is to reconcile with this fact. It’s a tough call that demands a lot of courage and strength. And every step of the way is taken with a lot of effort. But they should not loose faith because however painful it may be they have the privilege to prepare their loved ones and reconcile to the lives they have lived.

I was watching an episode of” EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER” tonight and I was especially touched by the strength the woman whose home had been re-made had despite having cancer at 3^rd stage. She had no regrets for the life she had lived, no regrets for the man that stood beside her, held her hand, she was not worried of leaving her kids behind because to her every moment she had spent with them would last her a lifetime. She trusted that the love they shared would get them through the tough times yet to come and her smile was amazing.

This is just an example of how life turns out to be when we live every moment to the fullest and with thanksgiving in our hearts. How many times do we tell the people we love how we feel, do we hold them like it would be our last time? To our children do we set the best examples for them to emulate when we are gone? In the midst of pain, love is all the matters. It will make us soar in the wings of an eagle and run like wild horses…

Therefore for those who have curable illness ( I don’t mean to look down on any illness), you have no right to complain, bare it bravely and think of it as a time when your body needs to get to the other face of life. For those who dread the word terminal take heart for the creator of all may have a different course for you.

Remember seek the Lord and you will find him and he will save and heal you……

His humility touched me…….

Living in a busy town like dubai makes you overlook the small injustices that go on around you; not a long while ago I found myself in a group of people who were describing the Indian community in Dubai. I must say that despite them being my company, I realized I didn’t want to be there, I wanted to be in a place where I didn’t have to look at a person because of his race. Colors or tribe; I wanted to look at a person and listen to he/she had to say, without thinking of his/her appearance;

I am not innocent in criticism and judgment and I am not proud of this but after this experience today, I feel I need to change my view of life and people; I was at the supermarket about 150 meters from my house. Not a great distance if you ask me and I purchased a melon which weighed about 6kgs amongst other foodstuffs. The supermarket offered me someone to carry my shopping to my doorstep. This should be normal in most supermarkets in this area.

There was something about this guy that caught my eye; he was frail and skinny. He was sweating and his shoes were dusty. He took on my luggage with a cracked smile, he was weak and tired…as we walked on to my place, he was smiling, it was genuine and humble; it was in a way sweet; we had gone few steps when he came tumbling down with my shopping after him, he didn’t trip, he just fell, in a split of second he was up, my shopping with him.

“Sorry madam”, he managed to smile….

Why do I tell you this story? It’s because I gave him a bottle of water and asked him to sit by the pavement to rest a bit, and I am sure I saw a tear in his eyes when he sat down. I didn’t want to ask him more but I felt humbled to meet such humility in this unjust city, probably he had nothing to eat or was overworked but he still kept a smile and was humble as ever… I am not trying to be too emotional but I felt sorry for this guy and for the many Indian people I have talked ill of or made jokes of..

Life goes beyond four walls; life is in the eyes of the person who walks by you, the one who smiles to you, who holds your hand. Life is all around us not only about us..

Open your eyes and smile to your neighbor, he may be suffocating in his world, he may be exhausted, he has a right to be there just like you have a right to be….

His humility touched me deep inside, I only wished I had time to talk to him more….

It’s a lesson learnt, a lesson shared…..