Sufi wisdom – on being

إذا هجرتَ فمـن لـي ومـن يجمّل كـلّي ومـن لروحي وراحي يا أكثـري وأقـلّي أَحَبَّـكَ البعض مـنـّي فقد ذهبت بكـــلّي يا كل كلي فكن لي       إن لم تكن لي فمن لي    يا كـل كـلّي و أهـلي عنـد انقطاعي وذلّي ما لي سوى الروح خذها والـروح جهد المقلّ ِ -حسين منصور الحلاج The...

the power of thoughts

Watch your thoughts; they become WORDS. Watch your words; they become ACTIONS. Watch your actions; they become HABITS. Watch your habits; they become CHARACTER. Watch your character; it becomes your DESTINY. —Lao-Tze

The Final Analysis

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If  you...

the perfect day..

Waking up to the end of a pleasant dream; a dream of water, of taking flight, or conversation with a lost loved one.. morning coffee, in nature, or gazing at nature from behind a clean glass window.. a workout to sweat away the toxins of yesterday, clearing the mind...

My wish list…

In a recent conversation where a colleague made sweeping generalizations on what Arab women want, I remembered a movie..”what women want” Mel Gibson takes us into the world of a PR agency that hires a women to unleash the secrets of marketing to women.  I...

Arab Women – Thoughts by Nizar Kabbani

إذا نظرنا مثلا للمرأة الأوروبية نجدها تكافح وتجتهد مثلها مثل الرجل وتشارك الرجل فعليا في تحمل عبء الحياة , أما نساؤنا فيردن جميعا أن يكن أميرات أو يتزوجن من أمراء وأن يقدم لهن المن و السلوى على صوان من الفضة . وهذا وضع لا يستقيم . حتى المثقفات اللاتي كنت أعتمد عليهن...