Life
I love to watch cartoons, I really do, even before I was a parent, I was a big “Saturday morning cartoons” fan. Even after I was married, while my husband slept in, I enjoyed some of Disney’s finest! I love the innocence of shows made for little kids, the way that every problem has a wonderfully simple and obvious solution, the way that by the end, everyone is happy and everything is as it should be. You have to appreciate the shear simplicity of life from the eyes of a child, uncomplicated, fun, full of wonder and adventure, we should all keep living like that, no?
When I thought that I wanted to go back out to work recently, I think I really wanted a mental escape, I wanted a break from my thoughts, I just needed to get back to a sense of normalcy, I discovered (thanks to all of your much appreciated advice) that I really love the opportunity that I have in being home with my kids. I remember that one of the things that I hated about the corporate world was the lack “real” purpose and I vowed when I left that I would do something really worthwhile with my life. If I could, I would volunteer to be a part of Unicef, or as an international aid worker, my heart really belongs with the people that suffer in this world, but since I can’t exactly physically help in Darfur, I decided to do something for those less fortunate a little closer to home.
Life is a journey, it surely takes us on unexpected paths, at times it serves us the most staggering trials, but I think if we live with mercy, compassion, and faith, we don’t really need too much more. You know, if you’ve felt love from a child, you’ll know that it’s the most sincere, most genuine, perfect love there ever was… if we live our life loving like this, I am sure the world would be an amazing place.
I’ve stopped watching the news, for the sake of my sanity, but sometimes I can’t help but read about it and I just feel mentally drained, perhaps like most other Muslims like me here in the west, I don’t really have anything to say on the topic, I just wish that people (all people) would learn that anger gets us no where, and revenge is a ridiculous notion.
Hope you a happy new year my dear friends.
