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That Which Is Most Personal
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a writer. I loved books and paper and pens. I loved to read books and create stories in my head. I loved to collect pens and pencils and journals and … Continue reading
Everybody’s Always Looking For It
For the past six months I have been waiting for an important phone call that I hope will change my life. And until I receive that call I feel like I am just walking around, getting along and counting the hours. … Continue reading
Name Your Dream
“Imaginary Lives: If you had five other lives to lead, what would you do in each of them?” asks Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way. Then she writes: “Name your dream. That’s right. Write it down. “In a perfect world, … Continue reading
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Three Times In My Lifetime
In the book I am currently reading there is this question, “In a perfect world what would you like to be?” I close the book and think. If the world is perfect do we really need to dream? Our world … Continue reading
What’s Wrong With Men?
While browsing on the internet I came across the following old advertisement. I say old because it was posted on the occasion of Canada Day (beginning of the month) but it still caught my eye. It was directed towards Canadian … Continue reading
I Wish For Some Peace
As I sit in my comfortable home in Montreal and watch the news of refugees and their flight from terror, I can’t help but think about when we were forced to leave Beirut in search of a safer and more … Continue reading
Don’t Cry!
Allen Saunders wrote: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” As most of you might know by now, I am a morning person. I wake up early in the morning to have some quiet time … Continue reading
I Hear Voices
Maya Angelou wrote: “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” When I was a child I used to love reading in my bed at night while my parents sat with their guests in the adjacent … Continue reading
What You Remember
When I was teaching in Dubai and my children were still in elementary school, I noticed how they referred to their teachers as being old. And when I asked how old they thought a teacher was, “old like maybe thirty,” … Continue reading
I’ve been so busy working lately that I have hardly had time to ponder on my life and be sad and sorrowful like I used to a year or so ago. I don’t ask questions like why, where, and when … Continue reading
