Fri 11 Jan 2008
Yesterday some thing happened to my sister that made us worried so much, particularly, me about my nice friends, especially Lisa, Narcissi and Yegane! If something like that happens to one of them… even the thinking about such a case trembles me, not I scared, no, I prefer some thing frightening happens to me, it`s bearing is much easier to its happening to those who I like and love!
Three guys wanted to kidnap my sister when she was waiting for a taxi, around 8:00 P.M. these days it is fall, and it gets dark so soon, around 5:00 P.M, and despite of our warning to her “never stay out after darkness, but whenever you must be out for some reasons, call one of us, or daddy, we will come after you, “ but she was so stubborn that did not listened to our warnings, and yesterday afternoon, she was to kidnapped, but she struggled hard, hit one of them, a man came to save her, saved and they ran away, without any trace! This makes me worried, they are still free wandering around the city to repeat their devil act, somewhere else and sometime later! I sent my friends smses to warn them to be so careful and never be out after darkness in any condition! Who knows, the next victim is who! Those guys now are like wounded wolves, full of caprice savage and sensual, faddish wild animals looking for an opportunity to attack their helpless victim! If I could reach them… I would definitely sink them by my hands! The society must hang these kinds of people over every light post in the cities so that other future sick people never think of repeating this savage un humanistic act! If Paliz Ban sees these writings, he definitely gets angry at me and the way of my thinking! He will say “how you judge? How you dare to judge insist of God?”
Unfortunately our society is sick, it is the fact which is mostly because of unsuitable policies of the government, mostly economically and ideologically, and our unscientific methods of bringing up kids and children!
My kind God, who always think of his servants and whenever needed help them, thanks so much to you helping to my sister, and please guard my Lisa, my sister, Narcissi and my other friends of those devils and savage people! I put Lisa and others under your kindly paternal support. Help them the only Greatest, Mighty God, help them!
Tue 8 Jan 2008
I have translated some stories of Gibran Kahlil Gibran and I think they are good to read, so I put them here, with the hope of interests of you.
Once beauty and ugliness came across beside a sea shore and told each other “let`s swim in this nice sea.” They took off their cloths and swam in the sea for a while, and then ugliness came to the beach and put on beauty`s cloths and went away.
The beauty came to the beach but could not find his cloths. He got ashamed of his being bare, and haplessly put on ugliness`s cloths and continued his way.
Since then, men and women have made mistakes in distinguishing them. But a few people are that see the beauty`s face apart from the cloths he wears, recognize him and his cloths do not obstacle him from these people’s eyes.
A poem wrote beautiful lovely rhyme and provided a lot of copies of that and sent them to all his friends and familiars, even he sent a copy to a young woman who he saw just once and lived across the mountains.
One or two days later, a messenger of her came and brought a letter. She wrote “let me make you sure that the lovely rhyme you sent me attracted and influenced me so much; now came and see my parents so that we can arrange the marriage ceremony.”
And the poet replied “my friend, this was only a lovely rhyme that raised of a poet`s heart and every man and woman can read it.”
And the woman in another letter wrote “a lier and a turkey faced man! From now to the moment of death, for your deed, I will hate the poets!”
A very pretty rural girl went to a fair. In her face there were roses and lilies, her hair was like the sunset, and the dawn smiled on her lips.
As soon as the young men saw her beauty, followed her and gathered around her. One wanted to dance with her, the other liked cut a cake for he, and every body loved to kiss her chicks, after all it was a fair!
But the girl got shocked and scared and fell into her mind bad thought about them. She rejected them all and even hit two or three in their face, and then ran away.
At the sunset when she came back home, thought “I hate those men. How impolite and how ruffian they were! They can not be tolerated at all!!!”
A year passed and in that year, that beautiful girl was thinking about those men and the fair a lot. Then again she went there with the roses and lilies on her face, the sunset on her hair and the smile of dawn on her lips. But this time, all young men saw her but neglected her, and she remained alone all the day.
And at the sunset when she came back home, cried, and thought “I hate all those men. How impolite and how ruffian they were! They can not be tolerated at all!!!”
A woman told a man “ I love you.”
And the man told her “ I hope that I would deserve your love.”
The woman said “you don`t love me, do you?”
The man just gazed at her and nothing he told.
The woman yielded “ I hate you.”
The man replied “ so I wish that I would deserve your hate.”
A young poet told a princess “I love you.”
And the princess replied “I love you, too, my child.”
Poet told “ I am not your child, I am a man and I love you.”
And the prince told him “ I am the mother of sons and daughters, and they are the fathers and mothers of sons and daughters; one of my sons` son aged more than you.”
Poet but said “ but I love you.”
After some time, the princess died. But before the great breath of the earth took her last breath, though by herself “ my beloved, my only son, my young poet, maybe someday we can meet each other again and I would not be 70.”
In a spring day, the happiness and the sadness encounter each other beside a lake and greet each other then sat next to the calm waters and talked.
Happiness spoke of the earth`s beauty, and the every day wonder of forests and mountains, the rhymes raised of dawn and the sunset.
The sadness talked too and agreed with all that happiness had told; because the sadness had known the mystery of time and his beauty. While sadness was speaking of the spring within plains and mountains, he was so pleased-worded. The happiness and the sadness talked for a long time, about whatever they resembled and about whatever they differentiate.
Two hunters were passing by on the other side of the lake. They looked the other side, one of them told the other “I do not know who they are.”
And the other replied “you told “two”? but I can just see one!”
The first hunter told “but they are two!”
And the second told “just one is there that his picture fell on the lake`s water.”
The first told “no, they are two. The picture of both fell on the water.”
But the second told again “but I can see only the one.”
And since then, one of the hunters has said “my friend bi-sighted,”
And the other hunter has told “my friend is a little bit blind!”
My beloved Mary:
For any kindness you have done for me, be happy for ever. Every time you talked to me, I felt a pleasant pain in my heart.
You always show me the peak of a mountain and say “Kahlil, when will you get there?” and every time you speak such, beyond your words, I hear another voice that tells “I like Kahlil reach there tomorrow!”
The knowing that the mountain has a peak, is great. Better than that, is the certainty to this that your selected only beloved, tomorrow will be reaching there.
My life was only the pile of music that in your heart they turned to minstrel. With the hope that we can live all holly for every moment of the life.
With all my love
Kahlil
Almost 4 or 5 days ago, I was chatting with Lisa, unfortunately her internet connection was cut down frequently and we could not chat any more! I had sent her an off message inviting her to chat, she accepted and appointed a time, I canceled my class, but unfortunately… I think she forgave me, and she made up with me! I wished we could have talked face to face, while we were sitting in a restaurant or a coffee shop and eating pizza! (What do you think? Is it possible some day?!! Maybe in the very near future I can invite her to a drink or a pizza, but I am not sure if she accepts, or even really can I do that? I mean I must understand her and her condition, too! I mean we still live in Iran and Zanjan and our people`s culture is not able to accept that! Really I do not know! What should I do? Should I listen to my heart or should I pay attention to what other people think about us? Mr. Paliz Ban! What`s your idea?).
My Lisa, sorry… at this moment just Lisa! did dot enroll in MS. Examination due to Bahman 12th, January 31st. when I heard this news, I got so unhappy and worried that I can not now describe! She was very kin on taking part in the exam, even because of that she told me “do not worry about me, for a while I must study for the exam, so I will get too busy, therefore, if I do not answer your offs or smses, do not worry!” do you remember? But she has not enrolled! What confusing behaviors you girls have! She did not do that!!! I felt so sorry and regretful, but what could I do? She said that there was no problem at all; simply she did not do that, without any reason! But I guess she felt responsibility before her family, I do not know how, but I know Lisa, and hence, she ignored the exam maybe to help her family! Whatever the reason was, it passed! I encouraged and asked her at least to continue her English in this period, and insisted on that, she just said “I will think about it!” and again I got confused! She was my best student, she must continue her education in her major and at the same time in English, because both of them are vital for her beautiful future! I will do my best to return her to English!
I decided to put here some articles of Iranian law to inform my friends more about these regulations, because almost most of our worries and loss of opportunities is due to not knowing enough about the regulations in our society and very easily we surrender to what other people, especially high rank people, or elderly people tell us. Since my friends mostly are young and they are to get married in the near future, I am beginning with marriage relevant laws, with the hope of my friends success and happiness in all affairs of their lives.
Sun 6 Jan 2008
To collect my new translation team, I went to Shoukouh institute, Zamani`s, to get Ms. Bararies phon number to invite her to the team and to pay my debt. There Mr. Zamani when heard my name, surprisingly asked me “aren`t you an English teacher?” I said “yes, I am.” He told “why don`t you take some classes here? I need you and it has been so long time I wanted to contact with you!!!” I said “but I do not have time, I am studying for MA.” He added “so you must take at least one class here! Because we have a program on Arbaien day, 40 days after Imam Hussein’s (peace been upon him) martyrdom, and everybody takes a part there, he gets successful in his exam!” I accepted to have a class there.
Mr. Moghanlou called me to offer two classes to me, I accepted just one of them, and it is due to odd days on Darvazeh Ark branch. Still we are waiting to declaration of license to hold boys and girls classes together and then I get the management post.
Mokhtarnia called me again. She was scared and worried of future! She could manage to contract with Shadmanesh, but so difficult and with a strange way that I, myself, hate it, unfortunately there was no other choice to convince him to respect her rights!
She says “I want to be more cautious, and let him control the financial affairs and I myself mange the other affairs!” I told her “NO! There is no thing to be worried or afraid of! Let`s see each other, I must talk to you face to face!”, and it was to see each other yesterday.
I went there. She said that she could succeed to contract with him, and they agreed that both of them do not spend the money gained of the institute until the passing of his last cheque! I told “it is not rational! You paid him almost half of your debt! And must not give him all of your income! As I said you and as I organized in the contract, you give him a limited amount of money per month to pass his cheques!”. She said “you know, I am worried about financial affairs! Maybe I can not mange them! Maybe I fail to control and I get broke!”
I said “I am asking you a question, answer it, then make your mind!” she said “ok.”. I asked “ imagine you have got the management of this institute alone, what is the worst thing that will happen to you if you can not mange the financial affairs? “. She replied “my father`s words that blame me not to be able to control and manage that.” I asked “much worse than that?” she told “getting loan from a bank or a friend!” I said “worse than that?” she could not answer! I added “the worst of all is exactly your condition, now! You return to Shadmanesh and ask him to help you, and say “ sorry, I can not do that, let`s control the financial affairs yourself!” I added “do not afraid of changing! Let it happen in your life, look at every phenomenon as a new experience! Do not worry, just continue and go forward, and never think about the past!”
She thought for some time, and then said “my teacher! You changed my view right now! I have not thought in this way! Yes, I must manage the financial affairs myself!” I said “that`s right. To be independent from anybody, you must first mange the financial affairs, then do other progresses.” I explain more “if you listen to him and give him whatever you gaining here, you, yourself, do not need money for your personal affairs? Or your teachers do not need their salaries, or even your closest friend does not need any little money even for getting encouraged? You must understand your teachers and friend, too! You do not want to break his rights, you want to preserve your rights, not to allow anybody to exploit you!” she confessed that I was right.
I said “even you will not need our helps, but to make you strong enough, half of whatever you can bring me and find me of works is yours, maybe it is a document to be translated formally, or some pages to be translated informally, or even a private class you have found for me, half of them are for you, and form this source you can mange one-third of your financial issues! And the other part will be gained of your own classes only if you mange them yourself, not allowing Shadmanesh to do that!”
I gave her a book of Paolo Coelho, his Chemist, to study and then does whatever she wants to do. She said “my teacher, since I have got familiar with you, within this short time, I have learned a lot form you, you have changed my mind and view point so dramatically that I think I am a newborn full of energy to build my own life! My job, my family issues, my love, my personal affairs, every thing has changed just because of you!” I said “No! it was not because of me, otherwise, it was you, yourself, that did and tried hard to these changing, and you can be sure, with your will and continuity, every thing will get under your control! That is the law of the nature!”
So we decided to begin the work as soon as possible, and I establish my office there, and start to advertise and hold the posters and brochures. Every thing God wants that will happen, definitely!
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I will be so appreciated if you visit these weblogs and send me your beautiful and nice ideas.
Sat 5 Jan 2008
To day I want to give you some interesting parts of the book named “MAKTUB” or WRITTEN by Paulo Coelho, my favorite writer which I think they are good to be noticed.
“We all need LOVE. LOVE is a part of humanistic nature, as much as eating, drinking and sleeping. Sometimes while watching a beautiful sunset, find ourselves alone and think:” this beauty is not important, because I do not have anybody to share this beauty with her.”
In this occasion we must ask “how many times our expression of LOVE has been wanted but we neglected? How many times I scared of approaching to somebody to tell her “I LOVE YOU!”?!!
Avoid loneliness; it is as risky as the most dangerous addictive drugs. If the sunset is not meaningful for you any more, be humble and rise to look for the LOVE, and know that like other blessings of God, the more you want to offer LOVE, the more you will get it. “
Has it ever happened to you that in a very pleasing occasion which you must please yourself, you feel depressed and unhappy just because there is no one to share this beauty with her or him? It has happened to me more that you expected!
A pious saw suddenly that he had lost all his wealth. He knew that God would help him in any condition, so he prayed “my Lord! Let me win in a lottery”.
He prayed for years and years, but still was poor, and finally he died! And because he was very abstemious person, immediately he was entered into the Heaven.
When he reached there, he ignored entering there. He said “I lived all my life with religious educations I have had, and YOU never allowed me to win in the lottery! Whatever promise you gave me was totally a lie!!!”
The kind God told “I always liked to help you to win the lottery, but whatever I wanted to help you, never did you buy a lottery ticket!!!”
A wise Chinese man was walking in a plane covered with snow that encountered a young crying woman. He asked her “why are you crying?”
She said “because I am thinking of my life, my youth, my beauty that I could see in the mirror and of a man who I loved. God is cruel, because HE granted the human the power of memory. HE had already known that I would remember my life`s spring and I would cry, therefore!”.
The wise man stood in the covered-snow plane, and gazed at a point and fell into deep meditation. The woman stopped crying and asked “there what are you seeing?”
The wise man answered “a plane full of red roses. God while he was granting me the power of memory was very generous. HE had already known that in the winter, I can remember the spring… and then smile!”
One of the holly symbols of Christianity is the picture of Pelican. Its reason is too simple: when pelican has nothing to eat, he penetrates his beak into his flesh to feed his chickens.
In a hard winter a pelican gave his flesh to his chickens and sacrifice himself. Then when he died of weakness and injuries, one of the chickens told the other “finally we relaxed! I have already got bored of eating a repeated food!!!!!!”
We often are not able to understand what the kind God does to feed our souls.
If you are unsatisfied of some thing- even a good work you like to do, but you can`t- right now abandon it! If something is not going well, there are just two explanations for it: either your residence is testing, or you must change your direction.
For knowing which one of these two solutions you should chose, use silence and worshiping. Gradually everything is going into light so that you can have enough power to make your mind.
When you made your mind, forget the alternative way and progress forwards, because God is the Lord of brave ones!
My own idea “I have concluded that when some thing is not going on well, its better to leave it, and let the time pass until the suitable condition arrives and you can do whatever your heart says. Just keep silent for some time, and them gradually it gets better, life can never stand against you, it will definitely surrenders to you!”
Crassus, the Lidia`s king, had decided to attach Iran, but he wanted to consult by a wise man from Greek He said” in your fate, you will destroy a great empire. “
Crassus happily declared war to Iranians. After two days of battle, Iranians beat Lydian’s and conquered the capital and arrested Crassus. He angrily sent a messenger to Greek to tell the wise man that he was in great mistake.
He replied “No! You were in great mistake! You destroyed a great empire, you destroyed the Lidia!
An artist man was selling flower pots in a fare. A woman came and investigated his goods. Some were too plane; on the other hand, some were too delicate and had fine veins.
She asked the price, but surprisingly, she found out that the price of all was the same! She asked “how is it possible that those delicate and fine pots cost as the same as those simple ones? Delicate ones took much more time than simple ones!”
Seller told “I am an artist. I can get the cost of pots, but not the cost of their beauties, beauty is free!!!”
Three fairies were invited to a party of a prince. The gift of the first fairy for prince was finding of his true LOVE, the second gave him a lot of money to do whatever he liked, and the third gave him the beauty.
But like all fairy tales, there was a witch. She was too angry not inviting her to the party. So she curst the prince. She said “now that you have everything, I will give you more and more, too! If you want to do anything, you will have the talent to do that!”
Prince got attractive, wealthy and lover, but never could finish a work on the earth. He got a great painter, musician and mathematician, … but never could finish a work, because he got bored of the thing so soon and wanted to begin another one!
“All the ways reach to the same place. But chose your own and go to its end, do not try to walk on all ways!
My idea “ I always say “ before choosing a way, think too much, and when you make your decision, do not begin a work, or if you begin, do not abandon it until you can reach to the end.”
“Write! A letter, your dairy, or a note while talking on the phone- but write! With writing, we approach to God and to others.
If you want to understand your role in the world, write. Try put your soul into your writings, even if no one wants your work, or worse, even if somebody reads what you do not like to be read! Writing help us to arrange and organize our thoughts and see our around clearly. A pen and a piece of paper shows miracle! Calms the pain, achieves the dreams and gets back those lost hops.
The word is the power!”
Milton Ericsson, at the age of 12 got paralyses. Ten months later, he heard that a doctor told his parents “your son will not survive till the dawn.”
He was hearing the crying and suffering of his mother and thought “maybe I can survive this night, my mother would not suffer such this!”
And decided not to sleep until the next dawn. When the sun raised, he yielded to his mother “hey! I am still alive!”
Such a great happiness filled the house that he decided to do all his best to postpone his family`s pain and suffering one night more!
He died in 1990, in his 75th, and wrote several important books about human`s great capacity to over come his disabilities and limitations.
Every thing changes around us continuously. Every day, the sun shines over a new world. Whatever we consider as “common” is full of suggestions and new opportunities, but we do not know that every day differs from other days.
Today is where a treasure waits for you. Maybe a temporary smile, maybe a great victory… it is not important. The life consists of small and big miracles. No thing is boring, because every thing is changing. The boredom has no place in this world!
