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Arabian Nights

{ Muscat, Old City }

It's weekend here in Oman and my favorite day of the week when we go out and gorge on anything we feel like eating. Wednesday means two days off the gym and I allow myself to eat gulab jamans too. I love this place because of its peaceful, quiet environment but mostly because its where my husband is. Anywhere is a home where he is. He has this amazing ability to make even an otherwise mundane drive into an extreme bit of an adventure.

I'm unable to write these days, not because I am out of ideas, but because I am so much full of them that I am unable to pick one. My mind keeps on wandering to every thing so fast I find it hard to make my little heart sit still and focus on one thing.

I'm discovering Oman all over again. I'm not sure if a social and extrovert would find it as good as I do sometimes, I'm more of an introvert. This is the perfect place to just stand still for some time, breathe in and enjoy a certain delicious laziness.

God: A Love Born of Faith

When do you know someone is listening to your prayers? When was the last time you knew the sorrow you carried in your fragile heart was incurable by every single doctor, surgeon or expert that walks on the face of this planet? Some things are granted by God alone. Like hearing the unsaid, like ridding your heart of fear, like giving you the strength of staying strong, like gifting you the courage to say the bitter truth, like holding your heart when it can easily turn cold, like holding you by your finger and it becomes your lifeline to sanity... like cradling you through nights no one knows you've cried. God and God alone lets you be the best you can be.

And likewise, some things only God knows. He gives you a protected life as a child, with loving parents who watch over you and protect you from all troubles. And when you grow up, God gives you one little bump at a time till you have wings to fly, till your faith becomes so strong you needn't anything else. God and God alone shapes you in the person you are meant to be by teaching you, showing you, loving you, testing you and then rewarding you.

My faith in people has been shaken not because people were untrustworthy, but because only one faith exists in this Universe and that is the faith in Allah. You and I may have different notions for what that Higher Being is but we all look in the same direction, we all look for the same faith, at the same sky. When my heart could turn icy cold, He held in in His Mighty Hands and kept it warm so many painful times. The thinnest chord that led me to Him was the strongest. He taught me, showed me, tested me and then, I believe, He decided to reward me. My heart blooms with His warmth. My faith in Him is my lifeline.

I wish you all a life of Faith, Belief, Love and Miracle that only God can create. Stay blessed.

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You're Not Alone, I Promise

... and if you ever need me, you know where to find me. You're not alone.

Find Yourself, Baby

It feels like the whole world is bare open before my eyes for me to look and understand and take it in. I've always lived in a protected shell, and ended up being conned in the very place I called home. My heart leaps outward and my eyes search elsewhere. I'm looking at bigger plans, better people and a place of my own, sought out of my very own effort. The challenges only make you stronger, the set backs make you better and a loved one's treachery only makes you a better fighter. So go find yourself. Ah, this map just makes my heart swoon with delight. Just look at this huge space filled with opportunities and swarming with wonderful, wonderful, wonderful people! Look at all the places you can go sight seeing to, all the people you can meet and so much knowledge still left for you to absorb. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to 2012. Let this year leave you with a better, braver, happier person. Happiness is not around you, it's inside you; why are you straying elsewhere? I'm on a roller coaster ride. How many people actually get a second chance at life? And do you know the key to living the best way? Don't let that beautiful heart of yours carry hate and malice. It's meant to hold love and tenderness. Don't lose that. Don't lose God's Personal Touch in you.

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Unfinished Stories

Unfinished stories have a way with calling out to you by your name. There is something vulnerable about them that invites nurturing; like a crying child who loses the way home. These unfinished stories want you to cradle them in your arms once more, to soothe them, deal with all their loose ends and complete them. How desperately you want to give in to all this subtle imploring and play the woman, the ever-nurturing mother. But what you don't know is that they want to seep into your system. That's is the only chance they have for survival. Do not let these abandoned tales get to you. They are like slow poison. Run far, far away.

A New Year Message

I am fantastic

brilliant

vibrant

full

life

a bright shining star

years do not define me

i define years.

i promise to

live up to myself

each day, this year

rules shall not bind me

i shall define those rules

set goals

and leave examples

i shall not tread

where the ordinary go

this year

i leave marks

where not every one

dare to go

i'll dance

to my own tune

move my

own way

scream to be heard

whisper in love

i'll be better

than each yesterday

i'll be optimistic

for each tomorrow

i am a woman

and i'm fantastic

in each and every way.

and this time around

years will not define me

i shall define years.

- Dedicated to all the wonderful women out there

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Perfect Liners!

MAY THIS YEAR BRING THE BEST YOUR WAY!

Cheers~

Capturing Perfection

I've known nothing but perfect love. It's just the way I'm built. And no matter how crazy or weird it gets, things eventually fall into place. Building software systems and testing them, I found no matter how hard we try, we cannot make a system to the perfection of a cent-percent-brilliance. But the system made by the Almighty is perfect in every sense of the way. Everything balances out its opposite. And everything, absolutely everything is made to fit into the larger picture.

I have given up being a control freak a long time back and I was amazed to see how relieving it was. Tell yourself that some things are bound to happen while some things are just not meant to be. You can try, and all your struggle can either bring fruit or go down the drain. It hurts, some times it goes way more than just a four letter word h-u-r-t. But leave it. Shush. Leave it. Let go. Open your hands and give your troubles over in God's safe hands. Let Him take care of them for you. Relieve yourself of the worry, the control-it-syndrome. Stay human.

So, like I said, I believe there's a perfect love indeed, even when half the population of the planet complains about how unfair life is. There is never a single day I don't find something to bring me a smile. And yes, there isn't a single night that goes dreamless. Pain, hurt, sorrow, gloom, poverty, tyranny exists because there is happiness, love, kindness, purity, honesty, faith, hope, tolerance and compassion to contrast to that. Without this contrast, could you tell the difference?

Perfect love exists. Seize it!

The Best Of the perfect line

Read: Standing Ovation

Writing for you has been a pure JOY!
Thank you for following me on this journey of soul searching.

Image Source: I got these lovely pictures from Valium-S, for which I thank them. They really set the viewer in the perfect mood.

A Story Of Survival

It was a blissful weekend; a lot of soul searching, a lot of soulful music, heart to heart talk with some of my old friends, knowing how they have been doing all the while we were disconnected, catching up, the sorts. I'm happy I linked up with them once more. I am discovering myself all over again, and I'm discovering who my real friends are and who love me for me and who just don't. I'm just taking each day as it comes. I know it will be fine. God will heal me.

But you know what? Amidst all thoughts of yourself, you realize there are so many less fortunate people than you. Your own sorrow seems small in front of them. I want to open my heart and let this tell me I still have so much to be thankful for.

Got this poem in a text message. Heart warming isn't it?

Have a superb Monday!

Life Is Good

life is good!

I can't have everything my way. What I can do is make the most of what I have with me. And, to be honest, my life's good. I've got the perfect family who won't let me fall. I've got a book supply that can last for over a month if all I were to do 24/7 was read. Winters are so here, and the best way to celebrate them is with late night apple pies and creamy coffees. Late night fast food home deliveries and movies every weekend, sleeping at the brink of dawn. If you're thinking, yes, I'm a foodie!

Life is good even when you've got no one to share it with, because it's all about how you look at it. You've got a wonderful family to share it! Not every one has a family so hold there hands, give them a warm smile and when they get down, tell them it's going to be just fine, because YOU are there for them.

Life can be good when you've got a demanding job that grinds you 5 days a week. Being busy keep us workaholics happy. And in this age, who isn't a workaholic? Being busy lets you appreciate your leisure time more generously. After a long day of work, seeing a loved one smile at you is so refreshing! You realize though things in the outside world change at an insane speed, some things never change. Things like love and family.

Life's good when you've got an old book in your hands and tea at your disposal. Look out the window and see Lahore's fog on a cold December morning and snuggle closer to the heater. Oh I can hardly wait!

Life is good even when you've got no car. Walk and meditate, see the things around you. Ponder. How often do you that? Welcome to reality. And no, reality doesn't always mean something horrible. It's much better than that!

There is something good about having a limited budget. You get to search, choose, search again and try to choose again for the best thing you can get within your budget. Why are there so many stories about the richie riches who were anything but happy?

Life's good when you hear a love song and it makes you smile. It makes you want to get up and dance. Dance, baby dance. Life is good!

Life is good when you receive a forgotten letter the old style, from an old friend who lives half way across the world but still remembers you. There is something so nostalgic about traditional letters and the envelopes stamped with the By Air Mail text.

Life is good for so many countless reasons. We just have to be appreciative enough and open ourselves to what it has to offer. Every one has their share of troubles, but that doesn't make it any less beautiful. I wish you a wonderful life!

Prompted At: Sunday Scribblings - Life is Good

Where Has Meqsi Been?

Hello all you wonderful people!

This place has been idle from last weekend and for those of you who have been coming in to check up on me and dropping in emails, thank you so much for the concern. It's been busy these last few days, including the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Adha. I have consistently stared at the Compose New Post screen every night but failed to come up with something to write. This isn't really a writer's block; it's one of those times when you've got so much running through your heard that it gets difficult picking up a single (cheerful) thought to share. My mind has been up and running on maximum capacity, to the point of leaving me absolutely incapable of jotting down anything. I want then every time you come here, you leave with a smile. And when that can't be managed justifiably, I just want to stick around to keeping it idle.

I just got a call from an aunt telling me she just discovered this place and that she read my something-something story that I wrote some 2 years back. It was about a brother and his little sister, Meenu, who were poor and probably missed out on so much that makes up our every day lives. But they were HAPPY. Happy like, really really happy and content with what they had. It's one of my fave short stories, and you can check it out {HERE}. I loved writing stories back then and I still do, but right now, I find it hard to sit and get myself in the mood of the scene. You can check up my old short stories on my old blog here. Do you think I should go back to writing stories? Tell me what you think about them.

Do you like my new header? I just felt like filling this place up with crazy, random colors.

For all of you who have requested free site banners, I'll start working on them shortly. Just have to take care of a few things before them.

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The Easy Way Out -- Sunday Scribblings

There is no easy way out of problems. The only right way is going all the way. Sometimes it costs you a hell lot of things, but then you must know, in the closing moments of the day, the only one left with you is your shadow. The question is: can you face yourself after the choices you make?

So, even though there may be an easy way out for me, I'll take the longer route. I need to be answerable to myself at the end of the day. No regrets in life for life. Tomorrow is going to be one heck of a brilliant day. I'm gonna OWN it well!

-- So Says Meqsi

Prompted at: Sunday Scribblings - Easy

What comes to your mind when I say "tomorrow"? If you have anything interesting to share, visit Sunday Scribblings and add you link there. It's a wonderful way to meet all the creative bloggers out there. Don't forget to visit other participants! :)

I hope you have an eventful week ahead!
Signing off for this weekend guys!

Toodles~

P.S. How's this wacky alignment? ;-)

Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones, and I will try... to fix you...

There must be a perfect love out there somewhere, the kind of love which leaps up into anything and everything for you. I'm sure it's not something out of this world, because there are so many people who have lived their whole lives together and have grown old together. I know at my age, things like love and life are totally overrated. And I also know that at my age, it's gona be just about one of these days that I'll wake up with a thoroughly practical view of how love should be lived in this life. I'll wait for that day when finally my mind will rule my emotions and it will all get easy.

Till that day comes, I guess I'll enjoy this joy ride no matter how absurd it gets. This is a 17 year old speaking from the mouth of a 24 year old: I know there's love out there, the kind that saves you from perdition and restores you to yourself. The kind that holds hands and closes eyes, the kind that leave love notes under the pillow and the kind that gifts flowers. The kind that kisses you to sleep and wake you to more kisses. The kind that makes every happiness worth while and every sadness seem as the passing phase it surely is. The kind that make you feel like a woman and a girl all at the same time, intimate, close and so very dear. There must be a rainbow for each and every one of us; may we all get to see our dreams with that someone special and not without one. You are beautiful to someone.

Good luck. Both of you.