Sometimes, I realize that it is me surrounded by walls.
I can't wait for the holidays to begin!
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I remember once when I was in school, couple of friends suggested skipping the class and going to see a movie. Of course the nerd in me couldn't handle the stress of missing a lecture. So I announced that I wouldn't go with them but I would gladly go to class and share my notes with whoever likes to have them later. I don't recall the content of that lecture nor do I recall the course but I never forget that I didn't watch 'the Banu Ordibehesht' with my friends.
"Be a rainbow in someone’s cloud"
Photo from here . “God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us- in the dreariest and most dreaded moments- can see a possibility of hope.” Maya Angelou Some time ago, I had the pleasure of attending one of Maya Angelou’s talks. I was very excited about listing to her. When I bought the ticket, I told to myself that was an early birthday present for me. I went for the talk to be inspired and to figure out why this woman was so successful as she was. Although I never regret going to that talk (since I learned one or two things), the talk was not as inspiring as I hoped. I had heard better talks before. She is not one of those people that I call gifted public speakers. She was witty and smart but didn’t really do it for me. However, what I learned was that I can be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. When she was talking about a rainbow, she was talking about her cripple poor uncle who not only changed her life but had an impact on other kids in the neighbourhood. When she was t...
Everyone will have a bad day. Eveyone will be humiliated at some point in their life. Today was my turn. I keep telling myself to not feel too bad. It's not working!!!
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I hope you are not referring to walls because some of your recent posts did not got a comment. It is a coincidence that after your recent thoughts about gender assigned to unanimated objects in english poetry it was also a wall (in Shakespeares Midsummernight Dream) that came to my mind.
And, funny enough, although the wall's character is described here as very compassionate, opening a small hole to facilitate Pyramus and Thisbe seeing each other, Shakespeare assignes the wall a male gender (big relieve).
THESEUS
The wall, methinks, being sensible, should curse again.
BOTTOM
(out of character) No, in truth, sir, he should not. “Deceiving me” is Thisbe’s cue. She is to enter now and I am to spy her through the wall. You shall see, it will fall pat as I told you. Yonder she comes.
Which walls are harder to accept, those that separate two lovers or those that keep people confined in prison for years ? I received a few days ago a message from the sister of Amir Hekmati (http://freeamir.org/) where she said that her brother is imprissoned in Evin since 18 month without having any possibility to communicate with his family and friends. I hope that in all cases, the walls you were talking about and the walls that that keep political prisoners and the walls that seperate people who love each other, will all come down soon.
greetings,
Michael