Early to rise!

All my life, I have found this so true.  

Early to bed, Early to rise. 

Makes man healthy, wealthy, and wise

 

Eyes!

 

Death is the great equalizer!

So true of this Arabic saying!!

 

Painting and Poetry

 

Mo!

 Mo! has been my African-American friend for a long time.

One day, I asked Mo! - What a kind of nick is that?

He laughed and explained:

 "I am a Christian. After 9/11, I saw many of my muslim friends going through discrimination, teasing, and disrespectful attitudes from society. One day, at a coffee counter, I had a Muslim man waiting for his coffee. When his name was called Mohammad, there were many stares at him. He, as well as everyone, sensed it. Since that day, I changed my nickname from John to Mo! Every time I go somewhere, and they ask my name, I say, "Mo!" Followed by a statement, 'Mo for Mohammad.' I am still very Christian. Initially, I did this to support my muslim friends, but over time, I have really come to like my name. I feel this name soothes me. It has music in it. I just love it!

A kind of good prayer

 Jab hum chote the to har chutti wale din hamare ghar ya to koi mamu ya taya aa jate. Raat ke khane ke baad der tak batain hoti. Tab hamari dadi mehmano se kehtin:

"Bus ab sab tum khairyat se apne apne ghar paunch jao - aur subah apne apne kaam pe hazir ho jao."

Hum sab dadi ka mazq uRate ke - lo dadi sab mehmanoN ko bhaga rahi hain.

Ab sab sochta hun ke ye kitni achhi dua thi. 

Jab tak insaan ke paas aik pursakoon ghar, aur rozgaar ki naimat hai - zindagi main aur kiya chahiye?

Types of women's relationship

 Women get into relationships for only three reasons

1. Emotional - if you get connected to her via kissing her mind

2. Carnal - if she just gets attracted to you at a pure lust level, a rare (but not so rare) entity

3. Transactional - If she gets something in return, mostly financial security or prestige

Success

 Success is never owned, it's rented & rent is due every day.

Thousands clothes and thousands stitches

ہزار جامہ دری صد ہزار بخیہ گری تمام شورش و تمکیں نثار بے خبری

 

- Thousands clothes to wear and thousands stitches - all endeavours and hard work can be given up for ignorance (from it)

A Persian saying to outline the concept of Sufism that all life's challenges can be dealt with by just changing one's mindset by ignoring them.

Silence

 

Glimmer

 

A mysterious rose survived Hurricane Katrina

Martin and her husband, MJ, were no strangers to evacuating when a hurricane approached. But she said Katrina “was the worst of the worst.” 

“We lost everything we owned,” she said. “Every plant — everything completely dead. And then as I was walking past my mother’s house and to the back where our house was, I saw these long, green, dark canes hanging off the tractor shed.”

Full story at

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/science/peggy-martin-rose-hurricane-katrina

Raaste

 

Humble

 

A Persian saying

 ویران شود آں شہر کہ میخانہ ندارد۔ 

(The city is lifeless if it has no bar)