FAMILY FIRST....

Have you ever wondered how powerful thoughts could be?

Few years back, my thoughts were exactly concentrated on being with my family, persistent, predominant thoughts while I was away & earning for a living

I had to face difficult times & moments of loneliness.

Thoughts which are so powerful and can truly manifest

Can even stressed out ones’ self

Years of turmoil and incessant thoughts of going home, I opted to end my agony. So, despite good working conditions, had to quit a reliable job, & face the reality of losing an income, I’ve decided to go home and be with my loved ones.

In exchange for family, and pleasant shifts of thoughts…

Stable job is gone (nice colleagues)

Fulus is gone (Arabic word for money)

The gnawing heat is gone

arabs are confined to their homes between 12 noon - 4pm especially the women & children, during these hours the heat of the sun is intolerable. office hours in the morning is usually from 8-12 then back at around 4pm - 8pm, you can hardly see an open shop between 12-4 except of course for hospitals and shops in some cities, but basically the sun is avoided.

The Lebanese shawarma is gone (finest shawarma I’ve tasted).

Variety of food during Ramadan is truly missed, I’m thinking of making a homemade “falafel” (Egyptian falafel is very delicious, I love eating the crunchy part hehehe)

My penchant for buying perfumes are gone [huhuhu]

(used to buy a bottle if i have extra money)

this is the last bottle i bought by clinique

and im dying to have this

My barbican days are over

barbican is a non-alcoholic beverage that ladies could have, comes in 6 flavors, raspberry[yum yum] & lemon [ triple yum] is what I usually buy,…wont even cause a mild headache, even a dozen bottle consumed. Liqours and wine are prohibited in the middle east.

Work enhanced body exercise are over

now I’m gaining belly fat (huhuhu) used to lose weight from doing rounds in the ward, while attending to my patients And I don’t even have this bulges before that I have now

Gone are the jokes, laughter & Arabic lessons that patients & friends share.

this is the fun thing when working outside home country & learning new language & culture, we get to adapt and intertwine ourselves in an unimaginable funny situation)

Now, I’m with my family (exactly my thoughts few years back, the way I wanted)

Such is the power, Now I’m using the power again, but this time…

its hard to tell

thoughts of…………………

could bring me somewhere, I’ll never know