In a recent conversation with young and intelligent women I couldn't help but be moved by a repetitive saying she drew my attention to, we use in Arabic. How often we say: "ra7et 3layna". It's hard to literally translate but it is equivalent to saying "my chances are all gone" or "it's too late" i.e. … Continue reading Ra7et 3layna
I have no time!!!
"Hi, how are you? Not too bad, busy". "Hey, how's work? All good but busy". If I had a dollar for every time I heard or said the word "busy" in a conversation. People seem to have no time. We whinge and complain that we wish we had more hours and days in the week … Continue reading I have no time!!!
One more time…
I have just returned from my first session at the gym for more than a year. I feel sore and tired yet happy. I cannot tell you how many times in the last 5 years I have started and stopped the exercise cycle. I have tried with friends, alone, with music and without. Often I … Continue reading One more time…
Burning Hearts 