I would like to wish everyone who is celebrating Hanukkah, a very Happy Hanukkah. When it's not your holiday or special day, you may tend to say, "This doesn't concern me...moving on." Well, I disagree.
My job is not to shove history or facts down your throat. But it is a duty for every human being to at least acknowledge what other religions, cultures and ethnicities offer to the world. And frankly, the more we know about each other, the better we can live WITH each other. It does not hurt to take a second to listen to your friend or neighbor about their history or to scroll down that website and click on the tab "Holidays around the world." Again, the more you know, the better we can live together. A few minutes of self-education can take you miles. Try it!
Happy Holidays everyone : )
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Every Day is Garbage Day
It's a bit funny to put the words "happy" and "garbage" in the same sentence. But I think everyone should. By sifting through personal garbage and baggage, you simply become happier. So you do need to clean in order to be happy. You clean your teeth, and in order to check...you smile, which makes you happy. You clean your body, therefore, your skin shows happiness by glowing. You clean your hair and you watch it shine...so it's happy too. You are fresh and being fresh is a good thing. Thus, good things make you happy!
But have we ever sat down and cleansed our hearts. You can't run to the pharmacy and get a prescription. You can't go to the store and grab soap and a luffa. And you sure can't sit under the shower and turn up the pressure level on the head either. You just can't, at least not for your heart. As a people, we clean external surfaces and rarely look on the inside. We clean cars that can hardly take us to work safely. We clean kids and tell them everything will be alright, when in their minds, they know it won't be. We have turned into robots, machines that are programmed to clean, scrub, polish and sand, but with very little regard for the soul of what or who we are cleaning.
Whenever I cannot handle my emotions, I am told "Get over it?" But I am human. I am made of things that break, literally and metaphorically. Therefore, there must be a way to cleanse myself, but still remain whole and unharmed. So I can't cut myself to release pain or anger. I can't hit or hurt someone in order to feel better for the long term. And frankly, I can't always find someone to listen to me. I am stuck listening to myself. But I trust myself. And I am probably the only human being in the entire galaxy that would NEVER harm Me. But how do I be and stay happy? Genuinely.
I really don't know what I need to do in order to be happy. But I take the garbage out every week and say to myself, "How lucky is the house to have someone take the garbage all away and never have me see it again!" That's what I want for my heart. Every day is garbage day for my heart. I want to dump, move on and never look back. I want to leave room for fresher things in life. I want my heart to be happy...so I can be happy.
-Hamed Hamad
But have we ever sat down and cleansed our hearts. You can't run to the pharmacy and get a prescription. You can't go to the store and grab soap and a luffa. And you sure can't sit under the shower and turn up the pressure level on the head either. You just can't, at least not for your heart. As a people, we clean external surfaces and rarely look on the inside. We clean cars that can hardly take us to work safely. We clean kids and tell them everything will be alright, when in their minds, they know it won't be. We have turned into robots, machines that are programmed to clean, scrub, polish and sand, but with very little regard for the soul of what or who we are cleaning.
Whenever I cannot handle my emotions, I am told "Get over it?" But I am human. I am made of things that break, literally and metaphorically. Therefore, there must be a way to cleanse myself, but still remain whole and unharmed. So I can't cut myself to release pain or anger. I can't hit or hurt someone in order to feel better for the long term. And frankly, I can't always find someone to listen to me. I am stuck listening to myself. But I trust myself. And I am probably the only human being in the entire galaxy that would NEVER harm Me. But how do I be and stay happy? Genuinely.
I really don't know what I need to do in order to be happy. But I take the garbage out every week and say to myself, "How lucky is the house to have someone take the garbage all away and never have me see it again!" That's what I want for my heart. Every day is garbage day for my heart. I want to dump, move on and never look back. I want to leave room for fresher things in life. I want my heart to be happy...so I can be happy.
-Hamed Hamad
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