How can you learn lessons for life from an animal?!

Have you ever had a pet?? And if you didn’t have one, did you ever have this chance of learning something from them animals??
Maybe I sound crazy or superstitious, but actually I’ve had this chance, and I’ve observed and lived with an animal that affected me in many ways, let me mention one of them it is quite interesting and strange experience.
I have many cats, One of them is a male, it’s a pretty Persian and cute one…I named it “Simba” I had also another one that was a beautiful female, her name was Mimi,..
Anyway, Simba and Mimi had a very committed and beautiful love.. yeah you read it right “Love”…it was funny and so cute, I remember that every time he saw her he used to lick her ear gently and then sit beside her or play with her..
One day I remember that I locked her up in my room because I didn’t know she was there, so I just left the room and closed the door behind me…I didn’t enter the room for hours and was pretty away from it…and then I returned to the room several hours after that to find a stunning scene, Simba was standing on his hind legs and putting his hands on the door trying to push it as hard as he could, and heard Mimi’s sound inside meowing gently as Simba was pushing from the other side. When he saw me he came running to me meowing so loudly and then scratched my feet as if he was trying to pull me or something…anyhow, I went to the door and opened it and Mimi came out running, Simba licked her ears like he always did but this time for longer…then she reacted –amazingly- by pushing her head against his chest…It was a stunning scene.. my mouth was opened in amazement, I never thought that something in the world could be like that.
She left our home afterwards, and ever since then I don’t remember that he got near to another female, and if you have enough experience with cats you’ll know that male cats are always furious with female ones when they get mature, but actually Simba wasn’t like that, he was peculiarly different, gentle and amazing!
To tell the truth I never believed in our human love to believe in animals’ one…and I always believed that animals are only moved by their instincts not by mind or heart like us humans…but to tell the truth after several experiences with my pets I came to change my mind, and I became really questioning and curious…is there more than instinct about it?? Is there something else that can affect the animals’ behavior?? No direct answer for me I know…but it’s something I’ve been asking myself for so long and I am always trying to find an answer to the behavior of animals that in many times came to affect me and teach me a lot of lessons…and not me only it affected a lot of people..
Hope I would know your opinions about this, and hope I can find an answer to this question…and if you ever had a similar experience; please share it here with us…

Mariam

The Sanctuary!

Hello everybody
It has been a really long time since i last posted to the blog , and i apologize for that , actually i was thinking of giving up posting and shut down that blog , but luckily i did not.
Anyway , .......that post came coincidentally , i was thinking of something to post since i made a decision of keeping on posting .
I went to sleep today , but actually i could net get any sleep , usually before i get into sleeping i think about different situations and thoughts , and sometimes i understand things that i could not understand while thinking about them , anyway , an idea came to my mind , which is the Sanctuary!!!
Nearly a month ago i was watching an interview with a famous Egyptian singer called ''Mohamed Mounir'' , that guy is very respected and loved among the Egyptians , and i am one of his devoted fans , in that interview he said that , after his concerts , he usually gets a feeling or rather a desire of being alone , or to abstain from people , and stay alone for sometime , that made me wonder : does not that happen to each and everyone of us? , havent we all got that feeling ? , not that we have some autisctic trends or something like that , but we tend to abstain and have some time alone in a place , whether this place is real , or just a state of mind that we create for ourselves to dive into .
Allow me to call this place ''The Sanctuary'' , in it , we think about many things and situations , and at the end , we reach an explanation or a conclusion , may be that is because we tend to have high rates of concentration or the mind is directed in only one way , which is the thing we do to create that state of mind or ''The Sanctuary" , whether it is a type of music we listen to , a book we read , a certain tradition or a spiritual practice , or may be prayers.
I am not trying to impose something or some idea , or try to cast a spiritual style upon myself , the whole point is that i felt that "Mounir's" words are somehow relating to our lives , we all do have a sanctuary , regardless of what it is or how do we reach it , but it is there i believe , it is where we regain our energy and get a grip over our thoughts and may be gain our distinctive values that make us who we are , or in other words , form our personality.
Hope you have got my point , i wish you all the best ,...........see you next post

A shakable beliefe or not?

''We think that the more people there are who believe as we do , the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth" The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho.

What do you think about that , do we always seek to attract people to our point of view to be positive about something ?

And what happens if some people who already believe in something we believe in , divert from this beliefe , should this shake the rigid walls of our beliefe ?

Please be involved in this issue , and let everyone know what is your opinion!!

posibility of making a dream come true!

''It 's precisely the posibility of making a dream come true what makes life intersting''

Even if you have not read the ''Alchemist'' by ''Paulo Coelho'' , you will understand what this phrase means.

Is it true that having a dream and working to achieve it quite intersting? does it give life it's meaning and magic?

What if you have a dream but you don't know how to achieve it? or worse , you worked hard with faith and trust , but you did not get what you was aiming for.

There are endless thoughts and an endless list of what everyone of us has to say about dreams.

Please join and comment on this issue , and let everyone know what you have to say about dreams.

place and time!

This is the first words to be writte on this blog , actually i don't have a specific issue to discuss , but i hope that through this blog i would have the chance to meet people from different places and cultures , and that we can all share our thoughts about life , and any other issue you would like , eveyone is most welcomed , and i am looking forward to meet you people!!


love
Ragy