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I said  ”Yes”

الكويت ليست أرضا مقدسة و نحن لسنا بشعب الله المختار,

و ما ظن بغير ذلك إلا و قد خاب ظنه

( و يا مالكم من الخيبات ).

Sweet Intlxpatr has tagged me to answer the following questions; 1. Do your closest friends have any nicknames for you? People call me with a name that isn’t really my official name; but for some reason I prefer not to mention it here. 2. What is the greatest achievement of your life so far? Kuwait Stuttering group. 3. Where would you live if anywhere was possible? Anywhere with the people I love 4. Is there a religion that’s fulfilling for you and/or the masses? Islam. 5. What inspires awe in your life’s experience? People who believe that there is nothing impossible 6. What was/is your best pick-up line? I make my own lines 7. What and when is the most potent emotion you’ve ever experienced and why? Fear and shame 8. On what occasions do you act self-absorbed or just plain selfish? In all occasions yet the level of it differs from one occasion to another 9. If someone assigned you a quest, or if you decided your own, what would you be looking to find? I would want to find the “ON” button for many minds around !!! 10. If you had to choose between them; would you live in Hollywood, Washington D.C. or New York; and why? Washington D.C 11. Who or what makes you feel “whole” Caring words in a wiry night 12. What do you consider to be the greatest opportunity for humankind? Knowing the true reason for their creation 13. What surprises you about getting older? There is always more to learn 14. What or who makes you feel younger or rejuvenated? My father 15. Where or when do you feel most alone? On my sever stammering days 16. Where or how is society most ripe for change? The society isn’t the issue here, an individual can work towards that by him/her self; each individual is an atom of the element called society! 17. When or where do you feel the most free? When wearing my Hijab. 18. What is the greatest memory of your life to date? It’s yet to come 19. Where and when did you find out who you really are? Every day I’m a different person yet with the same soul; finding who I really am isn’t my task in life; I live every day as a different person 20. How and when do you collect your thoughts and why? Each thought has its own way 21. If someone told you when and where you would die, what would you do immediately after being told? I will simply not believe 22. What are the best parts of being in love? Altruism 23. What’s your favorite libation (drink)? Does coffee count? 24. What “life philosophies” have you adopted since you’ve become an adult? He who loses faith loses all 25. How would you like to be remembered? Smiling till the end

An Islamic scholar called Ibn Taimeyyah once said “انا جنتي وبستاني في صدري أني سرت فهى معي” “My heaven and orchard are in my chest, where ever I go, they are with me” Amazing how few words can answer the most complicated question to many, “where is happiness?”. Happiness is in you, it’s a seed that needs to be irrigated and tendered to grow; and no matter how big it grows there is always space for more, happiness would never be a burden on a human’s chest. Be happy