Feelings...

We all human beings have different ways to express our feelings, our thoughts & point of views. Some express through paintings, some through writing articles, stories or poetries, some through music, hence there are many ways of expressions… so I write poetries & short articles here at my blog to express myself, my thoughts, my views, my feelings and my beliefs…

Personally I m not that good in expressing my feelings or concern for anyone verbally and because of this people around me mostly have complains and misunderstands me and at times this thing truly hurts me & irritates me a lot… I always use to think why words are that important? Why expression is required? Why for people artificial expressions are more important then true feelings? Why cant people look into heart? Why they need a proof??

Anyhow few years back I wrote poetry that was basically in urdu on a topic ‘Feelings’ and that was actually based on my belief that true feelings don’t need any help of words or other materialistic or artificial sources to be conveyed to the other party. Gifts, words all are meaningless if your heart is empty and you are poor in your actions.. but yeah on the other hand I do accept the fact that gifts, verbal expression make life beautiful and a relationship more stronger.. but again main thing is one’s true feelings without which everything is meaningless… I wish people can understand this and at least to our close relationships we don’t need to give a proof all the time..

Best Regards,

Samrina

Food for Soul..

• Don't underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
  an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,
  all of which have the potential to turn a life around....

• Life ends when you stop Dreaming, Hope ends when you stop Believing,
  Love ends when you stop Caring, Friendship ends when you stop Sharing...

• Every moment, every situation, every issue and every concern
  has a positive side. Find it and bring it to life....

• Be Genuinely Interested in People. If you try, you can like everybody,
  and Everybody will like you.....

• When you find a Dream inside your heart don't ever let it go, Dreams are the tiny seeds from which Beautiful Tomorrows Grow..

• Learn to understand first and to be understood second.

• Be Alert to give Service..... What we do for others counts most in life...

• If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours!

Loads of love & best wishes for all..

Samrina

Negative Words..

There are many words in the dictionary that are been considered negative and whenever we use or heard them a negative impression comes in our mind… but if we think deeply we’ll get to know that how positively they are impacting our life..

Peril, catastrophe and disaster are words that can make anyone easily scared and consider to be most discouraging words… but I would define them as our friends, allies and mentors.

Appearing as enemies on the surface, these seeming threats are our most helpful teachers on our Earth adventure. These apparent foes repeatedly demonstrate how we humans have awesome power over our fate and circumstances in life.

have nice times..

Best Regards,

Samrina

Colors of Pakistan

Fairy Meadows

Dudipatsar Lake

Beautiful Shimshal Lake

the picture from Phandee Village in Chitral,Pakistan

Village halmet located in Neelum Valley Pakistan

Neelum Valley in Azad jammu and Kashmir

VISION…

If you keep the vision in mind, you will move forward in the mission, accomplishing enthusiastically step by step that which is necessary to bring the vision in to reality. You will have developed a sense of excitement, importance and urgency which will keep the fires of inspiration burning in your heart and moving you ever onward and upward...

..wishing you all nice of times

Samrina

Great way to live

The Secret

Well I have received this thought provoking short story through a forward mail and I found it truly worth sharing so here it is for all my readers, hope you all gonna understand and follow this in your life and have a happy, peaceful life..

One day, one friend asked another, "How is it that you are always so happy? You have so much energy, and you never seem to get down." With her eyes smiling, she said, "I know the Secret!"... "What secret is that?" to which she replied, "I'll tell you all about it, but you have to promise to share the Secret with others." "The Secret is this: I have learned there is little I can do in my life that will make me truly happy. I must depend on God to make me happy and to meet my needs. When a need arises in my life, I have to trust God to supply according to HIS riches. I have learned most of the time I don't need half of what I think I do. He has never let me down. Since I learned that 'Secret,' I am happy." The questioner's first thought was, "That's too simple!" But upon reflecting over her own life she recalled how she thought a bigger house would make her happy, but it didn't! She thought a better paying job would make her happy, but it hadn't. When did she realize her greatest happiness? Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren, playing games, eating pizza or reading a story, a simple gift from God. Now you know it too! We can't depend on people to make us happy. Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that. So trust God!

Best Regards,

Samrina

~~ Everything Happens for a reason ~~

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck. Its just that if we start thinking positively we’ll see that whether it’s Illness, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test limits of our soul and bringing us something positive in the end. If we think practically then we’ll admit the fact that without being ill we never realize the importance of good health in life, similarly unless we face failures we cannot have a real taste of success, and after being hurt, hated or cheated by others we understands the true meaning & value of love in life…

Without these small tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

Sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never realize your potential, strength, will power or heart. These problems are sometimes to test us by God because in return He wanted us to be rewarded something much better.

I have seen many around who over react, got worried or hyper whenever they have to face any problem in life. Similarly people who are lucky enough to achieve their goals in life think of themselves someone extra ordinary, superior then of others and they become proud but forget that nothing is permanent in this world and unfortunately when that thing is been taken away from them they start blaming or become frustrated or extremely depressed and loose all their interest in rest other things in the world... so what I think is that its just a matter of thinking.... we should think and understand deeply the outcome of each n everything in life very positively because everything happens for a reason, what if something bad happen to us or anything precious is being taken away from us then in return for sure our God who loves us more then anyone in the world do bring us something better... we all do mistakes in life but mistakes are to teach us lessons and after learning our lesson which is off course a positive outcome we should move further we new ambitions in life rather then regretting & loosing hope.. whatever whether positive or negative we experience in life teaches us something or bring us something positive in the end.. so rather then looking into the drawbacks or losses we should find out what we are achieving besides loosing anything... all its a game of faith in God and positive thinking...

May God help us all to start thinking and taking things positively in life (Ameen)

Best Regards,

Samrina

I wish you Health...
So you may enjoy each day in comfort.

I wish you the Love of friends and family...
And Peace within your heart.

I wish you the Beauty of nature...
That you may enjoy the work of God.

I wish you Wisdom to choose priorities...
For those things that really matter in life.

I wish you Generousity so you may share...
All good things that come to you.

I wish you Happiness and Joy...
And Blessings for the New Year.

I wish you the best of everything...
That you so well deserve.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS!

~ Author Unknown to me ~

Best Regards,

Samrina

Though I never got any interest in politics or in politicians as it always make me depressed and confused as I can never make it out that who is right or wrong but being a part of the nation and being a Pakistani whatever happen around in my country and people around always effects me and hurts me whenever I see any trouble or sufferings around...

Its been long now that whole Pakistani nation is facing this endless, long period of turmoil and uncertainty, and worst civil war. Dozens of innocent people are been killed without any reason, lots of losses in businesses, strikes.... just for the sake of nothing...

It's truly so painful to write all this but I believe one should have courage to face the cruel realities of life... I don't know exactly why I am writing all this may be just to share my depression or to prove myself as a Pakistani who is strong enough to digest these bitter, cruel realities scattered around or just to clarify world that all are not same, all Pakistanis are not bad or terrorists as been labeled, we also have heart, we do feel pain, but yeah I do accept that few of us are doing wrong and just because of them all Pakistanis all around the world are been seen with the eyes of doubts, been given disrespect and just because these few wicked people whole nation is suffering...

I hope you all are aware with the most recent & terrible incident happened here at the part of world I belong to and i.e. one more miserable bomb blast that not only killed former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto but also 20 other poor people along... on December 27, 2007 it was not the end of the story unfortunately its been three days now that whole Pakistani nation is suffering just because of the stupid, emotional people around who burnt hundreds of vehicles, shops, factories and killed about 15-20 more people all over the country.... I don't know what's the purpose behind? whats the use? why they are killing innocent people? why creating problems for poor people? why asking others who did nothing wrong to suffer? what they will get from doing all this?? why don't they think just because of their stupid actions whole nation have to suffer??

I just hope & pray for the betterment & peace around and need your all prayers too for my people & my country...

May God bless all..

BestRegards,

Samrina

Visit to Multan (Part 2)

Well in first part of the post I have already provide you with a brief introduction about the city I visited i.e. Multan and now in this last part I would like to share my colorful thoughts and eperiences regarding the main reason for which I basically visited there i.e. to attend a wedding of few of our family friends settled there.You must be thinking now that being living in Pakistan there shouldn’t be anything new & surprising for me at least to be that excited & to write about but honestly speaking that was all new for me too. Things and traditions that I just use to listen from my elders so far I have seen & experienced at my own for the very first time in my life. Bhangra (traditional dance), a group of musical band in uniform along with barat, groom riding on a horse, and lots more small traditional things….

Luckily I gotta chance to visit a village in my trip and truly loved the beauty of nature there, I can’t forget the innocence & simplicity, hospitality & love of people there is memorable. Without any relationship and without any mean reason everyone want us to visit their place may be just for a minute. Small gifts that they gifted were so precious like anything. Peace & purity there was unforgettable…

Well it was just an attempt to portrait and write in words whatever i have seen and experienced there. This is first time actually that I tried to write anything like that and I don't know to what extend I am successful i it but anyhow I hope you guys have enjoyed pictures at least that I have posted here :)

Best Regards,

Samrina

Visit to Multan...

As per I said in my earlier post that I was out of city for vaccations and gonna write about my visit in detail so here I am publishing the first part of the post as there are many things that I really wanna share here. I have been asked by my several readers to write about my country, traditions and culture so here I am publishing for the very first time at my blog something related to my country and that is a brief introduction about a beautiful, small, full of traditional colors city called to be Multan that I luckily gotta chance to visit recently.

Well Multan is known as the 'City of Sufi Saints and Shrines'. The city is full of bazars (markets), mosques, shrines and superbly designed tombs. The numerous Sufi shrines within the old city offer impressive examples of workmanship and architecture. The Shams-e Tabriz shrine is built almost entirely of sky-blue engraved glazed bricks. That of Shah Rukn-e Alam (Tughlaq period) has one of the biggest domes in Asia. The shrine of Sheikh Yusuf Gardez is a masterpiece of the Multani style. Other shrines include the Pahladpuri Temple and the Idgah Mosque (1735).

City can be divided into parts one old Multan with old, traditional buildings and markets where people still follow old cultural values and live with the purely old tradional style in a very simple way. Whereas there is a modern brand new Multan city that holds all the modern looks and facilities.

Basically I belong to Karachi one of the biggest cities of Pakistan where life is as like as in the other big cities of of the world. I have been visited several other cities of Pakistan too but if I compare Karachi with them especially small cities like Multan then I must say that life here in Karachi is much faster and different. Simplicity is the most highlighted difference that I found there in both people and their life styles and that truly admired and attracted me as it is truly rare in other big, advanced cities.

(to be contd.)

Thanks to all...

Hi to all,

Well first of all I wanna express my gratitude and deep thanks to all my blog friends for all their concern and love, I am truly honored and glad to read all the words left in my absence here.

I am sorry I couldn’t inform earlier that I am leaving for vacations. It was such a nice experience of my life to visit for the very first time interior Punjab and attend such a colorful, purely traditional wedding ceremony there. I’ll write in detail about all this along with the pictures that I took at places there in my next post in a day or two. Hope you all gonna like and enjoy it too.

Once again thanks a lot to all my blog friends. Hope you all are doing well.

Best Regards,

Samrina

Value of parents...

I have read this thought provoking and a short story with a valuable lesson in it few days and found it really worth sharing so here it is for all my readers. Hope you all gonna agreed with it too.

An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along
with his 45 years old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow
perched on their window.
The Father asked his Son, "What is this?"
The Son replied "It is a crow".
After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time,
"What is this?"
The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow".
After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the 3rd time, What is this?"
At this time some ex-pression of irritation was felt in the Son's
tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a
crow".
A little after, the Father again asked his Son t he 4th time,
"What is this?"
This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep
asking me the same question again and again, although I have
told you so many times 'IT IS A CROW'. Are you not able to
understand this?"
A little later the Father went to his room and came back with an
old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his Son was
born. On opening a page, he asked his Son to read that page.
When the son read it, the following words were written in the
diary :-
"Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa,
when a crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked me 23
times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a
Crow. I hugged him lovingly each time h e asked me the same
question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel
irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child".
While the little child asked him 23 times "What is this", the
Father had felt no irritation in replying to the same question all
23 times and when today the Father asked his Son the same
question just 4 times, the Son felt irritated and annoyed.

So..

If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or look at
them as a burden, but speak to them a gracious word, be cool,
obedient, humble and kind to them. Be considerate to your
parents.From today say this aloud, "I want to see my parents
happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little
child. They have always showered their selfless love on me.

They crossed all mountains and valleys without seeing the storm
and heat to make me a person presentable in the society today".
Say a prayer to God, "I will serve my old parents in the BEST
way. I will say all good and kind words to my dear parents, no
matter how they behave.

Parents are precious gift of God just ask the value of parents who have lost them....

Best Regards,

Samrina

What Is Hope??

Hope is knowing that a positive outcome awaits.

Hope is not only expecting a dream to come true,
but also having a deep assurance
that it's within your reach.

Hope is saying you can.

Hope is knowing that you can improve
and that you always get better with practice.

Hope is knowing that you can achieve your goals
through hard work and persistence.

Hope is looking to the future with joy
and having an expectation of
better things to come.

Hope is the knowledge that life is everlasting,
and that miracles happen every day.

Hope is something that never abandons you.
Even when your life is filled with
sadness and disappointment,
a spark remains inside to help you
get through the rough times.

Hope is one of God's greatest gifts to you,
because it's the magic that inspires you
to keep trying, learning, loving, and living.

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back!

Best Regards,

Samrina

Eid Mubarak!!

Wishing all my readers a happy, joyful and blessed Eid. May Allah bring true happiness and peace in our all life (Ameen)

Loads of love n prayers for all.

Best Regards,

Samrina