A Day with my Niece's Family.

Just to unwind from having listened to Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky, to George Galloway and the Gaza Strip incident., after having exhausted my mind with X-amount of unfiltered garbage from within and without, I decided it was time to find a quiet and homely place to hang out and chill. What could be a better place than my Niece Suhana's home where i had not been to fot the Hari Raya visit this year yet anyway.

This I find is the most laid back family and had my late brother Gina been alive he would have  been satisfied with how things had turned with his only child, Suhana. Not terribly rich or poor materially but getting along like most of those in their income bracket, being with them helped me to anchor myself back into the present moment in space and time forgetting al the hoopla that i have been feeding my mind with n getting bent out of shape over nothing.

 My late brother's wife, she is a fiesty lady in her own right and was cut out for my brother who in his younger life was more than a terror in the literal sense of the word. A very down to earth pious Muslim with no hold barred when it comes to raising kids, I almost feel real sympathy for her son in law. Being around these folks makes me feel I belong nd gives meaning to life more than just occupying time and space while making a fool of yourself.

In finding a good balance between  exploring th depths of one's inner self and one's external relationships with others young and old, one gets to sense the true reason of why one is created to be here, it is not really for oneself that one exist but of the sharing of love with others irregardless of who or where they are and in loving others one finds love in oneself and this is strength. 

They want you to share with them your time and talent and it is never easy as it is a test of patience for most of us. But if one can win the hearts of children by being there with them in the moment and share what it is that is, that life blooms unconditionally and children learn of who they are through you. Your self discovery is their self discovery, you are just passing along what you have learned. What is the use if you are a world renown, artist or painter if you cannot spend an hour entertaining children with your time; you might benefit from it more than they do, after all.

Children can remove any doubt you may have about who you are if you can open your self to them, they will not hide their feelings about you and from their reaction to you you can realize how close to being a human you are or how far from it.

So, whenver you feel removed from what life is al about, seek to find those who can move your being in ways only children can and children are everywhere if only you look and stop feeling sorry for those killed in Gaza when you have not touched one for a long time yourself. To become a child again is the art of staying alive and young at heart.