Wish-Prayer-Gennie and God

Note - "God" in the title and the subsequent post does not refer to any particular religion or name you may address almighty as. I have used God and Almighty in the writing below, which can be read as, God, Bhagwan, Eshwar, Buddha, Allah, Waheguru, and any other name or form you refer the Almighty with. So preemptive apology if I, unknowingly offended anyone.

Your wish is my command followed by a smokey poof and then your wishes are fulfilled. This is a typical scene from a story that we have read in books and scene in movies like Aladdin. The one fulfilling your wishes is your friendly neighborhood Genie 

The story of Aladdin and the lamp has been shared and enjoyed by many generations.  The Gennie is a central piece and a symbol of positive results in one's hand.

Lately I saw in many public forums people referring to Almighty working on answering everybody's prayers. That stirred a thought, are we, intentionally or unintentionally, confusing the Almighty with the genie? 

God does not Grant all the wishes. God is the father, the mother, the parent, the Creator and the preserver, and when needed the Destroyer. It can be very wrong to see God as a wish granting genie that you can rub out of a lamp. However keeping a notion that, God is delivering on everything you ask for is nothing different than confusing God with Genie. 

Remember that Genie has no moral compass. Genies deeds are just a reflection of it's Master's conscience. “your wish is my command!” (right or wrong is on you master; Gennie whispers that under the breath, may be as no one ever heard about that.

 Almighty makes the world go round. I, by no mean, am challenging the power of praying. Prayers can get you to a much better place, but not always exactly what you're looking for. When God listens to your prayers, (which is 100% of the times you pray), God knows what is right to grant and what is not. Your wish is never God's command. Rather God’s will is your Gift. The beauty is in accepting what God gives you irrespective of how different it is from what you have prayed for. In many religions and spiritual discussions this is termed as the concept of surrender. Surrender is expected to bring peace and fullness to the being. Hinduism strongly supports the theory of karma. Simplistically stated, is all what you receive is a direct result of your actions. Praying indeed is a positive action, and certainly earns you some good karma, but still your prayers are not always granted as is. Because what you ask for in your prayers might not be aligned with your karmic path. Or your prayers might not be aligned with the overall balance of the world around you. Almighty the preserver has A keen interest in keeping the world balanced for your own good. (A kid demanding infinite stash of candy from parents does not always gets that, doesn’t make the parent any lesser, but ensures parents know more than to just fulfil the wish, unlike Gennie.)

 It sure should bring peace to the hearts knowing that God is not your genie. Once we have prayed, we should be grateful for what we receive or don't as that is our gift. This is how we prepare ourselves to receive more. Certainly, receive more Peace, joy and fulfillment.

Some Quotes from different religions on how the wishes are granted based on deeds/ actions/ Karma

Karman-ye-vadhikarste, Ma faleshu-kadachana	You have right to perform your karma but never the right on its results (the results are granted by the Almighty, as a gift and not as a right)
Tera Bhana Meetha lage	What ever you give (oh God) is sweet (Good) for me
Kiffarah	What you give, you will get back
Proverbs 14:14-26:	"Bad people will get what they deserve. Good people will be rewarded for their deeds"

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Santa Clause explains theory of Karma simplistically by creating a Naughty or Nice list. Although Santa gives so many gifts each Christmas, but Santa is no Gennie so one gets the right gift only when one has been on the 'Nice' list!!There is always time to be 'Nice' if you have been 'Naughty.' 

Many religions teach, that the Karma stays with you even in afterlife; So don’t be fooled if you get the Lamp, which when rubbed created the Smoke and an imposing figure came out of smoke saying, “Your Wish is my Command !”, wish wisely. Don't rub random lamps anymore, instead light the candle of Hope in your heart, pray, and know that you will be granted what you deserve. Know that what ever you get is still a gift that you should cherish and rejoice in. Above all know that God is on your side. And you're way better off than having the Genie in the lamp.

 

 

What the "H"

Some days the mind wanders and explores a new world within its own realm. Lately while writing something, my wanderer mind just got fixated on the letter H. Below are some ramblings of the wandering mind

The letter H in the alphabet is very interesting.

Look at its structure, there are 2 parallel vertical lines. Parallel, so by definition, they can never meet, impossible for them to be together. Then right in the middle is a small line intersecting both, perpendicular to both and building the bridge to connect the two parallel lines. Making the impossible possible. Making parallel lines meet through that bridge.

No wonder, many words that start with this letter, a letter that makes impossible possible and those words make life worthwhile. Listed are some words that I see as critical to me either the ones I live by or the ones I strive for

Honor

Happiness

Honesty

Health

Humor

Home

Hope

Heart

Harmony

Humilty / Humble

Hospitality 

Hardwork

Hero / Heroic

Heal

Hug

Help

 

Read these words and think with me, for many of these to achieve in life, one needs to put effort. Effort, similar to the bridge to connect the two parallel lines.

HOPING for HARMONY to HEAL the HEARTS!

 

PS: Please don't judge, as I told you already, these are the ramblings of a wandering mind. If you could find logic in what I said above, then "Happy wandering to you too" 😊

 

 

Right in the middle

 Right has a directional meaning as in Right and Left 

Right also has a decisional meaning as in Right or Wrong

Right also is referred to in moral or liberal sense as the Political Right or Left.

The three different areas this one word helps define have nothing in common, except the word right itself. The other thing that is common is that in all three of these the word right describes an extreme end of the spectrum. 

Decisional right defines the extreme side of correctness 

Directional right defines one far end of the direction

Political right whose meaning is mostly confused between the above 2 connotations of the word.

By no means I am saying the opposite of Right is any better.

Wrong is extreme side of being incorrect

Directionally Left is the other end 

Politically Left is an extreme end too.

The more I think about it, more I feel that somewhere in the middle there is a logical and happy state. Directionally, logically or politically. The Right-wing extremism has made the world a ticking bomb. Extreme left on the other hand has potential to uproot the belief systems and the very fabric of social existence of humanity and leaving the current and coming generations in a confused state.

Somewhere in the middle is the happy place where true humanity lives. 

The wars, the politics, insanity and insensitivity all breed in the extreme right or left.

While life thrives somewhere in the middle.

So I prefer to stay somewhere in the middle.

Like in the comforting lukewarm shower, not too hot not too cold

Like a warm butter toast neither too soft not too crispy, nor deprived of butter nether drenched in the same.

Right and Left can both feel uncomfortable.

Pull from Right and Left, get to that happy point in the middle where the life exists and there the humanity should be celebrating. 

I stay here, Right in the middle.

From my vantage point, middle is Right (as in correct) 

RIGHT IS IN THE MIDDLE !!!

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला

"Wanted to do it, just didnt get the time" This is a common regret that many have in their lives. I have felt and said this so many time. Do we really not get time? Are we prioritizing our time wrong? I dont have the answer to any of this, but I know when ever I had made time for those things, I have always felt happy and fulfilled. A list of things that one wants to do but felt short of time in the poem below. Do think and share if you had said or felt some time the same, when you had told some one,  " क्या करें यार, बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला"

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला

ध्यान से देखने का, नज़ारों को

इत्मीनान से गिनने का,  तारों को

बिना बात बुलाने का, यारों को 

समझने - समझाने का,  इशारों को 

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला

कि आराम से बैठ कर बतियाते

इधर उधर बेवजह गप्पें लड़ाते

बेसुरा राग छेड़ के भी लुत्फ़ उठाते

बिन बुलाये-बताये भी दोस्तों के जाते

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला

कि पूरी नींद सोते, सपने बोते 

इत्मीनान से बैठ के खाना खाते

बेवजह आँगन में ऊंघते, अलसाते 

बेतुकी बातों का भी  मतलब बताते

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला

अरे पर  टाइम अपना ही तो है 

तो अपने लिए थोड़ा ज्यादा चुरा लो 

यारों को बुला लो , महफ़िल सजा लो 

बेसुरा गुनगुना के, तारों की गिनती बता के

बेवजह हँसाओ  , यादें बनाओ 

उन्हें भी बुलाओ , बैठाओ, समझाओ 

जो अक्सर कहते है, " क्या करें यार,

बस टाइम ही नहीं मिला"

Communicate or Converse

In the life, office, school, sports etc. a lot of us speak about the value to communicate.  Phrases or statements like clear communication, Over-communicate, teams succeed when they communicate etc. are commonplace.  Communicate so that everyone is able to develop a common understanding of any given topic

Communication is basic, scientific, important. Everything communicates, Bees, Animals, Plants, Birds, Dolphins, Fishes etc.

Even cells in the body communicates through various means with each other and that is what keeps the system going. Any slip in communication can be a problem even disastrous.

Communication is essential to functioning properly. Lack or glitch in communication leads to confusion, malfunctions, failures. Just think of an example in your mind from any field and visualize how a small glitch in communication a little mis- communication can alter the outcome. That example can be from work, sports, law enforcement, politics, travel, and so on. I can give many examples from any fields you think of.

"Once a car was stopped at a check point. And the cops called the headquarter to ask what to do. The folks at HQ said Stop Not let them Go. And the check point guys released the car. Later they learnt that HQ meant STOP, NOT LET THEM GO, not let them go. But the check point guy thought HQ have said, STOP NOT, LET THEM GO. and with that small confusion about the comma the criminals were not captured." I know this is just a joke but states one thing very clearly, communication always needs to be clear, precise and  with no ambiguity.

Conversations on the other hand  is a totally different domain. Conversations can be scientific or not, needed or not, precise or not, topical or not. Conversations are not rule bound, bit entropic  in nature. They can be used to communicate as well. Conversations are human.  Chit-chat, gossip, joking, blabbering, and so many ways people converse. Only human beings converse. They converse when there is any reason, or even when there is none. The conversations which are not needed by a reason are some of the best ones. Ability to converse and not being bound by rules or to be precise, keeps us human beings apart from rest of the creations and that is one of the most beautiful things about being a human. Many stories, relations, creations, books and so on can find their origin in a conversation, which mostly happened for no reason or goal. Conversations keep the human world interesting, worthy and sane. Think about it. 

Epilogue - 

Mom says some thing out of the blue, and I get confused on the reason or goal 

Me.: what does it even mean

Ma: nothing, but I am just saying. And conversations are meant to be conversations not to mean. ( smile and laugh after that statement)

Usually that conversation used to be in punjabi

Me: एह की गल्ल होइ भला?

Mom: कुछ नहीँ पर गल्ल ते करन लई  बनी हुंदी है (smile, may be a laugh after that and then the conversation used to go on and may have lot of side tracks evolving) 

Some time those sweet innocent comments have life lessons hidden. Now I miss those conversations that were meant to be just conversations. ओह गल्ल जेड़ी सिर्फ करन लइ बनी हुंदी है. 

PS: For those who have known my Mom, may remember her conversations and ओह गल्ल जेड़ी सिर्फ करन लइ बनी हुंदी है 

हॅसने की वजह ?

For one to be Happy, All one may need is just Happiness (खुश रहने के लिए बस  ख़ुशी चाहिए) . Happiness is only a state of mind. I think this is the most basic principle, but mostly ignored because it seems overly simplistic. The poem below lists few similar thoughts, read and share if you think they are too simplistic or if these may work. I am going to use some of these ideas for myself going forward. Hope you enjoy and find value too in these words! 

खुश रहने के लिए बस  ख़ुशी चाहिए

कभी कभी  बेवजह सी  हसीं चाहिए 

दोस्तों की हो महफ़िल तो क्या बात है 

ग़र ना हो तो खुद से भी दोस्ती चाहिए

आदमी आदमी में फ़रक ही ना दिखे

आँखों में ऐसी सी कुछ कमी चाहिए 

आओ शुरू करें  इक हसीं की लहर

सारी दुनिया को कुछ ताज़गी चाहिए

ग़र फ़िक्र समझाए रोने की कोई  वजह

तब बेफिक्र सी ना-समझी चाहिए 

जो नहीँ है उनकी याद में परेशा ना होना 

उन यादों में ढूंढ़नी रौशनी चाहिए

जन्नत और दोज़ख होंगे कल कहीं 

आज हैँ हम तो बस ज़िन्दगी चाहिए 

जो कल की फ़िक्र से हो बोझिल उसे

दिल जगा दे ऐसी सी गुदगुदी चाहिए

मुस्कुराने का जब मन हो तो मुस्काइये 

खिलखिलाहट पे भी बंदिश नहीं चाहिए

अब उन्हें कहो दानिश या कहो सरफिरा

जिन्हे हॅसने  को वजह ही नहीँ चाहिए 

खुश रहने के लिए बस  ख़ुशी चाहिए

कभी कभी  बेवजह सी  हसीं चाहिए

कागज़ (Paper)

NOTE: IF you don't read Hindi, then please scroll down to English translation of this note

 पानी की कुछ बूंदों से गीला हो जाता है थोड़ी सी हवा चली तो उड़ जाता है एक छोटी सी चिंगारी उसे भस्म कर देती है,  कागज़  की कोई हैसियत नहीं कि वह किसी का भी सामना कर सके. कागज़ शायद दुनिया की सबसे कमज़ोर चीज़ो में शुमार हो सके. कागज़ की कोई हस्ती नहीँ.

उसी कमज़ोर कागज की नीव पे हमारा सारा जीवन टिका है. हम सारा जीवन कागज़ बनाते हैँ, कागज कमाते हैँ, कागज़ खर्चते हैँ, कागज़ बटोरते हैँ, कागज़ छुपाते हैँ, कागज़ दिखाते हैँ और किन्ही कागज़ों में इक नाम बन कर रह जाते हैँ.

जन्म से पहले हस्पताल में किसी कागज़ पे इक तारीख़ लिखी जाती है. फिर जब बच्चे का जन्म होता है, उसके होने का प्रमाण उसकी माँ या पिता की ख़ुशी नहीँ, उसकी चलती साँसे भी नहीँ बल्कि इक कागज़, जिसे जन्म प्रमाण पत्र या अंग्रेजी में बर्थ सर्टिफिकेट ( Birth Certificate) कहते है. अब बच्चे को पढ़ना है तो पाठशाला में यह प्रमाण पत्र चाहिए, जीता जागता, बात करता बच्चा नहीँ तो कैसे प्रमाणित करे कि वो है. साथ में लगता है टीकाकरण का प्रमाण कि आपका बच्चा तंदुरुस्त है.

हर साल वो बच्चा रिपोर्ट  कार्ड ( Report Card ) नाम का कागज़ लाता है तब ही यकीन होता है कि उसने कुछ सीखा है. आपका बच्चा खेलता है या गाता है, निबंध प्रतियोगिता या किसी भी प्रतियोगिता  में भाग लेता है तो और कागज़ मिलते हैँ जिन्हे आप सहेज कर रखते हैँ, "काम आएंगे," खुद को यह कह कर. और वो काम आते भी हैं, शायद.

इसी तरह दसवीं, बारहवीं कक्षा का परिणाम, कुछ कागज़ और. फिर और भी ज़रूरी राशन कार्ड, पासपोर्ट, आधार या ऐसा ही कुछ, कागज़ो का ढेर बटोरने में दिनों, महीनो सालों लग जाते हैं. फिर आप नौकरी करें या व्यापार, उन्हें  करने के लिए कितने ही कागज़ लगते है, और उन से होने वाली कमाई के नोट भी कागज़ हैँ. यह रंग बिरंगे कागज़ हाथ में आये तो लगता है बाकी कागज़ों ने अपना काम ठीक से कर दिया.

कागज़ बटोरते बटोरते कही सेहत पे आंच आयी तो डॉक्टर की पर्ची का कागज़, जो टेस्ट किये उनकी रिपोर्टो के कागज़ , दफ्तर से छुट्टी मांगने की अर्ज़ी का कागज़, यह कागज़ की दौड़ चलती रहती है.

आप सारे परिवार के सामने पंडित या काज़ी को साक्षी बना के विवाह करें , लेकिन उसे साबित करने के लिए शादी का प्रमाणपत्र लगता है, एक और कागज़. 

सारे कागज़ बटोर के, कमा के, खर्च के, संभाल के, एक दिन जब साँसे समाप्त हो जाएं तो आपके परिवार को साबित करना होता है आप वास्तविक दुनिया चले गए हैं पर उसके लिए लगेगा मृत्यु प्रमाण पत्र, एक और कागज़। सच में जनम से पहले से ले कर मरने का बाद तक अगर कोई महत्त्व रखता है तो बस कागज़.  

कागज़ जो पानी की कुछ बूंदों से गीला हो जाता है थोड़ी सी हवा चली तो उड़ जाता है एक छोटी सी चिंगारी उसे भस्म कर देती है, कागज की कोई हैसियत नहीं कि वह किसी का भी सामना कर सके. कागज़ शायद दुनिया की सबसे कमज़ोर चीज़ो में शुमार हो सके. कागज़ की वैसे तो कोई हस्ती नहीँ.

उसी कमज़ोर कागज की नीव पे हमारा सारा जीवन टिका है. हम सारा जीवन कागज़ बनाते हैँ, कागज़ कमाते हैँ, कागज़ खर्चते हैँ, कागज़ बटोरते हैँ, कागज़ छुपाते हैँ, कागज़ दिखाते हैँ और किन्ही कागज़ों में बस इक नाम बन कर रह जाते हैँ.

 PAPERS

It gets wet by a few drops of water, it flies away when a little wind blows, a small spark burns it to ashes, paper has no capacity to withstand anything. Paper may perhaps be counted among the weakest things in the world. Paper in physical sense is almost powerless.

Our whole life is based on the foundation of that ‘physically powerless’ paper. Our life revolves around making papers, earning papers, spending papers, collecting papers, hiding papers, showing papers and then we remain just as a name in some papers.

Before birth, a date is written on a paper in the hospital. Then when a child is born, the proof of her/his existence is not the happiness of the mother or father, not even child’s own breath or beating heart, but a paper, which is called the Birth Certificate.

Now, if a child wants to study then this certificate is required in the school. A living breathing, talking and playing child is not proof enough that he exists, but the paper called Birth Certificate is. Along with this, vaccination information seems to be the proof that your child is healthy, yet more papers.

Every year that child brings home a paper called Report Card, only then one is sure that he has learned something, report card is the only proof of learning. When your child plays or sings, participates in essay competitions or any other competition, more papers are found which you save, "these will be useful eventually," you tell yourself. And perhaps they do come in handy one day.

Similarly, results of class 10th, 12th, some more papers. Then it takes days, months even years to collect the other important documents like voter card, passport, social security card or anything like that. Whether you do a job or a business, so many papers are required to do them, and then the currency notes of what you have earned doing that work are also paper. When these green colored papers come into hand, it seems that the rest of the papers have done their job properly.

While collecting papers, if health gets affected, papers of doctor's prescription, papers as reports of tests done, papers in form of request for leave from office, this race of papers keeps going on.

You get married in front of the entire family with a priest as witness, but to prove it, the marriage certificate will be required, yet another paper.

After collecting all the papers, earning, spending, maintaining them, one day when one runs out of breath, your family needs to prove to the world that you have left the mortal world, but for that, a death certificate will be required, one more paper. In reality, if anything matters from before birth till past death, it is just a paper.

Paper that gets wet by a few drops of water, it flies away when a little wind blows, a small spark burns it to ashes, paper has no capacity to withstand anything. Paper may perhaps be counted among the weakest things in the world. Paper in physical sense is almost powerless.

Our whole life is based on the foundation of that ‘physically powerless’ paper. Our life revolves around making papers, earning papers, spending papers, collecting papers, hiding papers, showing papers and then we remain just as a name in some papers.

 

NOTE: Between writing this and posting this a dear friend just moved from being a person to being a name in the papers. But also became a fond memory in the minds of friends. You are remembered fondly and missed dearly Hemant 'Seth'!!

आज घर से निकला तो

I was 17 when I left my parent's home for college. And have lived in various places since then, visiting parent's home in vacations. When you do some thing frequently a few rituals are formed. When you are not able to follow those rituals, it feels awkward. This Wednesday when I started my journey back from India, the missed rituals brought back that awkward feeling of loss.

आज घर से निकला तो उसने रोका ही नही
आंसुओ से आँखों को भिगोया ही नहीँ
खायल रखना, जल्दी आना, भी कहा ही नहीँ
हाथ में बादाम किशमिश की डिबिया दी ही नहीँ
रस्ते में काम आएगा, यह भी बोला ही नहीँ
पहुँच कर फ़ोन कर देना यह समझाया भी नहीँ

आज घर से निकला तो दरवाज़े पे माँ थी ही नहीँ
गीली आँखों को पोछते हाथ नहीँ थे
आसुओं से सीले हाथों का आशीष नहीँ था
भीगी हुई कुछ दर्द भरी मुस्कान नहीं थी

आज घर से निकला तो उसने रोका ही नही
आज दरवाज़े के उस ओर माँ नहीँ थी

माँ

Parents teach a lot of things throughout one's life.  A few things they may fail to teach, but parents are always so precious.

Below is a note to my mother, the sweetest, cutest and warmest lady I've known ( and taken for granted) till yesterday.

आह भी भरूं तो दामन में समेट लेती थी

अब बिलख रहा हूँ तब भी बोलती नहीँ

पता नहीँ क्यों ऐसे रूठ गयी है मेरी माँ

जिसके पैर में स्वर्ग बसता था मेरा

खुद बादलों के पार चली गयी है मेरी माँ

जिसके हाथ पकड़ चलना सीखा था

हाथ छुड़ा के अकेला कर गयी है मेरी माँ

जाने से पहले हाथ मेरे सर पे सहला कर

बेहद प्यार मुझ पे लुटा कर गयी है मेरी माँ

पर वो नहीँ है तो सब गलत लगता है

बस इस गलत को सही कैसे करूँगा

यह सीखा कर नहीँ गयी मेरी माँ

आस का गीत

There is so much happening in the world, some fill hope and some feel hopeless. In recent months I learnt about some old friends losing their jobs to cost cutting and some feeling too depressed. Also a few others who are battling with some ailment. Thinking about them I wrote the lines below and want to share as a verse of hope (आस का गीत in Hindi) , the theme is "however dark the nights a new Dawn always follow." Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. 

रास्ता भटका नहीं हैं, 

भले  मंज़िल अभी नहीं मिल रही           

बगीचा महकेगा, 

भले कलियाँ अभी नहीं खिल रही

रात है काली  तो क्या? 

दिन कितना ही दूर होगा?

अंधेरा खुद भागेगा जब 

उगते सूरज का नूर होगा

जब तक सुबह न आ जाये , 

चलो तब तक सपने बोते हैं

जो रात की स्याही से न डरे

उसी के दिन रौशन होते हैं

दिन निकलेगा तो राह 

खुद ही मिल जाएगी

गुनगुनी धूप में कलियाँ 

खुद ही खिल जाएंगी

धीरज और उम्मीद के दो किनारे 

मजबूत रखो तो ही 

जिंदगी की नदी खुशी की लहरें 

में से  मुस्कुरायेगी 

Welcome 2024

 

A ritualistic recap of the year that just ended while welcoming the one that is starting. This is what I started doing a few years ago and would continue. Some days I go back to some past year starts and revisit those notes, refreshing the memories.

Today the calendar turned the page and here I am with another goodbye note, this time to 2023 which just ended.

First of all an observation, someone has pressed the fast forward button on my calendar and the years are turning faster than they should. 2023 went past at super high speed too.

Multiple wars and conflicts, some continuing from the prior year and some starting new, a more divided humanity, natural disasters, Warmest year on record for some parts of the world and similar heartbreaks kept the year somewhat wounded. However sporting events like Asian games and cricket world

cup, stories of courage and care amongst war and conflict, super hit movies with diverse themes and a recovery of the stock market, all those kept on providing the much needed balm effect to the year. So overall however hopeless things may appear from one vantage point, 2023 showed that hope lives strong and humanity stays at the helm to steer this in the right direction. 

On a personal side, a short vacation in summer to Mexico and another short break to the Bahamas around Christmas helped with the needed course correction to the ship of life. 

Will not add a lot in today's welcome to 2024, just a small wish list

Humanity - Want to give everyone a slogan, we are "One Species One Race" (OSOR) and remove all conflicts by relating to the message of being One RACE. Be the ONE RACE each day of 2024

Family - Health is too precious to be ignored, someone always is waiting for you at home, STAY HEALTHY  (for that someone)each day of 2024.

Kids - You are more important than most and you are the future. SHINE BRIGHT  (and lead the way) each day of 2024.

Friends - Thank God you are there, from serious support to most stupid joke, you make it worthwhile, BE THERE (I promise to BE THERE for you) each day of 2024 

Self- Everything is too worthy to give up so HOLD ON (no matter what the challenge, the stakes or the state of mind) each day of 2024

God - GUIDE AND HEAL ALL (you know what we need as Human race, as Family, as Kids , as Friends and as individuals, hear our prayers or don't but give what is best for all)each day of 2024 

While I convey my gratitude for the year that just ended and the new year that is starting, I want to remind everyone, 2024 is a leap year, a full 24 extra hours to feel blessed, to spread joy, to celebrate and to be worthy. Don't miss to use that gift as it is rare and won't be granted again for 1460 days. 

 Hope to review this wish list with you after 366 days!!!