Just believe

Some weeks ago, I was doing something, somewhere, at some time!And then, the word "نخلة" hit me all of a sudden.So, I tried to remember its synonym in English..But, to my astonishment, it was in vain! I couldn't remember the synonym of that word, and so I kept squeezing my head and my brain lobes responsible for memory, but I couldn't remember..

It drove me crazy! I 've been studying English for about 15 years now, and I can't remember a simple word like "نخلة"??!

I stayed like that for some time, trying to remember and failing to do that! Until I finally decided to check it out on google, then after I googled it and found the synonym, I just kept staring at the computer screen with my mouth open till the ground, and I was that close to bringing a gun and shooting myself! The synonym that I could not remember was "Palm"!!

I kept asking myself how could I not remember a very simple word like "Palm", when I've been studying English for 15 years, with all its different stages, starting from the alphabetics in Kindergarten, up till this very day's Poetry and Drama and old Shakespearean English, and Translation passages and much much more sophisticated things..

I've been studying complex combinations of grammatical structures, and semantical structures.Besides all the metaphorical uses in Poetry and other types of literature, that I became able to read and write using some of the most complicated words.And now, these complicated and hard words are the first ones to hit my mind when thinking of writing something.

But due to having my attention constantly focused on the more profound, and harder structures of the language, I forgot a very simple word as "Palm"..!

See..Most of us start focusing on the complexities of life, and its ravelled matters, that we start forgetting those simple details that used to draw a smile on our faces..Those simplicities that pass us now, unnoticed, and that we used to notice, and even stopped for a while to enjoy..Those small details that combine together forming that huge spectrum of different and variant colors in which we live, called life.

They are those small simplicities that give life it own unique taste.An amazing symphony is the result of many small, unique notes that are combined together to form a lovely melody..A captivating painting is the product of simple strokes of an artist''s brush, that mingle together to reach for the hearts of the observant..

Our whole life is nothing but the product of those simple details that we meet, yet sometimes ignore.Those details are the notes of the symphony, and the strokes of the brush..And WE are the composers..WE are the artists..WE choose how we want to put those notes, and how we want to add those strokes together..

WE choose our destiny..If WE believe, we CAN achieve..All it requires is just an open mind, an eager heart, and a soul that BELIEVES..

Let not those small simple strokes of your brush fadeaway, forgotten..

Free your thoughts from your inner fears..Because it is our chains of fear that hold us down to the ground, and keep us from flying..

Seek your dream in the distance, because once you open your eyes, you can see those colors mingling together in that seemingly-far horizon, forming the most wondrous scenery of beauty and tranquility..

BELIEVE in your potentials, because we all have that flame in our hearts, waiting for us to kindle it with our passion for our dreams..

Kindle your inner flame, and unleash your inner strength..

All you need to do is believe..

JUST BELIEVE... :)

Most sincerely,

Sarah Mohamedhisham Khater

6-5-2011