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| Source: A Muslim Child Is Born |
I am grateful to You..
- for coming to this world as a much expected child as my parents nurtured their love for me for 3 years before i was born
- for my mom who with her own deeds shows what motherly devotion means, how one should innocently enjoy simple things and should never despond due to life difficulties, that there is always a reason for laughter
- for my dad who became my first-in-life best friend, with whom i discovered the world as wonder, who always believes in my talents, who has got the most contagious laughter in the world
- for my sister, my Little One, who gave me my first lesson of service and still teaches me lot of things =) for her own family - her hubby and son - who give all of us opportunity to learn another roles and responsibilities
- for the dream of my own family i am coming closer to along with developing my faith in Your love and care
- for the fact that through my family You have always acted as a Protecter from unfavourable company, places, events and false knowledge
- for the trust my parents showed towards all my expressed choices and decisions...well, almost all of them =) it nourished my self-confidence
- for the fact that i originate from two imperfect but big and strong family houses
- for every person through whom You shower Your care upon me
- for those people i know who have beautiful souls, who believe in me being amazing, exceptional person, next to whom i uncover my best qualities
- for those people thanks to whom i see my imperfections and define direction for self-development
- for the teachers who are rich source of inspiration for self-development
- for all cuddles that were like a channel for Your grace and love
- for the fact that nothing and nobody belongs to me but is expression of Your blessing i am to be thankful for
- for the love to myself and healthy self-examination that
most of the timebalance each other - for the fact that i am woman; for the fact that thanks to my female nature i feel connected to the purity, am able to see beauty, hear what is hidden between the words, read between the lines, feel what is implisit but true, absorb energy from everywhere, believe deeply, rejoice innocently and lightheartedly, have ability to cry and purify, feel everything around with Your love
- for the numerous talents You gifted me and help me uncover them and put them into life
- for the opportunity to be myself
- for the silent crushes of my innocent age which protected my heart from the early disappointments and preserved it for the matured feelings
- for the bitterness of loneliness during my university youth which also gave me the sweet after-taste of being with myself
- for the relationships that were and gave me understanding of what is beautiful and what is intolerable
- for the continuous journey that commenced when i was 17 and still goes on with Your blessing and under Your patronage persuading me to believe in the power of a dream
- for each trip that makes me closer to the understanding of myself and my purpose, my way
- for the unbelievable chain of meetings and events which led me to India that became my second home and gave me my second family
- for the introduction to Italy that was full of so much breathtaking beauty
- for all my dates with England and in England =)
- for the discovery of Egypt not just as a tourist but also as a piligrim and even as an insider
- for the opportunity to experience life of different nations, cultures, religions that allowed me observe beautiful things that unite all the people - translation of Your love in multiple ways and the fact that we all have souls with good qualities contained in it
- for the places of power that nurture me with energy of life, inspiration and joy
- for the opportunity to discover my big extended family, commence restoration of family connections
- for realization of the value of soul and the value of life for development of the former thing
- for the blessing with the financial security that lets invaluable time to be invested in service to You, in a female way, peacefully and with love
- for the good health as well as for all sicknesses and recoveries that altogether were acts of Your help and Your mercy
- for all massage sessions that reconciled my soul with my female body and brought me back to life =)
- for the opportunity to study at the Higher School Of Economics, it's degree certificate helped me to migrate to India but it's main merit is the fact that i found my near and dear girlfriends
- for the professional way that convinced me i can built a fine career but i want completely different thing
- for the superb, full of gratitude and genuine happiness time spent in the company of the clients of the House for people of advance age and disabilities
- for every opportunity to be useful and to take care of somebody
- for the answers to my innermost questions
- for the undescribable power of ablution, prayer, fast, piligrimage that becomes clearer to me day by day
- for everyday lessons of humbleness, unselfishness, patience, faith in the power of Your patronage and love, Your beneficence and mercy, lessons of true and false egoism
- for those people and events that are example of how one should love You, who help me return to You
- for the mistakes and opportunity to realize them, correct them and never repeat them
- for the real life examples that one must follow and examples that being clear demonstration of the wrong behavior admonish my own mistakes
- for the year of purification during which You gifted me not only the pain (by turning my faults against me) but also the way to happiness
- for the journey of happiness that i discover step by step every day
- for simple living that inspires to be creative, that does not pretend to priceless time and energy
- for each and every opportunity to learn good, genuine things
- for every single time You open my heart for forgiveness, gratitude and love
- for the strength allowing to move ahead
