I am grateful

We wake up, do our daily chores, go to bed and repeat . We don’t notice . We don’t realize….

While we complain about the weather condition, there is someone out there wishing for a home. As we complain about the taste of our food, there is someone who is starving to death. While we complain about the efficiency of our car, there is someone with a million wishes to travel but no way to do so. While we complain about work load, there is someone who toils under the sun to make a living. While we complain about how we look, there is someone who wishes for a pair of slippers. Some people will never get what you have now .Some people won’t ever get to improve their conditions . Some people won’t be able to read this.But you do and so do I. Inevitably, I am grateful, for a home, my parents, for food, for education, for my conditions, for clean water and 24 hour electricity, for my blog, for all of you, and for every unearned thing. I am grateful. All of this can sound primitive or useless to you. But there are people who lose their parents to war, who lose their lives to easily preventable diseases and people who lose their homes to disasters.Let us be grateful, let us pray for the underprivileged. Let us just give thanks. 🙂

Alone

In the beginning I was afraid of this, afraid of being alone.

I thought I was better in company, with people flesh and bone.

But when they killed me inside out and shattered my heart with blows,

I couldn’t stand all of it , there was a numb in my toes.

As my warm breath repeatedly clouds the broken glass,

I now am not afraid of shadows, after a herculean pass,

Now, when I hear nothing but the ticking of the clock,

I am alone and not in a conscious flock,

I still hold on to a shred of hope,

My foes with hate have got me doped.

Now in a room of silence, I last.

With no one to interfere and my pulse not fast.

Because in loneliness, I’ve found a lasting cure.

of the swelling of my eyes, of the broken heart which was always pure.

Now I am alone with a mind of thought,

With a company of backstabbers , I’ve already fought.

And now I want to find an escape all alone,

Trying to stop the shaking of my tone.

~ Saadia

Too Far

I tried to be a perfect girl but I was only human.

Among the many dreamers I’d seen, I was only a new one.

I wanted to be someone, I wanted an appreciation or two.

I wanted to leave a mark, something great I wanted to do.

I tried to change myself, I tried to suppress the voice of my heart.

My heart was telling me to take it slow, that I was making a wrong start.

But I wanted to be known as someone who offered a dedicated piece of them.

My dedication was my dress, with hard work it would get a perfect hem.

In the midst of my effort and the sweat that dripped,

My heart spoke again and told me that I was hit.

It told me not to worry my little mind,

That I could do all I wanted but to myself I’d to be kind.

I listened to it this time and learnt ,

That pushing yourself too far will only get you burnt.

~ Saadia

Help us out

Most of us wish for someone to share our burden, and lend us a helping hand , to help us face what life beholds each day.

But, alas! Everyone is alone in life’s battle. I am and so are you. There comes a time when you want someone to understand, to tell you that they know what you’ve been through and to make you realize that everything is going to be alright. But in such situations we just wait for something to happen. And as John Green says in “The Fault In Our Stars” , When times are tough, the Almighty puts the best people in your life…… Waiting…….Still waiting.

Its a strange thing about us humans that we don’t lose hope. Even when we think that we are miles away from salvation, we still hold on to shreds of hope . Many of you might disagree but I firmly believe that homo sapiens continuously hope. We hope for a brighter tomorrow, a better today, better conditions and people who understand our journey as much as their own. Still waiting, still hoping. Lets just hope.

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P.s. But still, you are the hero of your own story .

~ Saadia

It’s rare

A dream, a vision drags me on,

It tells me that I can survive till the dawn.

It tells me to keep trying again and again.

To work through the clear days as well as the rain.

It tells me to keep calm and work hard.

It tells me to try and play each card,

to see if I win with a satisfactory laugh,

Or else my crown is right away , knocked off.

A wish, a desire drags me through,

Tells me that a good plan I drew,

To keep me moving until I get there,

And the success I deserve, just very near.

A motto, a struggle drags me through each fear,

Tells me happiness is found through hard work, its rare.

~ Saadia

Sisterhood Of The World Bloggers Award

Another nomination. My second award. Feeling blessed and very happy. 🙂 A big thanks to Lauren @ Lauren Says It All

The rules are as follows:

Thank the blogger who nominated you, linking back to their site. Put the Award logo on your blog. Answer the ten questions sent to you. Make up ten new questions for your nominees to answer. Nominate seven blogs.

The questions I was asked and my answers. 

1. What did you hope to achieve by starting your blog? I wanted a platform to express myself and I wanted to learn from people’s personal experiences. Another reason was that I wanted to make friends. Thankfully, I made a bunch of friends and I picked up some good from my fellow bloggers. 🙂

2. What is your favorite thing to write about? I love to write poetry on the various feelings, people and factors that surround us. My poems usually have a ” you can rise over it” feeling to them. ( that’s what fellow bloggers tell me. :p)

3. What do you enjoy reading the most? Literature and Fiction are probably what I read the most.

4. Can you find inspiration easily or is it only occasionally you find something that gets your attention? I can find inspiration easily, I believe, because inspiration is what drags us on in life’s journey.

5. Do you wish to continue your blog for many more years to come? I sure do. 🙂

6. What have you always wanted in life and have you ever got it? I’ve craved real friends throughout my existence. Never got real ones though ( in real life , that is) . Still hoping. Still trying. 🙂

7. What is the best compliment you have ever received? Every true compliment is appreciated a lot.

8. What was your first thought when you woke up this morning? It was probably  ” Oh, I am alive again” :p

9. If you could be any age for a week what age would it be and why? 4. I miss my carefree childhood.

10. What cheers you up? smiles, animals, ice cream, books and a cool breeze is just fine. 🙂

My questions for my 7 nominees are:

1.What is your passion and what are you doing to achieve your dreams?

2.What was your best moment in your blogging world?

3. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

4. If you could visit one time in your past what would it be?

5. What’s Your MOTTO IN LIFE?

6. What is that one thing you want to do before you die?

7. Do you workout? If no, Then are you planning to but don’t ?

8.  What is your favorite hobby?

9. Who’s your favorite blogger?

10. What do you believe in: hard work or smart work?

 So, my nominees are: 

1Rethinking Life

2.Busy Mind Thinking

3.Tell Me About It!

4.Shawn L. Bird

5.Destino 1,159 Followers Hugging and pillowfights. Monkeys optional

6.Minding My P’s With Q 317 Followers A lot of P’s with a bit of Quirkiness thrown in for good measure.

7.Dear Kitty. Some blog

Congratulations to the nominees. Good day ! 🙂

The Real Neat blog award: thank you so much Dear Kitty

A big Thank you  to Dear Kitty who nominated me for the real neat blog award. ( My first award!)  

So, the steps for accepting the award are:

1. Put the award logo on your blog.

2. Answer 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.

3. Thank the people who nominated you, linking to their blogs.

4. Nominate any number of bloggers you like, linking to their blogs.

5. Let them know you nominated them (by commenting on their blog etc.)

Thanks again for nominating me Dear Kitty. Some blog

The seven questions are:

1. Where do most visits to your blog come from?

2. What is your favourite sport?

3. What has been a special moment for you in 2014?

4. What is your favorite quote?

5. What was your favorite class when still at school?

6. Anything you had wished to have learned earlier?

7. What musical instrument have you tried to play?

My replies to these questions are:

1.

• Mostly from the states.
  

  Country	Views
  United States	438
  India	342
  Pakistan	67
  United Kingdom	48
  Ireland	45
  Canada	29

2. Football .

3. The day I finally decided to open a blog and my decision turned out to be good. 🙂

4 A current favorite: ” Don’t you worry your pretty little mind, people throw rocks at things that shine.” 🙂

.5. Biology and English .

6. Cooking. :p

7. Piano , but I couldn’t continue learning . I wasn’t good.

My nominations are:

1.Akhiz Munawar

2.  FICTIONAL MACHINES

3. YA BAKİ ENTEL BAKİ

4 Coco J. Ginger Says

5.The Wandering Poet 

6.Muslimah

7.ravfvalal

8.johannisthinking

9.bjsscribbles and photography

10.Anglo Saxon Celt Cre…

11. My Journey

12.Richard Ankers

13.Chitra’s Healthy Kitchen

14. Life Confusions – WordPress.com

Short poem .

How uplifting and perfectly rhyming is this short poem. A bit of sunshine is all we need on our overcast days 😉 

It’s Enough

You’ve said enough , now you are not here to be,

Because It’s my choice to do what I want from now till eternity.

I’ve heard enough from all who interfered,

I shouldn’t have listened when no one actually cared.

I won’t let you bring me down, to turn my ambitions to dust.

Because now I stand on my own, there is no one to trust .

I’ll show you that I can , Your discouragements will slowly rust.

I’ll go beyond my limits, for success I have plenty of lust

If you think you can stop me, your bubble I won’t bust

But when you’ll wake up from your fantasy,

you’ll realize my success was a must,

Because after long I’ve found myself, my potential now I trust.

My weaknesses will not ever be their power, neither their gain.

Even if the doubters will question me again.

~ Saadia

Dreams

one of my older poems. 🙂

Reflections

I waged a war against tarzan

Then suddenly I was in a garrison

I could fly and cast spells

And magic? I knew it very well!

I landed on Mars and took a nap on a cloud

I owned a dragon , was it real, I was in doubt

An eagle took me to school

I was invisible, so many I could fool.

In a second I was a kite , soaring high

After sometime, I watched the tide go by

I played hide and seek with the stars.

In a trice,  I was a celeb,  I won so many hearts.

Was this real?  I wondered.

I fell off my bed with a laugh

It was only a dream, I thought.

My dreams bewilder me a lot.

~ Saadia ♡

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