The precious moments

From Mrs.Behi: My favorite moments are:
When I find the meaningful words that come from the cheerful people, they inspire every part of me and the depth of excitement that I feel in these moments is unbelievable.
When I am at home with my husband and we are watching some good movies from the collection that we made or a number of episodes from some comic series (like Friends) or listening to the new or our favorite songs or telling each other about some new things that we’ve just found out or talking and talking in which we forget about the stuff we were supposed to do.
When my husband and I unconsciously create some new words and gestures that they make our routine chat to amusing and funny one; Sometimes we wonder which one of us was the creator of each of them.
When I have an arrangement to get together with Mr.Behi, it still brings me the exact joy and pleasure that I felt when we used to date about 6 years ago.
When I talk or share my deepest feelings and thoughts with my dearest friend who doesn’t live in Iran anymore. We laugh at unique, funny and unforgettable memories which still are as fresh as their own times.
When I am with my family or talk to them. Sometimes I try to  make sure that all of them are safe and sound especially my parents, I think I try to be assured in order to be able to enjoy my personal life. This could be in favor of myself, I’m wondering if it comes from my selfishness.
And so many other things…, I promise it’s really good to make a list of all the beautiful things that you already have.
I know I should be more appreciative of all these things. As a matter of fact they are my biggest possessions.

Comments

[Hiva]

I love your simple list mrs. behi, actually if I want to make mine, I should say, we have some in common espesialy one of them ;).
I like the way you express your gratitude toward life honey.. be haaaapppppyyyy

[EdoRiver]

Ijust came here for the first time from Neda's blog.
Nice.
I remember a black man from Uganda who was later killed by Idi Amin, he said, "Be happy. Be happy. Always be happy." When I first heard him say that, as a 25 year old activist, I thought, "This old man, doesn't know what happiness is, because too many people are silently suffering."
However, his point is, as I later figured out, is that if you are unhappy, you actually have 2 problems instead of 1. First you have the cause of your unhappiness. Second you have the problem of being unhappy. The two are related, psychologically, philosophically. BUT they are not bonded in some real way. The connection of the two problems are only in our minds. We can separate them. In other words we can become happy for no reason. And we can be unhappy if we choose to.

Yes Yes, I heard this before from the Sufi, from the Gurus, and other mystics of various sorts while living in the US. And I had to acknowledge their truth. The problem was that I didn't realize the AMOUNT of work it would take to separate these two events, the problem, and my unhappiness. I won't tell you how old I am now. But it has taken me this long to even begin to understand the effort it has taken me to achieve much separation from the source of happiness and unhappiness.
Simply stated, "We choose what to believe is true."
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Mrs.Behi says:
Well said, thanks for the comment.
btw,welcome to our blog.

[cathy]

hey mrs behi, do you want an email penfriend? i am really interested to know a lady from iran and about what life is like for a young woman in tehran. i think our lives may be very different but also kind of the same. i live in melbourne, australia, like you i am married to my lovely husband (his name is Will and he is an archeologist) and interested in life, travel and finding out about everything. i work for an environmental group - i run the website and also write & edit for a small magazine that we produce. anyway if you are interested to exchange some emails with the other side of the world my address is

maybe i'll hear from you soon!
- cathy