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Some people are like human medicine.
Their kindness, empathy, and positive presence can calm our minds and lift our spirits.
Science shows that meaningful human connections can trigger the release of oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin while reducing stress hormones, creating a genuine healing effect on emotional well-being.
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I've added a new entry to my book, "Evolution of Love 2:
         "Immigrant
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It's wonderful.
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Cherish the rare souls in your life who stand beside you not for benefits, expectations, or reasons — but simply because they genuinely love and value you. Such relationships are life’s greatest blessings.
Wishing you a beautiful day filled with gratitude, love, and meaningful connections.
Good morning.
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"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Gratitude makes things right."

~ Melody Beattie
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A Man in God’s Shop
A man asked God,
What do You sell here?
God replied gently,
Whatever your heart truly desires.
The man said,
I want success and happiness.
God smiled and said,
My child, I sell seeds, not fruits.
Plant them with faith, nurture them with effort,
and in time, success and happiness will grow on their own.
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𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜
𝙒𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮!

May your day unfold with energy and enthusiasm, where every moment feels purposeful and every effort becomes rewarding.
May clarity guide your decisions,
confidence shape your actions,
and positivity fuel your journey ahead.
Have a beautiful and productive day!
Writing Season participant, going for 5K
The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 66/281 of 12 July 2012 proclaimed 20 March as the International Day of Happiness, recognizing the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings.

"HAPPIEST PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE BEST OF EVERYTHING,THEY JUST MAKE BEST OF EVERYTHING."
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The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word "Mother", and the most beautiful call is the call of 'My mother'.

It is a word full of hope and love,a sweet and kind word coming from the depth of the heart.

The mother is every thing--She is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness.

She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly. KAHLIL GIBRAN
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Tragedy of True Love

In these restless times,
true love has not faded—
it has been quietly murdered by the glow of a mobile screen.

There was a time…
when love meant standing for hours beneath a silent window,
just to witness the gentle moment
when curtains would part.

When hearts would race
not for a notification,
but for a handwritten letter—
each word carrying the fragrance of longing,
each page soaked in sincerity.

Love was waiting at familiar crossings,
with no certainty—
only hope—
that she might pass by,
and for a fleeting second,
the world would feel complete.

A simple flower, once exchanged,
was treasured like the Kohinoor
not for its beauty,
but for the emotion it carried.

We remembered not just faces,
but dresses, colours,
the smallest details etched into memory
as if they were sacred.

And songs…
they were not just heard—
they were felt, discussed, lived—
each lyric becoming a shared heartbeat.

Today, everything is instant,
yet nothing feels eternal.
Perhaps love still exists—
but the patience,
the madness,
the silent devotion…
that was true love.

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*IRONY OF WAR*

The war will end.
The leaders will shake hands.
The old woman will keep waiting for her martyred son.
That girl will wait for her beloved husband.
Those children will wait for their heroic father.
I don’t know who sold our homeland.
But I saw who paid the price.
Those who wanted war,
never fought and those who fought,
never wanted war.
Writing Season participant, going for 5K
This war began forty seven years ago when a bunch of blood thirsty, terrorists took complete ideological control of what was once the most socially advanced country in the middle east.

Anyth
ing other than strength, or power is weakness. Jimmy Carter was a war averse pacifist. But on the day of Reagan's inauguration, the hostages were released.
President Trump will never allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. They started this religious war. We"ve no other choice than to finish it. For good. Many innocent people will die. Thi
s regime must be totally eliminated, exiled and prosecuted.




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koolbrzz67 - Nice comment with some facts that can't be overlooked. However such action and the result, were not encouraging in Iraq or Syria or Libya. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best...
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koolbrzz67 - Actually:

"The United States, along with the United Kingdom, orchestrated the
overthrow of Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh on August 19, 1953. Known as Operation Ajax, the CIA-backed coup cemented the power of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had previously held limited authority."

That was the start of the continued unrest in Iran. If you're going to cite historical facts, kindly cite all of the facts.
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LOVE THESE LINES

I am but a pattern
of tiny dancing particles,
borrowed for a while
from the endless universe.
One day this form will fade,
and quietly return
to the waiting arms of nature.
The same particles
will rise again somewhere—
in a flower, a tree,
a bird, or a distant star.
And knowing this gentle cycle
fills my heart with wonder
and gratitude
to be part of nature’s endless story.
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Memories are always special, sometimes we laugh by remembering the days we cried, and sometimes we cry by remembering the days we laughed, that is life.
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I've just edited an item in my portfolio:
 Embrace Your Geekness Day  (E)
My take for a competition
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I've just edited an item in my portfolio:
Husband And Wife  (E)
This letter explores the relation between husband and wife
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I've just edited an item in my portfolio:
 Sin Pain Poverty or False Perspective  (ASR)
My take on the given prompt
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