Raining Miseries
Today I "celebrate" being ill at home for the last two weeks. It all started with falling and having six teeth removed. Like the Arab poet who said I went through very dry periods I prayed so that the sky would rain and wet my miseries. It rained, but more miseries on me. The teeth problems uncovered other serious health issues and more sufferings.
My seclusion from the world gave me a breathing period to think of myself, my past, my fortunes and misfortunes. Somehow, I remembered reading a post on human behavior and age. It said between 16-24 people are hopeful. They see rosy opportunities coming. Expectations of having a great job or marrying their beloved ones blossom and give meaning to life. They sound enter the second phase of 24-28. To their dismay, most people find that their dreams were difficult to achieve and they become optimistic and less hopeful. Now, they enter the third phase of 28-35 and still most of peoples' hopes were mirages. They feel time is running out to achieve their dreams and become pessimistic. As these people enter the phase of 35-44 years old they become magnifiers. They tend to magnify small issues into big ones as they become edge. They expend lots of their energies complaining and exponentially making of a small problem big one. As they spend lots of energy during these years these people turn accepting. This is how the ball bounces and there isn't much to do about it. People above 44 years old tend to do that.
I belong to the last group and I started asking myself do I accept things as they are? Did I fall in certain limiting patterns of thinking? Do I accept things the way they are? Do I accept my limitations? I have developed certain patterns of behavior over the years and would it be easy to drop them like a tree drops its autumn leaves?
To be living is to learning, growing and self-renewing. Over the last two weeks I wrote four buzzes for beBee and I enjoyed tremendously establishing The Consortium Hive. I enjoyed immensely the exchange of comments with brainy readers. I expanded my knowledge while getting more aware of my limitations. I aspire to learn more. I feel I am living. Ageing is not in the number of years we live; more it is on the attitudes that we accept and limit our options in life. Yes, like some cells they die or stop reproducing in our bodies, but there are also cells that keep replicating and self-renewing. We have the choice to be this type of cells or that.
Life is a journey and it is up to us to make this journey a living one. We may see a mountain and like a mountaineer we climb the "Mountain of Difficulties". Or, we may stay in the valley. But who gains more self-confidence and acquires more talents? You know the answer. We store not only memories, but also experiences that we find as a great source for facing problems when we are not as physically fit when we were young. We also store patterns of behaviors that grow like fractals do.
We need to stay "experience fit". This shall be our source of power as we grow older. What else would we store in our young hood so that we may have our own reservoir when we grow old? We need to adapt to age, but also we need the experiences and tools to make this adaptation a useful one.
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Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #35
Dear Fatima Williams- it is a nourishment to the heart and mind to read your comments. You know first you inspire me with the idea of establishing a hive calles "Quotes on beBee". I wonder if Javier beBee are just few examples of what you commented on beBee recently. I am going to stay experience fit and credit to to all my lovely beBees Learning + growing + self-renewing = Living ( A fantabulous formula) #beBeesforever and what a great hashtag and formula you have developed. Yes, beBee deserves to have all such great comments in one place. You have been a great contributor to ideas dear Fatima and the WPD is just another example of your valuable contributions. Honestly, your comment energized me more than you would ever think.
🐝 Fatima G. Williams
منذ 7 سنوات #34
🐝 Fatima G. Williams
منذ 7 سنوات #33
🐝 Fatima G. Williams
منذ 7 سنوات #32
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #31
You know I consider you as my sister dear Irene Hackett. My value here is linked to my valuable connections such as you and many bees who enriched my mind and heart. No question I am truly blessed with people like you around. This feeling is indescribable by numbers. It is like trying to count the number of molecules in a human body. At these times I find such warm words my real healing and I am indebted to you and all bees who made my healing a smooth process.
Javier Cámara-Rica 🐝🇪🇸
منذ 7 سنوات #30
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #29
Thank you dear Javier beBee. I am much better now.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #28
Reading this comment of yours dear Lisa Gallagher made me feel better. How deep is your writing aging is a process is beyond description. It is up to us to enhance this process.
Lisa Gallagher
منذ 7 سنوات #27
@karen anne Kramer are you always this rude? Your comments that you've managed to spam all over others buzzes throughout afternoon into late night are completely unecessary and uncalled for. No one has been rude to you!
Javier Cámara-Rica 🐝🇪🇸
منذ 7 سنوات #26
Lisa Gallagher
منذ 7 سنوات #25
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 7 سنوات #24
Thanks for your generous words Karen Anne Kramer ~ CNN Women Leaders 2015. Sending you lots of positive and healing energy!
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 7 سنوات #23
What a great perspective Ali Anani; how do we experience the changes in environmental conditions as we move through the different altitudes? Over the course of a relatively short space of time and place, we are challenged to adapt to this diversity. Here we are looking at a vertical movement in our external environment; from below to above. But the experience being discussed by your buzz Dr. Ali is a movement within ourselves, our internal environment, over the course of an event, but as it occurred over time; our aging process. I know this is a “stretch” but I think there is a link between attitude; how we face our experiences, events in our lives and our "getting older", and altitude. "Attitude origin 1660s, via French attitude (17c.), from Italian attitudine "disposition, postureOriginally 17c. a technical term in art for the posture of a figure in a statue or painting; later generalized to "a posture of the body supposed to imply some mental state" (1725). Sense of "settled behavior reflecting feeling or opinion" is first recorded 1837. Connotations of "antagonistic and uncooperative" developed by 1962 in slang. Altitude originlate 14c., from Latin altitudinem (nominative altitudo) "height, altitude," from altus "high"." Please note attitude came about 200 years after altitude. I think this is why success can't be measured simply by the "height" of the position attained, but needs to reflect the individuals' "attitudes" while getting there.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #22
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #21
Dear Keith Bare- you remind me of a trip to the Rocky Mountains when it was very humid in Boulder. Four of us used the Winter Drive to reach the top of the mountain forgetting that as we go higher, it gets colder. When we arrived there we rushed to buy hot drinks and blankets. Some economies are the same- the higher they get, the colder the economy gets. People tend to forget that it is cold at the top no matter how hot the elections are at the valley. If we only could remember basic facts. Thank you for contributing a soul-enriching comment.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #20
My dear friend - your comment adds to my determination o write my second buzz on Nuggets of Wisdom. This comment shall have its place as it is full with wisdom. Yes, some people fall in the comfort of past glories. This is a comfort zone that has been rarely discussed and you bring a hugely valuable point that warrants searching into. Much obliged to your kind feelings.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #19
You are a wise man dear Mohammed Sultan. Even wiser than ever I thought. Your comment is a nugget of wisdom and provides a lovely formula to living a meaningful life. Greatly appreciated
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #18
Dear friend Harvey Lloyd- I love concise statements and reverse thinking. Therefore, I am in love with your writing "I am more "Ready" "Aim" "Fire instead of "Fire" "Ready" "Aim". I am ready for life and aim to fire my doubts. Thank you for your great feelings.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #17
I love your comment my dear friend . It says all what I wished to communicate. You encapsulated my feelings and attitudes so well. I feel much better now reading your comment. Difficult times may tell who is a good friend and you are
David B. Grinberg
منذ 7 سنوات #16
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 7 سنوات #15
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #14
Moved me with your lovely comment dear Praveen Raj Gullepalli. It oozes wisdom and passion for others. Loved your use of "True that attitude hikds the key". I know you meant holds the key, but it is very eloquent expression. We are human and to be honest we need to share what we know from our strengths and weaknesses. We know the value of strength and solid attitudes when we suffer from weaknesses and wrong attitudes.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #13
Thank you dear - Sharing this buzz is a sign of my recovery. I wish to share the experience and not my personal pain. However; pains teaches us a lot such as patience and the time ause it offers us to look back and review ourselves.
Mohammed Abdul Jawad
منذ 7 سنوات #12
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #11
This is my core message as well @Deb Lange. When we have a shaping and unlimiting goal we don't worry about age. An expanding goal of learning and exchanging our experiences so that others may benefit from them are noble goals that have no end. They shape us because they make us realize that we have much more to learn and also much more to share with others. So, when you say " I wish I have good health to live at least another 30 years as I feel I have so much to learn, to share, to discover" you beautifully reflect on me as well. Illness is an experience and we learn from it. Without it I couldn't have shared this buzz with you. I must sa that your comment resonates powerfully with me, Deb.
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 7 سنوات #10
Unbelievable! As I was reading your buzz Ali Anani I was feeling a link as well. So grateful for our connection Dr. Ali. Be well!!
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #9
As long as I can enjoy and thrive on your comments and respond to them dear Sara Jacobovici I feel I am better. Yes, I am far better today than few days back and should be back to normal early next week. Your energizing contributions speed up my recovery. Thank you
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #8
I have just commented on your beautiful buzz Sara Jacobovici https://www.bebee.com/content/931825/894426 I am not surprised any more that we share minds and ideas accidentally. I see a great linkage between your buzz and mine. I invite readers of this buzz to read Sara's and I promise them they shall enjoy what they read.
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 7 سنوات #7
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #6
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 7 سنوات #5
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #4
Yes, I agree with you completely dear David Navarro L\u00f3pez- we need to drop limitation because they limit us and including the limitations imposed by age (I don't recall the author). Accepting limitations is one thing; what to do with them is another. The best musician was deaf and some great painters were blind. WE may learn a lot from them.
David Navarro López
منذ 7 سنوات #3
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #2
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #1