Iceberg

It isn’t about assumptions nor understanding… it is about diving… or maybe exploring with different tools… or wearing the correct glasses… I am not sure whether it was due to my kindness… or to my ignorance… but for sure it was to my surprise that I started seeing the other face of the truth… or maybe the lie that has been hiding for a while under the calm surface… reflecting the nice rays of the worming sun… Unfortunately what we hide is much more than what we let the outside world see… and judge… but it is not only hiding… it is lying… I am not sure why people behave differently than what they believe in… or don’t they believe in what they say?! Or maybe the problem is with me… I can only see the clear side… the shining one… while colliding silently with the underwater part… the major and real part of the Iceberg.

Mena Mostafa

Avalanche

Resisted for so long… endured more than what can be borne… Finally the time came… the time for the walls to fall down… the time when I can no more stand up under the burdens… the time for the breakdown… Pushing is nonsense… and opposing is not possible… Falling is the only option… and failure is the sole result… Starting over will not be easy… Surrendering is the safest decision and… simplest solution… No more breath to fight… no more strength to stand up or… to run… Only pain… in the mind… and the heart… Medications can’t help… tranquilizers don’t work… Darkness is dominating… fainting is approaching… I am leaving myself for the… Avalanche.
"Pain is an excellent teacher, but no one wants to go to his class", unknown author

Mena Mostafa

What Is Happiness?

I sometimes wonder if the sea is happy… Why the sea?! Because I think it had everything it needs… it’s full of water… it’s vast… it has neighbors all the time… some inside and some outside… always surrounded by people and creatures… loving its tranquility and fearing its rage… it links between continents and carries people between them… it lies on earth… and… touches the sky … it swallows disgrace… and dilutes pain… Briefly, I think the sea misses nothing… but is this enough to be happy?
“Happiness can mean different things to different people. For example, for one person, it may mean being in a relationship, whereas for someone else it may mean feeling you have the ability to handle whatever life throws at you”, What is Happiness?

Mena Mostafa