by AnnSheybani | Jul 5, 2011 | adventure, goals, marathon, mountain climbing, running, Uncategorized
About two years ago, having read Jack Canfield’s Success Principles, Walt and I sat in Ireland and composed our list of goals. The assignment, as Jack put it, was to create a list of the 101 things you want to do, be, or have before you die. I dug the list out... by AnnSheybani | Jun 27, 2011 | Iran, Kit Furey, limiting beliefs, Marianne Williamson, Neuro Linguistic Programming, NLP, self-sabotage, Sidiqqi Ray, superstition, The Evil Eye, Uncategorized
Envy killed the chickens. Or so my Bedouin mother-in-law believed. There once was a jealous neighbor who came for a visit. Commenting on the large flock of hens pecking away in the courtyard, forgetting to invoke God’s blessing on such wealth, she drew the Evil Eye’s... by AnnSheybani | Jun 13, 2011 | adventure, Authenticity, goals, identity, marriage, Uncategorized
I’ve been running into a number of women lately who can’t seem to remember who they were before they married and had kids. About to enter the empty nest stage, they are anxious as to what to do next. For the first time in a very long time, they have time... by AnnSheybani | May 21, 2011 | adventure, choosing a mate, dating, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, husband, Iran, marriage, match profile, Match.com, Uncategorized
Hakim’s niece was about to marry a Persian boy she’d met at school. She’d done things right, however, unlike some of her cousins. She hadn’t fallen in love beforehand. She’d accepted the offer of marriage, after considering a number of formal suitors, based on... by AnnSheybani | May 13, 2011 | adventure, books, Courage, Denali, goals, mountain climbing
This is a guest post by Walt Hampton. A beautiful example of how one book can alter the course of a life. It had been a warm summer day in August of 1972. My father had purchased the book for me that morning in a Nantucket bookshop, the book that would change...
