Category: Friends

Baby Steps; I Have Been Through Many Storms; Allah Has Blessed My with a Reflective Heart; But Then Another Test, A Fall Sustaining Substantial Injuries; So Much Care and Support From Lyf’s Team and my Malaysian Doctor; In My Lowest Moment a Visit and Flowers from My Dearest Friend Alice; Photos of Flowers, Breakfast and a Mecca Tour in 2022

July 13, 2026. I happened upon this poem when reading Nouri My Light because it captured what I have been going through, giving me permission to carry on, but to do so slowly and carefully….

Embarrassment of Riches Continues; More Blessings Reigning Upon Me: Making This Not Just a New Chapter But a Whole New Book; A New Nickname Emerges MOM, Man of Mystery; Home at Last; Artificial Intelligence’s Interpretation Insidious; Insidious Defined: Upbeat; A New Room, A New Home; Signs Instead of Views

Many people are beset with tragedy, illnesses and loss. Friends of mine, acquaintances of mine wrote of illness and an accident. I am SO blessed. Just got word from a young Malay Muslim woman I…

Changes in Attitude and Changes in Attitude Yet Again: Everything Topsy Turvy But in a Great Way; Penang Looking Like it is My Final Resting Place; Attentive Thankfully Defined; Ducks in a Row; Kissing Toads But I Finally Found a Prince; My Malaysian Doctor Diagnoses Good News; An Inspiring Moon Photo and a Blood Pressure Monitor

July 2, 2026 It was amusing to go the search engine of the blog and find that I had mentioned Changes In Attitude, Changes in Latitude 37 times. For me change seems to be a…

Leaving Societe; Taking the Heart and the Soul With Me: Poems by Henry Who Wears Many Hats and Has Longfellow Feet: Facing an Early Eviction Occasioned Ranting and Raving; Drowning in Mismanagement Opines Artificial Intelligence Not My Circus Not My Monkey; Fabulous Sunrise Photo and Lovely GIF

June 27, 2026 Yesterday I took a fabulous photo of the sunrise from the 30th floor of Societe, the building in which I temporarily reside. This was the caption. Good morning from Societe, a heartless…

Attending this Suhba Conference Seems Destined to Make a Difference in My Life: Allah is My Constant Companion Since 10/10/2020; Learning and Applying the Knowledge Gained at this Healing the Heart Conference; Master of My Fate; Commander of my Soul; Playing Hooky Provided Necessary Information and Great Conversation with a Man Who Also Played Hooky; Our Conversation and His Bio and Islamic Cover Revealed

The day will dawn in two hours. This is day 3 of the Subha Conference. I have been totally immersed in the experience making it seem almost like a lifetime. Time has been suspended – never…

My Birthday, The Best Ever with One Possible Exception; Fêted Beyond Belief at the Kuching Hilton Hotel; Details Shall Follow; Balloons, Rose Petals, Happy Birthday Bed; A Cake; Videographer Allowed an Instagram Reel Which Collected 1.7K Views; My Twenty First Birthday; What I Was Doing at 38: The Sin of Overthinking

I have never in my entire life had a better birthday. I was feted beyond belief. Feted is a strange word – off to look it up (to be fêted) verb [with object] honor or…

The Last Day, Forces Used to Combat People with Insight; Condensation Proves a Blessing When Photographing the Morning Sunrise; The Words of Have You Ever Been Mellow Leads to Immense Gratitude for My Good Health Which Enabled My Reversion to the Islamic Faith in My Later Years; My Ten Year Visa Funded Allowing Me to Live in Peace in Malaysia

May 28, 2026 So far it has been a great day. It is not quite sunrise on this the last day I shall be 82. Tomorrow is my birthday and I shall have advanced to…