They say that friends are the family you choose. I think they’re right…whoever they’re.

I admit that most of my problems are a defect in my perception and they can be avoided pretty easily but I guess I really don’t know how to handle them, let alone avert them. And though I may not have been very lucky in most of the situations in my life, when it comes to being surrounded my good people, I can say that I am very blessed.

While Nubla sent me comforting messages constantly on my messenger and through SMS, Sam and Noreen reassured me that they understood my dilemma. They also spoke to him and Alhumdulilah, things have improved tremendously.

Crisis averted (I hope, InshaAllah)

Last night, I watched Capote, this year’s recipient of Best Movie Oscar. Can’t say that it’s the best movie I’ve seen but I do think it was much better than Broke Back Mountain.

I found Capote’s personality very fascinating. On one hand, he lied to Perry Smith to get to his side of the story and on the other; he couldn’t bring himself to see Perry die. I guess at least from the movie that Nelle Harper Lee understood him better than most people. In the end when the convicts are executed and Capote feels remorse, he says to lee…
I couldn’t have done anything to save them,
to which she replied…
Maybe not Truman but the truth is, you didn’t want to…

The movie ended with a quote of Truman Capote’s:
More tears are shed over answered prayers than the unanswered ones.
After reading this quote on the screen, I thought of what I was wondering the other day, of how many prayers I have offered in the past year and how many of them were answered. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful but I couldn’t help but wonder about it the other day. It is true, as the Chinese proverb says…be careful what you wish for, you might get it. I know, as human beings we don’t have all encompassing understanding and thus most of the time, what we think is good for us…isn’t. So yes, we do shed more tears over answered prayers than the unanswered ones…but that’s a risk we all take.