A Journal of My Thoughts

( EN ) - Ha! Another year comes to an end! ... When I look back, I feel as if the year went by so quickly. Take this photo I took, for example: the time stamp shows the date as Saturday, Jan 7, 2017 at 7:05 pm. But I remember it like it was just a week ago... Yeah, yeah, I know: this is how we perceive time when we look back, especially as we get older ... :) But still... Either way, 2018 is just around the corner and I wonder how you feel about it. You know, we, humans, like to have a closure. Hence, we tend to have one -or several- when we near the end of the year. So, how do you feel? Any resolutions? Any big plans? Any promises to stop doing this or start doing that? Any personal goals to help improve your life? Well, as for me... I love new beginnings! Not just the start of a new year, but all beginnings; every morning is included. So, I don't have any big plans. In fact, I don't plan my life anymore. I just try to live one day at a time. I may not be th...

👉 Türkçe'si Aşağıda 👇 (EN) - Family is everything ... Family values are more so... Of course, not every family is the same. Naturally, every family has a different story, a unique history and goes through ups and downs. Of course, there are bad times as well as good times. Yet... Family is where our lives start... Where we are formed as people... Where we learn to love, to hope and to dream... And if we are fortunate, where we experience respect, integrity, responsibility, loyalty or in short, humanity... I'm lucky, no doubt. I was fortunate enough to be born into this wonderful, loving family; for this, I'm very grateful. It's indeed priceless. Though, I admit that, I wasn't much aware of it when I was young. But especially after I had my son, I've become more appreciative and with each passing year I've realised more and more how precious it is to have such a family... And now that I've left half a century behind in this life, I cannot help but...