You have dreams, goals, visions, ideas, no matter what is driving you to your actions, keep focusing on them. Because you never know when you start stepping into your dreams. As long as your actions are getting you one step closer to your dreams than keep doing them. Don't despair, don't be discouraged, and don't let anyone telling you that you are wasting your time. It's never a waste of time and energy to want to achieve your dreams, no one understands them except you and God. Until it starts to materialize and then everyone will soon understand you too. Improve yours skills, dream big and never give up.

We all experienced suffering and deep pain in our heart. And we often focus on what happened to us, or what is happening right now and we ask God, the universe, etc why? Why is this happening to me. Well without the suffering that you are going through because of your challenges, you will never feel or know what is true unconditional love. What is suffering has to do with love? When you deeply feel pain, you need to reach God and ask him to help you to go through this tough period of your life. And you know what, God will not only heal you from the pain, but will make you feel his unconditional love. And in return you will start to see things differently around you, cherish the people that are still in your life, the pets that are still in your life, the things that you still have and your heart will start expanding and start realizing that nothing really last for a long time, and you should appreciate every moment of it. In consequence you will realize that the most important thing in your life is love, to give it unconditionally.

When Jesus resurrected on the 3rd day after death means what for us now in the 21st century? For me it means, that whenever we conquer our fear, whenever we conquer a challenge, whenever we get rid of the things that is stopping us from being alive and reaching our dreams this is the true meaning of Easter and the resurrection of Jesus. Whenever you let go of the people that don't believe in you and in your dreams, you are resurrecting, you are one step to liveness and one step closer to your dreams. So every year when you are reminded of Jesus Resurrection, remind yourself what are the steps that you are doing to conquer your challenges and to feel alive again so you can live your dreams.

When you give love freely, when you help freely, when you care about others freely, without thinking what's in it for you, you will set yourself free and start flying. And you are going to ask me what do you mean by that. Well a lot of times we think about how to make more money, and what do we get out of helping this person or that one,because we know deep inside that they will help us back when we need them or we want to be on the spotlight when we volunteer, because it may be good publicity or to look good in front of others. We feed our ego when we help, we feed our ego when we make connections and give our service or lend money to the ones we know will give us back when we need them to. But have you tried to help and to love without wanting anything in return. Have you thought even to give any of your time and service for free. And you are going to say: well, time is money and I don't have the time or the money to give freely my service and expertise. And I will tell you that because you are not giving freely, you feel caged and trapped into a life that is only materialistic, because you have become this way. Giving only if your receive back. This is not what God wants for you. He blessed you with skills, give them to you freely, give your a healthy life and maybe also now wealth. And people around you are mostly materialistic and thinking what to do next to gain more money, but are you thinking about how to give more money and how to help more people. You see God created us with all those talents and skills to help each others freely, being detached from material things, will get you actually all what your heart desire. You will become free, because you will not give with a price tag, but you will give by flapping your wings. And your heart, mind, spirit and soul will feel high like you never felt before. Because how beautiful it is to give humbly to the ones that need you the most and that can not repay you with money or with things, or service but with a genuine smile, with their life turned around because you were the reason for it, with a simple thank you, with love coming back to you. You will be loved and this is why were are living on this earth is to love and be loved. I am not saying work only freely, because we live in a society that everything we have and we own we have to pay and work for it, and everyone needs to make a living. What I am saying is don't let be the only way that you live here on earth. And when you ask God to give you time and money so you can give back from your heart, then He will give you what you asked for and 10 times more, because your heart is in the right place. And if its only time that you have, than give it because what God wants it's not your money, it's your heart. And He will set you free and make you feel like a king or a Queen on this earth.

When your life is crazy and chaotic don't despair, it has to be this way before a breakthrough

We all have personal goals that are dear to our heart. And we tend to focus on them until we achieve them. But in the way of getting the dream job, or becoming a famous singer, or having a family don't forget the less fortunate the ones that need a helping hand. Because you will soon realize that you may have everything you need, but if you don't give and only take...you will always not feel satisfied, you will always feel something is missing and you will think that maybe you need that extra car, or a bigger house, or more money, but it's not more material things that you need it's you giving more love to others that you need. Try it for 2 weeks if you don't believe me , give without wanting to receive, give to the ones that cannot give you back, and see how it's making you feel. 2 weeks from your life is not much to ask and you will gain much more than you think so. Because whether you remember or not we are all created in the image of God and God is love. So if you don't spread it you will never feel complete. And you may say, I give love to my girlfriend, my parents, friends..and I will tell you give love to strangers, kids that you don't know, prisoners, abusive man and woman, people that carry diseases, etc..Now you think how uncomfortable it is...and yes it will get you out of your comfort zone but that's what you need to feel alive again. Don't be scared, don't give excuses that you don't have time and just start helping and God will bless your life 10 times more.

What does it mean to accept your past and present events. Can you really accept seeing your friend being shot on the street in front of you. Can you really accept your dad being in prison because of a crime that he did not commit, can your really accept that your girlfriend cheated on you and even though you still love her, you had to let her go. And then you may ask yourself if God really existed you would not go through those events; He would not allow it. Think twice, who are you to know how God works with us, who are you to judge Him, who are you to really understand God and why He is allowing things to happen or not to happen. Did you ever think that God wants your love, your heart, your faith and your trust in Him. You are going to tell me:"Well He is doing everything wrong to make me still believe in Him, He is taking away the people that I would have died for, He is making me suffer, how can I trust Him, when he has taken away all the people that I have loved and cared about." I don't know all the answer of why God allows things to happen. But one thing for sure I know that no matter what is going on in your life, God loves you. Every time you suffer, and feel deep pain in your heart and blood coming out of it, God wants you to rely on Him, He is allowing things to happen so you can rely only on Him and go into His arms, so you can start to feel His love for you. when you do so He will heal your pain. I can only write about my own experience, and I know that when He took away people that I loved dearly, I would just go and cry in His arms and of course ask Him why, but many times He would tell me "Don't ask why Nancy just do what your supposed to do and one day I may reveal to you why, but until then I'm testing you, I want to know how much you love me, and how much you would do for me, even if I take you away from everyone that you ever knew and take everything you ever possessed. I still want you to have faith in me and grow strong, because without suffering you will never reach the deepest feelings of love. You can't love unconditionally if you have not suffered first. You can't find out who you really are if you have never lost. You can't find out who your really love if you have never loved. You can't find out your purpose and why you were brought up in this life, if you have never lost any belongings. You can't help others from your heart if your are protected and shielded from sufferings. You can't connect with the pain of others that have lost if you never felt the same pain. All the suffering that you are going through is to transform you into a spiritual being, so you can be able to do your purpose on this Earth and you can show others what is unconditional love." So don't ask God why, ask God to give you the strength to become the person that He wants you to become, to help you detach from this world and become Love. All what you can say to God is "God you allowed it to happen, it means that I need to accept it, and make the best out of what I have. And if I have nothing God, I know I have you in my life and you will direct me or redirect me into the path now that I need to take. Maybe that event is going to make me take a decision that will get me on the right path, the one I am destine to be on. And when I am strong and I become the person you want me to become, I will go back to that neighborhood, I will go back to the family that lost a son, I will go back and visit my dad in prison and I will make a difference and spread love and peace. When you grow strong and achieve some of your dreams, don't forget where you came from and help lift up the people that are living now what you have lived in the past.

When you feel lost, when you are not sure if you are focused on the right things in your life, when you are not sure if you are with the right mate, when you are not sure if all what you are doing is worth your time and effort, stop and reconnect with who you are as a person. Take the time to write down your goals, your dreams, your aspirations. Take the time to write down all pros and cons of what you are doing right now. Take the time to listen to what your heart is telling you to do. And take the time to talk to God and see what He has in store for you. The more you realize what your heart desires, the more you feel closer to God and the more connected you are with God the more you feel happier. The more you get a sense of direction and you become clear about what you need to do next to achieve your dreams.

Before you start walking on the path of your dreams, or when you start walking, fear will come in the way. Fear of the unknown, fear of not being in a comfortable zone, fear of losing it all, fear of criticism, fear of failure, fear of success, fear of change, etc. It's just part of the process, its part of life and its part of your path. Know and believe that whatever fear you have you can conquer it with the help of God. Ask him to help you, because believe it or not God wants you to follow your heart. He is the one that planted those seeds of dreams in your heart. All what you have to do is get closer to God, feel His love, feel the strength that He is giving you to conquer your fears and to walk on that narrow path that He has designed for you. All what you have to do is believe, have faith and never lose focus on your purpose and your dreams and you will be able to kill all of your fears.

I was brought up as a Christian Orthodox, never considered myself to religious, but did the normal religious things, going on Sunday to church, confessing to a priest, taking communion on Sunday and just being an obedient Christian person. I only kept going to church because this is where I felt God's presence, it was never really to socialise because I never felt the people were really sincere in my Egyptian community, and so I never really felt connected with them, but I always felt that I need to be faithful to God no matter what is the environment around me. Until I finished writing a spiritual book that will soon be released, I realized that God is within you, He's not just in a building, and you see Him everywhere there is kindness, generosity, humbleness, love. Whenever you see those qualities in people, you see God. Whenever you see love, you see God. I also realized that rules and regulations are not made for you to stop being who you are supposed to be on Earth, they may help you in the beginning of your spiritual path but they serve no purpose anymore when your spirit is lifted up with God then the religious rules will suffocate you if you don't break free of them. So the important thing that you must ask yourself, is what you are doing today helping to grow as a person, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. Is it helping you to give more love to others, to help more the less fortunate, to become more of a spiritual loving person, or is what you are doing dragging you down, making you procrastinate, being trapped in just a routine, just because everyone is doing it, you are doing it too. Do the actions that make you feel good, that helps you be a great loving person and that helps to get to your dreams. Don't let ignorance stop you from walking on the right path. Ask God to reveal to you the truth about how you ought to live your life. And He will guide you every step of the way.