A Calm Storm

The blog of Sholeh Samadani Munion

Category: Thoughts

In summary

“…as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.” -Gibbon, The History of the Decline and…

The power of speech

Last night we were studying the Kitab-i-Ahd, and this particularly struck me, because recently I’ve been feeling the need for more wisdom in my utterance and my thoughts…been a bit tangled and thorny recently… Verily I say, the tongue is…

I’m not surprised

“Wait, Anna Nicole died?!” – At lunch yesterday. Now, in the grand scheme of life, this little tidbit of information can’t really even be considered news. In fact, it makes me rather sad that this is considered newsworthy back in…

Tangents

When there are no tangential people surrounding me, I lose my grip on the strange and random. Those conversations are close to my heart. I miss the artists and dreamers and odd little occurences sometimes. We would take in the…

Space? Time?

So I’m pretty much without things to blog about. I started reading this book about Cambodia called “The Lost Executioner” at Barnes & Noble tonight, and got about 50 pages in before I had to leave the bookstore. There are…

Two Things

1. Does anyone has an old Verizon phone that they don’t want? I might not be able to get a replacement. 2. There is STILL a room open in my house, and if you have a friend that is looking…

Sick of being sick.

Apparently a pigeon was trapped on our sales floor for 2 hours yesterday. I missed the excitement because I was home sick. Most Chicagoans have a hate-hate relationship with pigeons…they’re always getting in the way and making a mess. I’m…

So quiet here.

The sky and the slate roofs of the warehouses are almost the same shade of grey, blending into each other today. A good weekend of family, friends, the Baha’i House of Worship (always home to me, no matter what and…

woohoo!

Happy Birthday to me! What a wonderful birthday…I ate so much chocolate I can’t even move. mmm. Thank you to everyone who called, left messages, texted, and sent smoke signals. I am surrounded by amazing family and friends. September seems…

Slow down

Answering questions is such a difficult thing sometimes. I have such an open face, you can read my soul in my eyes and smile most of the time. This is both good and bad. Sometimes we have to be just…

aaaaah…

Most relaxing night EVER. I didn’t get home until 9:30 pm but it was for a good reason. Sometimes you just have to take care of yourself, to take the time so that you’re a productive member of society again….

Job Satisfaction

I was reading this article called “Signs you have a great job … or not”. The following questions are asked. $-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$ 1. Do I know what’s expected of me at work? 2. Do I have the materials and equipment I…

Not surprised.

I am still trying to understand how people get to know each other to form friendships or assumptions based on 5 minute meetings in a crowded room. I am trying to fathom how one can make any judgement of who…

Incommunicado

Anna Quindlen’s Newsweek article, The Face In The Crowd, talks about the facelessness of today’s communication experience. She notes that, “A face-to-face meeting often means the difference between understanding and estrangement.” How often do we send an email or a…

I Like…#2

After the success of the last “I Like…” post, I decided to talk about more things that make me smile. I often read the news to keep up with what is happening with the world, there is a distinct lack…

Historical

My house was built in 1889. How strange to realize that many people have lived here before me, and I don’t know their stories. History makes me smile. I read Streets of the Near West Side a few weeks ago,…

memememe

I look at the calendar and realize that it has been 10 days since I posted. Work, a 102 degree fever, preparing for a friend’s wedding, spending time with those I have missed, and trying to organize my new lifestyle…

Again

Things are right with the world. Little things unbalance and make themselves apparent, and then you pray and talk about it and you know it is ok. I may not be able to heal everything, but I will always do…

Feeding babies…

Read this: Doctors challenge baby feeding myths Some excerpts: “There’s a bunch of mythology out there about this,” says Dr. David Bergman, a Stanford University pediatrics professor. “There’s not much evidence to support any particular way of doing things.” —…

I wanted to write…

but then I didn’t know what to say. Starting with: No one really knows what I am thinking. Obvious, sure. But what I mean is that even if you think that you understand, I’m almost guaranteed to have left something…

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