Womb with a View (point)?

Sunday Times Lifestyle published ‘Womb Service’ as a tribute to Mother’s Day, where 7 writers shared their advice/tips to be imparted to our unborn children. As I read the article, I thought, ‘That’s a brilliant idea’… further wondering who would blog it. My mind was a toss between Enchant`e and Shafinaaz, and Enchant`e took the first step to enticing others into sharing. It’s not often that we find a ‘TAG session’ catch on like ‘wildfire’, needless to say, it made interesting reading across the blogging platform, as well as a little bit of insight into parenthood concerns.

I wasn’t going to ‘follow the leader‘, but this morning I found myself babysitting a toddler. She was at my place at 7:20 AM,  Cape Town wind howling eerily and the rain falling like a waterfall outside my window. She crawled into my bed with layers of clothing , and snuggled up with me for a good measure of sleep. I’ve always wondered as to whether  I even want kids… but that’s debatable backed up with (other peoples) stories of childbirth, infertility, Caesars and epidurals.

Despite the vast number of bloggers sharing their views, i decided to pick  what I liked from everyone:

1. Read your salaah. I dont care if you watch tv, listen to music, destroy plants and small animals… but you must read your salaah. But try not to kill small animals. – MJ
2. Be. Exactly who you are! And precisely who you want to be. Even if that changes every day – Shafinaaz
3. Be an example to others of outstanding morality and ethics. – Doc
4. A real friend doesn’t just tell you things you want to hear. – Waseem
5. If you have sex before marriage, your hoo-hoo will turn blue and fall off. (Ok, maybe it won’t. I’m hoping our conversations about things of this nature will not get awkward when you’re older and have stopped calling it a hoo-hoo.) – Saaleha
6. Seek the state of Eternal Optimism – and when you’ve found it, hold it tight and don’t let go. – Sofi
7. Learn something new everyday…. there is no substitute for knowledge – Edge of Where
8. The most difficult, and yet the best, thing is to be yourself. Be who you are. Dare to be who you are. It is not easy. But once you achieve it, it is the most comfortable feeling in the world! – Abdul Sami
9. Silence is usually the best response to an unfair attack – count to 10 before you spit venom. – Tasneem
10. When you’re climbing your personal Everest, don’t look up and despair at how far off the summit is; look down to see how high you’ve already climbed -  Enchant`e

The illustrious few  that  echoed my closest thoughts  Shafinaaz, Americanising Desi, and Azra.

My thoughts:

• If you want to live forever, DO NOT DIE; there’s really no other way around it.
• Learn CPR, but remember this, dead people usually STAY DEAD.
• Never pat a burning dog
• Live every day as if it is your last, but save a little money for tomorrow, just in case.
• Keep 1000 bucks in cash on hand at all times, but don’t let anyone know you have it (amount subject to inflation – not applicable to zim dollars)
• Do not try to re-create any stunt that has resulted in a fatality in the past – and don’t attempt to breath under water.
• Don’t enter any contest where you have to eat bugs or rotten stuff, they’re just out to humiliate you, and you’ll most likely lose anyway. Eating snails is not a delicacy, its disgusting.
• To get a good night’s sleep; go to bed early and get up early, or go to bed late and get up late, but don’t mix that up.
• Don’t cheat, don’t lie, don’t steal, don’t kill, don’t be mean, but go ahead and do everything else – within ethical and moral constraints
• Don’t forget the power of touch, the inspiration of a smile, and the joy of hearing a kind word; and the exhilaration of a bunch of cash in your pocket.
• No ding ding without a wedding ring.
• Remember it’s okay to feel emotions. You are not a corpse. Anger, love, sadness are all normal. Depression is not normal , and envy is blind.
• Success comes to those who strive towards it.
• Have a good GTD (get things done) system, it will help you progress quickly in leaps and bounds.
• Treat other peoples feelings as you do your own. Never be nasty to someone who ‘likes’ you, even if you don’t reciprocate. Rejection is amplified in hurt when you’re soft on a person
• Strive every day to be the best person that  you can be. It will help you grow patience, character and add up on your good deeds. Do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons
• Read the translation of the Quraan. Know what you believe and why you believe it. Know the fundamentals of right and wrong. Do not sell your soul on a whim. AND Do not offer your soul to Satan in exchange for money.

FACT: You don’t know all that much about life until you’re AT LEAST twenty. And at twenty, you’ve got A LOT to learn.

Lastly,
I love you with all my heart, and I’m waiting for you to get here I married your father so i could have a child prodigy, if you’re NOT smart it was a misjudgment on my part, but you can at least have my looks