Hope Amid Corona Virus (COVID19) Chaos + Video

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2020 is taking a bit of a nosedive, no? So let’s celebrate the new year again! My husband was born in Iran, where it’s Nowrooz, a non-religious holiday. Here we are with our Persian New Year’s setting…

Here we are with our Persian New Year’s setting.

Spring and new years are laden with blossoms of promise. Regardless of what occurs outside ourselves, they’re opportunities to release our pasts and do what we can to foster good times ahead.

In addition to Iran, other countries participate in Persian New Year (aka Nowrooz, which is spelled many ways due to varying phonetic translations). The list includes Iraq, Afghanistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, and Albania. Even Japan celebrates a version of Nowruz!

Here’s a speech about Persian New Year I performed as a member of Toastmasters…

My wish for you, dear reader, that the future brings only the best to you and your loved ones.

 

More on the current crisis here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here.

How do you cultivate hope and celebration during uncertain times?

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Happiness Between Tails speaks to and from the heart. It connects lovers — of pets, authors, books — and of my still-unreleased novels, “Flamenco + the Sitting Cat” and “Tango + the Sitting Cat.” The stories are my love letters to all who fear they're too odd, too damaged, too old, too whatever to find happiness. ContactdaAL@gmail.com • BuyMeACoffee.com/SupportHBT

95 thoughts on “Hope Amid Corona Virus (COVID19) Chaos + Video”

  2. Happy Nowruz! I first heard about that holiday when I did research and eventually wrote the book “If I Could Only Be the Moon”. The main character is Uzbek-American and she does celebrate that holiday in a small part of the book.

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      1. Sure! My brother married an Iranian woman and we’re very close with her family. My nephew’s name is Cameron which combines his Scottish heritage from our family with Kamran which means “blessed” in Farsi😊 I think I’ve mentioned him in my blog before—he’s very sweet!

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