{"id":32428,"date":"2025-06-12T12:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=32428"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:14:14","slug":"thanks-to-dr-chawki-hitti-for-elegantly-and-generously-answering-bambis-question-what-makes-life-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/thanks-to-dr-chawki-hitti-for-elegantly-and-generously-answering-bambis-question-what-makes-life-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to Dr. Chawki Hitti for elegantly and generously answering Bambi&#8217;s question, &#8220;what makes life beautiful&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chawki_Profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32429\" style=\"width:488px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chawki_Profile.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chawki_Profile-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chawki_Profile-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture posted on &#8220;Bambi&#8217;s Afkar&#8221; blog earlier, as shown below <br>(initially shared by Montreal-based Chawki or Dr. Hitti).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;<em>Life is beautiful<br>when love flows through us like a silent river,<br>softly shaping the shores of our days.<br>It is beautiful when hearts open,<br>when we dare to embrace another&#8217;s soul,<br>when we become both the giver and the gift.<br><br>Life is beautiful<br>when we grow\u2014<br>not in haste, nor in fear\u2014<br>but like trees reaching patiently toward the sun,<br>accepting each season,<br>each fall, each bloom,<br>as a sacred step in the unfolding.<br><br>Life is beautiful<br>when we find meaning,<br>not as something waiting at the end of the road,<br>but as seeds hidden in the cracks of today,<br>in the smallest acts,<br>in silent courage,<br>in quiet kindness.<br><br>Life is beautiful<br>when we are present\u2014<br>when we touch the fabric of this moment<br>with our bare hands,<br>when we drink from the cup of now<br>as if it were the first sip of life.<br><br>And life is most beautiful<br>when we tremble in awe,<br>when words dissolve before the vastness,<br>when we kneel before the mystery that holds us\u2014<br>in the stars,<br>in the birth of a child,<br>in the silence between heartbeats.<br><br>It is not answers we seek,<br>but the sacred wonder that keeps us alive,<br>the breathless recognition:<br>To be here.<br>To love.<br>To grow.<br>To mean.<br>To behold.<br><br>This\u2014this is the beauty&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"MIKA \u2013 C\u2019est la Vie (Kids Choir Version \/ avec la Maitrise Populaire)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5X2uwcsz7ao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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