Noor

Shoes of Hope

“Hope will never be silent” and “I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.”

I had a good position in my professional field as an architect and urban designer. I was also taught at the university back home in Iran. But unexpectedly, I was diagnosed with a serious disease that made me leave in 2008 and come to Canada.

I made a conscious decision and a promise to myself that I must always turn catastrophe in my life to conquest.

My view of the world changed after I regained my full health.

I found myself spiritually strong, and I believe that happiness and sorrow do not last forever. I became ready, facing challenges and overcoming obstruction until the pandemic came, and it became my second chance to learn. I try to stay positive with what I can do during this universal storm.

While I am still working on some related architecture projects, I also try to communicate with friends, participate in a variety of Zoom events, and any other opportunity that helps me while I stay home.  I choose how to be and who I can be during this pandemic and not to be fragile and allow a virus to discourage me from being hopeful. I always remember “turn catastrophe to conquest.”