Chocolate Mints In a Jar

I’ve been following a number of great blogs over the last couple of years.  These blogs might be personal ones but they certainly have so many lessons that are useful in life.  I don’t think the bloggers ever meant for these posts to be educational but they certainly are.

A lesson in Parenting: Mama Mona, taught me that being a mom of four doesn’t mean she can’t have lots of fun raising them.  She always puts a lot of thoughts into her posts and they are all interesting.  It must be exhausting to deal with four children, you have my respect Mona).

A lesson in Humility: Qwaider, taught me that it’s ok to acknowledge your mistakes and apologize.  (I think it was very big of him to publicly apologize like that, hats off to you).   Qwaider also puts a lot of energy in running community aggregators like QwaiderPlanet, GirlyGator and JordanBlogs.

A lesson in Thinking outside of the Box: Dee, has taught me that even fairy tales can have alternative endings. I also recommend that you read the comments, because her readers have come up with even funnier (and meaner) alternative endings.

A lesson about Change: Juka, has taught me that every great idea can begin with a very simple post.  A simple idea of going local instead of boycotting has started an initiative of buying Egyptian products.

A lesson on Social Media: LastoAdri, has taught me that dedication, energy and faith can start the wheels turning.  With one simple idea of KolenaLaila where all women can blog about what it means being a woman in today’s world in Egypt, to using Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools to get the word out.

A lesson about Hope: rJay, has taught me that even after your worst nightmare comes true, you will eventually wake up.  She is my sister, but this is not nepotism, she really does have some great character traits that I would love to learn.

This is definitely not a exhaustive list but just a great sample of the great bloggers out there.