The title to this post in a line from one of my favourite songs Warrior//Worrier by Outlandish. I was driving on the highway after dropping my daughter at school a few weeks back and as I was driving I was scanning my head for trying to think of something to listen to that would give my spirit a spark. This song came to my mind and I turned it on; from the first line it was like it was the missing piece that tied so many life experiences together into a nice package that made it all make sense. That’s the beauty of art – something I have come to really appreciate in these « panorama » days of our lives.
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I’m sitting in my kitchen somehow too exhausted to finish unpacking but yet with an inspiration to put into words what I’m feeling. I feel a restlessness to write. The light in the kitchen is dimmed and the rest of the house is dark. I can hear the freezing rain pouring down outside while the furnace occasionally starts up downstairs to keep the house warm.
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العمل الجاد
عندما أفكر في بروكسل أتخيل عدة أشخاص يتردون لباس رسمي لونه الأسود -نفس اللباس الذي في الأغلب سيرتدونه عند الذهاب إلى الكنيسة يوم الأحد- يمشون متسرعين وواضح عليهم الإنشغال بالعمل. هذه ثالث زيارة لي لهذه المدينة ولاحظت أن الناس هنا لا يعرفون شئ غير العمل الجاد، يعملون منذ الساعة تاسعة حتى الساعة السادسة بدون توقف والأغلب حسب ما رأيت يبقون في العمل حتى بعد الدوام. هم لا يفكرون في العمل كساعات يجب أن يمضوها في مكان معين ولكن كإنجازات يجب عليهم تحقيقها لكي يكون
فعالين في أداء دورهم في المجتمع
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Train Home on Flickr.
The greatest challenges in life often, if not always, involve decision making.
As we pause, and for some people, stop, at these intersections we begin to pull apart the factors involved to find an appropriate balance. People tell us this balance comes by assessing what we have to lose or gain; whilst there are others find it more convenient to balance values. Values and benefits can be light years apart which sometimes makes decisions welcoming to come by; and sometimes not. The most important aspect of all of this, and in all other instances, is that we remain true to our ideals and beliefs. So whilst the world if forever changing those ideals and beliefs can act as the wall to lean on.
At the end of the day decisions are unavoidable, if we don’t make our decisions for ourselves surely someone will make them for us.