Lebanon, My One & Only…
August 25th, 2008There is no bitter feeling worse than not being able to live & enjoy the beauty of ones country, especially if it is as glamorous and enchanted as mine. Not being able to flourish, and grow in ones own country is a feeling I wish upon no one, especially if it is not by choice, but by force. I am and always will be a proud Lebanese, who grew up miles and miles away from her beloved homeland.
Why? That is a question I have been pondering ever since I can remember, and the answer I come up with each and every time is the same, ignorance.
Ignorance from the civilians to know any better, ignorance from the politicians to be able to make things work, ignorance from the world to be able to solve such a simple, yet never ending problem. I will not bore you with our diverse political parties and their never ending useless points of view, I will just encourage you to try as hard as you can not to fall in the bottomless hole we have so willingly fallen into, I will just encourage you to never give up on your country, to never give up on your rights to live freely in the place you were meant to be. I will just encourage you to fight for what is yours, now and for always.
Respectfully,
Sara Nader
LEBANESE & PROUD
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I can relate to that.
Everyone thinks he’s right. And some of us are so convinced that we’re even willing to fight to the death for what we believe. And with all that conviction, sincere as it may be, we keep digging ourselves in, and making that bottomless hole deeper and deeper, because in the final analysis, if everyone is right, then no one is right.
So what’s the answer? Don’t be so sure of your beliefs. Don’t be so quick to jump to your belief, because what you believe may not be as true as you first thought. Have the courage to filter your beliefs through the filter of common sense. Don’t take your preconceived beliefs and try to justify them rationally. Instead, use rationality to come to your beliefs in the first place. And whatever doesn’t make sense, have the sense to let it go.
I can relate to your frustration. The world seems to present us with injustice as a fait accompli. And if we don’t get our heads straight, it will only get worse.
I think I have a framework for a possible solution, which you could see at http://www.sellingavisionofhope.org You could click on the Hamsa and get a five minute summary. I am working on finding a way out of the pit that many of us find oursleves in. See what you think.
Thank you for suggesting such an interesting & relevant website! I read through a few of the articles in it, and i believe, no i know, that they are well thought off, and true possible solutions, to the distress most of this world is facing..again thank you, for adding a light to what i think should be done.:)
I will keep you posted, Sara. I am working on a PR/Marketing campaign, based on Selling a Vision of Hope, which could be useful to some companies that are ready to invest some serious dollars in the Middle East. GE, for example, is about to invest 8 Billion dollars in Abu Dhabi, into a fund that will soon become 40 billion dollars. The investments will create green technology jobs, jobs which can help protect the environment, and jobs which can help to neutralize the hold of extremist thinking.
Most of these companies just want to make money, which is what companies do. I want to convince them that they can make even more money, by making a difference as well.
Hi Sara
You have a beautiful country. What other country is there in our little Middle East which doesn’t have problems? We all have it one way or another
You can feel like an embassador of your countries beauties and softness to the world
I hope all the best and the best things which might be ahead and waiting.
I love those ancient and gentle Sedars of Lebanon. Once i wrote this Persian verse about them and i do it once more for you, a verse with love from a woman from one of many others countries in the Middle East who are hopeful about a better future
Farsi : ” benazam hemmate por shakh o barge aan derakhti ra
ke sayeh az sare hizom shekan ham bar nemigirad ”
translation : I cherrish the shade of the tree full of branches and leaves
That would not deny its shade even from the woodcutter”
Wishing for a more pacific Middle East, where people live and cheer and pray.
Viva Lebanon
Elinor I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all these beautiful and passionate words.
This is such a true phrase, but it is all our fault, the people, we might not be rich or powerful enough to stop these problems, but we are definitely more strong willed, and determined to make a change, so we should!
and what you said about the Cedars is one of the most beautiful things i have heard said about those precious trees of life. Again i thank you deeply for this touching comment
Viva la Middle East:)