I have a plan for the next 3-4 years and that is very exciting. I think having a positive and well defined vision brings the best out of people and hopefully of me as well in the years to come. I will not share it yet here as it is still under construction, I can only tell that it is really empowering!
I had a great trip a week ago going through Sinai, one day I was on top of a 2285m peak at 0 degrees Celsius, the next I was relaxing by the beach and snorkeling for colored fish in the coral reefs. Life is so simple and beautiful! I was on Mount Sinai, a holy place for 3 religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
This trip and a few other findings while in Egypt changed my perspective on religion; I am more at peace with it now. I even went to see a movie about Islam and then a Q&A, it was quite revealing. At one point the speaker gave the example of a person in a hotel:
Q: Why is he there?
A: Let’s say his company asked him to go on a business trip and booked him a room in that hotel. Or he is working there. Or he came there to meet someone who is staying at the hotel … or other explanations.
then
Q: Why is a person on this Planet?
A: the answer is much more complicated than the one with the hotel. Many people don’t know the answer to this question; usually each person finds its own answer. But some people don’t find answers and they are just floating through life, receiving what life offers. They guy almost said it: “for those who don’t have an answer there is God to guide them” …
I would also add “Do you know what you should and shouldn’t do in a hotel?”… “How about on this Planet?” …
Some other very interesting things happened.
One of them is the Egypt-Algeria football dispute which deteriorated the relations between the two countries. Now many Egyptians feel that Algerians have something against Egyptians so they also hold anger against Algerians … Inside Egypt this led to an interesting rise of patriotism, now many of the billboards on my way to work are with Egyptian flags and nationalistic slogans like “Proud to be Egyptian!” … For me this is a confirmation of the “common enemy” theory which says that if people have something against the same individual/group they become much more united themselves.
Another one is the presidential election in Romania. It proved to me how powerful this democratic tool really is, how much it can mobilize people and politicians. The good news for me is that this is a really good sign for Romania, that democracy is working, people express their opinions, are heard and I feel politicians start respecting people’s vote much more than until now. When you win or lose by 70,000 votes then you really come to appreciate each vote, each person, each decision you take and each thing you do, as a politician. I am very optimistic for Romania, I think we are getting better and better, we are maturing though we are still norming and storming as a nation. But we will get to the performing phase as well. I am very motivated to return to Romania after some years.
Pictures from Sinai trip you can find here.
