Is Seeing ... Seeing?

Maybe yes. But.

Most probably. No.

Do you think seeing is opening your eyes and having a picture in front of you?

Well you’re probably mistaken. Seeing is realizing that there are pictures among the pictures. There are meanings to each picture you see. There is a symphony between the picture and the sound. A certain combination that we never pay attention to.

And most of all: seeing is feeling with others.

Some people see but others don’t. When someone sees another person in need and does not react, then I wouldn’t call it seeing.

Seeing is when you react to a picture.

Unfortunately we are not seeing what’s happening in some parts of the world. We only see them on the news. But in reality. No. We do not see them.

For all these rulers out there who do not see:

I can tell you to go to hell. But I think you are already there.

It’s been a tough week for me. Too much work and too much heat. What could be worse?

That was a short one. I promise you something longer and more cheerful for tomorrow.

Let’s see …

Face Your Camel

I was very fortunate to spend the weekend in one of the world’s most beautiful villages. Also known for its great apples. Shall heaven exist, why wait until you die to see it? Visit this village and see heaven while you’re alive.

One thing I wish for all of you guys: to experience the same few I hours I spent with a seventy six year-old man whose only source of living is a small piece of land.

We were there at 6:30 am at 1350 meters above sea level. We spent four hours walking in the fields discussing agriculture and wild life in general.

Yes. It was early. But sometimes beauty is hidden where you never expect to find it.

The old man was telling me how he usually looks after his land and, in a way, sending me quick messages on how I should be doing the same with my life and my own.

He told me a story:

There were two brothers living in a small house in the desert. Each one of them had his own camel. The brothers used to feed their camels the same exact food and the camels used to drink the same exact quantity of water.

But. One of the camels was much stronger than the other. Why? That’s exactly what the brother with the weaker camel asked the other brother with the stronger one.

The answer was quick and simple. The brother with the stronger camel said that he always faces his camel at night while sleeping. The other brother was always turning his back to his own.

And that’s how the old man illustrated to me how to always look after my own.

Hanna will never know that I’m writing about him. He doesn’t even know that there is something called the “internet”. I just wanted to share with you some of his philosophy.

It’s Monday. A lot to do at work. I will get back to whatever I was doing and try to always take into Hanna’s words.

I wish his voice could reach some of our world leaders.

Oops. According to them? He’s just a poor old farmer. What does he know?

Let Them Know Where the Next One Is

Or else, they will create one for you. That’s the truth.

Do you know who’s going to inherit the world? Arm dealers. Because everybody else is busy killing each other. That’s the truth.

Somewhere in Africa? Or maybe not. Probably in Eastern Europe. Let it be. It takes a single flight, a price list and here you go. The shipment will be on its way.

Yes. As simple as that.

In case the market is down? Well. Not that of a big issue. Few phone calls to big-shot politician friends and a war is announced. You realize that intelligence services are spread all over the world. And they do their jobs.

You know. Arm dealers have families to support. Yes. We should understand.

Kids get their books to read in some of the most prestigious universities in exchange for bullets other kids are shooting at each other. That’s the truth.

If it were for a certain cause? For people who’ve been resisting a tyrant enemy for decades? Why not. Unfortunately they need it. But does a ten year-old kid in Freetown need it? I don’t think so.

Death has always been a source of living to some people. Shall there be wars and killings, there will be big black tie parties and bottles of champagne being opened.

An expiry date in a certain part of the world is a fresh product in another. Why throw arms away. Instead they sell it and transfer it. But this shall never happen shall there not be conflicts somewhere.

Again. If there are any, they will create one for you.

And that’s the truth.