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Tag Archives: values
Lessons in Leadership XLIV – Mysterious Thoughts
If we are the tools of change then what is change exactly? We work and work to make a change and all what we care for is the result that comes in the end…this result we see in a picture for a moment or two then we forget it, underestimate its importance and move forward to search for something else to “Change”.
A journey is our life that we fill with attempts to reach an end…an end is what we always fear but desire at the same time. We live the end for a short time then we lose this satisfaction that we can never get enough from. All of what we do while we are working to achieve something turns to become an
Lessons in Leadership XLIII – Life Seasons
Life is a comedy and a tragedy…a theatre with actors that some of them are Professionals while others are Amateurs. A play is our life but we forget about this because with time we change from being actors to become part of the play and get stuck in it forever.
Ironically we are given the play that we need to be part of without choosing…commonly this is called destiny…Each one of us has a destiny that is decided, a birth that we remember nothing from, a spring that we spend being taught how to accept “reality”, a summer that we spend working hard
Lessons in Leadership XLI – A light that brings a Shelter
We humans are fragile creatures but our first mistake is admitting this weakness…we prefer not to say that we are weak and would spend our short life[singlepic id=571 w=320 h=240 float=right] in proving for others before ourselves that we are “strong”…such a waste of time..
We build walls and create several personalities for ourselves only to prove that we good enough without learning the truth of who we are and our nature. Then when we reach our winter we understand that we spent a whole life for nothing except of defending others’ values and protecting others’ teachings that had nothing to do with us. It is the fear of change that prevents most of us from going forward or trying to create something new.
A Literary Mission
A group of students gather together in one room to discuss what literature says about values and beliefs of our life. These students come from several places and cultures. They have been taught different meanings of what is honor and courage. Each one of them beliefs and sees things in the eyes of his community and culture.
When they look together into a play or a poem and see what Shakespeare thought about these values, some would agree and some would argue.
