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Zaheed Saidani
A wake up call
Tragedy strikes. At the same time, it gives us all the opportunity to examine who we are and where we are in our lives. Abrupt change, rather than gradual change, tends to shake us out of the slumber of our daily semi-conscious lives. Such change offers us the opportunity to change our world and ourselves for the better.
Everything is in the process of becoming something else. A tree releases a seed that grows into a seedling and then into a tree that eventually offers new seeds. The seed does not remain the same. It changes and grows and becomes something else.
We can ask ourselves, Who are we becoming?
We can ask ourselves, Are we changing gradually with purpose? Or must we have abrupt change wake us up?
If we are to change gradually with purpose, we need to be open to change.
Like our tree’s branches which sway back and forth in the strong wind, we need to be willing to adapt to our new circumstances. Not passively. But with the flexibility and willingness to change ourselves without losing the essence, the spirit, of who we are.
We can ask ourselves: Can we learn to change? The answer depends on who we are.
• Governments can learn.
• Businesses can learn.
• Communities, families, and friends can learn.
• You and I can learn.
There’s something in this for all of us.
Let’s see every moment as indeed a gift.
Let’s not squander this moment, let’s not allow this event to recede into distant memory without improving our world and ourselves.
Because all we have in life is change.
“It’s time to wake up”.
Tragedy strikes. At the same time, it gives us all the opportunity to examine who we are and where we are in our lives. Abrupt change, rather than gradual change, tends to shake us out of the slumber of our daily semi-conscious lives. Such change offers us the opportunity to change our world and ourselves for the better.
Everything is in the process of becoming something else. A tree releases a seed that grows into a seedling and then into a tree that eventually offers new seeds. The seed does not remain the same. It changes and grows and becomes something else.
We can ask ourselves, Who are we becoming?
We can ask ourselves, Are we changing gradually with purpose? Or must we have abrupt change wake us up?
If we are to change gradually with purpose, we need to be open to change.
Like our tree’s branches which sway back and forth in the strong wind, we need to be willing to adapt to our new circumstances. Not passively. But with the flexibility and willingness to change ourselves without losing the essence, the spirit, of who we are.
We can ask ourselves: Can we learn to change? The answer depends on who we are.
• Governments can learn.
• Businesses can learn.
• Communities, families, and friends can learn.
• You and I can learn.
There’s something in this for all of us.
Let’s see every moment as indeed a gift.
Let’s not squander this moment, let’s not allow this event to recede into distant memory without improving our world and ourselves.
Because all we have in life is change.
“It’s time to wake up”.