Back to DC..Back to Reality

Well I made it back to DC in one piece. Actually my luggage straggled but it did eventually meet up. Sometimes I feel like life is nothing but a bunch of hyperboles. And one day things will be as they should as God intended. When you fail a test or an exam you failed what God wanted you to learn.  I’ve learned all of this in the past week through these hyperboles. Such as my luggage being lost and found; and being part of a group of IT specialists to prepare exam questions for our future recruits. “Choose THE best answer.” Thank you everyone, for choosing ME as your friend.  Thank you, hubby for choosing me to be your wife.

I had a great time off in FL and I felt like I did what I was supposed to do, during the visit. I felt more at peace also, thanks to the meditation even if some critics could say it is a cult. Well, if good things come out of it it can’t be that bad. As long as I hold onto the truth that there is still only one God.

I recently joined a minimalist group on Facebook and it was interesting, to say the least. I found a bunch of like-minded people. People who wanted to simplify their life and achieve happiness basically with much, much less.

It is odd that I consider my “physical life” to be minimalist but in fact I’m one of the most complicated people you’ll ever meet.

I guess I will end this entry by saying one plus one rarely equals two.

Empowerment

I am enjoying my assignment in DC.  One of the things I get to do as a privilege, is getting to be part of the big picture projects.

Yesterday I attended a presentation from Albanian high school students who were competing in a Technovation contest.  It was amazing to see empowerment in girls at such a young age and the talent and confidence they displayed.  They were presenting a pitch on a new smart phone app to help woman and girls in abusive and violent relationships.  Coming to the United States was daunting.  Presenting to a roundtable of government officials is a challenge and they nailed it. 

Believe it or not, no matter the language, no matter the country, the boundaries of violence does not transcend just a population -- it is every where and it exists still today.

I never really considered myself to be political.  But maybe I am..I have political and religious beliefs. I am from a country that values freedom, life and the pursuit of happiness.  Yes, as women, as minorities, as an identification of a religious belief, we are, in larger parts or small, persecuted when we DON'T remain silence.  Persecution is a killer.  It comes in many forms, don't be deceived.  It is a called from the bureaucracy of a higher "human" power is that "I'm in charge and you will be assimilated. Who wants to be in control.  Resistance is futile."

If there is one thing I learned in my 44 years of life, we are all taught to be conform in one way or the other. I just have to close my eyes and trust that I will be where I am meant to be, because fear served a purpose (for our ancestors) but we are all evolving and we need not let it cripple us. 

Out with the old...and in with the new.