The challenge

A very accurate quote on leadership that explains the grey color of it.

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly."
Jim Rohn

Solidarity

I will always mourn any human death.

I will always reject any sort of violence in mankind.

I am really touched with the recent episodes of violence and humanitarian need in the world.

Although...

I see incredible solidarity with the recent episodes of terrorism in Norway but I don´t see as much solidarity when such episodes happen in different places such as Africa, Middle East, Central Asia or even my country.

Moreover, if the person who killed dozens in Norway was Muslim or from a different religion-nationality, the press would have declared him as a terrorist. For now though, he is just an 'Assailant ', 'Attacker' (Reuters), 'Gunman' (BBC, CNN & Al Jazeera). Looks like 'Terrorist ' is a name reserved for some religions or nationalities. The US Dept of State calls it an 'Act of Violence', Not an 'Act of Terrorism'.

The world seems to have more attention on it than in The Horn of Africa, there are over 10 million people in HIGH risk. It is a famine for god-sake!


Is it that ONE human life in the western world is more worth than ONE life in where what we consider the developing (or very undeveloped) world?


Shall we have in in our Facebook profile picture more flags demonstrating that we really care?

Just food for thought for the emerging generations.

Pilot

Hey!

I just decided to start again a blog. I did have one in the past as a victim of social-fashioned trends. Got rid of it (I think) - as private things of my life were being shared and eventually it didn't feel as right.

I am not intending to reach a specific audience or anything, it is actually for myself. Popularity isn’t an objective and it is only an initial exercise.

It is an exercise of writing, putting together thoughts and insights about life and world issues. It is also a self-conducted training of the challenging task (for me) of writing in an articulated manner about anything.

I will probably send it around to some of the closest people I have in my life to get their opinion and input.

It is my space of freedom - of free-flow of thoughts with the intention of giving them shape and foundation and a structure.

Finally, it is a memory of a journey of understanding myself and my surroundings. How ideal that scenario!!

Sustainability is new name for peace? - The reason for this name is because it is a concept that encapsulates many variables and systems - it is a holistic explanation of things, and so far the most inclusive one in my opinion of all the things to connect and resolve in this fucked-up world.

You may wonder whose quote is that? well actually haven't heard it before - I heard Gandhi said once "Development is the new name for Peace" - so I would say it is an upgrade (rather update) of what he meant in the first part of the XX century.

Peace is a mood, rather than a state I reckon. It is a long-lasting mood of our animal nature where rationality and well-intentioned emotions come together. More on this later on!


Today is July 18-2011.