Exactly, now what?  There always seems to be something.

Recently, I was thinking of the different things that have happened over the past period, how many obstacles humanity has had to face yet keep going, such as the economic crisis spreading like the plague; a disease where some people have convinced themselves that now life is a total disaster. The Gaza attacks, the German school shooting, the cricket team shooting, what’s with all the shooting! The lack of competent employees who are with it and get it, honest people, natural disasters, an uncomplaining spouse or a straightforward official, but then again, pigs might fly.

All I can say - now what?

Well, what I have learnt so far, is that in life there will always be obstacles, some greater than others, but at the end of the day, I like to believe nothing can beat you unless YOU make it happen - as my personal idol would say, “Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!”  Well, at least he got it right and lived freely.

And that is exactly what the Sinai Weekly crew have been doing throughout last year – getting up, and standing up. Not only us. You too. By you picking up a copy of Sinai Weekly and reading it, is part of it – part of the getting up, and standing up. We focused our minds on having an informative, intellectual dialogue with the Sharm community, as we are today’s paper for the community.  We are here to discover Sharm together with you. That is our getting up, and standing up. Living the reality around us, not what is enforced upon us.
This issue marks our 2-year anniversary, and we are dedicating 2009 to the reality – the reality of now. So now what?

The reality is – we love what we do, and we hope you love it too, as we put in an immense amount of thought, time, dedication and energy into every issue, with aim of giving you something good to read. The kind of something that will leave you thinking or keep you entertained, or maybe even make you see things from another perspective.  I mean at the end of the day, isn’t that why we are all here – to learn and expand and nourish and feed our minds with new thoughts, ideas, cultures, expressions, tastes – the list is endless, but I am sure you get the idea.
Living in Sharm, being so multi cultural increases the risk of having obstacles thrown at you, because so many people, from so many places, are trying to share the same thing, but each individual is actually very different. So you end up with an overflow of mental, physical, emotional and intellectual obstacles to deal with, because you just don’t understand why and how the things around you happen.
Hmmm..

I think of life in a way like paint balling; where you have to dodge getting shot but if you do get hit it might hurt for a while, but then it goes away. And then guess what, next shot, bam, you’ve been shot, but hey, it doesn’t hurt anymore - you laugh about it and think – that’s fun.
And that is exactly how the story goes. What obstructs you once, can’t obstruct you twice. In any of its forms. It only becomes something in the past. So Sharmers, now what?

We say, live for today, get out there, and simply be.

Thanks for being with us last year, and we promise you that next year is going to be rock on.
Bring It On Sharm.
Much luv,
The Editor