Chaos

As a human being I just find everything overwhelming. Looking into the complexity of my past, the difficulty of my present, and the strange and vague identity of the future, I find myself as a soft leaf; in fall season, in the middle of a storm, looking for a ground to settle. Every time I believe in settling, the ship of destiny embarks to defy my beliefs and take me again to NOWHERE, leaving me lost among the past, the present, and the future. Chaos becomes a maze of endless destination. Doors open, I hold my horses; but unfortunately, they close even before I reach the entrance. As if everything compromises to make me hopeless. However, every time I fall, every time they think I will resign, every time they think I am over, laying on that greedy ground, I wake up to their surprise and shout: I will survive! This is why I am thankful to those circumstances and situations; after all, their paradox feeds me with strength and a new hope to fight for what I want paves its way, restlessly, to be accomplished. This is my story with obstacles; a story with a paradox.

An Intriguing Experience with ‘Sparking Your Creativity’ Webinar

           A week ago, I was assigned to attend a webinar entitled Inspiring Innovative Thinking: Spark Your Creativity by Cindy Handler and Noah Mendelevitch. The two speakers were parents and teachers that had the pleasure to present an inspiring webinar to the audience: parents, educators, artists, business leaders, and counselors, from all over the globe. The webinar discussed meaningful ideas that encourage creativity. A summary of the webinar tackles three major issues; the first declares that the vital force to “create” is our human birth right, the second states that “Creative Killers” like fear, holding back, judgment, and resistance to change, block us from accessing our inherent creative drive, and the last presents a solution to these blocks by practicing and enhancing our creative intelligence. Being an active member of the webinar’s audience, with the screen, a pen, and a paper, I was left with a juicy pleasant experience that I will always want to encounter. Besides the fruitful presentation of content, I liked the idea of meeting and sharing ideas with people all over the globe, especially that, different perspectives, culture diversities, and a more credible approach to data collection and statistics were witnessed. Also, I enjoyed the fact that not only was I listening, watching the Power Point presentation, and taking notes, but also, I was engaged, interacting, expressing, asking, and sharing my ideas and comments on what was being discussed. I have to admit it that although it was my first experience with webinars and I was a bit nervous fearing failure to catch up with the webinar and the information, after being into the webinar, I felt comfort (at home) and I  was encouraged to share my ideas without being intimidated since I was physically virtual there. I adored the idea that I could have a video in my archive to come back to whenever I want. However, the poor connection was the only pitfall that added to my tasty experience a bit sour taste. Finally, I really encourage those who have never been to webinars before to beat the fear and live the experience, and for those who fortunately did, I ask them to persist enjoying the experience and to keep going to stay always up-to-date.