Blogging is probably not my style. It requires short stories, to the point ideas. I am good at none of that. But I am still going on with it, not willing to give up just yet. Because today, amazingly enough, my story may actually be short. For all my banker friends, today I missed you all because today in the middle of my day I missed numbers. I did not know what was wrong, why the adrenaline of getting work done was not kicking in and I just kept on looking for an email to distract me. And suddenly I realized, if only I could look at one little number, everything would be fine. I decided my bank account was not the best option and even thought of looking at a list of investments, but they were still words. And I wanted numbers. The moment I realized at least I felt better. At least I knew what was going on. And I moved on. To you bankers, here is the proof today, that one day, you may miss it :-)
I see signs saying we are not afraid. Londoners are tough and endured the bombings of WWII. But those Londoners are hardly the same as the ones here today. Yes people in general are resilient, more than we think we can be when looking outside out. That is anywhere in the world, not just in London. And truth be said there is merit in not letting fear control our lives and terrorism win. Well I just walked into the district line, 5 stations away from Parsons Green and I am afraid. I am not shaking, crying or running away. But I am afraid mostly because it is all so natural. Life must go on I said, as I decided I was not going to cancel my lunch and avoid the tube. But that is what makes it scary. Life goes on and in an effort to not be afraid we recklessly do not change our habits and rely on the stats that more people die on the road then on terrorist attacks. Reality is, the law of probability does not matter because terrorist events are binary. So I think about my frie...
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