I am looking forward for the holiday. For real, normal person holiday. Those without a schedule, without commitments, without even a computer (maybe keeping an iphone or even an ipad if i get lucky). Will i do that? Or will it be lunch here, dentist there, dinner here, drink there, quick sleep, pass by the beach, not too much, not windy enough for kite, someone else is waiting, check the email, go to meeting, house for sale, one more wedding? Looking forward for the holiday, any holiday really...
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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