This is a useful food for thought particularly because we live in a fast-paced, high-tech world. Early this year, I went to our local city hall to query about voting for the French elections.
They gave me the necessary form, which I intended to fill in within a few days. Unfortunately, it soon ended up at the bottom of my to-do list. As a French citizen by marriage, all I had to do was submit the completed form and attach a document of residence in the municipality where I wanted to vote.
Politics are everyday issues, from national budgets, taxes, the number and composition of migrant intake to changes in school syllabuses. This write-up, however, is not about politics but the importance of pro-activeness and promptness. If I had submitted the completed form and the required documents immediately, I would have been able to vote. Many of them begin training in their mid-teens; some even in childhood. How can we carry out tasks that we have been avoiding?
Perhaps less thinking and more doing? Why not start with the least difficult part? What about being philosophical β i. It has to be done, so I might as well do it now? Two Sundays ago, on my way to join my friends at the nearby coffee shop, I stopped at a commercial space under renovation. The newly replaced stained-glass pieces were in blue and yellow β the colours of Ukraine.
I believe its owner did it purposely to mark the dark period we are experiencing. Like most people, every day, I tune in to the news hoping that the Russians have stopped shelling the once-beautiful buildings and fertile soil of Ukraine. While sipping our coffee, my French and Irish friends asked me about our sons. In the past, I was always bubbling with joy, narrating the fun they have living in Canada and England. About 1. Will they ever go back to Ukraine?
