As Dead as the Dead Sea

As part of the project I am on, I have been lucky to scream "Frankfurt Helau!!!" and been to the "Land of the Pharoah". Last month I visited Amman, Jordan, the land of Petra and the Dead Sea and not to mention the Baptism Site and the bother with Jerusalem.

Interesting place but quite boring to be honest for me. The project implementation went smooth but I am not going to talk about that. Lets talk about the only place I could go which was the Dead Sea.

The Dead Sea is a site where one should visit once in his life. I am not saying at least once cos that's your choice but visit once. It is a sight. They say its the lowest place on earth and the water is as dead as can be. No waves, lots of salt and full with minerals.

That's what people come here for. Seeing is believing.



This is what you can do in the Dead Sea. Just hang around. Float around. Amazing isn't it. It is so salty that you don't sink you just keep floating.

I didn't go into the water and do that but I saw others. Its true. Lots of women were putting on mud from the dead sea on their skins and faces and legs and it was like quite crazy but apparently that is what is famous for. I brought some of the mud back home, imagine.

The funny thing I noticed was the greetings. Men kiss men and ladies shake hands. Isn't that strange, well that's what middle east is all about. I saw men kissing cheeks and rubbing noses. In other part of the world you would need a parade to support that.

All in all its a hilly city, all built on a slope and roundabouts. The feedback from people was that people somehow live like millionaires with nothing in their pockets. It was quite strange to know that most people are living on credit card debts and living their lives around it. A strange way to live which certainly I can't live like.

Another tick on the passport. Nice calm, cosy place.

Time Passes... We run...

There is one thing that is perpetually ongoing, never stopping, man on a mission, like there is lots to do and not enough..."Time". Its "Time" itself. Time passes as naturally as possible.

Not a second earlier and not a second later. Cruise Control with no breaks.

Time passes... we run...  Considering there isn't enough time and there is so much to do and yet we can never beat the time. Its because of the attitude. Time is an expert at passing while we are experts at stopping and questioning things, learning things. Time has only one job at hand. Just keep passing. Mindlessly. No looking around. No losing focus. Just at a target and passing.

We will run, we will walk, we will sleep. We will slow down, we will quicken up. We will wait when its required. Time however will just pass at an exemplary consistency.

In this competition of "Time vs Us", where we keep chasing hoping we'll win some day is just stupid optimism. Time is destined to win this race cos it's been created to do what it is doing. Its pretty much the supreme expert in "passing" by. We got so many other things to do other than this.

At times you may feel that you are winning but that's just an illusion. You may feel that you can beat time but that's just what you feel. Its not how it is. Time knows, you ll give up the chase cos it takes effort for you to stay ahead of time. Time is a natural at this. Once you slow down, time will gain.

It doesn't have to move faster, just because you are temporarily ahead. It doesn't have to compete, it knows its gonna win. You may run all you want and at whatever speed you want. Eventually time will win cos in this game of life, slow and steady wins the race not the fast and furious. Time is as steady as its required.

Time passes... let it pass. Don't try to win, just make every moment count. Now that's where you are good at.