Lately, I've been making the most of being in London by spending quality time with my children 'en famille' whilst taking every opportunity to attend as many interesting events, shows, concerts and exhibitions as I can! However, the main reason I'm here has been to happily dedicate most of my time to my sweet newborn baby granddaughter Keira!! At six weeks she has managed to have us all under her charming spell:) What's Up!!:)
So when I'm not spell bound holding Keira and going through all the nursery rhymes I know (not so much in words as in tune:) I'm rushing to get ready, leave home and run to the station to see in quite few cases, the end of the train leaving me behind!! After few of those irritating lost encounters, being on time meant I needed to be at the station a good ten minutes before the train arrives...which meant waiting few more minutes to get on the next one! Luckily, there is always another one on the way few minutes later:)
Away from delightful child play and homy house chores, apart from my family, my favourite past time has been the many LSE Public Lectures and lively debates on offer in London, with many of those on the list are in fact most fascinating to attend, learn from, participate occasionally, but mostly, listen to all the constructive exchange and lively interactions between the public, the panel or the lecturer on stage at the time.
The LSE campus (my favourite London hot spot at the moment!:) very much in the centre of the city, extended between scattered historical monuments and old buildings along busy bus stops, amongst the modern hustle and bustle of a vibrant cosmopolitan metropolis, attracting its own rushed city dwellers as much as diverse ecstatic foreign visitors, breathing in the air of an enigmatic civilisation, making the hype of central London so inviting and attractive to so many.
My new found passion for public speaking conducted by others, experts in their own fields, informing, highlighting and educating us all on what matters most in today's maladjusted world and struggling nations with an array of current political turmoils, extended economic crisis, widespread business shortfalls, constraint limited resources, increasing personal hardships, and the need to illuminate us all on what best could be done to make things better in our life, improve on standard practices at work, and achieve more beneficial outcomes in community services, should we all come together in thoughtful contributions and mindful suggestions, to making the most of what it means to be decent and civil, to be plain human, endowed with the gift of life, entrusted to nurture in growth and stability, a sustained healthy existence into a flourishing nation and a glorious civilisation!...Thus, embracing all and each of us, diverse and inclusive in all its positive nuances, fused for the benefit of all regardless of background, shade or shape...but in respect of these very differences making us whole again...
No wonder, these lectures have somehow a kind of magnetic effect on me!...
Very much like so many others coming in drove by the look of the extended common long queues expected at the doors, and packed venues as HE students, academics, professionals, and all sorts of people coming together from various sections of the society to form an avid audience, eager to know, learn, discuss and explore just like me, the issues being highlighted on the spot light for that evening.
My educational experience and personal understanding of some of those vital insights being debated on the LSE stages have been all interesting and thought provoking! Many of those sensitive issues, major controversies, divergent policies, and convergent view points challenge the norms of best practice, contrasting these against the best strategies to take and future beneficial course of actions to follow and implement...
All these intensified arguments for or against, expanded and elaborated from different and at times differing vantage points of views. For many in the audience, just like me, these are a great eye opener to consider and reflect upon!
These should make us rethink, review and reevaluate our current understanding, our conceptions and misconceptions! How far are we each in agreement or disagreement? How far are we concerned, involved and actually compelled to making a difference...
Sometimes it's great just being there, next to so many, simply making the efforts to try and understand aspects being discussed we might know a bit about, have touched the surface, but really sometimes ignorant about some of its deeper implications and ramifications at large and in practice...Making an effort to understand the unknown brings us closer to understanding better ourselves, the people around us and the deeply intricate world and weird environment we live in!
Keeping our distance, building walls and remaining indifferent and remote can work for some...I guess for quite many sometimes! But for those seeking a more meaningful existence, daring to question and challenge... crossing the line away from one's comfort zone can cause a sudden unpleasant jolt, but maybe...who knows, it might be the only way to move forward!
These debates can take so long, finding ways to resolve all these complicated issues will in many cases take months and years, and some might never be resolved at all!!...
Once all have packed, voices dimmed down and all are gone, walking back home in the much cooler evenings lately, these make me reflect upon all the troubles and concerns people must carry with them over a life time!
All these issues put forward here should make us think in a truly more constructive and responsible way! It should make us all react in various positive ways!
Most of the time, I find myself leaving these informative and educational LSE venues with a great boost and positive resolve to perhaps do my bit to make things better in my own small way...
Thinking about it, the best each can do when leaving these open public venues, spurring more people into proactive actions, helping themselves helping others, with each turning to those around them in need, every cause, ailment, hiccup, and impasses where the cherished private and much protected personal can be made to spill over with positive abundance onto the public scene to lend a helping hand, establish a fortitude connection, and perhaps succeed in making things happen for the better...
One could only hope that the same positive effects would encourage others to feel the same... Each driven to be better citizens, form better communities and be a better nation as a consequence:)
Perhaps then the Personal Engagement in Citizenship Responsibility, Agency and Accountability get to be better understood to be realised, by privately getting to be upheld and respected by all in order to be reflected as a general public consensus in good civil behaviour... Organisations, institutions, governments and public establishments, with all the people who run them, get to become more thoughtful of the consequences, mindful of the decision-making, visionary of the future with all the subsequent positive effects and resourceful outcomes taking place as a result, creating the exact auspicious conditions expected and hoped for:)
Will definitely be discussing these a bit more separately later on in future posts!
For now, Keira is calling! She babbles and makes sweet sounds, stretches and yawns a lot!...Recently, it's been wonderful to see her beautiful wide smile as she is slowly starting to react to our warm chatter, affectionate tunes, and all the beautiful love we've been blessed with since her cherished arrival into our life:)
A Big Yawn :)
In the park with mummy & daddy:)
Away from delightful child play and homy house chores, apart from my family, my favourite past time has been the many LSE Public Lectures and lively debates on offer in London, with many of those on the list are in fact most fascinating to attend, learn from, participate occasionally, but mostly, listen to all the constructive exchange and lively interactions between the public, the panel or the lecturer on stage at the time.
The LSE campus (my favourite London hot spot at the moment!:) very much in the centre of the city, extended between scattered historical monuments and old buildings along busy bus stops, amongst the modern hustle and bustle of a vibrant cosmopolitan metropolis, attracting its own rushed city dwellers as much as diverse ecstatic foreign visitors, breathing in the air of an enigmatic civilisation, making the hype of central London so inviting and attractive to so many.
My new found passion for public speaking conducted by others, experts in their own fields, informing, highlighting and educating us all on what matters most in today's maladjusted world and struggling nations with an array of current political turmoils, extended economic crisis, widespread business shortfalls, constraint limited resources, increasing personal hardships, and the need to illuminate us all on what best could be done to make things better in our life, improve on standard practices at work, and achieve more beneficial outcomes in community services, should we all come together in thoughtful contributions and mindful suggestions, to making the most of what it means to be decent and civil, to be plain human, endowed with the gift of life, entrusted to nurture in growth and stability, a sustained healthy existence into a flourishing nation and a glorious civilisation!...Thus, embracing all and each of us, diverse and inclusive in all its positive nuances, fused for the benefit of all regardless of background, shade or shape...but in respect of these very differences making us whole again...
No wonder, these lectures have somehow a kind of magnetic effect on me!...
Very much like so many others coming in drove by the look of the extended common long queues expected at the doors, and packed venues as HE students, academics, professionals, and all sorts of people coming together from various sections of the society to form an avid audience, eager to know, learn, discuss and explore just like me, the issues being highlighted on the spot light for that evening.
My educational experience and personal understanding of some of those vital insights being debated on the LSE stages have been all interesting and thought provoking! Many of those sensitive issues, major controversies, divergent policies, and convergent view points challenge the norms of best practice, contrasting these against the best strategies to take and future beneficial course of actions to follow and implement...
All these intensified arguments for or against, expanded and elaborated from different and at times differing vantage points of views. For many in the audience, just like me, these are a great eye opener to consider and reflect upon!
These should make us rethink, review and reevaluate our current understanding, our conceptions and misconceptions! How far are we each in agreement or disagreement? How far are we concerned, involved and actually compelled to making a difference...
Sometimes it's great just being there, next to so many, simply making the efforts to try and understand aspects being discussed we might know a bit about, have touched the surface, but really sometimes ignorant about some of its deeper implications and ramifications at large and in practice...Making an effort to understand the unknown brings us closer to understanding better ourselves, the people around us and the deeply intricate world and weird environment we live in!
Keeping our distance, building walls and remaining indifferent and remote can work for some...I guess for quite many sometimes! But for those seeking a more meaningful existence, daring to question and challenge... crossing the line away from one's comfort zone can cause a sudden unpleasant jolt, but maybe...who knows, it might be the only way to move forward!
These debates can take so long, finding ways to resolve all these complicated issues will in many cases take months and years, and some might never be resolved at all!!...
Once all have packed, voices dimmed down and all are gone, walking back home in the much cooler evenings lately, these make me reflect upon all the troubles and concerns people must carry with them over a life time!
All these issues put forward here should make us think in a truly more constructive and responsible way! It should make us all react in various positive ways!
Most of the time, I find myself leaving these informative and educational LSE venues with a great boost and positive resolve to perhaps do my bit to make things better in my own small way...
Thinking about it, the best each can do when leaving these open public venues, spurring more people into proactive actions, helping themselves helping others, with each turning to those around them in need, every cause, ailment, hiccup, and impasses where the cherished private and much protected personal can be made to spill over with positive abundance onto the public scene to lend a helping hand, establish a fortitude connection, and perhaps succeed in making things happen for the better...
One could only hope that the same positive effects would encourage others to feel the same... Each driven to be better citizens, form better communities and be a better nation as a consequence:)
Perhaps then the Personal Engagement in Citizenship Responsibility, Agency and Accountability get to be better understood to be realised, by privately getting to be upheld and respected by all in order to be reflected as a general public consensus in good civil behaviour... Organisations, institutions, governments and public establishments, with all the people who run them, get to become more thoughtful of the consequences, mindful of the decision-making, visionary of the future with all the subsequent positive effects and resourceful outcomes taking place as a result, creating the exact auspicious conditions expected and hoped for:)
Will definitely be discussing these a bit more separately later on in future posts!
For now, Keira is calling! She babbles and makes sweet sounds, stretches and yawns a lot!...Recently, it's been wonderful to see her beautiful wide smile as she is slowly starting to react to our warm chatter, affectionate tunes, and all the beautiful love we've been blessed with since her cherished arrival into our life:)
A Big Yawn :)
In the park with mummy & daddy:)
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