Last week, and as a fruitful result of my friends hard working efforts to group us all together, we went down to have some late lunch, and enjoy the sunset at the dead sea, up through the mountains at an isolated outing called Panorama!
Am usually not a fan of such places, I’ve been there once before, and although it was a peaceful and pleasant, I couldn’t help but wonder that the sunny skies, and extreme humidity of the place would ruin the atmosphere...
How wrong was I!
I probably haven’t stressed this point enough to my friends, but the view is SPECTACULAR, the last time (and actually the only time) that I went there was after dark, and although you could sense the beauty of the sea at night, you couldn’t see it right, but this time it was different, up from the sides of the mountains were the restaurant/museum (yes there is one) resides we enjoyed a slight breeze while staring at the sea that managed to flow effortlessly.
There is something about the sea that grips you, it’s one of those places where you can easily site, stare, and get lost in your own thoughts, I guess I understood the “talking to the sea” part.
This brings me back to a conversation I had with a friend of mine the other day,
We were discussing Jordan, Palestine and the complex relationship that they have, I can say that I have a neutral view on the subject (I didn’t have a grip on the reality of the conflicts that were between the two till my early university years, my world consisted of my semi exclusive circassian school that didn’t help much!), anyho, the conversation did lead up to further talks about the nature of the people of our country, and you cannot disagree, we are grumpy most of the time, and hardly smile.
Can that be traced back to the rough nature of our country, I mean think of it this way, the Lebanese have their share of the sea and natural resources, same goes for Syria & Egypt, while if you look at our country, we mostly come from Bedouin tribes that roamed the country looking for resources, mainly water, and that must have toughened their life styles, because the surroundings were also rough, they had to be.
I know there are exceptions to this, but I can’t help but see it relating directly to this.
Can a multi hundred years of a rough style change who you are? Tell me what do you think...
