I twisted my little finger, but I'll try to write anyway ...
People from 184 countries in the world have visited my site here. That's out of a total of 196 in all! ... so I'm only 12 countries away from being a miniature United Nations in my own right! ... and it has become a much cherished aspiration to get those missing countries too ... and what a reward that would be to one day be able to say that I have friends from every country and every corner of the earth, from the whole world!
I know that some of my visitors may have come by chance, clicked then departed the moment they came in. I know that there may even be a few who may not consider themselves 'friends', but I don't mind that either. After all I only have myself to offer and that's all I can give; ups, downs, good and bad, sane sometimes, others not ... but then, this is me, and no one straight liner here ... so, thank you all for, well, bearing with me ....
... and the majority do return, lucky me ... actually, veeery lucky me! ... and I hope those who do not consider me a friend still, wherever and whoever you are, you will eventually become my friends too, please. That would really be an incredible achievement and a positive plus, and reward, don't you think? I sincerely hope so :-)
Thank you for visiting 'World', and before I forget ...
My friends, with all my spelling mistakes, and despite the fact that I can't even write proper, I don't know what is it that I give you that make you come visit, but I know
I love you all... and I am very glad you visit too ... and mybe you like spotting my spelling mistakes, or my grammar ...Maybe that's it, is it?! :-)And now that I have affirmed my love to you ...
My dearest hope is that one day soon the world will finally manage to live like you and me here, in loving peace together regardless of who, where, what or when. Sure I know that there will always be disagreements over one thing or another between different groups, tribes and cultures, but I sincerely hope that in our now civilised and connected world, we will learn from and about each other enough, the majority of those troubles will soon be solved and sorted. Not by the power of guns and gerenades but by the power of understanding and therefore, by the application of reason.
... and I can hear you asking, what if one side does not listen to the voice of reason? ... and my answer is 'Fairness', apply fairness and the voice of reason will be heard loud and very clear - please acknowledge that people facing a threat from someone's arsen themselves will always seek arsen too. To be fair, you can't ask one to give it up and not the other and if there was more will and courtesy to be fair, there would be much less fear and therefore much less conflict in the world in the first place - and much less arsen, and much less hostility that only leads to radicalisation, terrorism, hate ... and, for most of the time, peace would prevail and last too.For peace, fairness is the answer, not war ...With fairness, I want 'Ausssterity cuts' applied to reduce conflict too - well, you know what I mean; a concerted global effort to reduce and get rid of trouble well before it escalates With more dialogue, more second chances, even country councilling too before things get out of hand. With the will and ability of our leaders and the support of us the people, I am sure we can much reduce, even rid ourselves of our debts and of our fighting too ... and make mother earth a happier mother land for all.I have experienced the horror of war in 1967 when I was a tall child living in Egypt. I remember vividly the high pitch sirens in the middle of the night and the fear as my family ran to switch off all lights and then huddle together hoping no bombs would fall and hit us where we are, and they did not, elsewhere but not us. But the fear and it's memory lasts ... war kills, both body and/or soul, and it is heart breaking!Then, even as a child, I couldn't understand the purpose; why were all these mothers screaming over the loss of a spouse or a son, nor did I understand why the carnage or see th logic in both ... I still don't. Even from that young age and despite all the war propaganda, I've always felt for those mothers who lost dear ones on the other side, or the enemy of that deadly fight too. Then I used to wonder; why don't those in charge who don't like each other so much go fight themselves somewhere far, and to their hearts delight, and leave us innocent people alone?! Decades latter, I still feel the same.With the Egyptian revolution, and the many similar events erupting around the Middle East and all the chaos and all the violence, this year has not been an easy one for me, having spent it either in London worried sick about my elderly parents in Cairo for the first six months, then the second half I spent with my parents and away from my family in London. Either way, it was no holiday and I was worried sick and still am now that I am back and they are in Egypt. I am now always anticipating I may have to run bak again if need be. In a situation like that, one is forced to let go of one's daily routine and make and ask others to make sacrifices and I did both. But then I am lucky, in that in London, my children took over my various commitments despite the demands of their own lives. In Egypt, one of my parents is now in a care for the elderly home, mainly because being an only child, I felt it was too much to ask other extended family members to take full responsibility for both, and I was not able to find trustworthy carers to stay home with both either, hence the one and one situation ... and I am here in London now but I don't know if that arrangement will work, and if it doesn't, what is next? On top of that, things happen there and everybody talks, and you don't know what, or where is the truth or who should you believe and who not. Then that mental muddle does take it's toll at the end ... and that's just the effects of a revolution on one luckier than most others 'in it' persons, and not a fully blown war that torments as well as kills civilian and soldiers alike and breaks homes and hearts on the way too ...With all the turmoil and the turbulence around be it economic or political world, the threat of more war does scare me very much. That's one of the reasons why I search for hope and why I listen and keep copies of our parliamentary sessions here. It's because I am a fan of our Prime Minister whom I have always felt he wants and works towards applying more fairness in his policy be it internally or in his foreign policy around the world. By posting them here, I also hope others will take note and learn from our oldest and best democracy in the world . I won't forget either that while on his way to do business for Britain in Kuwait, he made the extra effort and was the first Top World Leader to visit Egypt to support the people after Mubarak was made to leave office. He is still the one western, or otherwise, prominent leader most involved with the Egyptians. I am personally very grateful for that sentiment and support and always felt that those I met with in Egypt are appreciative of his constant support and effort to help ...IMO, that's the basis of David Cameron's foreign policy, he wants to be the world's friend and with that he wants people to have the opportunity to choose and decide for themselves and in doing that, to help themselves stand on their own feet and prosper with it too ... and then maybe one day soon, the whole world will become one Big Society 'in it together' sharing the same values regardless of nationality, faith, creed or colour too. I feel this is PM's dream, and it is my dream too, hence, I wish him every success in all his endeavours in this regard.... and now, a special thank you to my American friends, who make the majority of my visitors here. You know, I have been to your country a few times and have always had a brilliant time, every time, and what hospitality, always! I am now hoping to return soon for another visit maybe even as soon as a few months away and as soon as a happy extended family event is organised. I want to also say that I know you have a good man at heart at the top, so there is no anti-sentiment here despite the disagreement with foreign policy sometimes. I also felt while in Egypt that there is none of that in the hearts of the majority of Egyptians either. Rather, we, as well as others around the Middle East, were hoping for more after his extending a hand of friendship in that very positive Cairo speech when he took office. He then became hope of a breath of fresh air and since what he says, and does, shapes lives, we desparately wanted that cooperation so that the whole of the Middle East can at long last live in peace and prosper together instead of being at each other's throat all the time.This hope for Middle East peace has been a dream of mine since that 1967 war when I was a child and although I now feel a bit of a threat of more war, I hope this reaffirmation of the 'special friendship' between Britain and America will succeed in overcoming that problem, as well as others, with real fairness, other peaceful means and diplomacy. Not only would that be good for the sake of the peoples involved, and both our countries, but for the peace and stability of the peoples of the whole world too.Let's hope, and thanks for visiting World ...... and I am waiting for those from the countries who haven't been to come visit cos I too want to be friend of the whole world, please
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