Use LOVE to win this revolution in LEBANON....

8 March 2022 | Emotional intelligence, Happiness, Leadership, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Motivational speaker, Personal Development, Positive thinking, Self Help, Self-Mastery, Wellbeing

A positive approach to the revolution

I am a Lebanese... As per my closest circle, a Lebanese, BALA MOKH...
A Lebanese, who sees beauty In everything....
A Lebanese in love with life...
A Lebanese who did not appreciate Lebanon except after living in 2 major cities, and traveled to so many more....

Today, I have taken the decision to stay home... I have decided not to go with the flow.... I have decided to ان اغرد خارج السرب.
A very conscious decision based on a state of mind I have been living and experiencing for a while..

Let me start by stating our reality.... A reality that we were taught and programmed to believe... It is a global reality.... Where we seem to be victims ALL THE TIME....
I just need to note, I do not belong to any political school... I do not mean to offend anyone by my words.... I just need to share a view, only me is able to see at this stage...
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My love for this country  started when I was 3 years old, my parents decided to leave Sydney, where I was born to move back to our country of origin, Lebanon...
In the past 17 years, I was dealing with my own dilemnas and giving myself all the excuses in the world to blame and complain about every aspect of my life...
Until few years back when I decided to elevate myself....
At the very center of my pain were ideas coming from, how I saw myself compared to people around me.... The way I judged myself... The way I judged people around me.. The way I judged my country.... I was so unsettled....
Until the day came when I realized that as a human being, there are things I can control and things I can not control....
And when I was not being able to control, I lead myself to despair... To depression and sadness...
This is when I stopped.... A full stop.... A stop that made me look up and promise God to be ready every single day to meet him....
But the dilemma was: how can I be ready to meet him???
He gave me an amazing life at birth... Look at me now!!! ... Is that a way to say thank you for giving me the chance to be on that journey??? I was committed from that second to be ready at anytime... To go back to peace.... The peace I started with, when I was a baby....

Which lead to how I started exercising Selflove, gratitude and mindfulness, to stay on the right track... I devoted my energy to move on a different level, where I was flying every single Second of my day... And this is when I was decided to make a difference, especially for the distressed..
My mission became to change the world one heart at a time...

By adopting peace as part of my life, by focusing on positive outcomes wherever I go, by living the moment to the extreme, I have raised my level of awareness to an amazing level, relatively to me.

Based on what I have shared above, I See the protests from a different angle:
1. Every single person should work on his/her internal peace before Blaming others for their unhappiness.
2. Believing in the power of God to inspire is a main player in this. A group prayer will make miracles. And this is why, a silent protest with candles, or a happy protest with music and dance can serve the outcome as long as positive attitude and believe in the change is there. (scientifically proven)
3. Based on a personal experience, when we believe in our unlimited potential and in our country's unlimited potential, things will fall in place. We should prevent focusing on what we do not have and start being grateful for what we have.
4. Being in peace internally will teach us a lesson of compassion... We will understand that we all make mistakes and only mistakes will teach us lessons.... We STOP JUDGING.

I have learnt, through experience, that we can never plan, or solve problems when we are dealing with a storm from the inside...
Do you really wish a better outcome in your life for yourself and your country???
Do you want to reach the peace I am talking about at home, in your own country before you think of migration???
Do you really want to change the political way in Lebanon???
1. Believe in yourself and be grateful
2. Believe in abundance and not scarcity. There is plenty for everyone.
3. Believe in Lebanon and in God.
4. Believe in your brother and sister, believe in your neighbor, believe in your fellow citizen.... Building trust is the first step to be on the same wave length...

We will move mountains, the minute we believe.... We will achieve the change without curse, without disrespect, without violence... We will have a new level of patriotism, a new level of citizens that will only be focused on a Flourishing Lebanon.

Drop those angry signs, drop this impolite speech.... Focus your energy on dreaming.... Focus your energy on falling in love with your life the way it is.... There is nothing worth it if we have to skip the journey today.... Focus your energy on the positive change.... And this is only when things will start moving forward all around you....
I moved back to Lebanon for good, less than a month ago.... I am completely in Love with this place.... 

My advice: " STOP THINKING HOW TO LEAVE.... STOP BLAING YOUR COUNTRY FOR YOUR STATUS.... START DREAMING TODAY...... START UNLEASHING YOUR UNTAPPED POTENTIAL..... WHEN WE MIGRATE, WE ONLY SUCCEED BECAUSE OF OUR BELIEF IN THE COUNTRY, AND NOT BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY..... IT IS A PLACEBO EFFECT..."

Dima Istambouli

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