Things can change...

I did not believe that the current situation in Lebanon could suddenly change for the better..

But it did.

And we are now on a new path, leading to what may be the nicest summer in Lebanon since February 2005 where Hariri got killed in a huge car explosion. I will not remind you of the horrors and killings and fear and suffocation that we have been through since 2005, but will only say that we are finally breathing. We were living our lives with low oxygen, low expectation, low planning, low hope, low everything. and now we are given a new bottle of oxygen mixed with hope, strategies, planning, future, smiles and laughter. But we still need a shot of vitamines to energize us and make us truly believe that the bad part is over and we are in the good part now.

We also need to forgive the bad part. This is very difficult. But very crucial. It might take a while, and it might be the most difficult thing to do for those of us who have suffered the most. but it is needed. Peace cannot prevail without forviness.

I will start forgiving as of today, but will not forget what has happened to us, and will try to remember all of this and try to teach my kids to be better than us so that they are able to prevent history to repeat itself and maybe create a history that their kids could be proud of.