Do not climb a tree to look for a fish
Walking down the Naama Bay promenade, I stopped to get my favourite ice-cream from Vanilla during my lunch break. I had an hour to burn. The weather was beautiful. As I was quietly enjoying my favourite Sinai morning sunshine, and ice-cream, I came across one of my mum’s old friends. I always loved this woman – she was always so soothing to talk to and be around. When mum and I would fight, she was always the one to bring back the peace. I haven’t seen this woman in 12 years.
We chatted for hours, remembering all the good days that we had, and how wonderful and terrific life was back then. Then there was the bit about doing business in sharm, and how difficult or easy it can be – depending on which wave you are riding. Then it turned into the complaining session about the usual – you know, the whole set of complaints about how life in Sharm is this, or that, umm.. the people in Sharm this and that , - the usual conversation that unfortunately daunts our minds. If you have been in Sharm long enough, you often find yourself having this same conversation for no defined reason. It drives me mad.
She looked at me with a smile on herself, and said, “ … you know you never change. You are just as you were when I last saw you. You always think you know it all, and if you don’t know it all, you will continue questioning why you don’t know it all. It is much more simple that that. Focus. Do not climb a tree to look for a fish.”
I was left flabbergasted by this sentence so simple. That’s exactly it. That was the mistake I was making. I kept looking for the fish, only not in the sea.
I am grateful for that awakening.
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