"A abstração da paisagem do deserto acabou por me purificar,
deixando minha mente vazia, com sua vastidão imensa.  Era um estado que
se alcançava não apenas pela soma do pensamento nesse vazio,
mas também pela subtração.  Na debilidade da vida na terra
estava espalhada a força do céu, vasta, linda e vigorosa."

Why You Should Travel Young

    As we get older, life can just sort of happen to us. Whatever we end up doing, we often end up with more responsibilities, more burdens, more obligations. This is not always bad. In fact, in many cases it is really good. It means you’re influencing people, leaving a legacy.

    Youth is a time of total empowerment. You get to do what you want. As you mature and gain new responsibilities, you have to be very intentional about making sure you don’t lose sight of what’s important. The best way to do that is to make investments in your life so that you can have an effect on who you are in your later years.

Traveling to discover the beauty of life.

 The only way you can relate is by seeing them.

While you’re young, you should travel. You should take the time to see the world and taste the fullness of life. These are the moments that define the rest of your life; they’re the experiences that stick with you forever.

Traveling will change you like little else can. It will put you in places that will force you to care for issues that are bigger than you. You will begin to understand that the world is both very large and very small. You will have a newfound respect for pain and suffering, having seen that two-thirds of humanity struggle to simply get a meal each day.

While you’re still young, get cultured. Get to know the world and the magnificent people that fill it. The world is a stunning place, full of outstanding works of art. See it.

You won’t always be young. And life won’t always be just about you. So travel, young person. Experience the world for all it’s worth. Become a person of culture, adventure, and compassion. While you still can.

Do not squander this time. You will never have it again. You have a crucial opportunity to invest in the next season of your life now. Whatever you sow, you will eventually reap. The habits you form in this season will stick with you for the rest of your life. So choose those habits wisely.

And if you’re not as young as you’d like (few of us are), travel anyway. It may not be easy or practical, but it’s worth it. Traveling allows you to feel more connected to your fellow human beings in a deep and lasting way, like little else can. In other words, it makes you more human.

Música Árabe

"O que me encanta na música árabe é o convite ao improviso, oportunidade para vivenciarmos nossos sons e silêncios interiores."

"O que mais me encanta na música árabe é sua capacidade de fazer surgir um sorriso aberto e lágrimas nos olhos, de ser combustível que inflama a alma e move o corpo, que inspira esse mesmo corpo a ser e a viver."

"A música árabe me encanta
Toda a vez que beduíno canta
Me encanta o suave alaúde
Pois, tem leveza e atitude!

Me encanta o kannun, este instrumento
Repleto de sentimento,
Que retira qualquer tipo de sofrimento!

Me encanta a flauta chamada Nay
Pois, ao som dela viro um colibri
E sou capaz de hipnotizar a serpente,
Na mais delicada Dança do Ventre !

Me encanta o oriental tambor
Chamado tabel,
Pois seu ritmo é o amor,
Que eleva a alma ao céu."