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The paradoxes of being a "Servant-Leader":

Strong enough to be weak
Successful enough to fail
Busy enough to make time
Wise enough to say "I don't know"
Serious enough to laugh
Rich enough to be poor
Right enough to say "I'm wrong"
Compassionate enough to discipline
Mature enough to be childlike
Important enough to be last
Planned enough to be spontaneous
Controlled enough to be flexible
Free enough to endure captivity
Knowledgeable enough to ask questions
Loving enough to be angry
Great enough to be anonymous
Responsible enough to play
Assured enough to be rejected
Victdorious enough to lose
Industrious enough to relax
Leading enough to serve

Poem by Brewer - as cited by Hansel, in Holy Sweat, Dallas Texas, Word, 1987. (p29)

Ok, I haven't posted at all and I feel I need to catch up.

I'll try to start with the latest and go back into the past as much as I can, as time and will to sit in front of the computer permits.

So since I've arrived to Karlskrona, Sweden, I've been traveling quite a bit considering I'm here to study. I've already been to Kalmar, Växjö (yeah, good luck pronouncing this one), Stockholm, St. Petersburg and Poland.

( Here is Poland: )

Our event for the International Day of Climate Action - The Human Graph.



Check out the Time lapse video!

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust

Green Highlights:

( ... )

Now second impressions are already after the cruise. These impressions are much less rushed, less jet legged and much more restful.

( Second impressions... )

We had several hours in between flying into Copenhagen and sailing off on our cruise. Here are my first impressions:

( My first impressions... )

Enjoy!

Religulous

Best things about Toronto:
- Parents' house and all the perks that come with it
- Constant reunion parties!
- Direct flights from Israel ;)
- Never feeling bad for leaving
- 5 hour drive away from real culture aka Montreal

( Montreal on the weekend )

The state of our planet with beautiful footage...

http://www.youtube.com/homeproject

Shall I say it was a bike weekend again... or an end to my bike weekends...

How this: Leads to this:

Leads to me having a cultural weekend of jazz and flamenco while consuming foods, drinks and desserts of international cuisine.

My broken bike collection is increasing... My svalka:

It was a bike weekend!

Friday!
Started off with a slight fender-bender. My first! Combination of wet road, busy street, crazy taxi drivers, disappointment of not getting my free smoothie ))) and possibly reckless speed riding by me considering the above mentioned circumstances... Nah... that last one must me an exaggeration.
But all good, slight road rash on the elbow won't stop me riding on. And riding on I did - to Whistler!

Saturday!
Riding Whistler with the boys.



Followed by a farewell party with some cool jamming for our soon-to-be Go master.

Sunday!
Not done riding yet... Starting going down CBC I realized hardcore downhilling 2 days in a row is a little much. But there was no way back. I made it down in one piece, but can't say the same for my G-spot.

My beautiful G:


Close up on the wound:

Wow! Success of a weekend once again!

With the limited time that I have left in Vancouver I thought I should document my adventures in this beautiful city, so I can be jealous of myself when I'm far away.

Saturday!
After a night of partying, slightly hungover, I headed out to the Farmer's Market to acquire some local goodness. Some strawberries, honey and muffins later, headed home to get ready for departure. Dressed in white we set off for quite a ride. Bike to Horseshoe Bay, catch ferry to Gibsons, bike to Jazz Fest. Tons of sunshine, music, free food and awesome performance followed by beach, swimming and some nudity later, we headed back in style:

To finish it off, we biked back from Horseshoe Bay home to collapse into sweet joyful dreams.

Sunday!
Enough screwing around... I need some exercise! Brunswick Mountain was the chosen one. 3.5 hour hike up plus 1 hour detour and 1500 meter elevation gain later, a spectacular view! 360 degrees of OMG!





We came down just in time for our reward - potluck party! Awesome food (don't want to single anyone out, but so tasty pirog s kapustoi by a baker and a deliverer of the same name), awesome people, awesome times!!!

Some food for thought.

http://thegreenpages.ca/portal/bc/2009/05/a_crude_awakening_the_oil_cras.html

Displayed at the Toronto Design Exchange building.