Les questions du jour

lundi 1 février 2010

Publié par red.impala // à lundi, février 01, 2010 //

Les questions du jour

The first question that crossed my mind this morning when I opened my eyes was "How am I gonna dress today?" It was one of the most urgents to solve as soon as I got out of bed. A day is then full of questions and decisions.

Who was the lady from South Africa on the phone? Should I buy the annual ticket or the monthly one? Is it necessary to give "the destiny" a push or life is going to happen by its own?* = proactive or passive? Should I pierce this white little bubble on my thumb? What shall we do with these flights? Did my brother come back safe from Paris? Am I going to that GBU camp at the end of March? Is India really a good idea?

were some questions of the day - most of them still waiting for an answer -
and now I'm tired ... time to rest :) tomorrow will be a new day!

* well this one needs a comment: what I mean here by destiny is more the sequence of events in life. I don't believe in destiny as the hidden power controlling what will happen in the future. Yes, I'm convinced that every single thing that happen is known to God: He is omniscient and this includes by definition that He has the knowledge of the future; He has also everything under control but this doesn't mean He is going to intervene on everything. In deed God gave us the entire freedom and thus the full responsibility to choose for ourselves what we want to do with our lifes! This question of decision making is therefore complex as it involves both the sovereignty of God (in and on my life : I trust him and don't want to go against his will) and my own judgement coming from the freedom I was granted.

You don't need to wait for the telegram...

Ce matin-là, le monde commençait pour nous à s’émouvoir. L’opérateur de T. S. F. nous remit enfin un télégramme : deux pylônes, plantés dans le sable, nous reliaient une fois par semaine à ce monde: Courrier France-Amérique parti de Toulouse 5 h 45 stop. Passé Alicante 11 h 10. (...) En dix minutes, la nouvelle nous parvenait par Barcelone, par Casablanca, par Agadir, puis se propageait vers Dakar. Sur cinq mille kilomètres de ligne, les aéroports étaient alertés. (...) Un moteur grondait quelque part. De Toulouse jusqu’au Sénégal on cherchait à l’entendre.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Courrier Sud.

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Inspiration (2): Impalas

An impala is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language meaning "gazelle".

Impala range between 73 and 92 cm (29 and 36 in) tall. Average mass for a male impala is 46 to 76 kg (100 to 170 lb), while females weigh about 35 to 50 kg (77 to 110 lb). They are normally reddish-brown in color (hence the Afrikaans name of "Rooibok"), have lighter flanks and white underbellies with a characteristic "M" marking on the rear. Impalas are an ecotone species living in light woodland with little undergrowth and grassland of low to medium height. They have an irregular distribution due to dependence on free water, soils with good drainage with firm footing and moderate or less slope. While they are usually close to water in the dry season, they can go weeks without drinking when they have access to green vegetation.

Impalas are adaptable foragers. They usually switch between grazing and browsing depending on the season. During wet seasons when grasses are green and growing they graze. During dry seasons it browses foliage, shoots, forbs and seeds. It can also adapt to different habitats by being a grazer in one habitat a browser in another. Leopards, cheetahs, lions and wild dogs prey on impala.

see also: http://impala-nomade.blogspot.com/2007/08/trs-prcisement.html

Impala Nomade

lundi 1 février 2010