{"id":21067,"date":"2022-08-16T20:53:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T23:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=21067"},"modified":"2022-08-16T21:15:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T00:15:32","slug":"one-of-the-simplest-pleasures-of-life-sitting-on-ones-balcony-to-appreciate-sunsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2022\/08\/16\/one-of-the-simplest-pleasures-of-life-sitting-on-ones-balcony-to-appreciate-sunsets\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the simplest pleasures of life: Sitting on one’s balcony to appreciate sunsets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With her permission, Bambi does not want to go to bed without sharing with you a beautiful picture taken earlier today in Lebanon by her sister Roula while sitting on her apartment’s balcony facing the Mediterranean sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A picture taken by journalist, author, and professor Roula Douglas
on her balcony in Beirut, Lebanon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bambi has already shared on her blog how much she appreciates sunsets (or after-sunset times) because they hold the promise of a new dawn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new dawn is a promise of a new hope. Is there anything more meaningful and powerful in life than the latter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of Bambi’s friends in town once said, dawns or mornings are a blessing as we open our eyes grateful that we are (still) alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, being alive, or rather feeling full of life, is highly rewarding. Indeed, every moment of our lives is usually worth living. Of course, this includes joyful, sad, or mixed moments of our lives, including grief journeys with their valuable lessons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without much philosophy, Bambi will stop here to share two songs about the sun. The first melody is by Dalida and it is called Soleil Soleil<\/em> [Sun, Sun<\/em>]. Believe it or not, Bambi still freshly recalls this TV moment, most likely in Germany, from 1984 (she was 12 years old back then).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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