Talk Show 2.0 is back, more 2.0 than ever!

After a long break that seemed like ages, and following the cancellation of my trip to Turkey, the weblog Talk Show 2.0 resumes its activity for all the Talk Show attendants and the World Wide Web visitors. 

During the months that passed, the world has undergone drastic changes, akin to the type of which we usually expect to take place within a year or two. The major changes in the Arab world have resulted in insurmountable attention being given to the reformations that will ultimately determine the future of diplomacy all across the globe. 

Another major event was the now false-prediction of the end of the world on May 21st, well …I do not know what to say really, but the world did not come to an end as was predicted by so many mumbo jumbo prophecies that were out there just to prove that instead of being concerned with when the world is going to come to an end, we ought to simply get a life that is focused on the present. 

Despite all that happened, I for one, as an optimist, consider the world a better place for everyone simply because what we have less of these days are autocracies, censorship, driving without paying attention to the gas consumption, fatally ill children, and dogmatism; on the other hand, what we have more nowadays include but is not limited to education, public awareness, advanced technologies, more means for changing our way of thinking for the better, and of course iPads. 

For those of you who have taken the recent apocalyptic movies, and media buzz seriously, I have to mention that if one truly lives a complete life, every single day, he or she would act as though today could be the last day, then there is no such thing as worry for an apocalypse that will probably never come. 

WE ARE BACK, HAPPIER AND YELLOWER THAN EVER!
It is time to get our lives back on track, so as Nike puts it: Let us all “JUST DO IT”

Next time you were in your bed at night with your thoughts wandering about the concept of  doomsday, apocalypse, and the fact that tomorrow the world could come to an end please consider the following: 

As you are lying in your bed at night, it is already morning in Australia!

The real Apocalypse is going through your daily lives without noticing the limitless treasures that are scattered around you, the real apocalypse is having no one to love, the real apocalypse is having no concrete purpose, the real apocalypse is living in the past or the future, the real apocalypse is the desire to take rather than give, the real apocalypse is the belief that we need someone-else to come to our rescue instead of trying to change ourselves, and most of all, the real apocalypse is transferring our apocalyptic thoughts to others.



There simply cannot, and will not, be an Apocalypse out there, unless there is an apocalypse inside of you, so instead of worrying about the future try to fix the present.     


The best way to rectify the present is becoming happier and raising the aptly named Happy Planet Index that Nic talked about in his magnificent speech at TED. The recipe for a strong Apocalypse-antidote is well-mentioned in THE FORESIGHT PROGRAM:

1-CONNECT  [to other people]
2-BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE  [we are meant to be in motion]
3-TAKE NOTICE OF THE LITTLE THINGS  [do not take things for granted]
4-KEEP LEARNING  [the secret to becoming healthy, wealthy, and wise]
5-GIVE  [the biggest joy in the world]

So everyone: Just Do IT.