Pole, pole!

People who speak Swahili, will recognize this immediately. ;-)

It is used quite a lot here!

It means something like, slowly, take it easy, take your time for things,

and that's exactly what I am doing.

Slowly starting the process of getting my Tanzanian licence current.

As I stated in my last blog I need that for conversion to a Kenyan licence.

I will have to some exams here and again also in Kenya.

Pole pole...

Last thursday, I went to the TCAA (Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority) here in Dar, 

It costed me a  whole day... First got stuck for 2 hours in traffic, then spent 2 hours 

in the office of the TCAA and again 2 hours on the road again to the MAF-office.

For your info: The distance between MAF-office and TCAA is "only" 25 kilometers.

                

During the time spent on the road, I have seen all kind of strange manoeuvres...

Maybe they were not strange, but I forgot how it was... ;-) 

                

But it is survival of the fittest! Just push it... and your luck with it...

If you do it with some care and know the gaps you can merge 

reasonably quick into a moving lane.

But sometimes traffic comes to a stand-still especially at crossings.

and then it takes some time to get moving again.

Pole pole...

Tomorrow I have to fly again, "familiarisation-flying" but the pilot I do the training 

with got a text-message that he possibly would have a "medevac"  (medical evacuation)

of 4 patients. I could go along as a medical escort, we will see... 

               

The training can wait.

I hope something can be arranged for those patients.

Pole pole!

We can cause ourselves so much stress easily.

Not necessary at alll! Don't you think?

Time is relative, and will go on, ofcourse we have to set goals and so

but if something is not working out the way we planned it, many times it causes anxiety and

unnecessary stress and we lose not only time but also our patience and even we lose control...

I have been confronted again with this and learned again that we shouldn't stress out!

Certainly not when it is self inflicted!! Sometimes a step back is necessary, 

and slowly getting ahead might be better then forcing things ahead!

Pole pole!

That makes me think of wise old Solomon who wrote a lot about time. 

"What do workers gain from their toil?"

Do we not live our lives with asking too much of ourselves?

I would say: take it easy and especially try to look for the meaning of your life!

Pole pole!

I found it, already a long time ago, when I was a teenager... and live my life with the 

knowledge that I don't have to arrange everything and have ultimate control,

but can seek for advise and rest by the Source of life!

                 

Wish you all the Best, take it easy, 

do everything: Pole, pole!!

Until the next blog!

Warm greetings from

   Herman in Dar es Salaam