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Last year, shortly after October 7, I started becoming nervous about the situation.
I was feeling so scared and concerned that I bought a ticket to Germany.
But I didn’t feel any better there — I was constantly thinking about my family, my house, my garden, my pet, my friends, my neighbors, and my life in Lebanon.
You get more nervous outside than being here and facing the challenges and living it because, outside, you have a million pictures in your head and you don’t know what is really happening.
It’s not an easy life, living in Lebanon, but you have to adapt it. I have.
We’ve faced many internal problems lately — the economic crisis, COVID-19 came, and the blast in 2020.
If you’re a very anxious person, it’s the wrong country for you.
Staying, for now
Now, in this current situation, I will continue to adapt and stay here for as long as I possibly can.
Of course, if things get worse, I’ll have no choice but to leave.
The moment I feel like the situation has become totally uncontrollable, I’ll take my luggage and go.
If Iran gets involved, for example, then it definitely could very quickly spiral out of control. Then, you don’t know what could happen, and it could get really dangerous.
That is the point I would leave.
Right now, we are walking a very thin line, I know this, but I have to have faith.
For myself, I really have to wait until that point.
Of course, you don’t want to wait until the very last moment and have to be evacuated. Nobody wants this.
But nobody knows what exactly the future holds. When I feel like it’s getting too intense, I’ll need to find a way out.
But we all hope that it doesn’t come to that.