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Note to Self chronicles the inspiring journey of an Armenian immigrant’s son and his endeavor to finding answers to his childhood struggles, dreams and life purpose in the midst of religious and ethnic wars coupled with social and economic challenges.
Admittedly, this is a challenging endeavor, and yet he set out to find his happiness among the least-searched paths. He has explored and searched for answers in most religions, philosophers, authors and people’s life experiences. He’s taken the most difficult roads and was left in darkness for some time due to constant internal battles and lack of self-compassion until he reached a point of no return, when he finally decided to face and conquer his fears and self-doubts. He’s done that by isolating and distancing himself for some time from home, family, work and friends while trying to reach, unveil and comprehend his deepest memories, emotions, self-reflections and harbored childhood feelings.
Eventually, as you will discover throughout this book, all the right questions gradually started to come to the surface at a time when he surrendered himself to God’s will, accepted his true-self with integrity and learned self-love.
All these steps have led to his soul’s awakening and have helped him realize the power within. With enough courage and faith to follow his path, he’s been discovering the secrets of the universe, which lied within his subconscious mind and heart, sowed by his ancestors since the beginning of time.
“Note to Self” is an important reminder to every one of us to take a step back and focus on the inner self first before dealing with the outer world.
The author, Ara Fernezian, will explore two simple and fundamental self-questions, something maybe each one of us should ask ourselves: How do you love yourself and others? What have you done so far to improve people’s lives?
Ara Fernezian
Ara Fernezian is an Armenian-Lebanese born on 4th May 1972 in Camp Amanos, Bouchrieh, Lebanon. Married to Ghada Khalil in 1997, Ara is a proud father of two, Paul and Alecia. In 1995, he left Lebanon to Abu Dhabi, when he was only 21, to fulfill his life-commitment promise to Ghada and to start his professional career. Ara is a self-made professional who reached his way up in the business world to become a senior executive to one of the largest corporations in the world. Managing globally renowned summits, forums, and exhibitions attended by global leaders, Ara became later a social entrepreneur; an advocate for sustainability, climate change and youth empowerment; and a yoga teacher. Since his teenage years, he has dreamt of becoming a positive change-maker in the society by contributing to youth empowerment in the Arab world and Armenia, building hope in reducing unemployment and helping in raising a conscious and compassionate future generation that supports sustainability and human progress.
