You meet a lot of people while ironing pants.
On a recent visit to Geneva I was pressing clothes in a hotel ironing room and sharing iron boards - so to speak - with Hussien from Bahrain.
Hussien was in Geneva as part of a delegation to address the United Nations Human Rights Commission. He passionately outlined his hopes for more democracy and personal liberties in the Gulf States.
Rights we take for granted in the West, including the right to communicate about anything anytime, are not always available in other parts of the world.
I wished Hussein well for his presentation to the world body. And reflected that his presentation would be far more important than any I have ever made in my career.
Sometimes we all need wake up calls to remind us what's really important in life.
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