E o întâmplare a fiinţei mele
şi atunci fericirea dinlăuntrul meu
e mai puternică decât mine, decât oasele mele,
pe care mi le scrâşneşti într-o îmbrăţişare
mereu dureroasă, minunată mereu.
Să stăm de vorbă, să vorbim, să spunem cuvinte
lungi, sticloase, ca nişte dălţi ce despart
fluviul rece în delta fierbinte,
ziua de noapte, bazaltul de bazalt.
Du-mă, fericire, în sus, şi izbeşte-mi
tâmpla de stele, până când
lumea mea prelungă şi în nesfârşire
se face coloană sau altceva
mult mai înalt şi mult mai curând.
Ce bine că eşti, ce mirare că sunt!
Doua cântece diferite, lovindu-se amestecându-se,
două culori ce nu s-au văzut niciodată,
una foarte de jos, întoarsă spre pământ,
una foarte de sus, aproape ruptă
în înfrigurata, neasemuita luptă
a minunii că eşti, a-ntâmplării că sunt.
Ce bine ca eşti – Nichita Stanescu
miercuri, 29 decembrie 2010
duminică, 19 decembrie 2010
50 Questions to Ask Yourself
1. How do you really feel about what you are doing right now at this exact moment?
2. What is your fondest childhood memory? Who was there? What was going on?
3. How comfortable are you in your home?
4. How comfortable are you in your town/city? State?
5. What kind of weather do you like?
6. Do you believe you can have your cake and eat it, too? Why or why not?
7. What is one quality about your parent(s) that you really loved?
8. What is one quality about your parent(s) that you really do not like?
9. Do you like what you are doing for money?
10. What do you feel is your greatest skill?
11. What do you feel is your greatest personality trait?
12. Do you feel like anything in your life is holding you back from ultimate joy? List everything.
13. Write a paragraph or two about your ideal weekend/time away from work. Include location, sights, smells, food, activities, and people.
14. How close are you in proximity to the people you absolutely adore the most?
15. What do you want out of life?
16. How do you think people will remember you, when you die?
17. How do you want people to remember you, when you die?
18. Write your epitaph - the sentence you would want to appear on your grave.
19. What is one thing you could do today, this week, this month, or this year to get a step closer to creating the legacy in #17?
20. How do you feel about your home furnishings?
21. Do you have a hobby that you like to do but you don’t get paid for? What is it?
22. Does money hold you back from anything? What does it hold you back from? Be very specific.
23. What do you think of passionate people?
24. Do you know anyone who you feel is living their dream? Who? What do they do all day and night? Be very specific.
25. Do you think you can be completely satisfied living where you do right now?
26. What do you want to accomplish?
27. Do you want to change your career?
28. Do you wish you lived closer to a certain someone or group of people?
29. Do you wish you lived in a foreign country or a far away state?
30. What are three things that you do everyday that make you totally happy?
31. What do you want to pass on to your children?
32. What is something you have never tried but would like to?
33. Are there things in life you wish you could reverse or make right?
34. Do you feel like you have enough money to live the way you want to?
35. Are you happy when you think about the upcoming day and all that it comes with?
36. What do you find challenging?
37. What do you find thrilling?
38. What are three memories you haven’t yet created but you would like to?
39. Do you feel energized when you work?
40. Do you feel creative when you work?
41. Describe what you consider work, and what you consider play. What are the differences?
42. Do you feel blessed or lucky to wake up each day? How can you get to that point?
43. If all of your debt was forgiven tomorrow, and you had a completely clean slate, what is the very FIRST thing you would change about your life?
44. Where are three places you have always thought about living but never did?
45. When do you want to retire?
46. Is there an award or accolade you have always dreamed of winning or being recognized for?
47. If you could learn how and money was not an issue, is there anything else you would do for work besides what you are doing now? Be specific.
48. List three things you would immediately change about your work day if you were the boss (assumes you are not the boss).
49. List three things you would immediately start doing on the weekends if you had the money.
50. Imagine it is a big holiday and you are with your loved ones and you are living what you truly love. When they ask what you have been doing, what do you say in reply?
2. What is your fondest childhood memory? Who was there? What was going on?
3. How comfortable are you in your home?
4. How comfortable are you in your town/city? State?
5. What kind of weather do you like?
6. Do you believe you can have your cake and eat it, too? Why or why not?
7. What is one quality about your parent(s) that you really loved?
8. What is one quality about your parent(s) that you really do not like?
9. Do you like what you are doing for money?
10. What do you feel is your greatest skill?
11. What do you feel is your greatest personality trait?
12. Do you feel like anything in your life is holding you back from ultimate joy? List everything.
13. Write a paragraph or two about your ideal weekend/time away from work. Include location, sights, smells, food, activities, and people.
14. How close are you in proximity to the people you absolutely adore the most?
15. What do you want out of life?
16. How do you think people will remember you, when you die?
17. How do you want people to remember you, when you die?
18. Write your epitaph - the sentence you would want to appear on your grave.
19. What is one thing you could do today, this week, this month, or this year to get a step closer to creating the legacy in #17?
20. How do you feel about your home furnishings?
21. Do you have a hobby that you like to do but you don’t get paid for? What is it?
22. Does money hold you back from anything? What does it hold you back from? Be very specific.
23. What do you think of passionate people?
24. Do you know anyone who you feel is living their dream? Who? What do they do all day and night? Be very specific.
25. Do you think you can be completely satisfied living where you do right now?
26. What do you want to accomplish?
27. Do you want to change your career?
28. Do you wish you lived closer to a certain someone or group of people?
29. Do you wish you lived in a foreign country or a far away state?
30. What are three things that you do everyday that make you totally happy?
31. What do you want to pass on to your children?
32. What is something you have never tried but would like to?
33. Are there things in life you wish you could reverse or make right?
34. Do you feel like you have enough money to live the way you want to?
35. Are you happy when you think about the upcoming day and all that it comes with?
36. What do you find challenging?
37. What do you find thrilling?
38. What are three memories you haven’t yet created but you would like to?
39. Do you feel energized when you work?
40. Do you feel creative when you work?
41. Describe what you consider work, and what you consider play. What are the differences?
42. Do you feel blessed or lucky to wake up each day? How can you get to that point?
43. If all of your debt was forgiven tomorrow, and you had a completely clean slate, what is the very FIRST thing you would change about your life?
44. Where are three places you have always thought about living but never did?
45. When do you want to retire?
46. Is there an award or accolade you have always dreamed of winning or being recognized for?
47. If you could learn how and money was not an issue, is there anything else you would do for work besides what you are doing now? Be specific.
48. List three things you would immediately change about your work day if you were the boss (assumes you are not the boss).
49. List three things you would immediately start doing on the weekends if you had the money.
50. Imagine it is a big holiday and you are with your loved ones and you are living what you truly love. When they ask what you have been doing, what do you say in reply?
duminică, 5 decembrie 2010
Monkeys and Bannanas
Start with a cage containing five monkeys.
Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.
After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.
After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that's the way it's always been done round here.
And that, my friends, is how company policies and religion are made.
Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.
After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.
After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that's the way it's always been done round here.
And that, my friends, is how company policies and religion are made.
vineri, 3 decembrie 2010
Zi Nationala sau (Anti)propaganda? 1 decembrie d'un leu!
Azi am constientizat si eu iarna.
De obicei romanii nu-si constientizeaza anotimpul rece decat dupa 1 decembrie. 1 decembrie pare a fi din primii ani post-comunisti nimic altceva decat un prilej de a-ti lua un mini-concediu, de a face curatenie prin casa sau de a te intalnii cu prietenii la un vin fiert. Si spun "vin fiert" pentru ca e sezonul. Sunt prea constienta ca daca ne-am fi aliniat cumva istoric fracezilor si americanilor, sarbatorind-o cu fast vara, fast-ul s-ar fi transformat de mult in "fest"-ival incununat cu mici si bere, caci ce stie romanul sa faca mai bine decat sa bea, sa manance si sa "...". Iar asta ne-au dovedit-o chiar acum cativa ani Asociatia Manelistilor din Romania cantand chiar asa, pe 1 decembrie tocmai imnul sacru al romanului pe miorlaituri de manea, in plin Bucuresti, de fata cu presedintele nostru, nimeni altul decat taranoiul ala cu chelie care e primul la astfel de manifestari diplomatice, de rasunet balcanic si bauturi bachiane.
Anul asta marketing-ul (caci va vine sa credeti, chiar avem un marketing si pentru ziua nationala) a pus in prim-plan o alta problematica a nationalismului: emigrarea masiva a romailor in tarile mai calde si mai stabile financiar. TV-ul era plin de slogane de doi bani in genul "Mai raman? Mai roman!" sau "Romania trebuie sa prinda radacini! Fii tu primul!" presarate printre interviuri cu straini ce uite, domle, au ales sa traiasca in Romania. Noi de ce nu vrem sa le urmam exemplul, noi astia care de abia prindem Vestul de-un picior si zambim prosteste la speranta de a o lua de la capat intr-o tara in care lumea nu te scuipa in fata pe strada, dar iti zambeste, intr-un stat in care politica se intelege macar la nivel de cultura civica pe care cel mai retardat dintre cetateni o are?
Eu una nu vreau. Nu imi vreau tara, nu imi vreau imnul, nu imi vreau oamenii de geniu ce au avut intamplarea de a se naste pe acest teren uzurpat de soarta. Pentru ce le-as vrea? Pentru a ma lauda cu un Eminescu sau Stanescu sau Paunescu care in viata de fiece zi erau niste curvari, betivani, respectiv niste lichele si jeguri umane? Opera unui om nu-l defineste! Caracterul lui, insa da. Iar noi nu am fost niciodata si nu vom fi niciodata o natie cu coloana vertebrala: am fost si vom fi un neam de tradatori lipsiti de cauze, ce-si schimba culoarea politica dupa cum bate vantul sau isi ucide cu sange rece conducatorul sub pretextul unei revolutii spre o viata mai buna. E mai buna, bre, prosti cu mustar pe maieu si bere in mana?
Eu nu vreau sa fiu roman. Si nici european. De prea multe ori nu ma mai pot considera nici macar pamantean. Sunt un extraterestru printre oameni ce nu sunt umani.
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