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Joy is Job

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Hello God!

Thank You for our Sundays. We are enjoying our lives and the world around us together. Last Sunday we were preparing our kite to the first flight. The flight was superb. We were seeing in the sky together, our eyes were flying with our kite, we were walking hand in hand, joking and laughing  –  these moments were perfect and miraculous!

We are the happiest family in the world … because we have a discipline to keep ourselves happy. We are working on and building our happiness together. Joy is a job and William Glasser confirms this statement.

In “Positive Addiction” by William Glasser I am reading: “Each individual finds them (happiness) in his or her own way, but in general everyone finds them through: 1. love – that is,through loving and being loved, and 2. by doing something one believes is worthwhile.

To find the happiness we all desire we have to figure out: 1. what to do, 2. how to do it, and 3. where to get the strength to get it done.”

Where to get the strength to get finding happiness done? That is the question. “Positive addictions strengthen us and make our lives more satisfying”, William answers.

“It seemed that a positive addiction was something a person chose to do, did by himself\herself, took some discipline to do it, believed in what he/she did, and did it on a regular basis.

I was now convinced that positive addiction is a valid idea, that it is open to anyone who has the discipline to try it, that somehow or other it can help people to become a great deal stronger, and this strength can be used in any facet of their lives.

As I gathered data, I established the criteria for a positive addiction. It had to be something that definitely benefited you, that you did at least a half hour to an hour a day regularly that you became good at, that you believed in, and that you suffered withdrawal pain from if you tried to quit it.”

“The implication of positive addiction are wide. You can try to get involved in an activity that you believe in. If you get involved in it on a regular basis, are non-self-critical in the process, and your mind begins to spin out or transcend, you’ll eventually became addicted to the activity. Once addicted, you’ll grow stronger, and this strength will be available to be used in any way you wish to make your life better,” William Glasser wrote in 1976.

I am addicted to make my family happy by keeping myself in good state of body, mind and soul. I am positively addicted to playing the piano, learning French, reading, blogging, swimming, meditating, writing affirmations, baking with my daughter, cooking our favorite dishes. I honestly tell you that to keep myself in happy state demands on strong discipline. Even to laugh is a job sometimes it is hard especially when I am immersed in my ego. 🙂

“What they always seem to have that makes them strong is that no matter how many problems they face they rarely run out of options. Unlike the weak, who tend to give up and then choose symptoms to reduce their pain and perhaps later become addicted to get some pleasure in their lives, strong people never seem to be at the end of their rope. They almost never lock themselves into one pattern of thinking and behavior.”

I love that “never lock themselves into one pattern of thinking and behavior”. I am trying to think out of the box when I deal with my pessimism. I am strong enough to smile and meet my experience with grateful heart. The last sentence is from my affirmations I write every day, in reality I am not so perfect.

And, as Glasser says: “Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don’t like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don’t rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now.” That’s what strength is all about. The belief in ourselves and the strength to stand in the face of a challenge and not choose to give up.

Thank You for this possibility to share with you some wisdom from great person. Thank You for reading and being with me at this very moment. I do hope You are smiling now and with this easiness and light I am saying you “Good Night! I wish You to fly tonight!”

Below I am sharing some photos of our happy Sunday!

Start

 

Ready

 

Go

 

Keepfly

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The Arena

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Hello God!

Thank You for our happy Saturday. We are Your Masterpieces and we are creating with You and by Your Inspiration our happiest way in Universe.

As I promised yesterday tonight I am writing about books by Brene Brown. You know a second ago I tried to add a fit adjective to her name but I could not because I am on the verge of my fascination about her personality and creative works. She is just Brene Brown. I introduced with her on the TED conference two years ago. And I thought what the beautiful woman she is – light lives in her eyes and smile. I believe in every words she says and writes.

She writes about things which touch my own painful places: shame, vulnerability and acting on the arena. You know I am stay at home mother of 4 y.o. child who dreams about self actualization in future. Now my arena is here. This is my blog where I improve my English writing and expand my knowledge in different areas and ect. I think it is right way to find a new job. And I fear to fail and to manifest myself as The Person. I am certain in nothing which refers to my actualization. I am vulnerable and scared.

Brene teaches me that to be vulnerable is good and normal. More than that vulnerability is the only door to greater intimacy. She said in interview  with Oprah:”Vulnerability is when my husband and I are on the verge of a fight and I say, “Let’s stop, because I’m making up this story about what’s happening right now, and it’s that you don’t think I look cute or you’re disappointed in me,” and he’s like, “What are you talking about?” And I say, “I love you, and I’m in fear right now.” You know I recognize my words I am saying to my husband. I am courageous to accept my fears in front of my husband. It is good step to the arena. Thank you, Brene for sharing your own courageous experience.

The book “Daring Greatly” was born because of Teddy Roosevelt speech in 1910. In it, Roosevelt said:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”

We are all connected I know. We are sharing each other’s inspiration and growing our creativity. In difficult time of vulnerability Brene had met inspiration of Teddy Roosevelt and a good book was born. It is Miracle. It is Connection. “Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment.”

“Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our lives was confirmed when the main concern about connection emerged as the fear of disconnection; the fear that something we have done or failed to do, something about who we are or where we come from, has made us unlovable and unworthy of connection,” Brene writes in “Daring Greatly”.

I hope some day I will share my inspiration for creating a new good book. “People always say to me, “I want to go into the arena, but I’m scared. Can I take a little armor with me?” But one thing I have found in my life is that the only thing you need when you go in is clarity of values and faith. As in, “This is the article I wrote. And if you think I need to lose weight or that I suck, that’s okay. I’m standing on my faith and my values. You cannot knock me over,” Brene told to Oprah.

“When we spend our lives waiting until we’re perfect or bulletproof before we walk into the arena, we ultimately sacrifice relationships and opportunities that may not be recoverable, we squander our precious time, and we turn our backs on our gifts, those unique contributions that only we can make,” says Brown. “Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience.”

“Shame is the intensely painful feeling that we are unworthy of love and belonging. Love and belonging are the irreducible needs of men, women, and children. In the absence of these, there will always be suffering.”

As a mother my special “Thank You” to Brene for “Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto”:

“Above all else, I want you to know that you are loved and lovable. You will learn this from my words and actions…. You will learn that you are worthy of love, belonging, and joy every time you see me practice self-compassion and embrace my own imperfections. We will laugh and sing and dance and create. We will always have permission to be ourselves with each other. No matter what, you will always belong here. As you begin your Wholehearted journey, the greatest gift that I can give to you is to live and love with my whole heart and to dare greatly.”

Thank You for this very moment to have a possibility to write these words. I understand and accept that from this very moment my life, life of my daughter, life of whole Universe is changed forever because of Inspiration and Courage of Brene Brown. We are happier and lighter now. Our arena of life is the place for joy, love and connection.

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Values and Faith

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Hello God!

Thank You for the rainy today. I am so grateful for every drops of it. I am full of excitement about how we harmonically sounded under the rain. Every living cells sing a hymn to Rain.

My heart is singing simple song. Poem is by Vikram Pratap Singh) and tune is by heart:

Rain, Rain, Rain, come again and again,
In the winter, in the summer and in spring,
Come with joy, fall with happiness and go with sorrow,
Rain, Rain, Rain come again and again.

Rain, Rain, Rain come to relive earth’s pain,
Rain, Rain, Rain come to make nature happy,
Rain, Rain, Rain come to make livings happy,
Rain, Rain, Rain come again and again.

Today’s rain have inspired me to think about values and faith.

I like the definition of values from businessdictionary: Important and lasting beliefs or ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or bad and desirable or undesirable. Values have major influence on a person’s behavior and attitude and serve as broad guidelines in all situations. Some common business values are fairness, innovation and community involvement.

“Your values are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work. They (should) determine your priorities, and, deep down, they’re probably the measures you use to tell if your life is turning out the way you want it to.” Mindtool defines and suggests a lot of exercises how to clarify your values and how its can be prioritized and so on. I have found this article interesting.

But my reflections about this complicated thing lead me to the only value I have chosen for myself. Please allow me to voice my though by words from Osho. He said: “A single insight into yourself is more valuable than all your scriptures. A single glimpse of your consciousness and you have entered the real temple”. Consciously living every my “now” is the my only value.

You are my value because you are with me now. Thank you for this possibility to hug you with my whole heart. I feel how I am embracing you and we are listening each other heart’s beating.  What’s the miraculous moment! “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it,” wrote Viktor Frankl in “Man’s Search for Meaning”. And the wonder of life is to be connected and ability to share our unique experience. Thank you for being in my life.

Sometimes we have nothing but faith. “Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty,” wrote Brené Brown in “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”. Brilliantly said, thank you Brené.

I will return to her books which are worth to read, study and follow by her wise and value thoughts and researches.

Let me share with you today’s happy moment under the rain and for a now I am saying to everyone “Good night and have a wonderful dreams!”

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Fairy-tale King Ludwig II

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Hello God!

Thank You for creating us and this wonderful world to explore. Yesterday I wrote about Richard Wagner and a picture of understanding this great personality demands a link with Bavaria’s “Maerchenkoenig” (or “Fairy-tale King”) Ludwig II.

“Even the most superficial study of Wagner’s life reveals the crucial role that Ludvig played… The French poet and aesthete, Robert de Montesquiou, had idolized Ludwig, kept a framed envelope addressed in the King’s hand, and built follies in the grounds of his chateau in emulation of his hero. for Ludvig had been a great builder of extravagant edifices”, I am reading in “The Swan King: Ludwig II of Bavaria” by Christopher McIntosh

“So here was a man who had been Wagner’s greatest devotee, who had built amazing castles, who had been a hero of the decadent French aesthetes and the nineties, and about whom there was more than a whiff of mystery and scandal,” Christopher continues.

“Today, Ludwig remains famous for the castles he built and attempted to build, most notably Neuschwanstein Castle, perched high in the Alpine foothills. The king was a romantic, a friend and suporter of composer Richard Wagner, and he hired theatrical set designers rather than architects to design his castles,” I am reading in The Atlantic. This article is very good with photos I highly recommend it if you would like to see more photos.

“Even before he died, the king had already become something of a legend.  “I want to remain an eternal mystery to myself and others”, Ludwig once told his governess, and it is this mysterious element that still fascinates people today.

The poet Paul Verlaine called Ludwig II the “only true king of this century”. The shy dreamer, who had none of the typical characteristics of a popular king, lives on, still idolized, as “the Kini”.

“Ludwig enjoyed dressing up … took pleasure in play acting, loved pictures and the like … and liked … making presents of his property, money and other possessions”, said his mother. This was not to change. His vivid imagination, his tendency to isolate himself, and his pronounced sense of sovereignty were also already evident when Ludwig was a child.

Crown Prince Ludwig was already fascinated by the music dramas and writings of Richard Wagner. He wanted to bring the composer to Munich as soon as he became king, and realize his dream of an opera festival. In 1864 he summoned Wagner to him and thus rescued him from a serious financial crisis.

“… Today I was brought to him. He is unfortunately so beautiful and wise, soulful and lordly, that I fear his life must fade away like a divine dream in this base world … You cannot imagine the magic of his regard: if he remains alive it will be a great miracle!” wrote the composer after his first meeting.

In the following years, Munich became the music capital of Europe with the premieres of “Tristan und Isolde” (1865), “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” (1868), “Das Rheingold” (1869) and “Die Walküre” (1870). Ludwig II thus continued the patronage tradition of the House of Wittelsbach in grand style.

Ludwig II was possessed by the idea of a holy kingdom by the Grace of God. In reality he was a constitutional monarch, a head of state with rights and duties and little freedom of action. For this reason he built a fantasy world around him in which – far removed from reality – he could feel he was a real king. From 1875 on he lived at night and slept during the day.

Ludwig II increasingly identified himself with Parzival, the legendary medieval figure who became Grail King through his purity and faith and thereby redeemed his sinladen uncle. The inner battle for freedom from sin and purity is distressingly evident in the diaries of the extremely pious king. This particular legend is the subject of Richard Wagner’s last work “Parsifal”, which he began in 1877. Wagner and his circle privately referred to the king as “Parsifal”, and his problems were incorporated into the drama of the Grail. Neuschwanstein, originally a monument to the minnesingers of medieval times, was reinterpreted as the Castle of the Holy Grail and the Throne Room was redesigned as the Hall of the Holy Grail – dedicated to the mystery of salvation for the world.

 The “ideal monarchical poetic solitude” which the king chose for himself was not in the long run compatible with his duties as a head of state. The new settings he was constantly devising for himself were equally beyond the private means of a king. Ludwig failed through his desire to anchor his illusions and dreams in reality.

From 1885 on foreign banks threatened to seize his property. The king’s refusal to react rationally led the government to declare him insane and depose him in 1886 – a procedure not provided for in the Bavarian constitution. Ludwig II was interned in Berg Palace. The next day he died in mysterious circumstances in Lake Starnberg, together with the psychiatrist who had certified him as insane.” What’s the fascinating story!

We have been in Bavaria and I am happy to share with you some photos of this fantastic and magic place.

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Tristan and Izolde

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Hello God!

Thank You for this beautiful world we all live in. Thank You for today. Today is Great Day. Today is the birthday of great and genius composer Richard Wagner. He is 200 y.o.!  Happy Birthday  dear Richard Wagner!

“I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired.” Richard said and this words mirrors his great personality which depth is immaculate and unfathomable.

I am reading in Wikipedia: “Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director,polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, “music dramas”). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in theromantic vein of Weber and Meyerbeer, Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk (“total work of art”), by which he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama, and which was announced in a series of essays between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these ideas most fully in the first half of the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).

His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. His advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, greatly influenced the development of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music.”

My favorite from Richard Wagner is opera “Tristan and Izolde”.

“Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde was inspired by his affair with Mathilde Wesendonck and the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. Widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertory, Tristan was notable for Wagner’s advanced use of chromaticism, tonality, orchestral colour and harmonic suspension.

The opera was profoundly influential among Western classical composers and provided inspiration to composers such as Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Karol Szymanowski, Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg. Many see Tristan as the beginning of the move away from conventional harmonyand tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the 20th century,” wikipidia said.

Richard knows that he is a composer of future. Tristan und Isolde was at his time was declared “unproduceable” and many conductors simply were unable to perform it. But Greatness always finds the ways to manifest itself.

“The young, handsome King Ludwig was truly besotted with Wagner’s music and wanted to become his patron. He offered to take all the financial burden away from Wagner leaving him free to create his art in an ideal atmosphere. To this end, King Ludwig installed Wagner in a beautiful villa close to the royal castle of Hohenschwangau.

On May 5 1864 the monarch and the composer meet for the first time.

After their first meeting in May 1864, King Ludwig writes to Richard Wagner:
“Be assured that I will do everything in my power to make up for your suffering of the past.”
At the time Richard Wagner is in deep financial troubles, he is sickly and homeless. The king is his salvation. After his audience with King Ludwig II. he writes:
“…he loves me with the sincerity and glow of a first love… I am to complete the Nibelungen….he will give me everything necessary for me to perform my works. I shall be relieved of all problems. Can that be anything but a dream?”

The composer’s debts are paid, he receives the impressive salary of 4000 guilders and is able to move into a large house in Munich.Preparations begin for the performance of “Tristan und Isolde”.

More than 20 rehearsals place. Stage scenery and costumes swallow up large amounts of money. Following several postponements the day of the premiere the king had waited for so long finally arrives on June 10 1865. The king is received with loud cheers and fanfare in the royal Court Theater. The public breaks out into enormous storms of applause. It is a great triumph for Wager as well as for Ludwig.” from here.

Music is a woman . . . She must be loved by the poet, must surrender herself to him, in order that the new art-work of the future may be born . . . the begetter must be the artist. (Richard Wagner, Opera and Drama, 1851) 

Women, indeed, are the music of life; they absorb everything more openly and unconditionally, in order to embellish it by means of their sympathy. (Richard Wagner, letter to Theodor Uhlig, December 27 1849)

And he said: “I write music with an exclamation point!” Woman of Wagner today is Waltraud Meier. You have just hear Her. Words are helpless.

Please enjoy.

Thank You for today. I am inspired and feel universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating. Great day is for great person.

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Good Wife

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Hello God!

Thank You for creating us. I feel Your Great Job by every my cells and senses. Thank You for Love we are living in. We love and are loved. Today I am writing about my family. We are beautiful and happy union of great and successful persons created with the aim to grow and enjoy together.I think I am a good wife because I  love trust and believe in my husband unconditionally. I know we achieve our the best together, to say more it is the only way. Together.

Today is a happy day because I have met a beautiful couple who can be a good example how to live together and archive personal self actualization in the union. Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks, now in their 34th year of living and working together, are the authors of numerous books, including Conscious Loving, Attracting Genuine Love, Five Wishes and The Corporate Mystic.

Below some advises from Kathlyn how to keep happy relationship. I know for sure she knows what the next advices are about:

  • Commit to expanding your ability to give and receive (especially receive) more love and positive attention every day. We consider this the one problem in relationship and life that makes everything else worthwhile.
  • Make your connection with your mate your highest priority. Anything having to do with feeling the flow of love and intimacy trumps everything else, especially the daily stuff that’s always going on (e.g., light bulbs to replace…) When Gay says, “Hey, Katie…” I turn my full presence toward him and get ready to receive the gift of his attention, no matter what the content. When I have something to share with Gay, he stops what he’s doing to give me his full awareness (which is full, believe me!). If the time isn’t convenient (e.g., he’s not home), I text, e-mail or call to let him know I have something to share and complete when we see each other).
  • Lead with appreciation, always and all ways. I look at Gay through a lens of appreciation, and usually the first thing out my mouth is a current appreciation, something I notice in the moment that excites, charms or expands my joy. You can choose the lens through which you view your partner, and appreciation is the most magical.
  • Reveal, reveal, reveal. Authenticity is the most powerful aphrodisiac and increases your swoon quotient immediately. It’s not what you share, it’s that you share. Opening the throat opens your whole energy system and can peg your swoon quotient in the most delightful way.

If you have developed unique ways of delighting in your partnering, please share your strategies. As the philosopher Tasso said, “Any time not spent on love is wasted.” Swoon!

Swoon quotient: the felt experience of gratitude, intimacy, appreciation and sexual feelings all swirling together, or, the tendency to almost fall over in bliss being around your mate.”

Thank you Kathlyn for sharing your wisdom. I am a good wife and going to be better and wiser by and with your wisdom.

I like the words from Kristen Houghton: “If you’re looking for the mythical Fountain of Youth you need look no farther than your own relationship. If it is good, that is. The happiest and healthiest couples seem to have found an ageless life in their very own version of the Fountain of Youth.”

 The happiest and healthiest couples seem to have found an ageless life in their very own version of the Fountain of Youth. I hope we will swim in this Fountain for our whole life. Together.

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Goddess of Dandelions

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Hello God!

Thank You for Love to Live we are generously gifted to. As for Love to Live means an awakening attention and open heart to feel and see every moment of life as Miracle and Beauty.

“The mark of a person who is in control of consciousness is the ability to focus attention at will, to be oblivious to distractions, to concentrate as long as it takes to achieve a goal, and not longer. And the person who can do this usually enjoys the normal course of everyday life.” ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi from Flow

“Csikszentmihalyi describes our attention as “psychic energy” and articulates the fact that: a) those of us who can control it tend to enjoy life more; and, b) we have a limited amount of stimuli we can attend to in any given moment/minute/hour/day and, therefore, lifetime.

For those curious souls, over a seventy year lifetime, assuming sixteen hours of waking time per day, this amounts to 185 billion bits of information over the course of our lives. That may sound like a lot, but it goes quickly, and the quality of your attention and where you choose to put it essentially dictates the quality of your life,” Brian Johnston said.

So the more you control your consciousness the higher your quality of life. I try to enjoy every moments of my life. May is now and dandelions are blooming. I have found a beautiful poem I am in hurry to share.

Dandelions

Welcome children of the Spring,
In your garbs of green and gold,
Lifting up your sun-crowned heads
On the verdant plain and wold.

As a bright and joyous troop
From the breast of earth ye came
Fair and lovely are your cheeks,
With sun-kisses all aflame.

In the dusty streets and lanes,
Where the lowly children play,
There as gentle friends ye smile,
Making brighter life’s highway

Dewdrops and the morning sun,
Weave your garments fair and bright,
And we welcome you to-day
As the children of the light.

Children of the earth and sun.
We are slow to understand
All the richness of the gifts
Flowing from our Father’s hand.

Were our vision clearer far,
In this sin-dimmed world of ours,
Would we not more thankful be
For the love that sends us flowers?

Welcome, early visitants,
With your sun-crowned golden hair,
With your message to our hearts
Of our Father’s loving care.

Frances E.W. Harper

Thank You for this piece of Inspiration I am happy to touch it. I would like to share a nice picture of myself I named “Goddess of Dandelions”.

20130520-212227.jpgI am here Pure Beauty ;-). No make up and no special pose. But the moment was Perfect. I am happy absolutely here. My husband weaved the wreath and wore on my head. So I am Goddess of Dandelions. Thank You for my happiness here and now.

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Napoleon

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Hello God!

Thank You for today. Today is happy Saturday. Todays we are catchers of chestnut flowers in windy air. What’s a pleasure and beauty to breath and ti think! I am thinking today about Napoleons.

Napoleon is the Grand Name. The first person which comes first is Napoleon Bonaparte. “One of the most celebrated leaders in the history of the West, he revolutionized military organization and training, sponsored Napoleonic Code, reorganized education and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy,” I am reading in his biography.

“All historians agree that Napoleon’s remarkable personality was one key to his influence. Although short and not physically imposing, in one-on-one situations he immediately had a hypnotic impact on people and seemingly bent the strongest leaders to his will. Second his intellectual powers were unrivaled. He had a photographic memory for facts, people, events, numbers, military units and maps (…) He was an innovator in using the financial, bureaucratic and diplomatic resources of France. He could instantly organize and integrate all that information, generating brilliant insights on complex situations. He could organize his own thoughts and rapidly dictate a series of complex commands to all his subordinates, keeping in mind where each major unit was expected to be at every future point, and like a chess master, “seeing” the best plays many moves ahead.

Napoleon has become a worldwide cultural icon who symbolises military genius and political power. Martin van Creveld described him as “the most competent human being who ever lived”. from wikipedia

Below I have chosen and would like to share my favorite quotes from Napoleon:

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

Imagination rules the world.  Especially I love that. This words are singing in unison with my soul: Imagination rules the world.

Once I will be able to read Napoleon’s thoughts in his original language. I am learning French. I suppose my dream to speak in French fluently will come true soon. I try to learn every day.

At this moment I can read the thoughts and ideas from another Napoleon. This is Napoleon Hill:

“The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on despite all opposition, until they attain their goal. There may be no heroic connotation to the word “persistence,” but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.” ~ Napoleon Hill from Think and Grow Rich

And, know this, according to Hill: “The ease with which lack of persistence may be conquered will depend entirely upon the intensity of one’s desire.”

Hill continues: “The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. If you find yourself lacking in persistence, this weakness may be removed by building a stronger fire under your desires.”

Thank You for this meeting with great Napoleons. I am inspired to believe in power of my imagination which rules the world and to be persistent in my desire to realize my potential. Thank You for today.

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Small Gods

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Hello God!

Thank You for this possibility to live.

I have just finished to read “Small Gods” by Terry Pratchett. Thank You for this wonderful meeting. I so love the main heroes Brutha, Om and Vorbis that I have seen them in my dream. The novel is fantastically clever. It is a candy for my brain. I will reread this novel in future definitely because once is not enough to understand the depth of Terry’s approach and imagination. I am in hurry to share some quotations from the book.

“Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, published in 1992. It tells the origin of the god Om, and his relations with his prophet, the reformer Brutha. In the process, it satirises religious institutions, people, and practices, and the role of religion in political life,” said Wikipedia.

“Yes. I know. He is Vorbis,” said Brutha. Vorbis changed people. Sometimes he changed them into dead people. But he always changed them. That was his triumph.”

“God. God needed people. Belief was the food of the gods. But they also needed a shape. Gods became what people believed they ought to be. So the Goddess of Wisdom carried a penguin. It could have happened to any god. It should have been an owl. Everyone knew that. But one bad sculptor who had only ever had an owl described to him makes a mess of a statue, belief steps in, next thing you know the Goddess of Wisdom is lumbered with a bird that wears evening dress the whole time and smells of fish. You gave a god its shape, like a jelly fills a mold.(my cursive)”

“It is how any true philosopher behaves,” he (Didactylos) said. “One must always be ready to embrace new ideas, take account of new proofs.”

I especially love  this dialogue:

“You mean you don’t know it’s true?” said Brutha.

“I think it might be,” said Didactylos. “I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about”. Oh, I repeat: “Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about”.

I am happy to live today. I am happy to breath now. I am happy to write to You “Thank You!”

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Good Bye, January’13!

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Hello God! Thank You for every lives on this planet. Thank You for every moment I am breathing.

I love to say and to write this words. I am happy to have this moment to say Thank You. It is precious moment. I feel life in sunshine and in my strong and beautiful body. I love life in my daughter’s eyes and husband’s kisses. I love life in my playing the piano and reading books.

Today is the last day of January,2013. The month is happy and wonderful. I have just finished the book “Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts. I am happy to read it. The story is colorful teaching and enhancing outlook. I am enriched by the story. I am immersed in the beautiful reflections about how the world is huge and unfathomable, miraculous and beautiful.

“Looking at the people, listening to the breathing, heaving, laughing, struggling music of the slum, all around me, I remembered one of Khaderbhai’s favorite phrases. Every human heartbeat is a universe of possibilities. And it seemed to me that I finally understood exactly what he’d meant. He’d been trying to tell me that every human will has the power to transform its fate. I’d always thought that fate was something unchangeable: fixed for every one of us at birth, and constant as the circuit of the stars. But I suddenly realized that life is stranger and more beautiful than that. The truth is that, no matter what kind of game you find yourself in, no matter how good or bad the luck, you can change your life completely with a single thought or a single act of love.”

Good Bye happy January,2013! I love you. Thank You for love and miracle you have brought for us.

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