"Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ‘99…..Wear Sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…
I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; Oh never mind; you will not understand the power of beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at the photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked…
You’re not as fat as you imagine.
Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Sing
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life… the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium
Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…
Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either- your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can… don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
Dance… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time it’s 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen...."
Sa inchizi umbrela atunci cand ploua cu bulbuci vara. Sa lasi ploaia sa te ude pana la piele fara sa iti mai pese in timp ce toti cei din jurul tau fug sa se ascunda de stropii mari si repezi de apa. Sa te joci cu picioarele prin baltile proaspete, sa lasi apa venita de sus sa iti ude picioarele. Sa auzi ploaia cum rapaie pe asfalt sau pe pietrile ce pana nu demult erau uscate.
Si sa asculti ritmul ploii.
Si sa te sperii cand fugera.
Si sa dansezi in ploaie.
Si sa alergi prin ploaie.
Si sa ridici bratele si sa te bucuri ca ploua.
Si sa ajungi in casa cu hainele siroind de apa si pantofii uzi.
Atentie! sa nu racesti dupa!
ideea nu imi apartine, dar imi place.
sing me a song
sing me a song... sing me a song
sing me a song ...
sing an old song ,
sing a new one,
a song about all the things I gained or I lost
sing me a song about love
sing me a song about freedom #
i M LOST
sing me a song ...the song that I forgot
a new one, an old one
a song about love, a song about God
sing me a song to remember
the world where I belong.
sing me a song to remember,
all the places where I come from,
all the places where I will go,
sing me a song....
sing me, sing me, sing me
my song, your song,
A song about you, about me
a song before the begining of the world
a song about love....
a song about freedom.......
Sing me a song about dark
Sing me a song about light
a song about sun and snow
about spring, about autumn
about ...dancing with wind,
about ...playing with water.
about running thru rain and thunderstorms
a song about dust and smoke
sing a song, sing me a song,
a song about time, about sand
about you, about me
a song about love ...
sing me a song ...
1001 de chestii tari pe poti sa le faci in weekend sau in timpul saptamanii ;)
cumperi vineri un bilet de tren, rezervi o camera la un hotel si petreci un weekend intreg la mare ;)
iti inchizi telefonul, te plimbi seara si dimineata pe malul marii , faci plaja in nisipul fierbinte , asculti muzica marii, te lasi acoperit de valuri, savurezi ceva bun si nu te mai gandesti la nimic.
cu dedicatie speciala
din nefericire, weekendul acesta eu trebuie sa raman acasa :(
nota de subsol: Nu se poate asa ceva! Anunta-ti urgent ONGurile care au drept domeniu de activitatea salvarea cainilor tratati necorespunzator de catre stapanii lor fara pic de ....umani-animali-itate .
Stapanul latosului l-a inchis pe saracul catelus la el in curte. Drept urmare, latosul este trist.
Probabil rememoreaza nostalgic timpurile in care zburda nestigherit pe sub rotile taxiurilor parcate in zona, cersind frimituri de hrana si afectiune trecatorilor si ignorand pericolele imense la care era expus. ;)
"Cand stelele lumineaza jos pe pamant " de Sidney Sheldon . O gasiti aici. in EN
Cred ca e una din cele mai bune carti despre bussines .
E povestea unei femei de afaceri, Lara Cameron. Se naste in Ice Bay , intr-o "boarding house" si reuseste sa devina intr-un timp relativ scurt unul din dezvoltatori imobiliare cei mai buni .
"Fata lui Bill Rogers s-a lungit. "Real estate a fost bussinesul in care am fost implicat" "serios?" "Am avut cladiri peste tot in Midwest. Am avut chiar un lant de hoteluri la un moment dat ." Tonul vocii sale era incarcat de amintiri. "Ce s-a intamplat ?" A ridicat din umeri. "Am devenit lacom. Am pierdut tot. Dar, a fost fain." Dupa asta au vorbit despre imobiliare in fiecare noapte. "Prima regula in acest domeniu," i-a spus Roger, "este 0PM. Niciodata sa nu uiti asta." "Ce este 0PM?"
Parfumul - povestea unei crime Patrick Suskind
O carte despre parfumuri si mirosuri. Si despre oameni. Si despre un om fara miros, un criminal, un monstru sau poate un geniu. Si despre simturi. Si despre sentimente. Si despre modul in care o persoana oglindeste mediului in care vietuieste.
Are aproximativ 100 de pagini si relateaza povestea lui Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, o lume simtita si vazuta nu cu ochii ci cu nasul . Aici si aici
"Pe aripile vantului" Margaret Mitchell
O carte care merita citita (cu conditia sa fii de sex feminin si ai intre 15 si 25 de ani) . aici si aici in EN si aici si aici in RO.
Putin plictisitoare la inceput, descrieri putin prea lungi, vorbeste despre oameni, dragoste, razboi vazute prin ochii lui Scarlett O'Hara .
A, sa nu uit "păstrează întotdeauna ceva de care să te temi, exact cum păstrezi ceva de iubit... "
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
there is a time ...
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven : A time to be born , anda time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up
that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down and a time to build up; A time to laugh and a time to weep ; a time to mourn and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones and
a time to gather stones together
a time to embrance
and a time to refrain from embrancing;
A time to get and a time to lose;
a time to keep and a time to cast away ;
A time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence and a time to speak;
A time to love and a time to hate,
a time of war and a time of peace.
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein laboreth?
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor— it is the gift of God
I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him "