observa!

You must learn to look at the world twice if you wish to see all that
there is to see.
-Jamake Highwater

 cat poate memoria

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries,
know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

-Alexander Solzhenitsyn

 

 

imitatia-G.Tarde 1897

Do something wonderful,
people may imitate it.
-- Albert Schweitzer

 

 

Fapte si ginduri

Life does not consist mainly – or even largely – of facts and
happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is
forever blowing through one's head.
-- Mark Twain

 

iubeste-i pe saraci

There is a key for everything, and the key to Paradise is to love the poor.

 

 

 

 

* * sentimente

Universal Feelings
Everything is Relative

Every day we hear stories of personal suffering and loss that far
exceed our own. When we compare our situations to those of people
living in war-torn countries or those who have lost their homes and
livelihoods to natural disasters, it is tempting to minimize our own
experiences of suffering. We may feel that we don't have a right to be
upset about the breakup of a relationship, for example, because at
least we have food to eat and a roof over our heads.

While awareness of the pain of others in the world can be a valuable
way to keep our own struggles in perspective, it is not a legitimate
reason to disregard our own pain. Disparaging your feelings as being
less important than other people's emotions leads to denial and
repression. Over time, an unwillingness to experience your own
feelings leads to numbness. It is as if our internal systems become
clogged with our unexpressed emotions. This in no way helps other
people who are suffering in the world. In fact, it may do just the
opposite because when we devalue our own sorrow, we become impervious
to the sorrow in others.

Fully experiencing our own hurt is the gateway to compassion toward
other human beings. Feelings of loss, abandonment, loneliness, and
fear are universal, and, in that sense, all feelings are created
equal. Regardless of what leads us to feel the way we do, our
comprehension of what it means to be human is deepened by our own
experiences. Our personal lives provide us with the material we need
to become fully conscious. If we reject our emotions because we think
our experiences are not dramatic or important enough, we are missing
out on our own humanity. We honor and value the human condition when
we fully inhabit our bodies so we can experience and feel life fully.
Accepting our emotions and allowing ourselves to feel them connects us
to all human beings. Then, when we hear the stories of other people's
suffering, our hearts can resonate with understanding and
compassion—for all of us.