A.A.A.Cercasi commenti disperatamente!

:-/ ma insomma, nn mi commentate + un post! Forse sono diventata noiosa e banale...o forse vi intimoriskono le stringhe di sicurezza?

E' miaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Insomma...tanto feci che, alla fine (ma proprio mezzora prima della partenza!!!) ottenni!

Allora, uno dei tanti motivi del mio viaggio a roma era...LEI! La mitica borsa del Louis Vuitton! trovarla non è stato semplice,ma ce l'abbiam fatta, ed oggi l'ho portata con orgoglio a lavoro!

Comunque nn è la sola cosa bella di questo bel weekend romano con la adorata mamy (benedetti siano i suoi corsi di aggiornamento ;-), infatti è stato piacevolissimo (pioggia a parte), anche per aver rivisto le mie amikette "romane" lisa e dany, che hanno anke fatto amiciza tra di loro...shoppingando of course, ho incontrato dopo tanto i miei simpaticissimi parenti romani (con i miei cuginoni decisamente cresciuti), ho potuto vedere Sex and Italy al Salone Margherita (divertente), ho passeggiato per le bellissime Via dei Condotti (dove abbiamo alloggiato ancora una volta "alla grande"), Via del Corso, Campo dei Fiori, la zona del Pantheon, Largo Argentina...e potevo forse farmi mancare il mercatino di Porta Portese????no!!!

e ke acquisti !!!

Insomma grazie mamy per il megaviaggio...una delle cose + belle è stato farlo con te!

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Riflessioni tristi

Caro diario (o forse dovrei dire "caro blog"),

oggi ti scrivo delle riflessioni tristi. La vita è bella, questo è indubbio ma a volte a noi, o a ki ci sta vicino o a chi non abbiamo ancora conosciuto e, ancora, a chi purtroppo non conosceremo mai (almeno in questo mondo!), a volte, dicevo, la vita riserva delle tristi sorprese, a cui è difficile reagire, per i protagonisti, per i loro cari, ma anche per gli animi sensibili che grazie alla comunicazione (veloce e diffusa) che caratterizza la nostra era, hanno la possibilità di conoscere da "un vicino virtuale" certi episodi di cronaca e possono avvilirsi, pregare, sperare e commuoversi con loro e per loro.

Bhè oggi mi sono imbattuta in 2 articoli forti e toccanti.

Uno riguardava una modella brasiliana dal dolce visino che nel giro di un mese, a causa di un virus raro, ha prima subito delle forti mutilazioni (immaginate poi, come dev'essere terribile per una giovane modella) e poi dopo essere entrata in coma per un paio di giorni è "andata via".

Questa è una storia molto triste, ma che ci deve far pensare, e pregare per questo nuovo bellissimo angelo che è nato nel cielo, e che ha lasciato dei cuori affranti e disperatamente tristi, quelli dei suoi cari.

E' indubbio che sulla terra le cose brutte non si potrebbero mai delineare all'interno di un semplice post di un qualsiasi blog, ma è giusto soffermarsi e riflettere a tal proposito.

Così come degno di note, reputo sia l'articolo in cui si parla dell'idea che hanno avuto amici e parenti di 2 ragazzi morti da poco in 2 diversi incidenti stradali.

A volte elaborare il lutto per morti così imprevise e/o violente è molto delicato. E allora perkè non cerkare di elaborarlo con l'aiuto del web??? oppure questa potrebbe rivelarsi un chimera che anzikè fare del bene può in realtà rallentare il già lento e doloroso processo di individuale elaborazione del lutto???

Insomma, quesiti a parte, i parenti e amici dei ragazzi deceduti, hanno creato dei siti internet(a loro nome), non solo ricchi di loro filmati e foto, post, ecc, ma anche addirittura con una chat. Insomma quasi a"riportarli in vita" , con le parole di chi più li conosceva e sapeva cosa e come si comportavano in determinate situazioni(Prestano le loro voci,alternandosi, ai ragazzi scomparsi).

Allora?Finzione che può aiutare o finzione che può distruggere?

Comunque, una questione attuale, nuova, da correggere, da copiare, da vietare, da promuovuere...sicuramente una proposta che fa discutere.

OBAMA THE DREAM COMES TRUE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF4Ob1oMCsE

My fellow citizens,
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many.
They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met. On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn. Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control - and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort - even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.
To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.
We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter’s courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed - why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America’s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
“Let it be told to the future world…that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive…that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it].”
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

Il Tatami che non t'aspetti...

Cari amici lettori,

ieri ho visto con piacere che in Tv trasmettevano una delle trasmissioni che + gradisco: Il Tatami. Non vi dico la mia sorpresa quando ho scoperto tra gli ospiti la giovane scrittrice (Giulia Carcasi) che io adoro!!!

... e non vi dico la mia INCREDIBILE sorpresa quando ho scoperto che l'argomento della serata era : "Faccialibro" (fb per i più!).

Bhè...mai mi sarei aspettata che in una trasmissione "giovane" come questa si sarebbero dette delle FESSERIE da vecchi (in senso negativo, perkè io a "vekkio" ho sempre dato una connotazione di saggio o non so chè...)bigotti...e che proprio un prete sarebbe, invece, stato un difensore del mio tanto amato FACEBOOK!!!

Che dire???

Io fb lo adoro! Talmente tanto che, pur sforzandomi a + non posso, non riesco davvero a vederne dei lati negativi, se non, chiaramente, quelli collegati alla società odierna, come il pericolo di incontrare gente pericolosa sotto un aspetto da liceale innocuo, cosa che reputo possa avvenire anche sul treno nella tratta Bari-S.Spirito!!!

In realtà oltre ad avermi alleviato, distraendomi, in uno dei periodi più duri della mia vita è stato un mezzo per riallacciare rapporti con vecchi amici che non vedevo da una vita, nonchè un modo per sentirmi con le mie tante amiche VERE purtroppo lontane per motivi di lavoro(e non), nonchè un modo per approfondire amicizie superficiali che col passare del tempo si vanno intensificando...

MA CHE CI VEDETE DI MALE IN TUTTO QUESTO????

C'è chi parla della Privacy violata, ma io sorrido di queste dicerie perchè prima di tutto chi lo dice non sa assolutamente (e palesemente) usare fb, infatti in questo social network, si ha la possibilità di rendere tutto completamente visibile o tutto completamente invisibile (anche eventualmente facendo una selezione dei contatti)a chi si voglia, e poi, dico io, se so che quello scrivo è visibile è KIARO ke scrivo SOLO ciò che voglio comuncare e non le mie cose intime, che voglio restino tali.

Ma perchè tra gli ospiti non hanno chiamato me??????

Ho sentito delle assurdità allucincanti, tipo che molti di quelli che si iscrivono mettono delle foto ritoccate (ne io ne i miei amici lo abbiamo mai fatto, e i nostri brufoli e le nostre occhiaie ne sono una testimonianza!), ho sentito dire che era meglio quando si usava un gettone da mettere nel telefono perchè così ci potevamo "regolare". Ma l'amicizia non è quantificabile!!! è solo una questione di tempo!!! diciamoci la verità, al giorno d'oggi,nessuno ha + tempo per fare niente! C'è chi studia convinto che prima o poi ragigunta la meta troverà un lavoro, c'è chi viaggia alla ricerca di un sogno, c'è chi lotta per avere un posto di lavoro e c'è chi lotta per tenerselo, c'è chi ha dei problemi in famiglia, c'è chi ha dei parenti anziani a cui fare assistenza...ci sono tante cose da fare ogni giorno e non si riesce (quasi mai) a trovare un pò di tempo utile per GLI AMICI!!!

Proprio loro che sono "il sale e il pepe" della nostra vita. Proprio loro a cui pensiamo spesso.

e allora???

ecco l'utilità di fb!!!

Basta scrivere sulla bakeka di un tuo amico (che magari in quel momento è inkasinato facendo kissà kosa), basta fare un commento ad una sua foto, oppure scaricare le foto del sabato sera appena passato per sentire vicina una persona lontanissima. Basta poco per mantenersi in contatto, perchè l'amicizia non finisca logorata dal tempo.

Qunidi, mi duole dedurlo, ma ,fatte le dovute eccezioni, io credo che chi detesta FB appartenga ad una di queste 3 ctegorie:

1)non lo sa usare!

2)non ha amici nella vita reale!

3)odia le cose che "vanno di moda" e vuole essere controcorrente a tutti i costi!

GRAZIE FB!!!! :-)

peace/paz/pace

Theres a place inYour heartAnd I know that it is loveAnd this place couldBe muchBrighter than tomorrowAnd if you really tryYou'll find theres no needTo cryIn this place youll feelTheres no hurt or sorrowThere are waysTo get thereIf you care enoughFor the livingMake a little spaceMake a better place...Heal the worldMake it a better placeFor you and for meAnd the entire human raceThere are people dyingIf you care enoughFor the livingMake a better placeFor you and for meIf you want to know whyTheres a love thatCannot lieLove is strongIt only cares forJoyful givingIf we tryWe shall seeIn this blissWe cannot feelFear or dreadWe stop existing andStart livingThen it feels that alwaysLoves enough forUs growingSo make a better worldMake a better world...Heal the worldMake it a better placeFor you and for meAnd the entire human raceThere are people dyingIf you care enoughFor the livingMake a better placeFor you and for meAnd the dream we wereConceived inWill reveal a joyful faceAnd the world weOnce believed inWill shine again in graceThen why do we keepStrangling lifeWound this earthCrucify its soulThough its plain to seeThis world is heavenlyBe gods glowWe could fly so highLet our spirits never dieIn my heartI feel you are allMy brothersCreate a world withNo fearTogether we cryHappy tearsSee the nations turnTheir swordsInto plowsharesWe could really get thereIf you cared enoughFor the livingMake a little spaceTo make a better place...Heal the worldMake it a better placeFor you and for meAnd the entire human raceThere are people dyingIf you care enoughFor the livingMake a better placeFor you and for meHeal the worldMake it a better placeFor you and for meAnd the entire human raceThere are people dyingIf you care enoughFor the livingMake a better placeFor you and for meHeal the worldMake it a better placeFor you and for meAnd the entire human raceThere are people dyingIf you care enoughFor the livingMake a better placeFor you and for meThere are people dyingIf you care enoughFor the livingMake a better placeFor you and for meThere are people dyingIf you care enoughFor the livingMake a better placeFor you and for meYou and for meYou and for meYou and for meYou and for meYou and for meYou and for meYou and for meYou and for meYou and for meYou and for me...

inno alla vita

Lentamente muore chi diventa schiavo dell’abitudine, ripetendo ogni giorno gli stessi percorsiChi non cambia la marcia.Chi non rischia e non cambia il colore dei vestiti.Chi non parla a chi non conosce.Lentamente muore chi fa della televisione il suo guru.Muore lentamente chi evita una passione.chi preferisce il nero su bianco ed i puntini sulle “i”, piuttosto che un insieme di emozioni, proprio quelle che fanno brillare gli occhi, quelle che fanno di uno sbadiglio un sorriso, quelle che fanno battere il cuore davanti all’errore ed ai sentimenti.Lentamente muore chi non capovolge il tavolo.Chi è infelice sul lavoro.Chi non rischia la certezza per l’incerto pur di inseguire un sogno.Chi non si permette, almeno per una volta nella vita, di fuggire i consigli sensati.Lentamente muore chi non viaggia, chi non legge, chi non ascolta musica, chi non trova grazia in se stesso.Muore lentamente chi distrugge l’amor proprio, chi non si lascia aiutare.Muore lentamente chi passa i giorni a lamentarsi, della propria sfortuna o della pioggia incessante.Lentamente muore chi abbandona un progetto prima di iniziarlo, chi non fa domande sugli argomenti che non conosce.Evitiamo la morte a piccole dosi ricordando sempre che l’essere vivo richiede uno sforzo di gran lunga maggiore del semplice fatto di respirare.

Soltanto l’ardente pazienza porterà al raggiungimento di una splendida felicità

Pablo Neruda

Benvenuto 2009

Diciamo che il 2008 non è stato davvero un bell'anno per me (esperienza lavorativa e viaggi a parte). Non mi rimarrà per niente nel cuore , anzi avrei davvero gradito non viverlo!!! ma la vita è così, a volte ci riserva cose belle, a volte cose brutte, dobbiamo solo cercare di dimenticare quelle brutte, anche se sappiamo benissimo che dimenticare è impossibile...possiamo solo superare e gestire il dolore,o il rimpianto.

Ho moltissima fiducia nel 2009, anche se tutti dicono che sarà l'anno della crisi io sento che sarà un anno bellissimo ricco di emozioni e successi da vivere.

felice anno nuovo!!!