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It’s too cold to go for an early walk. -2F in the morning, I am staying inside in the warm house, we are waiting for the snowstorm that will come through later on.
Tag: <span>joy</span>
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I wish you all could have seen my face and my smile when I opened your cards. The days before Christmas, when the mail arrived, were extra special, and I can’t thank you all enough.
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I can yodel! We all can; it’s a tradition, an important part of our cultural heritage, that we are proud of. Do my friends know that I can jodel? No, they don’t, they wouldn’t understand. For them, and most in the US, jodeling is a part of beautiful Hollywood productions like “The Sound of Music,” and others, but sadly, the history of the jodel is never mentioned.
When I was feeling down recently,
And I seriously wondered
Whether all over the planet,
People feel the same.
Most of us here in the US have never heard of Reem Sahwil and I want her to meet you, that’s why I am writing this post. In 2015, a 14-year-old Palestinian refugee in Germany burst into tears in front of the camera, midway through an encounter with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as she begged Merkel to spare her family from deportation.
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It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
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I have always been surprised that in Japan the result often counts less than the effort, which I like to think of as our inner attitude. For example, if someone tackles a new project, we say “Good luck” but in Japan, they say “Gambatte Kudasai”, which translates to “Make an effort/Do your best”.
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In an effort to get people to look
into each other’s eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
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Can I list more than five? And how do we define fun? HAHA-FUN, or a simple feeling of joy, the pride of accomplishment. Should we talk about sex (no, we should not) or perhaps just the pleasure of eating foods that give us comfort -as well as the extra pounds?