Morning thought

I have been sad for so long because I thought that no one loves me and I did not love myself.

Anything is better than indifference.

Love is better than anything.

I should read this everyday

Romanians

Both George Enescu and Sergiu Celibidache are Romanians.
Both brilliant.
I am proud of being Romanian.
Thank you for the gift of Music.


In this recording The Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Celibidache in a concert from 1971.

 

Romanian Rhapsody

"Romanian Rhapsody" composed by George Enescu
Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache


From Wikipedia: 
"In 1923 he made his debut as a conductor in a concert given by the Philadelphia Orchestra in New York City, and made frequent visits to the United States subsequently. It was in America, in the 1920s, that Enescu was first persuaded to make recordings as a violinist. He also appeared as a conductor with many American orchestras, and in 1936 he was one of the candidates considered to replace Toscanini as permanent conductor of the New York Philharmonic.^[1] In 1935, he conducted the Orchestre Symphonique de Paris and Yehudi Menuhin (who had been his pupil for several years starting in 1927) in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major. He also conducted the New York Philharmonic between 1937 and 1938. In 1939 he married Maria Rosetti (known as the Princess Cantacuzino through her first husband Mihail Cantacuzino), a good friend of the future Queen MarieBucharest, Enescu lived in the Cantacuzino Palace on Calea Victoriei (now the Muzeu Naţional George Enescu, dedicated to his work)."

Joy

I value my time

I value my friends

I value myself

I am proud of who I am

and I enjoy each day

I enjoy the sunlight

I enjoy the silence of the night

I enjoy the company of true friends

I enjoy my moments of loneliness

I enjoy the silence 

I enjoy the music

I enjoy work

I value my time

I value my friends

I value myself

...

Life is Joy

....

Life is Joy..

"Life is a joy that  floats even in the worsts surroundings"
Mons. Vladimir Ghika
 (Prince and Martyr who died in a communist prison)

In each particle

Ma simt ca un caine caruia ii arunci cateva fimituri de paine...
Si totusi nu sunt suparata.

There is a reason to this wait and actually all roads go to one place... All is well.
Now I know I have to be gentle with myself  and patient.
In each particle .... there is abundance.

"There is not a source of not Well-being. There is not a source of sickness. There is just the disallowance of wellness. In every particle of the Universe there is that which is wanted and the lack of it. " ( Abraham-Hicks)

This morning..

 

I woke up and I realized I am not afraid anymore.

It feels good and I'm grateful for that.

Life is beautiful.

A quote

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a 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 weep, and a time to laugh; 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 embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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."
Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, 1-8

Vorbeste Vinul

The chorus:
"All I say now, forget till tomorrow
It's not me talking
It's the wine that I'm drinking"

Nu ne-am nascut in locul portivit

I also remember growing up in communism.
The children in the video wear "pioneer" uniforms..
I used to wear a similar uniform till  December 1989

Remember

I remember..

I remember it all.


I should never forget. I remember the pain, I remember the fear.
I remember that when someone hits you in the back you can't breathe.
and when someone hits in the stomach it makes you writhe.

Little accident

No electricity till noon so I occupied my morning cooking.
I managed to set my hair on fire so I had to cut it.
About half of its length.. so it's still long ... just not as long as before.
It will grow back in a year or two.
Funny thing, I was hesitant about cutting my hair because everybody advised me against...
But now I had to cut it because I managed to burn it.
I was not hurt in this little accident and that's the most important thing.

A quote

"Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are."

Oscar Wilde

Rambling

May you live in interesting times
May you find what you are looking for ..
Allegedly a Chinese curse..
words
pain

silence

The longest winter

...it is snowing again.
Bucharest looks beautiful when it snows... but when will the spring be here?
In march, last year I was taking photos of flowers and blossoming trees.
And now?
Snow, snow and more snow.
The longest winter.

Streaming live Romania

...on the site of "Jurnalul National"..
I never knew Bucharest was so beautiful at night:

Piata Universitatii
Piata Romana

 A map is here.

Zartbitter

...my favorite chocolate..
Tastes like love- Zartbitter- bittersweet...

Grateful

lI'm grateful for the sunlight..
...for the birds singing at my window

Words

"Words are all I have."

Poster of the movie "Pay it forward"(2000)

Sun

This photo is full of sun.

Spring

Spring 2008, in the small park near Piata Victoriei.

Marin Preda

Marin Preda 1922-1980

"Sunt lucruri care nu se spun şi, dacă am formula totul numai prin cuvinte, valoarea cuvintelor ar scădea."
"There are thing that connot be told and, if we tried to express everything through words ONLY, words would lessen their value."

8th of March

Hallelujah

הַלְּלוּיָהּ

Song written and recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984.

7th of March

A quote

" And as bad as things were before that's how good they became."

from the movie "Matilda"

6th of March

It's is snowing again.. I do not love winter , NOT in March!
Go, go, bad winter.
Let the spring come.
I took this photos for someone dear to me.

Architecture

Potos taken last autum, Bucharest.

Green

I miss the green of the trees...

A zen story

A Zen student came to Bankei and complained: "Master, I have an ungovernable temper. How can I cure it?"
"You have something very strange," replied Bankei. "Let me see what you have."
"Just now I cannot show it to you," replied the other.
"When can you show it to me?" asked Bankei.
"It arises unexpectedly," replied the student.
"Then," concluded Bankei, "it must not be your own true nature. If it were, you could show it to me at any time. When you were born you did not have it, and your parents did not give it to you. Think that over."
More zen stories at: http://www.101zenstories.com/

Flowers

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust