Ok, como acho que estes últimos posts destoam um bocado do resto do tom que tenho vindo a dar ao blog, sai uma pequena explicação (antes também que alguém se lembre de chamar a protecção de menores por pensar que enlouqueci, estou alcoolizada ou fumei coisas menos próprias. E antes que alguém pergunte, estou tão sã mentalmente como sempre, só bebi café, leite e água e só fumei Português vermelho).
Eu também sou assim, meio... tresloucada, digamos assim (porque eu até gosto de mim e não me vou chamar nomes piores, ok?). Gosto de escrever patacoadas (isto existe?!!) sem sentido e, às vezes, apetece-me escrever simplesmente o que me vem à cabeça (porque gosto de escrever, pronto(s)). Não parece, porque até nem escrevo assim tanto por aqui. Talvez isso vá mudar, talvez não, logo se vê. O certo é que hoje acordei para aqui virada (e posso postar).
No fundo, acho que me detenho um bocado de escrever certas coisas aqui porque, afinal, este blog também é da minha pequenita e é bem provável que ela o vá ler um dia. Mas, finalmente, deu-me um clique: eu não lhe escondo nenhuma parte de mim. Ela já sabe (e quando souber ler, vai estar fartinha de saber) que eu às vezes sou séria, às vezes nem por isso e às vezes nada disso.
Por isso, regularmente (ou talvez não) aparecerão por aqui, posts... com menos sentido, ou sem razão aparente, digamos... ;-). Estão à vontade para ignorá-los completamente, que eu não sou sádica.
Quer dizer, o gajo tem de lê-los a todos e aturar-me a mim como eu sou (que afinal, sempre devo ser um bocadinho sádica), mas ele sabe ao que veio... ;-) Já agora, que tal umas participaçõezinhas aqui no estaminé, cachorrinho? Nem que seja nos comentários... Hã? Hã? *cotovelada, cotovelada*
Quanto a ti, minha pequenina, sabes que agora fazes parte de toda a vida da mãe e de tudo na vida da mãe, logo estarás presente em todos os posts porque estás presente em tudo o que faço. Há-de haver uma altura em que eu já não farei parte de tudo na tua vida, ah pois há-de, mas tu vais fazer sempre parte da minha! :-)))) Já te disse que te amo??!! Já!! Pois, além de tudo, a tua mãe também sabe ser uma grande chata! Mas nada de repetir isso por aí, ok? ;-)
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sexta-feira, agosto 08, 2008
Para pensar... e escolher
Isto é de um mail que me mandaram já há algum tempo e não sei quem escreveu.
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from the tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
He continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity.'" Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Gosto muito deste texto, talvez porque me identifique um bocado com ele. Não sou como o John, não. Não sempre, logo, não sou. Mas é assim que penso. Ou seja, teoricamente sou assim, na prática é que nem sempre. Quando não penso, passo-me, quando penso, escolho...
Parece fácil ser como o John, mas, para mim, ainda não é. É pena, porque quando consigo é muito bom. Irritante, também, parece-me ;-), mas bem bom... Enfim, hoje escolho ser uma "Johnessa".* E vocês?
*Também escolho escrever todas as parvoíces que me atacarem a mona, logo:
acho que acabei de escolher ser uma "casa de banha", se traduzir um bocado...
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from the tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
He continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity.'" Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Gosto muito deste texto, talvez porque me identifique um bocado com ele. Não sou como o John, não. Não sempre, logo, não sou. Mas é assim que penso. Ou seja, teoricamente sou assim, na prática é que nem sempre. Quando não penso, passo-me, quando penso, escolho...
Parece fácil ser como o John, mas, para mim, ainda não é. É pena, porque quando consigo é muito bom. Irritante, também, parece-me ;-), mas bem bom... Enfim, hoje escolho ser uma "Johnessa".* E vocês?
*Também escolho escrever todas as parvoíces que me atacarem a mona, logo:
acho que acabei de escolher ser uma "casa de banha", se traduzir um bocado...
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