Latest fashions

Lately I am very fond of people. Not special people, like the VIPs, or not so special people like thieves or obese ones...I am fond of those who want to make a difference in this world, of those who do not and will not surrender, of those who realize that art is one of their highest and most important reason of living, their only path to follow...

In Romania, in 2007, if you look from two perspectives, you realize the following: on one hand there are individuals who deny everything and everyone, strive to survive and sacrifice everything and, thank God, there are a few who do not wish to lose their soul. This, I think, should be the latest fashion: searching for your soul, for your reason to be, for your inner balance, for your truth. It is very easy to become someone that you are not and it is much more difficult to become the one you were supposed to be. People might say "Yeah, it's easy to say all that, but how do you do it?". Well..one way is to start going to the church. I am not kidding - church is good for the soul, good for the mind.

Of course, you can always pray at home, without being annoyed and even shocked by the behavior of others next to you (women crawling..etc). Church is a great exercise for the spirit with the sole condition that you go there alone, whenever you feel lost or scared and need an answer. There are some who make of this a sort of second religion and even a second life...and that is soo bad. I mean, all of a sudden, your parents, your aunts etc are going to the church more than once a week and when they come back their faces shine and they feel content...and yet, up to a point, I think they are empty.

Why are they empty? Easy: each human being has a small amount, like a grain of sand, of divinity in his/her soul. And that grain, if treated properly, can become a seed and then a beautiful flower. Our soul is either like a beautiful garden who needs to be taken care of or like an terrible and huge desert or like the sea in winter...approaching God in a proper manner helps each of those to become what they trully are and yet, abusing this approach can lead to destroying everything.

I am sure that God has given us the possibility of helping our grain to become a seed and then that flower but how many of us are aware of that and how many are willing?
That is one of those question I cannot yet answer because I haven't seen my flower yet. Still, I can try answering: each of us has something to do on this earth. Some are here to learn, others to receive a punishment...quien sabe? In any case, that grain/seed is there, and it's patiently waiting for us to find it and take care of it.

What was that "proper approach" thing no? Well...to be honest, I kinda have an issue there. From my point of view, we are human beings, with brains, ability to speak, to use our reason, etc. God is almighty, God is perfect and God loves us and I do not recall in any holy writings "instructions" that say crawl and bark in front of Him. I respect and fear Him but this does not mean that I will crawl like the others or make the sign of the cross in that odd way I've seen lately.

Yes..this is one of the latest fashions and unfortunately I kinda know why it has appeared: the need of balance, the need to feel at peace...and I dare to say this is an abuse. I know, it's bad to judge people but this is one of the things I dislike about religion - the fact that it has allowed man to go beyond everything. But, thank God, there are different attitudes and sane minds who do not share the others' crazy way of showing respect. And that's a great fashion!

I wanted to write more...maybe I will, but now I really have to leave for home and think about church, God, fashions and obsessions.

Be safe, be lucky and be loved!!

Sa "ne" radem cu bine

Nu am mai ras de mult si acum am ocazia:din folclorul muntenesc si cu aprobarea Discovery Channel, va transmit (da,unii poate le stiu dar eu nu le stiam chiar pe toate) cateva strofe pline de mustul creatiei si imaginatiei:

PE UN CAMP CU VIORELE
CRESTEA NUMAI GHIOCEI
SI-A VENIT MANDRELE MELE
SI LE-A CULES EI PE TOTI

CRESTE IARBA, IARBA DEASA
....PERPENDICULAR PE CASA
VINE CALUL SI O PASTE...
ALTA IARBA SE DEZVOLTA

SI DIN BOLOVANI CU APA
S-AU FORMAT INSPRE APUS
MUNTII TAI DE INCRETIRE
ORIENTATI CU VARFU-N SUS

Si iata un clasic nemuritor:
INTR-O BALTA NEAGRA
PATRU OCHI LUCESTE
CE SA FIE OARE?
CRED CA E DOI PESTE.

ORICUM, M-AM CAM TAVALIT PE JOS DE ATATA RAS DECI VA INVIT SI PE VOI LA ACELASI LUCRU. IN LUMEA ASTA ZAPACITA SI ZALUDA, CATEODATA E BINE SA GASIM TRAZNAI LINGVISTICE CUM SUNT CELE DE MAI SUS, SA LE CITIM, SA NE RADEM BINE SI SA LASAM, MACAR SI PENTRU CINCI SECUNDE, DEPRESIILE SI NECAZURILE SA DOARMA.