Sunday, March 25, 2012

The last agreement

The fourth and last agreement in the book, The four agreements is "Always do your best":

Just do your best-in any circumstance in your life. It doesnt matter if you are sick or tired, if you always do your best there is no way you can judge your self, there is no way you are going to suffer from guilt, blame, and self-punishment. By always doing your best, you will break a big spell that you have been under.

Desiderata


Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
 If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or
 bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than
 yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in
 your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the
 changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of
trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many
 persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of
 heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical
 about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as
 perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the
 things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden
 misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many
 fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a
 child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have
 a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is
 unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever
 you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations,
 in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its
 sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be
 cheerful.

Desiderata (Latin: "desired things") is a 1927 prose poem by American writer Max Ehrmann (1872-1945).
Strive to be happy

The wave

Germans have tried to get rid of that cruel concept they are characterized for, and although all the people that lived the horror of hitler is long gone, new generations are still trying to forget....and they bet on it, they really believe that they are different now, that they can blend with the rest of the world.

I saw this movie called the Wave, wich was quite successful in German cinemas, and after 10 weeks million of people have watched it.

The plot is about a high-school that has a week project and Wenger (the teacher) discusses autocracy with his class. His students, third generation after the Second World War,do not believe that a dictatorship could be established in modern Germany, so Wenger starts an experiment to demonstrate how easily the masses can be manipulated.....

Little House on the Prairie

After seeing the TV show called 'Little House on the Prairie', I started looking up information about Laura Ingalls Wilder, and it turns out it’s not a fictional character, must of them were real, but Nelly Olsen, her teenage brother (she had a brother but died as an infant), and sorry to say but Mr. Edwards was one of the fictional characters.

Mary got blind but never married; she lived with her parents, until she died. Rose is the only daughter of Ingalls Wilder, but Rose has no children so there are no descendants from the Ingalls now a days.

I was wandering in the library the other day, and ran into the Little House of the Prairie book series, and for 9 USD, I  couldnt help but buy it.


Its not very long ago that Laura Ingalls adventures took place, and it was not long ago when all the people had wagons for cars, i cant stop thinking man! those were real people...fightling cold winters with all their belongings in a little wagon, just like the cover of the first little house on the Prairie book.