Lucha por tus sueños y tus sueños lucharán por ti

(Paulo Coelho)

I like the expression; I am not quite sure how my dreams can fight for me.  As one of my friends put it “I am letting the process decide”.  I don’t know how any process decides anything.  But sometimes being patient pays off.  We need a good perspective on things.

Dance, Passion, Dreams

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One change that was significant for me this year – I finally started dancing.  I dreamed of it since I was six.  I don’t know how my dancing “fights” for me.  I am playing with words, of course.  But I am serious about my dancing, and I put enough time and effort into it.  My final goal is not yet clear to me, but I am delighted by the progress and improvements.  Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised with myself – I started making triple turns instead of double.  I just could not stop and I could not count.  Obviously I am making progress.

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http://www.tumblr.com/dashboard

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Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one’s own self.

Man always dies before he is fully born.

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.

Man’s biological weakness is the condition of human culture.

Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.

The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.

“Our imagination flies — we are its shadow on the earth.” (Vladimir Nabokov)

 

 

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

 

 

“Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.” (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

 

 

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge — myth is more potent than history — dreams are more powerful than facts — hope always triumphs over experience — laughter is the cure for grief — love is stronger than death.” (Robert Fulghum)

 

 

“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” (Gloria Steinem)

 

 

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.  It is the source of all true art and science.  He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” (Albert Einstein)

 

 

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942)

 

 

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.  Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.  Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” (Theodore Geisel)

 

 

“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.” (William Shakespeare, Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, 1595)

 

 

 This image is taken from www.allposters.com, http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Imagination-Posters_i2548950_.htm,

I do not have the rights, but then again, I don’t sell them, I just use them as illustrations.  I might some day buy something from either www.allposters.com or www.webshots.com, because pictures are just breathtaking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMGWYd7lvQU

“Every word of love I used to say, now I paint it every day…”

“I sold my strings, my songs and dreams…”

“When you leave my colours fade to gray,

Hey, little lover stay,

Or all my colours fade away…”

Sergei Yesenin (4 Oct. 1985 – 27 Dec. 1925)

Discover the hidden secret to making all of your dreams come true.

A dream, according to Laurie Gottlieb and Deanna Rosenswig in their book, Dreams Have No Expiry Date, is a vision that is larger than a goal and more achievable than a fantasy or an aspiration.  Dreams give life purpose, direction and meaning. They shape lifestyle choices, help you focus on the future and give you a sense of control and hope. They’re an expression of your potential and give voice to your talents.  Drams are a source of pleasure and help develop the self.  Everyone has a dream. To get in touch with your dream you need to create the best conditions for making this happen.  One essential condition is relying on your inner strengths.  In this book excerpt, Gottlieb and Rosenswig explain why capitalizing on your strengths is critical to living your dream.

“Everything you can imagine is real.” Picasso

Ö        Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ö        All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.
Thomas E. Lawrence

Ö        A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
John Barrymore

Ö        Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Anais Nin

It was always my dream, but never reality

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Ladies and Gentlemen.  Some posts are for bilingual people only.  It is Canada after all!

Friends are Forever.

This is a postcard from my best friend at School given to me on October 31, 1987, when I turned 17.

“Дорогая Светочка!

Поздравляю тебя с Днём Рождения!

Желаю тебе хорошо сдавать экзамены, встретить хорошего парня, а когда день 31 октября будут отмечать как всенародный праздник, не забыть про друзей (которые тебя любят).»  31 октября 1987 годаю

Катя

Странно, но факт, день 31 октября есть всенародный праздник – Хэллоуин.

Катя подарила мне книгу о художественной гимнастике «Спорт. Музыка. Грация.» и подписала:

«Будущему великому секретному физику от будущего скромного среднестатисческого инженера-электронщика в знаменательный день 31 октября 1987».

Я, конечно, не великий, не секретный и даже, что смешно, вовсе не физик, но что я хочу сделать сейчас это осуществить свою мечту!  Открыть танцевальную студию в Торонто сначала для взрослых, а потом и для детей.  А если бы я смогла открыть студию художественной гимнастики – вот это был бы класс!!!

Personality Dimensions:

1st Colour — Blue (14): core need – self-actualization, seeks harmony, tries to make world a better place

2nd Colour — Green (10): analytical and systematic, intellectual stimulation; knowledge and competence

3rd Colour — Gold (9): duty and responsibility, security, stability, order and plan

4th Colour — Orange (7): freedom, activity and variety, doers, risk-takers

Work Values: 1. Friendship 2. Help Society 3. Influence People

Personal Strengths: Reasonable, Sincere, Strong-minded

Work Strengths: Cooperative, Reliable, Teachable

Skills Scan:

1. Communication: influence, motivate, persuade;

2. Creative Expression: design, craft-making, create images, compose (creative writer)

3. Physical: use body coordination

Knowledge-based skills: 1. computer skills, 2. secretarial, 3. sciences, 4. gymnastics

That is the best part: WHO AM I?

1. The Helper is humanistic, kind and perceptive

2. The Creator is non-conforming, idealistic and imaginative

3. The Thinker is analytical, creative and independent

Barriers: 1. inertia (checkmark), 2. health factors (checkmark), 3. inadequate education (bullshit!), 4. finances.