domingo, 30 de dezembro de 2012

Depression - Detox and Embracing


Good morning,  everyone.
Besides talking and writing about advices for your life and daily basis subjects,
Today I decided to share a diferent aproach
Regarding Depression.

Along with this aproach I will add another subject,
Parcially related to Depression which is Detox(ing).
So, here we go :

A. Everything happens for a reason
This is not just a phrase.
Everything DOES happen for a reason.
And things will eventually work out the best way for you.

B. Depression is NOT a lifetime sentence.
After plenty of time reading articles
and having gained knowledge and awareness about this condition,

- I learned that "it" is not a lifetime sentence
It is a condition, as many others, and it must be treated as such.
You are not condemned because you are facing mental illness.
Face it as another phase of your life.
Face it as you were staring it in the eyes,
As an illness that can be diagnosed and treated.
IT WILL PASS!

- It has a cure, but it all starts in YOU as well.
Friends can be a great support as well.
Avoid being alone when you feel down.

- I fell many times in this mistake
(So it applied to myself too)
Change the thinking pattern.

Change the type of music you listen to,
Specially when you feel heartbroken, sad, upset or angry.
Those emotions tend to attract you to songs
Which reflect those negative emotions.
By having those emotions reflected, they won't be gone
Nor cleansed, instead, they will still be there.

We want to reverse the pattern, that vicious cycle.
And we CAN do so.

C. We can also Detox by getting rid of objects,
pictures or dirt at the space/place we spend most time in.
Starting from our bedroom.

Then our computer...
- By cleaning the files, trashbin and uninstalling programmes you no longer use.
- By defragmenting your CPU and cleaning your disc ;
- By selecting, organizing and cleaning your email inbox ;

Then, the living room. And so on.
Everything will feel better and, impressively, lighter!

Heavy burdens have to go.


As we say, at least in my language
It is something like this :

New Year, New Life !

GOD BLESS YOU ALL... !




segunda-feira, 24 de dezembro de 2012

World - Shooting in Newtown


Good afternoon , dear readers...

Today (and these last days) I have been thinking through.
Which is why I sincerely took some time for myself...
And then, to write this post.

I have to ask : 
What leads someone (to carry and) shoot a gun
Towards his own mother, 20 innocent children, 5 teachers,
Then, put an end to his own life??

This tragedy occured in Newtown, USA in 14th of December
At Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Even thought this happened, it must carry a lesson.
It MUST say something to people... that something IS WRONG!
People must act and react in order to prevent these type of tragedies.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
Not only about School Shootings...

But also about murders, accidents, terrorism, trageries DONE by human hand
Blood spilled, precious lives lost
ALL DONE by human hands...


WHY??



Rest in Peace, little angels.

* Charlotte Bacon, 6,  
* Daniel Barden, 7 
* Olivia Engel , 6 
* Josephine Gay, 7 
* Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6   
* Dylan Hockley, 6  
* Madeleine F. Hsu, 6  
* Catherine V. Hubbard , 6 
* Chase Kowalski, 7 
* Jesse Lewis, 6 
* James Mattioli 
* Grace McDonnell, 7 
* Emilie Parker, 6  
* Jack Pinto, 6 
* Noah Pozner, 6 
* Caroline Previdi, 6 
* Jessica Rekos, 6 
* Avielle Richman, 6  
* Benjamin Wheeler, 6 
* Allison N. Wyatt, 6 



You all had a whole life in front of you... 


Besides these young lives...the shooter has took the lives of teachers,
Who were, as the students, just doing their jobs...
Some even sacrificed themselves in order to save their students...

   Rest in peace...

• Victoria Soto, 27
• Rachel Davino, 29

• Dawn Hochsprung, 47
• Anne Marie Murphy, 52
• Lauren Rousseau, 30
• Mary Sherlach, 56


Another point to consider is Gun Control and School Safety.
Celebrities have gathered to demand a plan. We need a plan...



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How many more need to die and be injured until someone acts?

We must start acting for a change now, today...


sexta-feira, 7 de dezembro de 2012

Seize the Day - Life´s Advice


Good afternoon !

Seize the day.
Cherish it as there was no tomorrow.
Respect your elders.
Pay attention to your family.
Love them.

Before it is too late because you will never know what can happen in the future.
Never regret, carry no malice towards yourself or others.
Leave nothing to say and try not to carry anger towards anyone.

God bless.



Lyrics :
Open the gates and seize the day
Don't be afraid and don't delay
Nothing can break us
No one can make us
Give our rights away
Arise and seize the day 

Now is the time to seize the day
Send out the call and join the fray 

Wrongs will be righted
If we're united 

Let us seize the day 

Friends of the friendless, seize the day
Raise up the torch and light the way
Proud and defiant
We'll slay the giant
Let us seize the day 

Neighbor to neighbor
Father to son
One for all and all for one 

Open the gates and seize the day
Don't be afraid and don't delay
Nothing can break us
No one can make us
Give our rights away 

Neighbor to neighbor
Father to son
One for all and all for one

domingo, 25 de novembro de 2012

The Power of Thought - Life´s Advice


Good morning, to whoever is reading (L)
It's not 11 am still and Winter is showing itself.
It's freezing now, but nothing that a good cup of tea
(Or hot chocolate) can't solve! ;D

The topic I decided to approach today is Thinking Patterns
We all tend to think now and then a bit negative.
However, that can be harmful not only for ourselves,
But for the ones who live with the person nearly everyday
And also, for our health.

Thought is a very powerful tool
And CAN have a great impact in our lives!
SO, be careful with what you do and/or wish for.
If you see or notice that your thinking pattern
Is holding you back from achieving your goals
Or holding you back from having healthy relationships
With your friends, family or your better half,

Then it is time to think and reconsider.

Notice : The change of a thinking pattern is not instant.
It requires time, patience, faith and will.

Then you MUST ask yourself and consider these points:
1. * What do I want for me?

2. * What do I want to be attracted to me?
(As in goals, purpuse, energy, any area of your life
It is called the Law Of Attraction)

3. * Time is an ally and God is healer.
And if you do not believe in God, you can be your own healer.

4. * What has been holding me back from achieving what I want and desire?

5. * Now and then get some time for yourself. And rest.
Not resting can result on not apreciating as well YOUR day.
Because there is a new day, everyday,
Starting from the moment you open your eyes.
There is a chance for CHANGE and there is a chance for RENEWAL.

I suggest these websites as well:
6. * Another advice is for you to think for yourself
Avoid making part of the masses.
Think as an unique individual and not as the Media tell you or as other people tell you.
It is important to be faithful to your own opinion.
To stand out. To be YOU, not another sheep in the system.

7. * NO, NOT, NEVER...forbidden.
Negative words aren't allowed in thoughts, nor writtings.
What you think may be attracted to you.
You can start for example, writting in a notebook the best times of your life.
The joyful, playful moments. Any that aren't in those categories, aren't allowed.
At all. :D

Blessed be, always*

quinta-feira, 22 de novembro de 2012

School - Strategies for Study


Good afternoon , everyone!
First of all, allow me to say (or justify) the cause for my absence:
After some time working for few companies, my temporary contract ended.
I was unemployed then.

With the help of one friend, I knew about a teaching institution here in my country.
It was a wise option (in my eyes) so I tried it!
After some tests and two interviews I was approved and called to start the course!
HOW COOL IS THAT?!
I am willing to go until the end with this course as I have fought to earn a place here.

The trick is to be motivated and truly believe you want to be in that course,
In that job and reflect that positive thought and atittude to the ones around you.
The chances of entering will surely increase!

As for strategies to study I have some tips for you.
Some are good. some might even work out just for me.
You can even adapt them for yourself.

1. The place : I can either study at a noisy place (with headphones on)
Or a more peaceful one.
However, my advice would be to search for a peaceful and quiet place.

2. Organize.
Whether it is a folder or a notebook or even files on your computer
containing .docx word files with each discipline, a great start is to have each discipline separated,
Then separated per lessons
(One to ten, Eleven to Twenty OR One to Five , Six to Eleven and so on...)
Use the tactic that you find that helps you the most.

3. Highlight the most important parts of each new subject, with a bright marker or pen.
That way can help you with learning and knowing all the things that you need before each test/exam.

4. Use keywords.
Some can memorize by using similar words.
It helps to remember, later on.

5. Pay attention to class.
Talking from experience, I payed much attention to class during my schoolyears.
Knowing all the things you need, even if it is at least a bit, can help you out
and that way you do not need to study TOO much.
I do not intent like, to tell you to not study, BUT to study from time to time,
In order to not "overdose" with your brain with the disciplines.

6. Aiming for relaxation.
Lighting a scented candle or incence stick, putting relaxing music on.
Aim and fight always for the best.

7. Start off by the most difficult disciplines.
Then study the ones you can master.
Due to this simple reason :
When you start off your study, you have plenty of energy, unlike the end of that time of study.
The disciplines that you do not understand as well
Will require more concentration and more energy, dedication from you.

The ones you will leave for last will be the ones you are better at
Or on which you feel you can get great grades.
You can study those just to double check the most important points.


I hope I was able to help,
More posts and new features will appear soon.
Take care, my dear readers!

terça-feira, 31 de julho de 2012

Relationships - Family

Good evening everyone...
Today's chosen subject was Family.

In my views...
Family is always a family. Always!
No matter how many argues or fights happen.
We never agree on everything and nothing.

The family is a heaven in a heartless world.
-- Christopher Lasch

Family is loving, it is about being there
Through it all. It is about LOVE , cherishing
Each member. We can all have ups and downs
But always, or almost always, they are there.
They see you, the way you are.

A family starts with love and caring
That should always be a reminder
Always...even through dark times

-- by Life

And sometimes...we are placed in a particular type
Of family for a reason. Or for many reasons.
For a Purpose. For Acceptance.
To know the "rights and wrongs"
To know what to do and what not to do or say in the future
To learn... enough that in years to come
You will know when and how to start your own.

It doesn't matter if one family is poor...
Or if one family is rich...
What trully is important is LOVE!
Love that unites each member.
Love that keeps the family together,
Keeping it from falling apart
When troubles lie close.

What greater thing is there for human souls
than to feel that they are joined for life -
to be with each other
in silent unspeakable memories.
-- George Eliot

Money can buy toys and material gifts
But money cannot buy Love.

It doesn't matter if the parents are straight or of the same gender. 
Gender and sexual orientation do not define parents 
ways of educating their child/children.
It is about receiving each member with open arms, 
With love as they deserve!



So cherish your family!
And treat others as you would like to be treated.

Many blessings
To each family
And to every family out there...

domingo, 29 de julho de 2012

Relationships - Past




Good afternoon,

The subject for today is about Relationships and Past.

1. How does the Past Relationships affect Present Relationships?
Answer : Past Relationships may affect the present when something is undone,
unsolved or when insecurities, fears, bitterness or resentment are left along.

2. Can it be solved and how?
Answer : Past is Past. It has happened, it may have scarred and injured
BUT it is over.


"Past is not the way to go nor the path to follow. 
Past is something to see and to learn from.
Past is not the way to live or compare.
Past is lived and told by museums, not by people and relationships".


3. Any advice on how to overcome from a past relationship?
Answer : In my opinion (just my opinion) if the relationship is now part of the past,
it makes no sense to live on, be stuck at a or even try to go back to it.
For many reasons that I am going to say :

Reason number one : 
If the Relationship (regardless of being LDR or not) ended, it ended for a reason.
Relationships (whether it is boy with a girl or girl with a girl or boy with a boy)
Happen when the feelings are mutual. If one day the other part is unhappy 
Or the other part no longer feels the same think : 
Is it fair to any of you to force a relationship to happen 
If the other person is no longer happy in it?
In my opinion it it much more fair to let the person go, 
To pursue his/her own happiness, 
Even if it costs your own.

Then who knows the present and future?
Present it is that. A gift!
You can find someone and meet someone that can treat you better
And whose feelings match your own. (i.did)
And who makes you happy, loving you the way YOU are.

Reason number two : 
Sometimes (often) the "coming back together" is a mistake.
Because many times the ghost of the break up and why you two broke up is there.
It hardly fades away. The insecurity. The difficulty to trust.
And trust in your partner is needed.

Reason number three : 
If you two are back together after a betrayal (regardless of who did it) it is hard
Not to say impossible for things to be exactly the same again.

4. How to move on from that Past?

Answer : First of all you need to know and you need to find out
What was it that in that Past has disturbed you 
Or left scars in you, still visible in current relationships.

Some examples : 
Poor self esteem, insecurities whether it is dificulty to trust
Or fear of being cheated / fear of being left for someone else.
Or even insecurities about your own person may occur.

5. Even if I have any of those problems, what should I do?
Answer : First of all , talking with either a psychologist
Or councelor would be adviced.
Also, confronting the roots of the problem is probably better than avoiding the subject. 
Many times people avoid or place in the back of their hearts and minds.
When those problems are painful and hard to bear.

They simply do not want to touch them...
But they need to be confronted, otherwise it will keep hurting
And it will keep being along the way, standing in between...
(I will write more about Therapy and its objectives in another post)

It will take time to heal. But you will eventually heal and be happy
With one person you love. Which I know you can.
Take care. P.S. I.l.y.W.

quinta-feira, 26 de julho de 2012

World - Secret of Oz


Good evening, everyone !
Yesterday I went to a really important job interview
And I met some people along with the recruitment process.
She was really nice and we talked about Polithics.
"Secret of Oz" was something she adviced me to see.

So , here I am leaving you this documentary
(It is about two hours long)
Regarding the World Economics Crisis :

Secret of Oz

P.S. If you are into Investigation and Social related issues and causes
I would advice you to also check this documentary :

New World Order, Invisible Empire

Have a great week *

segunda-feira, 23 de julho de 2012

Life´s Advice - Learning a New Language



Good evening, my dear readers!


Today I was (again) checking on my papers
(Quite a mess, to be honest!)
and I found on a sheet of paper a website.
It is called Eurotalk.com

So my advice to people who are on vacation
Or thinking of travelling abroad
Or even if you are considering for your resume
To learn a new language or some basic words :

Here is the website (English)
Eurotalk.com (EN)

and the website (Portuguese)
Eurotalk.com (PT)

The navigation through out the website is simple
You have a free first lesson to learn at least some basic words. You can see the local time, weather and the capital of the country. There is a great variety of languages, which is amazing!

Links to some languages :

English

French

German

Italian

Portuguese

Hope you enjoy it and that this was helpful!

Take care...


Life´s Advice - Learning a New Language



Good evening, my dear readers!


Today I was (again) checking on my papers
(Quite a mess, to be honest!)
and I found on a sheet of paper a website.
It is called Eurotalk.com

So my advice to people who are on vacation
Or thinking of travelling abroad
Or even if you are considering for your resume
To learn a new language or some basic words :

Here is the website (English)
Eurotalk.com (EN)

and the website (Portuguese)
Eurotalk.com (PT)

The navigation through out the website is simple
You have a free first lesson to learn at least some basic words. You can see the local time, weather and the capital of the country. There is a great variety of languages, which is amazing!

Links to some languages :

English

French

German

Italian

Portuguese

Hope you enjoy it and that this was helpful!

Take care...


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