Hey Andre,(I hope you're still around) This particular message of yours impressed me with such sincerity.
There's always something melancholy about what you have written since you joined this group,and then I finally understood why... It's your "scar tissue",isn't it?LOL I hope you have been doing well with your work and your NEW LIFE.(your new coming baby son(daughter?) When is your girlfriend due or you've become a father already?!;) Best wishes, Pln On Apr 7, 6:24 am, Andre Barbosa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Look, I´m 32, and leave to be fast and nervous after my 25. Why? From my 20 > to 25, I was working for a job that consumes me so much, and somedays I > arrive on my house nervous and crying. Yes, crying! And I´m a big man! > > Well, after leaving this job, I promise to myself I will not have a heart > attack younger. Since that, I try to make my own life better. Of course > sometimes I still being nervous, but nothing that can be bypassed with an > little walk or a cup of coffe talking jokes. > > See ya > > André Barbosa > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Rafael Oshiro <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Very interesting text, Pablo. > > > Many times I find myself being faster and faster until I get stressed and > > mad. The art of going slowly is perfect for everybody, because it's hard to > > see someone living calm in great cities nowadays. That is the reason for a > > variety of modern diseases we've been facing these days, most of them, or > > the majority are psychological and related to the stress of our daily > > routine wich include the time we spend commuting in heavy traffic, the > > polution, the stress of others and so forth. > > > Take care > > Oshiro > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Elham Moazzen <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> In the name of Allah > > >> Dear friends, Salam (= Hello in Farsi) > > >> I send this email to appreciate pablo. > >> Pablo thank you very much for all nice links that you've sent during the > >> past weeks, I found all of them very good and useful especially Anki. For a > >> long period of time I was looking for an effective way to control all the > >> vocabulary I learn every day. First I developed an excel file for myself > >> and > >> I recorded each day's new words but when It got larger, I could not review > >> it effectively so I googled it for a software But all I found was > >> commercial > >> products and I could not buy them. So you saved me :) Thank you very much. > > >> I have started bringing up indoor plants as a hobby and pleasure. I really > >> recommend it to you all. At the moment, We have 7 live green plant in our > >> apartment. I think we have fresh air to some extent at our indoor area. You > >> can get any information about indoor plant and how to care them in > >> internet. > > >> Regards > >> Elham > > >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Hi friends, > > >>> Perhaps you like this: > > >>>http://www.insidebeautybykelley.com/Newsletters/MarchNewsletter.pdf > > >>> The message from that newsletter I want to share with you is this: > > >>> "Get Slow? > > >>> Who doesn’t feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day? We rush > >>> through the day, running > >>> here and there, and end up exhausted. Somehow these days full of > >>> duties, obligations, > >>> and busyness have begun to build up and become our lives. We spend our > >>> time doing things > >>> we don’t really want to do, yet feel we should. We’ve come to believe > >>> that being productive > >>> and crossing things off our to-do list is the ultimate goal. > > >>> The truth is, life on Earth is a brief gift, and our time is too > >>> precious to be used like this. If we > >>> want our lives to be balanced and healthy, we need to lessen our load > >>> and increase our > >>> down time. This means planning less in a day, prioritizing those > >>> things that make our hearts > >>> sing and de-prioritizing those things that are not imperative. > > >>> If we must accomplish many things each day, we can still change the > >>> quality with which we > >>> do things. How can we transmute that sprint for the train into > >>> something delicious, instead > >>> of the usual gripping and tightening experience? Where can we find ease > >>> in the midst of > >>> stress? How can we cultivate the art of going slowly? > > >>> Take a few moments before you climb out of bed in the morning to > >>> remember your dreams > >>> and to think about what you want from the day. Leave your watch on the > >>> bedside table. > >>> Take the scenic route. Sit for a moment with your eyes closed when you > >>> start your computer. > >>> Check email only a few times a day. Don’t pack your schedule so > >>> tightly that there’s no > >>> time for yourself. Light candles before you start to cook dinner. Add > >>> one moment here and > >>> there for slowness; it can be done simply and will have a profound > >>> effect on your well-being. > > >>> Adapted from an article by Marco Visscher & Jay Walljasper, Ode > >>> Magazine, Issue #15,www.odemagazine.com" > > >>> Thank you, > > >>> Pablo > > >> -- > >> The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's > >> determination. > >> When you know what you want,and you want it badly enough,you'll find a way > >> to get it.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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