Future

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

These past few days I lived the most amazing and surreal experience. I don't know if it managed to change a part of me for the long term or just for the following period...but it did change me and the way I think and what I believe in. Looking back it's really hard to understand how a conference, a short trip could leave such traces in my heart and in my thoughts. It's hard to explain it to those that weren't there, but I am sure that those who shared this experience with me really understand what I am talking about. I really learned a lot and not just about this great organization that I just joined, but about life, about people, about the world and the most important, about myself. I always thought that I am too small to make a difference in the world, but these days I realized this kind of thinking stopped me from even trying. Which is not good. It's ambitious and a little unrealistic to think that you could really change something around you, but it's sad to not even think about it. It makes you stop following your dreams, stop believing in yourself...stop having dreams altogether.

I was so amazed by the fact that 200 people that got together as strangers could connect on so many levels just by spending time together, attending some sessions, dancing and laughing as a group. When after such a short period of knowing eachother, we got to a moment when everybody talked with honesty and emotion about his/her life, about his/her feelings, I had the most amazing feeling...something I have never experienced before...and something that I will never forget. I can't believe I could ever feel this way, especially in this kind of circumstances and at this particular point in my life. I am really grateful that I was a part of what happened this weekend in Fürstenfeld and it was an experience that I'll always treasure and remember.

Gooooo LC Vienna!!!

Time

"Timp, incotro mergi?

Spre ce melaguri noi, grabit, alergi?"

In ultimele zile m-am gandit mult la cat de repede trece timpul. E primavara deja. Parca ieri asteptam cu nerabdare Craciunul si cu speranta un an nou...Acum ne bucuram din nou de reinvierea naturii, de razele calduroase ale soarelui, de zilele insorite si frumoase, care ne indeamna sa zambim, sa fim mai optimisti si mai buni. E uimitor cu ce viteza trece vremea si cate se schimba in viata noastra de la o zi la alta, uneori fara ca macar sa ne dam seama de acest lucru. Ca o nostalgica ce sunt, privesc adeseori inapoi spre ultimii ani si observ cate lucruri nu mai sunt cum au fost, cati oameni au plecat din viata mea si cati au pasit in ea. Plecarea unora am plans-o cu amar si ma intristeaza zilnic datorita faptului ca este vesnica, plecarea altora s-a facut pe nesimtite, din cauza distantei, intai fizice si apoi emotionale...Am imbratisat insa prieteni, cunostiinte si locuri noi sau am descoperit noi parti si am dezvaluit lucruri pana de curand necunoscute in unele persoane pe care le cunosteam de o viata. Gandindu-ma la toate aceste lucruri, incep sa realizez ceva ce tot aud in jurul meu si anume, cat de pretioasa este clipa, prezentul, fiecare zi pe care o traim. Imi dau seama cat este de important sa profiti din plin de fiecare zi care iti este data, de fiecare clipa pe care o ai alaturi de cei dragi, de fiecare moment al vietii tale, indiferent ca este bun sau rau. Imi dau seama cat este de important prezentul; ca in trecut trebuie privit doar pentru a-ti aminti clipele frumoase si a invata din cele neplacute; ca spre viitor trebuie privit doar pentru a-ti umple inima de speranta...Momentul actual este tot ceea ce conteaza acum, nu ce a fost si, mai ales, ce ar putea sa fie. Ar fi atat de bine daca as reusi mereu sa privesc doar in prezent, sa traiesc in primul rand azi si sa nu-mi fac ganduri pentru ce a fost ieri, ce ar fi fost daca si pentru ce ar putea fi maine...