Since I have mentioned in my last entry that I have been busy spring cleaning, I thought that would a great topic today. And before you all run away, I am not going to give any advices on how to turn your house inside out, dont worry!
Spring means a lot of things, rebirth of nature, sunshine after a long winter, love in the air, almost the end of school, Easter, spring cleaning, the smell of fresh cut grass, etc... A lot of these meaning have to do with something new, and that's wonderful. One of the things that I like is the new hope in the air. Somehow no matter how dark something seems in a cold, dark winter night, when I still have the same problem on a warm spring day its just doesn't seem so impossible. I am full of hope (even if you think its foolish). I think its like when the sun comes out after all those dark days and it gets warmer and you are outside and you can feel the warmth of it on your skin, you just now (something inside tells you) that there will be summer again (even if a couple of weeks ago I felt like the sun will never come out again). So I feel like this with hope too, somehow something will change, its just has to.
It has been an ugly winter, and a long one too. Filled with much more than just snow and cold. It was filled with ugly things happening around us, wherever you looked. I dont even want to began to list them, because we will be here for a long time. And now the winter is over and spring is here, and maybe we will have some good news. Even though it didn't start out good, think about what happened in Boston (you know what I dont understand? If somebody would try to blow up an EU conference, a G8 meeting, a G20 meeting, or a negotiation between the troika and Greece, I couldn't blame them thinking if we wipe out these greedy politicians it will be better. But why people want to hurt their fellow human beings? This i dont understand! (and just to make it clear, politicians may be humans, but you got no proof, so they dont belong in the why hurt your fellow human beings!)). So even though it didn't start out good, there is hope that it will get better. Well at least in the summer all politicians go for vacation, then is as we call it back home, cucumber season (which means most of the news are not really important and half of the news is about football players(who cares?!)), and during this time if we dont even hear good news the bad ones seem to be less too.
But before summer can come, now its spring and we chouldnt be running ahead of ourselves, we must enjoy what we have now. Because for everything there is a season, and spring is a wonderful season to enjoy. Its warm enough to go for a walk but its cold enough to snuggle up to your special someone in the night.
Spring cleaning is an old tradition, from times where people didn't have so many belongings, when there were no washing machines, hoovers or central heating. All these wonders we enjoy nowdays, and they make our lives much easier. I remember when I was a little girl, I didn't understand the importance, why now we must turn the house out of all of its corners, especially because there were so many things to do around this time of the year (fix the garden, plant veggies, prepare for making preserves, etc). But as I became older and now I have my own to turn inside out, I find pleasure in it (alright, i am special that way, I like cleaning anyway not just in the spring). I treasure the first time its sunshine outside for a couple of days in a row and I can open wide up all the windows and doors and let the spring air fly through the house. I like to put away the winter clothes, its sort of a relief we wont need them again until next year, but I know because i put them away carefully that they will be there. Do all the little cleaning things you were not in the mood for all winter long (like cleaning the windows).
To clean your house is like giving it and yourself a fresh start. And we could all use a fresh start. Something filled with hope, the view of trees and flowers blooming, and the smell of freshly cut grass. When you look at the world like this you can believe that someday it will alright.
As you spring clean you also notice things around the house, some damages that time or the last winter did around you, and you plan. You plan what needs fixing and then slowly before the enxt winter is here you try to finish it. And I truly wish that the people who make dicisions about our lives would do the same.
Look around themselves, see what needs to be fixed, and do something about it. I do want to live in a world like this. Because for as long as I can remember, all I see is that there is a problem (you can pick anything), and then there are big words, promises, and at the end nothing really happens and looking back after years that problem is still there. And more likely it got worst. There are so many people unfortunately out there that think if I pretend that the problem doesn't exist, then it will go away on it own. I will never understand this kind of thinking. When there a problem you just gonna have to try to do something about it, even if you dont know the solution right away, thinking, talking about it and trying out different solutions will help you find the way to solve it. You cant just sit and be like the ostrich when it puts it head in the sand, trying to avoid danger. I know that when you have a lot of problems it can be overwhelming, and sometimes you just need to think about something else. This is absolutely normal. But eventually you are gonna have to go back to it. The longer we avoid an issue the more likely the worst it becomes. And this is what we see around ourselves nowdays, or at least this is how I feel.
I see the problems in the world and it seems nobody wants to deal with it, people just want to pretend its not there. And until they do there are more children who go hungry to school every day, there are more people who loose their jobs, more businesses that close down, more people who cant find a job for years, more young people who feel they will not be able to study, more young couples who feel they cant start a family, more people who feel they need to leave their home countries to put food on the table, more families who give up their children, more families who cant pay their mortgage or rent and they end up on the streets, and list can go on and on and on. And there seems to be nobody who is concerned about all these. Nobody! And you can see these problems becoming worst and worst and worst almost daily. I hear on the news all the time unemployment rose to that percent, new records since WWII, and then the next day new data, even higher. The last week I have heard of three suicides, I know it doesn't seem a lot, but let me explain. I have heard of these not from the TV or some newspaper, these three suicides were relatives of people that surround us. When I was younger I heard of suicides, on the news, usually the ones that they clime up some bridge or caused some big disturbances, but the ones I heard this week, were quiet ones. They were just desperate people, feeling there is no other way. And I felt so sad for them, and for the ones they left behind. (On a personal level I dont agree with suicide, I think its a selfish act, but also I dont have any children yet and I dont need to make a decision on giving them up, because I cant feed them. We have food on our table, and a roof above our head, so I cant say that I am absolutely sure I will never feel like this is the only way out.) It was even worst because even though I didn't know these people personally, I felt like it happened around me. Its like when the neighbor gets robbed, it wasn't you but it was right next door. Somehow they seem to think that the solution is establishing help phone lines. People dont want help lines, they want solutions. They want to work and feed their families. And there seem to be no one wanting to fix this problem.
But its spring, its the season for hope and new beginnings so maybe we can hope that will this spring will change something...
Please comment, I would love to hear what you have to say:-)
Spring means a lot of things, rebirth of nature, sunshine after a long winter, love in the air, almost the end of school, Easter, spring cleaning, the smell of fresh cut grass, etc... A lot of these meaning have to do with something new, and that's wonderful. One of the things that I like is the new hope in the air. Somehow no matter how dark something seems in a cold, dark winter night, when I still have the same problem on a warm spring day its just doesn't seem so impossible. I am full of hope (even if you think its foolish). I think its like when the sun comes out after all those dark days and it gets warmer and you are outside and you can feel the warmth of it on your skin, you just now (something inside tells you) that there will be summer again (even if a couple of weeks ago I felt like the sun will never come out again). So I feel like this with hope too, somehow something will change, its just has to.
It has been an ugly winter, and a long one too. Filled with much more than just snow and cold. It was filled with ugly things happening around us, wherever you looked. I dont even want to began to list them, because we will be here for a long time. And now the winter is over and spring is here, and maybe we will have some good news. Even though it didn't start out good, think about what happened in Boston (you know what I dont understand? If somebody would try to blow up an EU conference, a G8 meeting, a G20 meeting, or a negotiation between the troika and Greece, I couldn't blame them thinking if we wipe out these greedy politicians it will be better. But why people want to hurt their fellow human beings? This i dont understand! (and just to make it clear, politicians may be humans, but you got no proof, so they dont belong in the why hurt your fellow human beings!)). So even though it didn't start out good, there is hope that it will get better. Well at least in the summer all politicians go for vacation, then is as we call it back home, cucumber season (which means most of the news are not really important and half of the news is about football players(who cares?!)), and during this time if we dont even hear good news the bad ones seem to be less too.
But before summer can come, now its spring and we chouldnt be running ahead of ourselves, we must enjoy what we have now. Because for everything there is a season, and spring is a wonderful season to enjoy. Its warm enough to go for a walk but its cold enough to snuggle up to your special someone in the night.
Spring cleaning is an old tradition, from times where people didn't have so many belongings, when there were no washing machines, hoovers or central heating. All these wonders we enjoy nowdays, and they make our lives much easier. I remember when I was a little girl, I didn't understand the importance, why now we must turn the house out of all of its corners, especially because there were so many things to do around this time of the year (fix the garden, plant veggies, prepare for making preserves, etc). But as I became older and now I have my own to turn inside out, I find pleasure in it (alright, i am special that way, I like cleaning anyway not just in the spring). I treasure the first time its sunshine outside for a couple of days in a row and I can open wide up all the windows and doors and let the spring air fly through the house. I like to put away the winter clothes, its sort of a relief we wont need them again until next year, but I know because i put them away carefully that they will be there. Do all the little cleaning things you were not in the mood for all winter long (like cleaning the windows).
To clean your house is like giving it and yourself a fresh start. And we could all use a fresh start. Something filled with hope, the view of trees and flowers blooming, and the smell of freshly cut grass. When you look at the world like this you can believe that someday it will alright.
As you spring clean you also notice things around the house, some damages that time or the last winter did around you, and you plan. You plan what needs fixing and then slowly before the enxt winter is here you try to finish it. And I truly wish that the people who make dicisions about our lives would do the same.
Look around themselves, see what needs to be fixed, and do something about it. I do want to live in a world like this. Because for as long as I can remember, all I see is that there is a problem (you can pick anything), and then there are big words, promises, and at the end nothing really happens and looking back after years that problem is still there. And more likely it got worst. There are so many people unfortunately out there that think if I pretend that the problem doesn't exist, then it will go away on it own. I will never understand this kind of thinking. When there a problem you just gonna have to try to do something about it, even if you dont know the solution right away, thinking, talking about it and trying out different solutions will help you find the way to solve it. You cant just sit and be like the ostrich when it puts it head in the sand, trying to avoid danger. I know that when you have a lot of problems it can be overwhelming, and sometimes you just need to think about something else. This is absolutely normal. But eventually you are gonna have to go back to it. The longer we avoid an issue the more likely the worst it becomes. And this is what we see around ourselves nowdays, or at least this is how I feel.
I see the problems in the world and it seems nobody wants to deal with it, people just want to pretend its not there. And until they do there are more children who go hungry to school every day, there are more people who loose their jobs, more businesses that close down, more people who cant find a job for years, more young people who feel they will not be able to study, more young couples who feel they cant start a family, more people who feel they need to leave their home countries to put food on the table, more families who give up their children, more families who cant pay their mortgage or rent and they end up on the streets, and list can go on and on and on. And there seems to be nobody who is concerned about all these. Nobody! And you can see these problems becoming worst and worst and worst almost daily. I hear on the news all the time unemployment rose to that percent, new records since WWII, and then the next day new data, even higher. The last week I have heard of three suicides, I know it doesn't seem a lot, but let me explain. I have heard of these not from the TV or some newspaper, these three suicides were relatives of people that surround us. When I was younger I heard of suicides, on the news, usually the ones that they clime up some bridge or caused some big disturbances, but the ones I heard this week, were quiet ones. They were just desperate people, feeling there is no other way. And I felt so sad for them, and for the ones they left behind. (On a personal level I dont agree with suicide, I think its a selfish act, but also I dont have any children yet and I dont need to make a decision on giving them up, because I cant feed them. We have food on our table, and a roof above our head, so I cant say that I am absolutely sure I will never feel like this is the only way out.) It was even worst because even though I didn't know these people personally, I felt like it happened around me. Its like when the neighbor gets robbed, it wasn't you but it was right next door. Somehow they seem to think that the solution is establishing help phone lines. People dont want help lines, they want solutions. They want to work and feed their families. And there seem to be no one wanting to fix this problem.
But its spring, its the season for hope and new beginnings so maybe we can hope that will this spring will change something...
Please comment, I would love to hear what you have to say:-)
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