Interesante comparación que ha salido de una conversación con una amiga esta misma tarde: uno de los aspectos que la prostitución cumplía antaño, a parte de la obvia, era la de prestar un oído amable a alguien que necesitaba ser eschuchado. En cambio, hoy en día, en una sociedad dónde el sexo se consigue con tanta facilidad, lo que cuesta encontrar es alguien que además te escuche y te aconseje con imparcialidad.
Una paradoja más de la complejidad de las relaciones humanas.
¿Qué pensáis?
Jan 30, 2011
Jan 25, 2011
Fund-a-mental
Extract from my fundraising note "Fund-a-mental" for the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon in Dublin that took place on the 7th of June, 2010:
"These are some of my favourite things regarding mental health – all of which I need constant reminders myself:
- Be honest with yourself: learn to listen to yourself, if you don’t, nobody else will!
- Don’t be afraid. If fear is the key, the truth will set you free. First is going to p**s you off, but then it will set you free. But yet, everything is going to be alright in the end.
- Share, talk to someone, but not too much: if it’s a friend, it’s for free but if you talk too much, they won’t be your friend, anymore; if it’s a professional and you talk a lot, it will cost you.
- When you are feeling sh*te or down, just smile, reach out & help someone else. I guarantee you, you’ll feel better almost immediately!"
"These are some of my favourite things regarding mental health – all of which I need constant reminders myself:
- Be honest with yourself: learn to listen to yourself, if you don’t, nobody else will!
- Don’t be afraid. If fear is the key, the truth will set you free. First is going to p**s you off, but then it will set you free. But yet, everything is going to be alright in the end.
- Share, talk to someone, but not too much: if it’s a friend, it’s for free but if you talk too much, they won’t be your friend, anymore; if it’s a professional and you talk a lot, it will cost you.
- When you are feeling sh*te or down, just smile, reach out & help someone else. I guarantee you, you’ll feel better almost immediately!"
Jan 23, 2011
Thank you for the music... and Facebook!
Despite of the use & abuse of social networking sites, I am very grateful for Facebook.
Amongst other things it's allowing me to discover my friends' music taste, as well as expanding my own horizons. Normally a friend posts a video of a song they like, I listen to it & then & end up listening to a playlist that someone else has created which contains songs of that artist, often including songs of other similar artists or bands.
Here it's 3 new artist I discovered this chilled out morning: Madeleine Peyroux, Iron & Wine & Rachael Yamagata.
Feel free to seach for them on youtube, you know the drill.
By for now!
Amongst other things it's allowing me to discover my friends' music taste, as well as expanding my own horizons. Normally a friend posts a video of a song they like, I listen to it & then & end up listening to a playlist that someone else has created which contains songs of that artist, often including songs of other similar artists or bands.
Here it's 3 new artist I discovered this chilled out morning: Madeleine Peyroux, Iron & Wine & Rachael Yamagata.
Feel free to seach for them on youtube, you know the drill.
By for now!
Jan 16, 2011
Hoy es un buen día...
...y mañana también lo será!!!
Empecemos con una nota positiva ¿no?
Empecemos con una nota positiva ¿no?
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect... It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
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