Ed Sheeran. Photograph.

The power of vulnerability. Brené Brown.

Some ideas I've found interesting watching the video:

Whole-hearted people have:
    * courage to be imperfect
    * compassion to be kind to themselves and then to others
    * connection
We live in a vulnerable world. We make the uncertain certain. We numb vulnerability.
Let ourselves be seen vulnerably. Love with a whole heart .

Love means everything.

                                'Isn't he sweet?'  ;)

'My grandparents Laura and Howard have been married 73 years. In this video Howard is 92 and Laura is 93. Laura (Grandma) is at a hospice facility making peace with her final days. I was lucky enough to capture this precious, heart-melting moment between the two of them. Howard (Grandpa) is singing to her their love song, the song that comforted her when he went away to fight in World War II.'

Enjoy your Sunday!

A tin of passion.

                                                              A tin of passion
                                                              Help yourself *.
                                                              Passion is energy.

* help yourself= sírvete

Two people, two attitudes.

attitude = manner of thinking, feeling, or behaving that reflects a state of mind or disposition

                            1. What are, from your experience, the main differences?

                            2. Who do you identify with ? Why ? 

 

Low self-esteem ?

Impact of low self-esteem*

                                                           Be proud of who you are

                            “The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
                                                                                  ― Mark Twain

* self- esteem = autoestima

Stacey Kent. What The World Needs Now.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another mountain
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross
Enough to last till the end of time.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another meadow
There are meadows and cornfields enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
Oh listen, lord, if you want to know.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some, oh, but just for everyone.

It's never too late.

                           Keep moving forward.
                           It doesn't matter how slow we go as long as we don't stop... ;)
                                                          

Astonishment.

                                            Astonishment  = amazement, surprise

                                                           = asombro, sorpresa

                  What astonishes him/her is the fact that ......................................
                                                                                     (write your answer)
                                                                                    

 

Spot the difference.

                                  Can you spot the differences between these two pictures ?

Back To School, Mr Bean.

 He's a pain in the neck !  = es un incordio
                                            = es un coñazo (informal)
                                            = pone a parir
 

What a wonderful world.

                                              Have a restful Saturday !  ;)

Migrant crisis: 48 hours at Munich railway station - BBC News

Cuentos para desperezar/despedazar el alma. Aylan Kurdi. Por Lourdes Vicente.

 

Aylan Kurdi

Aquella trágica noche un sobrecogedor aullido emergía del interior de la tierra, estremeciéndola.

Un ahogado grito se hacía eco en el corazón de los niños convirtiéndose en  la peor de sus pesadillas. Una ola de lágrimas incontenidas los fue arrebatando de sus tierras, mientras sus mayores, brutalmente indiferentes,  miraban para otro lado. 

Aylan había llegado el primero a una playa turca. Antes que su hermano Galip y su madre Rihan.  Después, atrapados por aquel grito de auxilio, fueron llegando todos los demás niños. Uno a uno fueron colocándose junto a Aylan, como él,  boca abajo, fingiendo dormir. Queriendo no ver. Sumándose a un exilio ya irreversible. Abandonándose a la suerte de Aylan.

Ya era demasiado tarde. Las olas del mar fueron meciendo en un sueño eterno aquellos pequeños cuerpos inertes a los que el mar dio asilo. Los niños se habían ido. 

Todos.

Aquello fue el principio del fin.

lourdes vicente

Aylan Kurdi era un niño sirio de unos tres años de edad. Huía de la violencia de la guerra en Siria junto a sus padres y  su hermano Galip. Su bote –en el que viajaban también otros niños- naufragó y él, su hermano y su madre murieron ahogados. Su cuerpo fue encontrado muerto en la playa turca de Bodrum. Su padre, Abdulá, sobrevivió a la triste tragedia. Era un 2 de septiembre de 2015.

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