To live now or to live for the future
A question that is not asked often and everyone should ask it at least once a year. A question that would change, I believe, almost everyone's life from the bottom up. This topic has been in my head for a long time. I've been thinking what to call the article.
I've been working all my life and I have nothing because I save
All our lives we work and work to save the money for some days we know nothing about. Savings are ok if we know what we are saving for, for example for a car or for an apartment. Saving when we do not know what we are saving for but we are saving because we know it should be so, it can become a disease. I think we all need to do a job that brings us as much money as we need for a normal life. One man was saving, saving, eating just to survive and saving a lot of money. When he decided to buy everything he had dreamed of all his life, he died. You need to live now.
I work and spend to the last cent
All my life I work and work and work, but I spend everything I earn, to the last cent. I do three jobs, in three schools, I work on weekends, I write for read.cash and I spend everything. I have the impression that the more I spend, the more I have. I don't know what will happen in 20, 30 years. I guess I'll manage somehow the way I manage now. I am sure that I will not wait for the years to reach me, for everything to start hurting me, so that I can enjoy the money I earn, probably in a nursing home. Or to die so that someone else enjoys my savings. You need to live now.
I'm rich and I don't know what to do with the money
There are a lot of rich people who don't know what to do with money, they are not happy even if they have everything. There are a lot of rich people who have everything, they have for others but they keep money in the account (it doesn't make sense). Here I have an idea of what rich people who have everything could do. They calculated and statistics say that if all billionaires shared their wealth with the rest of the world, everyone would have a normal life. It would be so good, there would be no poor and hungry people.
I am poor and I know exactly what I would do if I had a lot of money
Most people work for an average salary. While the rich bathe in donkey's milk and complain that their skin is still not beautiful, the poor would eat for a whole month for that money in a nearby restaurant and sing with happiness. While the rich travel and complain that their 5-star hotel was not very good, the poor would visit half of Europe for that money. While the rich are complaining about how they spent a million euros on a car at the auction, the poor would make a million children living without parents happy with that money. Someone knows what to do with money, but they don't have it. That's how it is today. Someone has money and is not happy, someone does not have and imagine how to make someone happy if he had.
In conclusion, I would say the following: Live today because tomorrow we do not know whether we will be alive. If you have, share it with those who don't have it, or ask them if you don't know if they have, because they know.
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Continents - interesting facts
This is a story about continents. The picture I saw at the school where I work caught my attention and inspired me to write an article with interesting facts about continents. Each continent has its own unique specifics and I will list some of them in accordance with the mentioned picture. I hope you find it interesting.
Europe
**The highest peaks of Europe:**
West Elbrus 5642m
East Elbrus 5621m
Mont Blanc 4807m
Monte Rosa 4634m
**The longest rivers in Europe:**
Volga 3534km
Danube 2860km
Rhine 1233km
Seine 776km
Tiber 404km
Belgium produces 220000 tonnes of chocolate a year. That’s about 22kg of chocolate per person.
The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in the Greek city of Olympia.
Andorra is the only principality in the world ruled by two princes, who also share the position of prince.
Austria has given the world many famous classical music composers, including Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, J. Strauss, Mahler and Bruckner.
Malta is the island of the famous knights of St. John the Baptist, who stopped the breakthrough of the Turks into Europe in the 16th century.
Asia
The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world, almost twice the size of the United States. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world (9,200 kilometers).
The highest mountain peak of Mount Everest is located in the area of Nepal and is therefore recognizable in the world.
The national animal of Bangladesh is the royal Bengal tiger.
Mesopotamia, one of the world's ancient civilizations, lokated in the area of present-day Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Indonesia is an island country of 17,800 islands. About half of the islands do not yet have names. The most famous islands of Indonesia are Sumatra, Java and Bali.
Maldives is an island country. It consists of 1200 islands.
A fifth of all residents live in China. The Great Wall of China is the only building in the world that can be seen from space.
Africa
Africa is so big that the United States, China, Japan, India, Eastern Europe, Germany and France can stand within its borders.
Algeria is the largest country in Africa. It covers an area of over 3.8 million square kilometers.
Victorian waterfalls are among the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. They are located in Zambezi. The waterfalls are over 1.6 kilometers wide and are the widest in the world.
The oldest human remains have been found in Ethiopia. The estimated age is about 200,000 years.
Four of the five fastest animals in the world live in Africa. Cheetah, wildebeest, lion and Thomson's gazelle. These animals can run faster than 80 kilometers per hour. And the cheetah can reach speeds of up to 110 kilometers per hour.
The oldest civilization in Africa is the pharaonic civilization of ancient Egypt.
North America
The first man to walk on the moon was American Neil Armstrong (July 21, 1969).
About 52 species of hummingbirds originate from Costa Rica.
The natives of North America before the arrival of the Europeans were the Aztecs and the Maya.
Stone tools found in Mexico indicate the existence of human civilization about 23,000 years ago.
The deepest blue hole to dive to is at a depth of 202 meters.
Canada has over 30,000 lakes.
South America
Ecuador has many active volcanoes and is therefore ranked first in the world.
Machu Picchu is the holy city of the Incas located in the highest part of the eastern Andes in Peru.
The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest place on the planet. The last time it rained was in 1971, and it hadn't rained for 400 years before that.
Brazil has won the World Cup in football five times. The most famous player is Pele.
Colombia is one of the largest exporters of quality coffee.
Lake Titicaca at an altitude of 4000 meters is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is located at the border crossing between Bolivia and Peru.
Australia
Australia is the largest island and the smallest continent in the world.
Australia is home to many animals that have long since become extinct on other continents. These are kangaroos, koalas, etc.
New Zealand is one of the last inhabited places on earth.
Antarctica
Antarctica is the only continent without a time zone.
If the ice in Antarctica melted, the level of the Pacific Ocean would rise from 60 to 65 meters.
A large number of seals and penguins live here
This continent is known for having 90 percent of the world's reserves of clean water.
The seasons are the opposite of the seasons in the northern hemisphere.
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It's nice to be stupid
A song by respected author from my country inspired me to write this article. The song is called "How nice it is to be stupid". The author of the song is Bora Djordjevic. The point of the song is that when you don't ask a lot, when you don't pretend to be very smart, you get better in life. More precisely, he said that it is very nice to be stupid.
Throughout life, we go through various stages. The phase of growing up, the phase of schooling, the phase of maturing. In the end, after all these stages, we can say for ourselves that we are experienced. People say that the best experience is a life experience and that the best school is a life school. I agree with those statements.
Many times I was in a situation where I had to explain my actions even if I knew that the actions were correct.
I like watching people. I like to analyze people. The job I do is such that I meet a lot of people. The hardest thing is working with people. School where I work, has more than 50 employees.
In one of the last articles I wrote that I talk a lot and I talk fast. I've been listening to what others have been saying lately. I can admit that it is difficult to listen. As I learned to listen to what others were saying, I realized that it is very nice to "be stupid".
When you pretend to be stupid, everything complicated can be simple. People usually use your abilities and sometimes they exaggerate. A colleague once said that he knows how to fix electricity and that's it. In a second, his nice job became seriously difficult. He undertook to change all the old cables and replace them with new ones. For a year, in addition to regular obligations at work, there are additional obligations that have not been paid. He said once again that he knew he was doing master crafts, so a colleague asked him to fix her kitchen. It wasn't just the kitchen but the closet in the bedroom, then the closet in the hallway, then the shelves in the basement. She took advantage of his ability and didn’t pay for his job. After that job, he told himself that he will pretend to be stupid in the future. He was left without free time, he was left without a lot of money because only those two jobs cost a lot. He was left with the worst, without the desire to help others, even if he is a very good man. I'm sure you understand and you know why he started pretending to be stupid.
Were you in a situation to be exploited and realized that it was better to pretend to be stupid than to help?
I think one of my favorite musicians in the song "How nice it is to be stupid" explained very well that sometimes it is really nice to be stupid. It's nice to rest your brain for a while. 😊
https://youtu.be/pb6jWSirIlY
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Flaws and virtues
My virtues are also my flaws. That is how I would start this article. I believe that there is no man on this planet without flaws, it wouldn't be good to exist, you agree, I'm sure.
Speed
I'm a very fast man. I don't mean running. I'm fast otherwise, I do everything fast. I prepare breakfast quickly, I get out of bed quickly, I am quick when I get ready for work, I feed my child quickly, I sleep fast lol. When I turn around, my life passes quickly. Speed is my virtue, I am aware of that, but sometimes it can be a flaw. Here is an example. I was assembling a wardrobe in the apartment and I was as fast as usual. Nobody chased me to finish that work quickly, it's just me. My wife complimented me on how quickly I assembled the wardrobe. My virtue is my flaw. Why do I say that? I got hurt several times. It’s nothing dangerous, but I always end up with injuries.
Talking a lot
As I wrote in the first part of the article that I am fast, just imagine how fast I talk. I've been a chatty person my whole life. My mother tells me that even in kindergarten when I was little, no one could stop me. At school, the kids used to tell me to talk like I am crazy. I talk even now, I don't close my mouth but I control a little. Sometimes my story knows how to tire the interlocutor. It happens that the interlocutor nods his head as if listening to me and in fact does not listen to me at all. 😊 Many times I resolved some difficult situation with my talking, for example, when a policeman stopped me to write a citation for me because I did not turn on the lights on the car, I consider it my virtue. My virtue is also my flaw. It happened to me that I enjoyed my talking so much that I made a problem for myself because I promised something at that speed, and I didn't think well about whether I could complete it. The promise needs to be fulfilled, yes, then I do extra work for myself. 😊
Neat
Meticulous, punctual, precise, that's me. I don't understand people who are not meticulous, who are not accurate, who are always late. I respect other people's time, I always show up before the agreed time. That's why I expect others to respect my time as well. After playing with my son, I like to put toys back in its place, that's what I teach him. Things in my closet are lined up like a thread. It happens that sometimes I tidy up my wife's closet, which is also tidy but not like I would tidy it lol. Being meticulous is a virtue, but also my flaw. Sometimes I go to extremes, sometimes that meticulousness can be burdensome. It burdens me personally and the family. I run after everyone around the house and tidy up. And it gives me a headache.
Closing words
I have the impression that it is good to have both flaws and virtues, that is the point. We are all different, unique. If people accept you with all your flaws and virtues, then they really respect and love you.
What are your flaws and virtues? Do you accept other people's flaws as part of them?
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With a musician through Serbia
Serbia is a small country in the mountainous Balkans. That is how I would start an article about my country. I live in the largest and capital city of Serbia. Serbia is also one of the countries of the former Yugoslavia. I will try to show you my country in my own way. I will describe several cities, from the north, south and east of Serbia.
Belgrade
The capital and largest city of Serbia is located in the north of Serbia. A city is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Danube and the Sava. It is a natural phenomenon. The Danube is one of the largest rivers in Europe. Belgrade is surrounded by mountains, Avala and Kosmaj.
I would like to single out one municipality of 16, which awakens special feelings in me. It is called **Zemun**. Zemun is one of the oldest municipalities. It is located on the banks of the Danube and as I like to say it is a place with soul. In the center of Zemun is recognizable architecture, old traditional taverns with tambourines (orchestra specific to the north of Serbia, consisting of tambourines, guitars and double bass) and many riverside restaurants, offering authentic Serbian food.
Belgrade Fortress and **Kalemegdan** park are impressive. Kalemegdan is a cultural and historical park, consisted of walls of the former stronghold of Belgrade. The word Kalemegdan comes from the Turkish words "kale" (fortress) and "megdan" (battlefield). The Turks called Kalemegdan "Fićir bajir" which means "hill for thinking". An interesting fact is that I was also thinking about many things there while I was sitting on the bench and enjoying the beautiful view. I also proposed to my wife there. 😊 Nice memory. It is now kept as a museum and is an attraction for all tourists. The confluence of the Sava and the Danube can be seen from the edge of Kalemegdan. There is a lot more but not to reveal everything, I invite you to visit my city. 😊
Vranje
Vranje is a city in the south of Serbia. Vranje is also a city with a soul. A city with tradition, with history. When Vranje is mentioned, people talk about having a good time and eating a good food. 😊 Vranje is known for Bora Stankovic, a writer who has written many good novels. One of them is "Impure Blood". A trumpet is heard in Vranje almost every day. People are very kind. When you are there, you feel at home. The symbol of Vranje is the white bridge made in honor of forbidden love. I must mention the specialties of cuisine of Vranje. "Samsa" is my favorite pie (empty pie topped with sour cream and garlic).
Negotin
Negotin is a city that is interesting to me for several reasons. It is located in eastern Serbia between two mountains on one side and two rivers on the other, and it is the lowest point in Serbia, 28 meters above sea level. A national treasure, the Djerdap National Park is on its way to Negotin. The Danube is so wide there that it looks like the sea. Tourists usually stay a few days to see the beauties of the national park. Negotin is known for the number of people who work and live abroad, which is said by castles surrounded by large fences and stone lions that are empty during the year. Negotin is the birthplace of the most famous Serbian composer, Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac. He wrote well-known compositions all over the world, "15 Rukoveti". His house is now a museum and every year Mokranjac Days are organized in his honor.
Final words
These places are my personal choice. Serbia has many other beautiful places and it is very rich country in mountains, rivers, beautiful nature and above all kind people. Long history, good fun, delicious food and friendly people are the reasons to visit Serbia and I hope that you will start to think about that after reading my article.
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Healthy and bad habits
Habits are an integral part of life. Some of them are good, but some of them are bad. From an early age, everything is learned, even habits. Nutritionists recommend established good habits. Meals should be at the same time, training 3 times a week and a minimum of 6 hours of sleep.
Coffee and cigarettes or running
Natural awakening is best, I believe you agree with me. But a lot of people can't wake up without a cup of coffee. I am one of the coffee lovers, so apart from the fact that coffee wakes me up, I enjoy the smell and taste. Now, a cigarette with a cup of coffee is a bad habit. Usually this ritual can replace breakfast, which is not a good option at all. But that's why running after a cup of coffee is a complete success. What habit do you choose?
Smoothie or fast food
Lunch time is when we are usually at work. A fast lifestyle makes us choose the easiest option for us and that is fast food. Fast food looks tempting, it smells fantastic, but after a few months we get extra kilos as a gift. Being overweight also causes health problems. I understand, we can't carry a blender with us, but that's not a reason not to think ahead. We can make a smoothie while getting ready for work. One banana, one apple, one carrot, a spoon of oatmeal, a glass of yogurt, brrrr and the shake is ready to take away. Which option are you for, a smoothie or a fast food?
Dinner at 6pm or before going to bed
Dinner is just as important as breakfast. Unlike breakfast, which should be strong, full of carbohydrates and protein, dinner should be light and a couple of hours before bedtime. Salad with tuna or chicken is an ideal solution at 6 p.m. But the evening is ideal for a movie and with the movie you can have drinks, snacks, beer, coca cola. I would be lying if I said that this kind of relaxation is not pleasant. After a while we will realize that such a habit is very bad. Our body will just tell us to stop. It will start to change. You just need a mirror and everything will be clear to you. 😊 What habit do you choose?
Overslept or sleepless night
"Habit is a miracle". It is a saying in my language. It is difficult to create a good habit and it is even harder to stop bad habits. Six hours of sleep is the minimum for body recovery. Anything under six hours is the beginning of insomnia. The color of the skin changes, when the body is tired. Dark circles under eyes are getting bigger and bigger. The body is looking for more and more caffeine to stay awake. All this can be done while you are young. It happens that one does not sleep through the night, but it is not healthy, it should not become a habit. The night is for sleeping. Nature has arranged it. What habit do you choose?
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Imprint
What do you think first when you hear the word "imprint"? The first thing that comes to my mind is a fingerprint or a personal print that we leave as a stamp. For my five-year-old son imprint is a footprint in snow or sand.
Fingerprint
Each fingerprint is unique, starting with the fingerprint we leave when we need some personal documents. Every man on this planet has a unique fingerprint. Isn't it fascinating what nature can do? Have you ever tried to paint your finger with some paint and leave a print on white paper? The lines are magically drawn. I am inspired by my son's works, from kindergarten.
Creative imprint
All artists leave their mark or imprint. The famous Van Gogh left such an imprint with his hand, that his pictures are invaluable. There are also so many paintings, painted by amateurs and they also left their personal imprint.
Arranging an apartment is a special kind of personal imprint, you will agree. That is why every apartment has its own warmth. It is the imprint of those people who live in that apartment.
Our personal imprint
The imprint we leave. The imprint left on us by our parents, and we leave it to our children. When a child is born, we get uncut stone. Then we, parents, shape our child, of course respecting his innate character. We, dads and moms, pass on to our children what our parents passed on to us. That is why we often hear the saying that children are the mirror of their parents.
Imprint of the soul
The most beautiful imprint for me is the imprint of the soul. I called it like that, because I am the one who leaves a mark or personal imprint through music. Write a melody, lyrics, publish a song, make a screenplay for a movie... I don't think everyone can do that. It comes out of the soul.
Final words
In the end, I would just like to state that each of us leaves an indelible imprint while we are alive. One way or another, but we certainly leave our unique imprint. What is your imprint?
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Mosaic
When we talk about life, we are talking about various stages. The schooling phase, then about career, love and about life in general. I would describe life as one big mosaic. Lots of pieces that are assembled, disassembled and in the end, the mosaic is unique. Everyone assembles their pieces and everyone carries their mosaic on their own backs.
Job mosaic
Essentially, when it comes to job mosaic, it was never the way I imagined and planned. When you finish school, it is normal that you want immediately to find a job that you are qualified for. But it is not easy as it seems. I first worked in a bar as a barista and after a few years I started working as a music professor. The pieces were not assembled like I imagined in my head, but I also know why. I know why now, I didn't know then. If I had not done that hard work, I wouldn't have appreciated the work I do now, I'm sure of it.
Love mosaic
It takes two to make a love mosaic. Pieces in love are not easy to put together, at least that's what it looks like for those who are embarking on a love mosaic for the first time. And there is disassembly and assembly, which is normal. It would not be good to put together a love mosaic from the first time. In my language, there is a saying that you should eat a kilogram of salt with someone with whom you want to make a love mosaic. 😊 There is a lot of logic to this saying, you agree, I'm sure. Then the mosaic is the most beautiful.
Life mosaic
Life is the greatest mosaic of all mosaics. The largest, but also the most difficult to assemble. While all the pieces are assembled, while the mosaic is assembled, there will be disassembly, more precisely intentional disassembly, but also accidental disassembly. Unlike the job mosaic, the life mosaic is affected by many things. From the family you grew up with, to starting your own family. Every piece of the life mosaic is very important. I think the first pieces for the foundation of the mosaic are the most important. As it is the case with any building under construction.
Closing thoughts
The conclusion is that we can never assemble a mosaic in advance, we can look back nicely and see what kind of mosaic we have assembled. More precisely, we can not assemble a mosaic. The mosaic pieces assemble themselves.
How do you assemble your mosaic?
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Adrenaline rush
There is no person who has not met the term adrenaline at least once in life, so it is good to know what adrenaline really is. Explained in simple way, adrenaline is a type of hormone which is released by our body's response to any kind of stress. I enjoy the feeling of adrenaline rush, when the adrenaline is released suddenly. Exciting situations make me feel alive.
Rollercoaster
A rollercoaster is something that I could recommend, if you want adrenaline to hit your brain as soon as you start the ride. It is the most exciting amusement ride. The advice for a rollercoaster is not to eat or drink at least 2 hours before driving. I found out that from my personal experience. I felt a little sick to my stomach. I don't know how it was for people under the rails 😀 but I know I certainly wouldn't like to be in their shoes.
Karting
I have been interested in cars since I was a child. More precisely, cars are my second great love, in addition to my wife who is my first love. I lied a little, "my innocent lie"😊, but I had to, so that my wife wouldn't get angry. 😀 Squeaking tires, sudden acceleration, sudden braking, in a word, karting. A word that I adore to hear. I don't know why the speed, petrol and tires are in men's blood, but that's how it is.
Parachuting
I have been hearing about parachuting for many years. My friends convince me that the adrenaline from rollercoasters and karting is nothing compared to jumping from a plane. The preparation is serious, it takes a long time and I did not find the time to dedicate myself to the preparation to jump. Or as my good friend says, it's not a matter of preparation, it's a matter of fear. 😊 But I will probably jump one day and share the experience with you.
Rafting
Rafting is something that must be loved. Fast river, experienced leader and not much thinking. The paper is signed, consent is given to enter the boat at your own risk, which raises the adrenaline. I didn't get in the boat, I'm still learning to swim. 😀
Skiing
Skiing is a special kind of adrenaline rush. Let's start with the equipment. Ski jacket, ski pants, boots, skis. All the same for a woman. All the same for two children. In the beginning you need a jeep to pack. So expensive adrenaline... 😀 Then find a mountain, pay for a hotel, pay for a ski pass, while we get to the adrenaline, winter passes. So when we get on our skis, even if the trail is good and long and our legs are strong and ready, then everything is forgotten. Adrenaline hits our heads and we forget everything.
Fishing
As I am celebrating my fourth decade of life, I think fishing is a great adrenaline rush for me. I prepare slowly but surely. I bought rods, a hook, a thread, just to get going to the river.
That's how it goes downhill with age. From rollercoasters, karting, parachuting, rafting, we came to fishing.
Adrenaline tells us that we are still alive, moves, reflects and keeps awake.
I would like to read what kind of adrenaline rush do you like?
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The crossroads of life
Throughout our lives, we are always at some crossroads. I believe that you know what I am writing about.
Life crossroads
Do you turn left or right? Do you go straight or park for a while? I'm not talking about driving a car. I am talking about life. I’ve had multiple intersections or turning points, however it is easier for you to understand. The first serious crossroads was at the end of high school. Faculty enrollment is the first serious crossroads. I had to decide whether to turn left and stay with high school, turn right and start something new to learn or continue straight and finish Music Academy. It wasn’t easy because at the time there are a million unanswered questions. I'm where I am now, so I chose a good path at the crossroads.
The second crossroads, perhaps the most serious, is the moment when I had to decide where I would live. In the city where I studied, where I have nothing and no one, or in the small town where I was born and where I have everything. Again a million unanswered questions. I opted for the big city. That journey was very difficult, thorny as I like to say. I moved my family, my apartment, my house. The journey lasted for 10 long years. I'm where I am, again I chose a good path at the crossroads.
Intersection - roundabout
I always wondered until I have got a driving license how it is to be at the big intersection. How they all know who has the priority. Here's to those who didn't take the exam. Police and ambulances with rotation always have a priority. Tramways on rails, pedestrians on the pedestrian crossing always have a priority. The roundabout is a serious crossroads. The priority has always who is in the circular flow. 😊
"Like a pig at the crossroads"
There are a lot of sayings in my language. I like to use all these sayings because each of them has a clear meaning and message. One interesting saying is: "He was confused like a pig at the crossroads. " 😀 The saying is for those who are so confused that they do not know where they are.
I crossed forever with...
One more saying... Many times I caught myself saying that I was forever crossed with this, with that, with somebody. I crossed with cigarettes 15 years ago. I crossed with fatty fast food, now I am switching to a healthy diet and starting to train. I crossed with short jackets, from now on I buy long jackets that protect the kidneys. 😀 I crossed with the company I worked for, now I am satisfied with the new one. I crossed with a friend who was not a friend, it is easier to breathe without such friends. I crossed with Opel forever, now I want to buy a Skoda. 😊
Have you ever been on the crossroads of life?
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My imagination invents everything
In my language, the title of my article rhymes. It's hard for me to show you how that sounds. "My imagination invents everything" is a well known saying in my country. It means that imagination is so powerful, that it can invents a lot of achievable things.
I would like to start today's article by asking what life is for you? Is it just reality, everyday habits or perhaps imagination?
I like to imagine. My wishes are my imagination. We are all dreaming, because it is in human nature. When you are a child, they told you to stop imagining and to grow up. As we grow, so we learn that reality is harsh and it is not like our imagination.
Imagination drives me to think, to create, to achieve more and more. I am still a child in my soul. Many people in my environment think it is because I am an artist - a musician. As a kid, I dreamed of being a pilot. I adored super heroes and flew with them, of course in my imagination. 😊 Then I dreamed of being a garbage man, garbage trucks were fascinating to me. I can’t remember exactly now, but I’ve been a dinosaur for the longest time... 😊 In my imagination of course. 😊
Boom! We grow up in an hour and our wishes change, but we continue with our imagination. We dream about getting a well-paid job. When we buy a car, we dream of buying better, bigger ones. When we rent the first apartment, then we dream of buying our own. When we have a son, we dream of having a daughter. All our lives we live in some dreams and imagination. People don't even pay attention during the day how many times they think about what to do and how.
There is a saying that if you want something too much, you will get that and your wish will come true. Based on that saying, I came up with another "be careful what you wish, it might come true". If you read my articles, you will see that I like to use sayings. I started learning your sayings too and I think that every language has a very interesting sayings.
In the end, I would like to repeat my saying, "my imagination invents everything". 😊 I must mention that I composed and wrote the most beautiful melodies while I dreamed. Probably the imagination is connected with music, with the artistic spirit. I believe that this is how the best films, the best books, and even the best articles are made. 😊 Does your imagination invent everything?
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ThePerfectGift2021 - Four ladies
Secret Santa! One of my favorite games. When it comes to Secret Santa, I am always there. We play Secret Santa at work and we always have a great fun. Even if we can't play Secret Santa here, we can still have a great fun of exchanging virtual gifts, thanks to our dear friend @CoquiCoin who is one of my four favorite ladies on this platform.
With today's article, I want to participate in #ThePerfectGiftChallenge2021 and I am very excited about that.
I would like to give my virtual gifts to my favorite four ladies on read.cash platform.
**Tired momma**
Wife, mom, daughter, I would say superwoman! What I concluded about the tired momma through her articles on read.cash and noise.cash is that she is always everywhere. She achieves everything. To work, to call her mom and dad, to prepare meals for the children, to prepare them for school, to finish homework with them. To be active on noise.cash and read.cash platform. I would say that she is an exemplary woman. She calls herself a tired momma. @tired_momma I would like to give you some free time. If the day lasts 24 hours, I will give you a few more hours of time just for yourself. 😊 That would be time for your relaxing. My virtual gift for you is a voucher for spa and wellness center, to enjoy your own time and to get new energy for new challenges.
**CoquiCoin**
@CoquiCoin is the lady who supported me at the start, when it was the hardest because every start is very difficult. Lots of quality articles, lots of nice and useful advices, lots of good comments. It's easier with her at read.cash. 😊 She describes so well everything that she does and every place where she goes, that I have the impression like I was there even if I wasn't. My virtual gift for you is one 3D puzzle bus from London. I thought about destination and London inspired me... Rain, cup of tea, city sightseeing tour with this red bus. I am sure that you would enjoy that trip.
**JRamona20**
Another lady who loves the same as me. She enjoys food. Her articles about food inspired me to dedicate a few sentences to her. In addition to adoring food, I also love to cook. If the competition was live and we could give real gifts, I would cook for her a specialty meal. As @Jelena said, the most important thing is idea and not the realization. 😊
This year I discovered a donut bar with my family on our vacation at sea. We bought donuts every night. These are donuts that you can fill by yourself. My little son was thrilled, he always had a stomach ache from a lot of sweet toppings...😀 One special donut, filled with everything you want, and white chocolate of course as my choice😊 from me to you @JRamona20 . Enjoy!
**Gertu13**
Gertu13 is another wonderful lady that I follow and who follows me. Reading her articles, I got the impression that she is a woman who always stands up straight, says clearly and loudly what she wants and knows exactly what she wants. Such stable women in my opinion are real ladies with a lion's heart. For my friend and lady @gertu13 one lady's hat. 😊
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Innocent lies
There is no person who has never lied, even if it comes to innocent lies. These innocent lies are also called "white lies" and today I am inspired to write about them because in my opinion, they have a great impact on our behavior.
**Kindergarten**
Little innocent lies starts at an early age. Children unconsciously defend themselves with small innocent lies. In order for their parents not to be angry about the mischief they made, the children invent a story. That story is innocent, sympathetic to us adults, but it is certainly a lie. Children in kindergarten often defend themselves with a fictional story in order not to be punished. I think that from an early age children should develop an awareness of lies. It is very important for them to separate fairy tales from real life.
**School**
If you do not pay attention to small innocent lies in time, school age can be dangerous in that field. Children in primary school are already aware enough, mature enough to come up with a serious lie. A lie can get complicated. People who are unfamiliar with the fictional story get involved and then general chaos ensues. In my opinion, the last opportunity to correct something like that is the period of primary school. Later, it is the next chapter and people who lie, begin to believe their own lies.
**College**
Complexes. As I said, all starts in kindergarten. Now we are talking about serious people who live in their own lies. People who can easily manipulate other people's feelings and play with their own and other people's lives. During this period, it is difficult to determine whether someone is lying, because after so many years, he is already experienced in deception. How to save yourself from such people? It is very difficult.
**The job**
Well, here is a dangerous fight. A pond full of crocodiles as I like to say. People who deal with deceptions and live in their fictional world, have to talk with their Human resources team. Usually their tests show very well who is what. Psychologists generally do their job properly. It is another chance to stop this way of life.
**Marriage**
The last subtitle, in my opinion, is the most important. I don't think a married man can survive with small innocent lies. Then the cards are opened and the truth comes out. Then it will be too late. A lot of people are usually disappointed and hurt. And then, there is a chance to change something, but it is mostly very difficult.
I must mention that small innocent lies sometimes can be good. Only in exceptional situations. For example, when you save a colleague - a friend, from certain punishment and stand by his side. You confirm that the tire on the car really broke and that is why you did not arrive on time for work. And during that time you drank some nice cappuccino. 😊
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to say a white innocent lie?
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Coffee as a way of life
I think that my wife is the only person in this world who has never tasted coffee. She is not attracted to coffee, she does not like the color, she does not like the smell. She says how you can drink it, it is disgusting... I love coffee, I enjoy every sip. I could sit in front of the coffee shop for hours and just smell it. Someone can't wake up without coffee. It is first morning coffee. There are special and very expensive coffees. There are a lot of sayings about coffee. Some people say that coffee is a medicine and some people do not like coffee.
**Cafeteria work**
As a student, I worked in a well-known Costa Coffee cafeteria. I got a badge golden coffee. It was the award for the best barista of that year. A colleague and I drew on the coffee whatever came to the guests' minds. Heart, honey, moon. That's where I fell in love with coffee.
**First morning coffee**
Most people drink coffee first when they wake up. It is usually a ritual not to be missed. With the first morning coffee, a day is planned, breakfast is prepared, and work is done. I am one of the fans of the first morning coffee and I like to drink it alone, before the housemates get up... 😊
**Kopi Luwak coffee**
Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world, costing up to $ 50 per cup. It reaches 1000, 1200 dollars per kilogram. Why is it so expensive? It is produced in a very specific way. Civets, animals like cats, feed on coffee. They choose the ripe and best fruits of coffee. Later, coffee beans are taken from Civet's feces and cleaned, washed and baked in a special way. This is how the most expensive coffee in the world is made.
**Bitter life - sweet coffee**
There is a saying in my language. I have heard many times while I was working in the cafeteria that people order homemade coffee, espresso, cappuccino, latte with a lot of sugar. When I asked them why, they said that their life is very bitter and that they like sweet coffee to sweeten life.
**Coffee as medicine**
Most doctors think that coffee is very healthy. A few cups of coffee during the day are recommended. Coffee is good because it speeds up metabolism, so it is recommended for obese people. Athletes drink strong coffee before training because caffeine wakes up the body and raises adrenaline. There are people who don't like coffee and I'm not one of them. 😊
What coffee do you like? Do you like someone to prepare it for you or do you like it the most when you make it by yourself? Do you also drink your coffee with a lot of sugar? 😊 I like espresso ristretto the most, completely without sugar. My life is sweet, so I want to see a little what it's like when something is bitter.
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Kilometers of life
Have you ever wondered how many kilometers you drive each day? How many kilometers is it per year, and how many kilometers is it for one life... Were those healthy kilometers or maybe kilometers of earning, kilometers spent in the bus on the way to work, kilometers in the air. I have an app on my phone and until yesterday I didn't know what it was for. Every day there are some numbers on the display. These are the steps I take in one day, and the app calculates how many kilometers it is. Let's start from the beginning.
**Healthy kilometers**
Every day, on average, a person walks about 3,500 steps. It is approximately 3 kilometers. Doctors recommend a minimum of 10,000 steps in one day, which is 8 km. Healthy kilometers are also our running kilometers, 6 to 8 km in one day. Healthy kilometers are also kilometers on a bike. You can combine nice and healthy and go to work by bike. It is then 20 km during the day of healthy kilometers.
**Kilometers that earn**
Someone has spent their entire working life on wheels. These kilometers would be earning kilometers. Someone drives a bus professionally, someone a car, someone drives a truck, someone drives a boat. That's many kilometers in one day, and even more if we calculate how much it is in one year and for life. The law determines how many kilometers a professional driver can drive in one day, so after a certain time and a certain number of kilometers he must take a break. There are devices that measure that.
**Kilometers in the bus on the way to work**
If you live in a big city, you have to go to work by bus, subway, car. Experts have calculated that you will be in the bus on your way to work for an hour and an hour when you return from work, for one day. When all this is recalculated, we spend one third of our life in the bus.
**Kilometers in the air**
In my opinion, the most beautiful kilometers are these, kilometers in the air. Pilots and flight attendants have many air kilometers behind them. Apart from those numbers, which I believe cannot be put on paper, because it is so many kilometers that it can be counted in billions, their work is perfect. Pilot and the crew of the plane go around and see the whole world in their life. That is why almost every child would like to be a pilot when they grow up. I also wanted to be a pilot. 😊
Dear readers, I would like to wish you thousands of kilometers in the air, to travel around the world. I would also like to wish you thousands of healthy kilometers. Health is the most important. Try to have eight to ten kilometers in one day. Or run about ten kilometers. I go to work and back by bike everyday. I am not nervous anymore because of the big crowds since I live in a big city because I am always first at the traffic light by bike. I feel healthier and I wish you the same. 😊
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Do it by yourself
When they ask you for 300$ for making a small partition wall, then you buy the material and make the wall by yourself. You become your own master. Let's start from the beggining.
The apartment where I live has 45 m2. We are dividing the living room. We divide 25 m2 into two small rooms. One of 10 m2 and one of 15m2. If you want to be your own master, you need a certain tool.
The following tools are required:
Meter, drill, screwdriver, sheet metal shears, paintbrush. The material needed is glue, gypsum boards, aluminum profiles and finally paint.
**First day**
Installation of aluminum profiles. You have to decide where the door of the room will be and put two pillars there. In each corner of the wall there is another pillar and then you assemble the pillars.
**Second day**
When the construction is finished, fastened, you start to arrange the gypsum boards. It's easy, at least in the picture. Assemble until you fill the entire wall and fasten with screws. Do the same on the other side of the wall.
**Third day**
When the gypsum boards are lined up, you need to fill in the gaps with glue. When the glue dries, cover the whole wall with thin glue so that the wall is completely flat. When the first layer dries, then glue another layer. The same goes for the other side.
**Fourth day**
When the wall is flat, dry, there is painting. Everyone chooses the color of the wall they like. I love white. Paint the entire wall with a brush on both sides. When the paint dries, after a few hours, paint the whole wall again.
**Fifth day**
Setting up closets. It's a relatively easy job, because you just put shelves in the already cut boards and fasten them with screws.
**Sixth day**
Moving into a new bedroom. It is small but still a bedroom. My wife and I no longer sleep in the living room on an extra bed. For the money that they wanted to charge me, 300$, I bought all the material and the drill. It is good to be your own master. 🙂 I saved a lot of money, the tool I bought was left for me for some next task. The effort paid off. Do you think that I did a good job?
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What can our hands do?
Hardworking hands.
Hands in the sand.
Groomed hands.
Hands.
The hand of reconciliation.
Handwritten signature.
Precise hand.
Hand to hand.
My favorite song "Hands".
**Hardworking hands**
The hardworking hands of my grandmother, the hardworking hands of my mother, the hardworking hands of my wife, the hardworking hands of my daughter, the hardworking hands of all the women in this world. How many homemade breads, how many delicious pies, how many cakes, how many juices all these hands made. How many dresses, how many shirts, how many coats were sewn by hardworking hands. How many stiff backs and shoulders are massaging hardworking hands just at this moment...
**Hands in the sand**
Hands in the sand, in the park, in front of the building, hands in the sand on the sea, hands in the sand in every corner of the world... How many children's hands are playing in the sand this second... How many children's hands are now making sand towers and cities...
**Groomed hands**
How many hands are there now at the manicure? How many hands are now applying the hand cream? How many hands are now applying nail polish in all colors? All those colors that @Jelena mentioned in her article about colors. 😊 How many hands have the most beautiful pearl bracelet, a beautiful leather bracelet, how many well- groomed hands are now wearning a briliant ring?
**Hands**
How many hands are playing the piano now, how many hands are playing the saxophone, how many hands are playing the harp, how many hands are holding the microphone... How many hands are now applauding some favorite singer, a successful boy who won the first prize for the first time, how many hands are holding a newborn baby?
**The hand of reconciliation**
How many people have just offered a hand of reconciliation? How many of them have just extended a hand to a new acquaintance... How many hands are now on someone's shoulder as support? How many hands hug someone just these seconds...
**Handwritten signature**
How many hands does hold a pen and sing a contract to buy an apartment... How many hands is signing a contract to buy a new car? How many hands put their signature to get married? How many hands signed the contract to adopt the child from a orphan home? How many hands does sign to accept the inheritance...
**Precise hand**
How many of the most precise hands at the moment are doing the most complicated heart surgery, brain surgery? How many of the most precise hands drew a line on the canvas without a ruler? How many precise hands are there today...
**Hand to hand**
How many hands are holding another hands right now... How many boys and girls are currently holding hands? How many of them now hold their younger sister, brother, daughter, son by the hand and teach them to walk... How many friends from kindergarten are now holding hands as they walk through the park...
I could write like this infinitely. Since I have become a member of read.cash platform, I started to see things differently. I think about some things that I never thought before, because I have been thinking all day about what I'm going to write next. I look at the park bench differently. I wrote about my nose, and I hadn't photographed myself from the profile until then. Tree, grass, sky, sun, stars, my children, work, colleagues at work, I look at everything differently. I have never observed my body in such detail as I do now. Today, my hands fascinated me while I played the piano at work. The hands on the lead image are mine. As you read my article, you will probably remember what all the hands are still doing and we are not even aware of it. I have changed a lot since I started writing. I slowed down, I write fast, but I read slowly.
Finally, before I tell you what my favorite song is, let me just remind you that your hands are just leafing through what you are reading, and mine is typing.
My favorite song is called "Hands" and it is performed by Darko Rundek, a mucician whom I greatly appreciate and respect.
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One way ticket
I often hear a sentence: "I bought a one way ticket."
The 21st century is the age of technology. It is the century in which some things, that we used to see in movies, really happen. Robots change workers in markets. Robots change workers in banks. People made self-driving, driverless car. We will be able to teleport ourselves soon. 😊 All of this influences young people to leave their smaller cities and move from them to larger ones, to enjoy as much as they can the 21st century.
One way ticket is a solution to make a dream come true. At least that is what we say when we buy that ticket. You get somewhere where the air doesn't smell like in your country. You are hungry and people are eating something else. You find something that you eat in your country, so you rejoice, but you don't know how to order, you don't know their language. Okay, a little with your hands, a little with your feet, you understand but you don't have enough money to pay. Is that what the one way ticket offers? At once, the fairy tale breaks down. You wonder if it is true that you are there, that everything around you shines and that the dream is not easy to dream?
One job, another job, you learned the language, you became safe, you don't have to do two jobs anymore, hey, the dream comes true! Wait, it's been 10 years, you haven't seen your parents, brother, sister, you didn't get married. Again a big question appears. Is that what the one way ticket offers?
You fall in love, you get one child, another child, hey, the dream comes true. But wait, some woman you don't know, takes care of your children. You pay her a lot and on the other hand, your parents dream of embracing their grandchildren. Same question again. Is that what the one way ticket offers?
I think that it is the best to buy return tickets. There are many reasons why I say that. There is a saying in my language, go everywhere, but come back to your house. So travel, get to know different countries, different cultures, but let your place of departure and arrival be your city where everyone knows you, where you feel at home. 😊
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Chessboard
Chess has always been a classy game for me. My dad introduced me to the world of chess when I was 7 or 8 years old. Our evenings were sure to end with a good game of chess. Let's start from the beginning.
I will write a few basic facts about chess first. The game originated in the fifteenth century. Chess is a game for two players. Chess is played on a special board. The board has white and black squares, a total of 64. Each players has 16 pieces. Two knights, two rooks, two bishops, a king, a queen and eight pawns. Players play alternately one move at a time, and the object of the game is to checkmate the king.
Over time, chess has become a favorite game around the world. People began to make figures of the finest wood, precious glass and precious stones. Chess has become an indispensable object in every home. Someone had chess because of the game, someone had chess as a decorative item. In many squares we can find chess pieces.
**Home chess**
I have chess left by my dad. For me, it has a special value. I pulled the first moves on that board.
**Pocket chess**
Pocket chess is a small chess and each piece has a magnet. That is the best thing I've ever seen. We haven't lost a single figure in 20 years. 😊 That's what my mom bought me when I was a child. We carried a small pocket chess on each trip.
In the end I would say that chess ia a classy game, as I said at the beginning of the article. A game that has a soul, a game that is great for brain developing, a game that develops planning ability. Now I teach my son to play chess like my dad taught me.
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Black and white world
I will start my black and white article with one of my favorite songs "Black and white world", original "Crno-beli svet".
https://youtu.be/_aI95yGsPwc
Black and white TV
Black and white chessboard (one of my next articles) 😊
Black and white photos
I remember that time as a carefree time. A time when good concerts were expected. A time when traveling was without masks and passes. A time when an apple was an apple and not like now, an apple like tire. A time when people respected each other on the street with a nice words, even if they did not know each other. A time when a woman was a lady with a hat and a man a gentleman in a suit with a tie. Let's begin.
**Black and white TV**
On Sunday nights, we were all gathered around a black and white TV and we were watching our favorite TV program. Dad's friends and neighbors watched every football and basketball black and white match together with popcorn and beer. There was also a black and white video recorder. We gathered to watch a black and white wedding or my first birthday. It was an unforgettable time in black and white. You agree, I'm sure.
**Black and white photography**
Black and white photos were everywhere. Everyone had a camera in the house. Photo films were kept out of the light of day. There were photography shops in every corner. Everyone had an album with black and white photos. Family photos were hung on the wall in the living room. There are so many memories when flipping through an album with black and white pictures.
**Chess (one of my next topics for the article)** 😊
Black and white chessboard. Elegant color combination. At that time, there were so many black and white salons in elegant houses. The hallways of the castles were lined with black and white marble slabs. Each hairdressing salon had black and white tiles. You will surely have to add something black and white when you read my article.
In the end, I would say that I gladly remember the black and white world. 😊 Write what you think about the time when everything was black and white, do you remember it?
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Human job
Music professor. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear that someone is a music professor? I think about the piano, the saxophone, the children who create music, sing, play...
I work in elementary school for 10 years, teaching older classes. I never dreamed that I would work as a professor when I started. My dream was to have my own music studio and to be involved in music production. Of course, in life it is rarely the way you want it to be. It is more often the way others want it (I like to say that) and I became a professor.
August, my birthday, I was working hard in one cafe... The phone rings... "Hello, do you want to come for a job interview, elementary school, you could start right away if you have all the necessary paperwork... " In my country, such a call is a lottery prize. At first I thought someone was joking with me, but no, the call was true.
Day after... I was ready, the excitement was too great, a job in the profession, I didn't know what to expect. Waiting in the school hallway for the principal to invite me for an interview, someone jumps into my arms and starts hugging me, lifting me up, playing with me. I was shocked. I didn't know what had happened to me. Then I realized that I was in a school for children with special needs. The boy who welcomed me has autism. It’s the beginning of my story, it’s the story of a job I’ve been doing for ten years, it’s the story of the most humane job I’ve ever been able to do.
I'll start with the sentence that the job is not easy at all. Every day, they come by the same bus, the same people drive them, the same teachers are in the bus with them because those kids have a hard time accepting change. When they accept you, then you are theirs and they are yours. Those kids are uncorrupted souls as I like to say. They don't know how to act. When something does not suit them, they clearly show it, but they also clearly show when they like something. We sing, play all day, I always have a party in class. It often happens that a child is upset. The teacher then takes the child to the sensory room and comes to me to listen to some light music. Those smiles, those looks, the unconditional love and attention they give is priceless. They are with needs, special needs, and we are here to brighten their day, to show them that it is not difficult even if they need a little more attention.
We are all different in our own way. There are white, yellow, dark-skinned people with autism, this or that syndrome, but we are all people first. I appeal to us to be human always.
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The "beauty" of vice
The beauty of vice... Do you agree that it is okay to say that vice is beautiful? Anyone who has ever had some vice will know what I am writing about. Vice is a disease, I would call it like that. You know it's a disease and you take it, a disease you can't live without. First I would list some vices one by one. I will do that from the hardest to the easiest.
Number 1. Drugs
Number 2. Alcohol
Number 3. Gambling
Number 4. Smoking
Let's start. I’m sure you will agree that I chose a difficult topic for the article. But I am also sure that someone will certainly find himself in this article. We need to talk about vices. It is the first step towards healing. Also the hardest step. Admitting to yourself that you are addicted to some vice and that you need help is a 50 percent of the healing. Then later on, the desire grows bigger and bigger to beat something you love to do and at the same time the most serious illness. The hardest fight begins.
My vice was number 4, smoking cigarettes.
July 15, 2008 was the beginning of the end. I started smoking cigarettes at a very young age, at the age of thirteen. Unfortunately, I was a child. Already at the age of fourteen I became addicted to cigarettes. Before my new birthday, I mean July 15, I smoked 3 packs of cigarettes in one day. What is it if it is not a disease!?
I read a lot of professional books before I decided to leave my vice. Research says the following:
- After 24 hours, the blood is cleansed of nicotine
- After 7 days the headache stops
- The ninth day is the most dangerous, then the biggest crisis starts
- After a month, you start to feel the real smell and taste of food and drinks
- After 3 months you can say for the first time that you have succeeded
- After a year, you can start giving advices to others on how to quit smoking
- After many years, if you smoked for 10 years, only after 20 years your lungs are clean and you can say that you have never smoked cigarettes.
The hardest period is the first 3 months and I will tell you how was my experience and how I struggled, maybe my recipe will help you. It’s best to have a completely planned day that day when you throw away a pack of cigarettes. It is best to give yourself a lot of tasks. Don't have time to think about cigarettes. Spicy or sour candy or any other candy with intense taste is the solution every time you smoke. It is the most difficult after breakfast, lunch or dinner. Why? The pores on the tongue are cleansed with food and require a certain dose of nicotine, so the sweetest cigarette is after lunch. Immediately put the candy in your mouth and start to work something. The third dangerous thing is going out with friends. Either avoid going out or go out but don’t drink alcohol. I recommend water and some candy whenever your hand goes to take a cigarette. The fourth and most dangerous thing is coffee, or cigarettes with coffee. A ritual that is the most beautiful part of this vice. All those who read this article and are smokers will understand. The solution is tea, green or black, it has a lot of caffeine in it and it is not coffee... 😊 And immediately some task. 😊
The wardrobe stops stinking.
Your partner loves you and no longer feels like kissing a ashtray.
The blood is purified.
The skin gets the right color.
You start to feel the real taste of food.
You sleep peacefully and wake up without difficulty.
In conclusion, leave money on the account for each pack of cigarettes and the bank account will become quite large:
10 years is 120 months.
That is 3600 days and 18000 $.
Recalculate your cost of smoking and you will realize that you would save a lot of money if you stopped.
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Transformation
When you are at age 35, it's time for beginning. Yes, you read that right, the beginning, but a new beginning.
Why did I start at 35? Our body, up to the age of 35 works twice as fast as after the age of 35. I mean metabolism. I will briefly describe the way our body works. I will not use professional terms, but I will explain with a simple example that everyone understands.
Breakfast: 3 eggs, a piece of homemade bread, a piece of cheese and a glass of yogurt.
Snack: 2 bananas
Lunch: rice, meat, salad
Snack: apple
Dinner: Tuna or salad
Everything that we eat before lunch goes into the strength that we need for the whole day. There is one saying "give dinner to the enemy" 😊 or eat something light and healthy.
If we include any training during the day, swimming, cycling, running or just walking, we will have to step up one meal. By age 35, as I like to say, the body regulates by itself all the deficiencies, because no one can eat properly every day. Sometimes there is a piece of cake, and maybe a beer or a glass of wine. Everything that is not good is regulated by the years.
After the age of 35, the metabolism starts to work, twice as slow and slower and slower. It is logical that we need to change something. Either we increase physical activity or we reduce food. Doctors recommend both. It’s hard all at once if you don’t have a habit. I made the transformation. First, I abruptly cut with unhealthy food, with starchy food, and for two weeks I ate only protein foods (eggs, meat, salad, fish). I shocked my body. It was hard, very hard. My wife says that I was nervous, irritable, but I persevered. Then I started measuring how much starchy food, protein and of course water was enough for my weight. When I train I strengthen my diet. When I don't train I stick to the table that I wrote. I added raw foods (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, dried and raw fruits). Blood pressure is brought to normal with minimal changes.
There is no recipe for a healthy diet, there is no recipe for transformation. Listen to your body, never work against your body, give it just as much as it needs. What is mandatory is water, a minimum of 2 liters per day and 8 hours of sleep. Just decide that you want change and it is the first step to transformation.
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Looking from above
I had a boss who was looking from above.
I had a friend at school who was looking from above.
I had a man next to me whom I looked like he is really above, if you understand me.
The real looking from above is fantastic, that's what the lead image of my article says.
Let's start from the beginning.
**Tall Boss** (That is how I would call him)
Before I graduated from college, I worked in a cafeteria. I didn’t like to talk too much about myself because I don’t like when people looking at me through my college. I wanted to they looking at me as an ordinary person. Why am I writing this to you? Cafeteria boss, 1,5 meter tall, strict, I can freely say a not so good man. He thought that we didn’t like him for being short so he yelled at us workers every day. He humiliated us with the story that he is the boss, that we have to keep quiet and do what he says. He didn't know that all of us workers were students, so we were actually at a level above his, but again out of politeness we never told him that.
Conclusion: You don't have to be tall and look down on people to be respected. You should be a quality person and to treat others with respect.
**Dad's son** (That's how I would call him)
It was an elementary school. I remember it like it was yesterday. From the first day, from the first minute, one friend if I could say that, but he was not a friend, started with bad influence and wrong things. All the other children were somehow from similar families, decently dressed and nicely brought up. He was his dad's son. That's mean that his dad had a lot of money. But his dad didn't teach him to behave friendly. The wealth wasn't expensive sneakers, expensive watch etc. The wealth was something that we wear inside us. He always looked at us from above. I met him by chance a few months ago. He spent his father's fortune. Now he is addicted to some vice. I saw him begging on the street.
Conclusion: His dad was wrong. It wasn't the boy's fault. He wasn't looking at his son from the right height.
**My dad**
I don't know what to tell you. I don't know where to start. I’ll be brief because it’s hard for me to write about dad. I looked at him as a god. Not because he was tall, but because by his existence he was tall in my eyes. Everything I know, everything I am is the work of his hands.
**View from the 38th floor**
Lead image. The cafe is located in one building, at a great height. It is a building in Zurich, a city in Switzerland. Unique feeling and little scary if you are afraid of heights. I wouldn't talk too much, so as not to spoil the impression that the picture evokes. Decide for yourself if you like the view from above. And what kind of look do you like from a height. 😊 The look of the boss, a friend or a real look? 😊
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The power of the circle
Do you believe in the circle? I have my own theory about the circle. I believe in the circle because I have experienced it a couple of times on my skin. Believe me, I have always thought about the circle since then.
I started thinking about the circle, more precisely that everything revolves in a circle, after one movie. Some people call it destiny, some believe in saying "do good and good will come to you" or "whoever digs a pit, will fall into it" . So let's start...
The movie left me breathless. I will get to the point right away. One man and woman fell in love at first sight. There were a lot of other little things that were so good that they didn't believe in so much coincidence. They didn't believe that it was really happening, because it was too good to be true. They made a deal. She wrote her phone number on the banknote and bought something for the same banknote, so she spent it. The agreement was that if again, once, accidentally, that banknote come to him, it will not be just a coincidence and it would mean that they are certainly for each other. It's been a few years, the banknote has reached him. It made a whole circle, which is equal to a impossible mission. That’s where I started believing in the circle because the movie was made after a true event.
By the way, I like to do good deeds. I help people when they need help, even if I don't know them, because I'm sure it is a circle too. I was in a situation several times that I needed the help of a stranger and I got it. I had the impression that it was me, that it was the power of the circle and it really was. 😊 There is a video on youtube, actually short videos where someone on the street drops 10$. The man behind stops him and returns 10$. The next day he finds a purse with money, duly reports and returns it to the happy owner and so on in a circle, with incredible speed, not to mention the speed of light. I called it like that and I am sure that if we all realize the power of the circle, we will live happier and we will be satisfied and fulfilled.
In the end, the fantastic power of the circle happened to me too. I lost my purse with all the documents, with all the keys and with the whole salary. The next day, the honest finder returned the documentation, ID card, driver's license, traffic license, health card and all the keys. Someone spent the salary 😊 - I'm not angry 😊 - it would take me so much money as long to get all the paperwork out, so I'm happy about that.
Believe in the power of the circle. Believe that if you help people, it will come back to you, maybe not right away but it will for sure!
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My own clouds
The clouds are always untouchable. Fascinated by images that only clouds can shape, I have always been jealous that I can't fly like a bird. I think that their freedom is greatest. They can always reach the clouds. Nature has given to birds the opportunity to be on earth, but also to escape, if they don't like the earth, to some cloud of their own... 😊
Man has invented airplanes, balloons, paragliding, but he can only paint clouds and be among them for a short time. That's why whoever feels that adrenaline once, always comes back to be among the clouds again. There are a lot of cartoons that talk about clouds. Clouds are indispensable in drawings when children draw. Clouds also know to be angry, frown, and then turn gray... Then they fight each other with fascinating lightning and thunder, but they also know to be the most beautiful when the sun rises.
My story of the clouds, my ride through my own clouds begins here...
I have been in the clouds for 15 years... Yes, you read that right, my ride has been going on for a full fifteen years and it will last a long time I hope. I am not a bird, I don’t parachute, I’m not a pilot, but I am among the clouds.
I was among the clouds for the first time after graduating from college. My dad told me that I was flying through the clouds when he heard that I said that I would find a job right away and I would get rich. 😀 I landed for a while when I realized that it wasn’t possible but then I took off again. I fell in love exactly ten years ago. I fluttered like a swallow bird and everything in my head was touchable and doable. I also had butterflies in my stomach... Everytime when my parents would ask me something, they would say that famous sentence "let him go, he is among the clouds. " 😊
Did you dream as a child? Did you, dear readers, fly on your own clouds? For me, it is the most beautiful period in my life, riding on my clouds, the period when I was the most carefree. Then life came and now I make my children's "clouds" come true... I enjoy those clouds as much as when I was young. 😊
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Straight in the eye
"My beautiful, dear eye."
"The eyes are the mirror of the soul."
"You're Dad's or Mom's eye."
"Look at me straight in the eye."
These are some of the sentences that are often used in my language and I will start this story with them. Once I almost lost my eye and then I realized how precious the eye is, like everything we lose... Let's start from the beginning...
It was just an ordinary day. I was coming back from college. I went the same way as I always go. But it wasn't all the same. I didn’t even know what I was actually going through until a surgeon at the clinic took a piece of metal out of my eye. Yes, you understood well, the piece of metal, which can only be seen under a microscope.
Some workers cut a metal gate with a cutting machine. Tiny shavings, pieces of metal flew in all directions. One of those pieces got stuck in my eye. I was rushed to the clinic. I will not go into too much details. The operation was successful and I still have an eye, but then I realized that without an eye, the view of the world is no longer the same. We are not able to know that of course until we lose something that can not be bought.
My mom calls my son "my beautiful eye" . Not that he is my son but he is really beautiful. He has that beautiful eye, green. That look... He doesn't need to tell you anything. It would be enough to look at you and you will fall in love. 😊 I also have a daughter. I talked about her in earlier articles. Daddy's sweetheart, Daddy's eye, blue eye... It's enough for me to just look at me in the morning when she wakes up and I am the happiest man in the world.
Eyes could tell a lot about person. If we look a little deeper, if we look a little more closely, apart from the color, we can see a lot of things. Some eyes are warm, some eyes are scared, some eyes are crying, some eyes are smiling. I like to analyze by looking straight into the eye. 😊 I don't like when someone looks around and when someone is afraid to look in the eyes. It could happen if your conscience bites or when you have done something bad to someone so you can't look them in the eye or you don't have self confidence for some reason. There are many reasons... Psychologists are guided by the fact that labile, unstable people do not look straight in the eyes.
There are a lot of things that we could write about eyes. I would vote for the saying that eyes are the mirror of the soul, so take care of your eyes because you only have one.
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Watch
The first thing that comes to our mind when we mention a watch is a wrist watch, an alarm clock, a wall clock and maybe cuckoo clock. A long time ago, someone took advantage of the fact that people like to wear watches, so interest and earnings got involved and they started making expensive watches that cost several hundred thousand dollars, gold watches for a bag of money, and all that for those who don't know to tell the time. 😊
I don't like to pay for something that only has a name, to have the whole apartment on my hand, because certainly every watch shows what time it is, so I like a sand watch. It doesn't cost anything. 😊 That's where the problem comes up. Since I can’t carry a sand watch with me, I decided some time ago to stop looking at my watch. It was not easy because the work starts at certain time, the kindergarten starts and ends at certain time, we take medicine at certain time and there are a million of some obligations.
This summer, when I was on vacation, I took the opportunity not to look at my watch. I did it! Believe me, I woke up when I got enough sleep. I went to bed when I got tired. I had breakfast, lunch and dinner when I was hungry. I had the impression that I had relieved myself from some shackles, as if I had been born again. Since that summer, I have tried to look at the clock as little as possible.
What I would bold in this article is the **biological clock**. I have to mention that I know several couples in my environment who can't have children. They chased careers, apartments, cars, guided by the thought that there is time for children. Now they can't have children because they are a little older and their biological clock is ticking at the end of the game and they didn't even know. It is ticking regardless of whether someone likes or dislikes wearing a watch. So I appeal, don’t let the biological clock tick at the end of the game. If you find a soul mate, start working on the children right away. It is not wealth to have apartment on your hand 😊 as I like to say for expensive watch. Children are wealth.
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Listening to Mozart during pregnancy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is enough to pronounce his magnificent name and surname and you will already have some special impression. I started this story with his name because I will tell you how music affects the development of a baby while it is still in the womb. So let's start from the beginning.
People usually say that you are worth how many books you have read. It doesn't matter how many millions you have in your account but it is important how many books you have read. I agree, but I wouldn’t say that is the case in my case either. I didn't read many books. Someone would turn around and leave and wouldn't talk to me anymore, because they would probably think what he could talk to me, if he didn't read many books. My library is big, you can find millions in my library. I know that you thought of millions of dollars, but no, you can find millions of records, cassettes, terabytes and terabytes of music. 😊
I have a son who is 5 years old and daughter who is 8 months old. They already listened to half of my library. And that was happening while they were still in the womb.
Various studies have been done on how music affects the baby in the womb. The answer is magical. Believe it or not, the baby develops is based on the music that it is listening to while it is still a fetus. Now I will try to show you how a baby hears that music, through a few examples.
How the baby hears a band of seven members (drum, solo guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, saxophone, singer, singer)?
The baby in the womb hears much more than we think. It hears her father's voice, her mother's voice. It hears the surroundings and even the music you play to her. Believe it or not, she hears each instrument separately and in this case there are seven of them. You will understand in the following explanation why the number of instruments is very important.
How the baby hears the symphony orchestra? Yes you understood well, the whole symphony orchestra. Let's start with the orchestra:
String instruments: We have 15 first violins, 15 second violins, 5 cellos, 2 double basses.
Percussion instruments: We have timpani and a xylophone.
Wind instruments: We have flutes, clarinet, bassoon and trumpets.
This orchestra of mine has over 50 instruments. Example: We adults hear the first 15 violins as one violin. Baby, believe it or not, hears all 15 separately. It is each instrument or the whole orchestra. Yes, an amazing fact but true. That's how a baby's brain develops from an early age. The professor with whom I defended my dissertation received his doctorate on that topic.
We finally come to the famous name and surname Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Many professors who practice music therapy very often use Mozart for relaxation. Mozart has a very nice effect on the baby's development. That is how we got to the end and the beginning of my story. My children listened to Mozart while they were in the womb. They still listen to quality music today and I am sure that it will have an impact later when they form their own personality.
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Big nose
Do you like to observe your facial features? I have the impression that when we look at ourselves in the mirror from the profile, we all comment on the nose. I believe that nature has given us all traits that we can wear with pride. People who are not happy with their appearance, after the operation will be even more dissatisfied, because again, no one can assemble as well as Mother Nature.
I would start this story with the following sentence. I have a big nose. There is a saying, a big nose, a big pride, a personification of masculinity. I am proud but I have always avoided being photographed from a profile. Until today.
People are always telling me that I have a big nose and that I can feel exactly when it is good to sell or buy something (I mean something that doesn't sell so easily).
People say that I smell it, like a dog (did they tell me that I have a snout and not a nose?) I sold the apartment, I bought the apartment. I sold the house, I bought the house and again in the end I got praise for having a big nose. I have never been photographed from a profile, until now.
Nose! My nose is also mentioned when I am waiting for the bus. People say that the bus went in front of my nose. Whenever a bus escapes someone they say that it escaped in front of their nose. Not everyone has a big nose, but I really have a big nose.
People say he puts his nose into everything. Do they saying that to me? That means that I like to express my opinion, and we all know that everyone has the right to have an own opinion no matter how big their nose is. I hope you agree?
People mentioned when I met a girlfriend, my current wife, that I smelled her because I have a big nose. That would be a compliment to her in this case. I have a big nose, I did, I sniffed, so what...
Take care of your body, take care of your face, take care of your nose. Don't let them break a bone or add it to where you think it is missing, unless for health reasons. We are the most beautiful just like that as we are.
I don't run away from having a big nose. I have, but I am more tired of someone talking about my nose everytime. Yes, the nose is a character trait. Mine is big and I wear it with pride. I can do that and I will never cut my nose. I have never been photographed from a profile until now.
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