Fear makes...
...the wolf bigger than it really is.
This old German proverb can help us a lot, if we think a bit about it. We fear many things, and as famous Serbian writter Ivo Andric said "We were afraid of many things, but we should have not, we should have lived", and he was totally right.
https://theconversation.com/how-imagination-can-help-people-overcome-fear-and-anxiety-108209
We are afraid, we have fears, all the time. No matter what are we doing, no matter where we are.
There are many things that are strange to us, weird, many things that we do not understand and because of that we are afraid of them. Also, there are many things that should happen to us, and we do not know will they, we know only that we want them to happen, and we are afraid of them. There are many problems we havge to face, and we are afraid...
Our fear is feeding our problems, and they are bigger and bigger...
Fear will not solve anything, it just can make us blind and disable us to see or to find the solution.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1673140/FEAR_background/
When we calm down, we can see how big our problem really is, how important something really is, and how dangerous our wolf really is.
When we know what we have to solve, everything is much easier, that is why we need to stop being upset about things that are happening, that should happen, that we would love to happen, of people we do not like or we have some problem with.
And, even if you cannot solve it, you will survive, you do not have to be afraid of it. Your fear will not help you. Never!
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/fear-can-be-fun-and-it-might-even-be-good-for-you
Stop being afraid of anything, because you can do anything, you can be whatever you wanna be, you can go wherever you wanna go.
So, stop being afraid, and start living your life. Maybe, your life is not perfect right now, but you are the only one who can make it perfect, and you are the only one who can make good and positive changes in your life, so start now. Not on Monday, not on the 1st next month, not today. Now!
If you do not start changing yourself, and if you do not leave your fears behind, your wolves will keep growing, and you will be just smaller and smaller, and at one point you will disappear.
You will be lost in your fears and that is not what you want for yourself, nobody wants that.
Fear is a negative feeling and it can cause only other negative feelings and other negative things. Fear will bring you sadness, sadness will bring you depression and depression can lead you to the very bad end.
Fear will make you a person who is alone, who is rather alone than with others, because other people can be something what they are afraid of. People are doing things that you can be afraid of, they can say thigs that you can be afraid of... if you do not stop being afraid. Just stop being afraid right now!
Colors that are Always in Style
Today, I would love to talk a bit about fashion and style. For today's topic I have chosen colors, because I think that colors can always be very interesting topic, and I also think that some people have problems with choosing wirght colors for themselves.
Because of that I will write about colors that you can wear during any season, during every event, no matter how you look like, no matter how old are you, no matter is ti day or night...
Those are three most basic colors, but we need to know that sometimes less is more and sometimes basic is the best that we can chose.
As you maybe guessed I will talk about red, black and white.
First things first, on the top of this list is definitely ***red color,*** because with red you can make whatyever you want to.
If you choose red color, your whole look can be red, and that will still look great. Clothes, makeup, shoes, bags, jewelry, everything can be red. When you are wearing red, everyone will see you, no matter are you wearing little red dress, or you have a fabulous red outfit. You will be noticed. You will look good, and what is more important you will feel good. There are many studies that are showing that red color suits great to everyone.
Here are some of the best red looks from red carpets, and other gala events.
https://www.thecelebritydresses.com/rihanna-prom-dress-grammys-2013-red-carpet-gown.html
On this photo we see Rihanna in one very interesting red dress. This dress is very gilry and as you can see she has very simple hairstyle and makeup. She is wearing dark red lipstic and she has red nails, that are in shape of almond. Red goes with red, girly goes with girly.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/fashion/celebrity-style/selena-gomez-loves-red-10-times-she-lit-stage-red-carpet-our-screens-shade-548021
As you can see Rihanna is not the only one who loves red, here are two red Sleena Gomez's outfits and both of them are amazing. First one is little red dress, cute and sexy at the same time. She combined it with cmall black bag and white bracelet. Her hair is simple and she looks amazing.
Other outfit is long red dress with golden details. Again, she has very simple hairstyle and makeup. This outfit is very elegant and femine.
This shows us that red color can be cute and femine, serious and sexy...
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/between-strangers-red-carpet-2002-venice-film-festival-29-sep-2002-9789311c
On the last 'red photo' we see Sophia Loren, on this photo she is much older than girls from previous photos, and she still looks amazing in red. Her dress is made for red carpet, her dress is made for people to admire it.
Next color that will always be fashionable is ***white.*** White is definitely very basic but at the same time it can be amazing if you know how to combine it and if you decided to look goodin white. I personally think that every color looks much better on confident people, we need to feel good in our skin in order to feel good in our clothes.
Anyways, let's leave that for some next article and get back to the white color.
White is famous as a color of the brides, and because of that weddings are not the best events for wearing white, but all others are.
Here are some amazing white outfits, that I personally like a lot, and I hope that you are going to like it as well.
https://www.pinterest.com/monaewalker/trendy-all-white-looks/
Here is one all white combination, well almost all white, she is wearing brown heels, but all otrher pieces on her are white. This outfit is great for young women, for example for a party during summer.
On the page that I linked here you can see many more all white outfits. (Simply click on the image).
https://www.lulus.com/blog/fashion/white-winter-outfit/
Here is another all white outfit. This one is not very formal, it is very decent and it is great for going to college, work or maybe even school. Also, by clicking on the image you can see more all white outfit ideas.
And, as you maybe can guess, the last color on this list is black!
Many people think that black is the queen of all colors. Black you can wear all the time. Anywhere, everywhere.
Black is good for everyday clothing combinations, for elegant outfits, for work, school, events, parties...
I will leave you some all black outfits here.
I personally think that we should not talk a lot about black color, because this colors speaks for itself.
https://www.stylevore.com/designer-outfit-trendy-black-outfits-street-fashion-ripped-jeans/
Here is one simple and interesting at the same time, outfit. It is all black, because sometimes black is best in combination with black. This can be great outfilt for a party.
https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/fashion/all-black-outfits-that-scream-new-york
And, one more all black outfit that I really like is this little black dress, that is perfect for a parties, weddings, events...
For the end of this article, I willpost here some outfits that contain all those three colors.
https://www.pinterest.com/mimicmarshall/black-white-and-red-all-over/
https://www.stylevore.com/red-black-and-white-outfits/
https://www.shoponline4b.top/products.aspx?cname=outfit+red+and+black&cid=1
No matter how much you Feed the Wolf...
he keeps looking at the forest.
This is one very interesting and very popular quote by Anton Chekhov.
This quote is very symbolic.
***First meaning***
Wolf is an animal that is free, always, you cannot force wolf to do anything what he does not want to do. As someone said, wolf is waker than lion and also than bear, but wolf will never be seen in circus.
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/serbia/articles/gray-wolf-10-facts-about-serbias-national-animal/
You cannot change the wolf, and wolf is a symbol of people here. You cannot change people. That is what writer wanted to say.
And, if you ask me that is true, totally true.
No matter what you are giving to people they are who they are and they will stay what they are.
You can give a lot to people, you can love them a lot, you can care for them a lot, you can be the best version of yourself, but you cannot change them.
There is one more quotation, that in my opinion is similar to this one, and it says "They will not be better, if you love them more. Your love cannot fix anyone.". If someone is broken, if someone has a problem, if someone is not good for himself or herslef, he or she will never be good for you.
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/serbia/articles/gray-wolf-10-facts-about-serbias-national-animal/
If someone loves you, he or she can stop doing some everyday things that are not very important. For example, if you want all the doors in your home to be closed, your partner can chage his or her habit to keep them open. But, if your partner is jealous person or for example an greedy person, that will never change.
Big things, essential things in people will stay as they are.
***Second meaning***
Second meaning of this quotation is that if people you love leave something what they love, because they love you more, they will miss that forever.
Just as the wolf is going to be wild forever and ot miss his forest forever.
If someone left job, hometown, family or for example friends for you, he or she will miss that forever.
Maybe he or she is not going to complain about that, but deep inside he or she will suffer.
And, you cannot change that.
The point of this article is not to make you stop loving others. I just wanted to say that you should let people be what and who they are. Do not make them change, do not ask them to stop loving what they love or doing what they are doing.
https://twitter.com/jectraining/status/1401807398596231170
If you love someone accept that person, if you cannot accept something, find someone who is better for you, someone, who do not have to change to be perfect for you.
There are many people who will be good to you and for you, focus on them, on finding and keeping them, instead of trying to change those who are not for you.
Sad Stories behind True Stories
Today I would like to write a bit about Serbian TV series called "Sivi dom", which means grey home, and it is very symbolic.
https://www.facebook.com/OFC.LSDP/posts/970970926421365/
First things first, story is following life of young people who are serving their sentences in prison for minors. Here in Serbia, minors cannot end up in jail easy, there are only two prisons for minors in Serbia, and conditions in those prisons are much better than in those for adults.
Story is happening in 1982., and this TV series was relased during 1986.
https://www.cab.rs/blog/blog_portfolio/vpd-krusevac
It is called gray home because, as we all know it is between black and white, it is not good it is not bad, it is between, in the middle, it can be both, but it is nothing. Gray is absence of everything, there is no hope, no love, no faith. Nothing, just gray.
In some descriptions of this TV series you can see that they are calling this place a reform school, actually the point of it is reform, but it is not school it is jail, with much better conditions than ordinary jails, and there is a option to attend school, but it is not school.
Anuways, story is following lives of main characthers, who are totally different, only what is similar to all of them is that they are not happy and they do not know what to do they are lost, no defined goals, no principles, no hope that one day things will get better.
https://www.danas.rs/kultura/usamljena-zvezda-srpske-kinematografije/
Every characther is very deep and you can find out a lot about their personalities even if there are only 12 episodes.
Screenwriter of this TV series, Gordan Mihic spent over a year in this prison in Krusevac to see how are those young people living, what are they doing, what do they want, how their tutors treat them...
Stories of all main characthers are based on a true stories. Maybe all the things that we can see that are happening to some of them did not happen to only one person, but they were happening to people in there, and screenwriter found out that while he was there.
One more important thing about this series is that it is very realistic, it is something what can happen to young people in jail.
I will now share with you stories of main characthers. I hope that you will be interested into it and I hope that we will talk more about this problem. Young people who are passing trouh this need to know that they are not alone, and they need to get second chance. Unfortunately they usually do not get that chance.
Now I will present you main characthers, and I will write a bit about them.
https://glossy.espreso.co.rs/poznati/vesti/190305/kada-se-pojavio-u-kultnoj-seriji-sivi-dom-zasenio-je-mnoge-kolege-ubrzo-se-sve-promenilo-u-lausevicevom-zivotu
First of all I will talk a bit about Silja, he is one of main characthers, and most of the story is following his life outside of Gray Home. As the story is going we find out that Silja was one of the worst guys in there, he spent there 5 years and he is out when he is 21 years old, which means that he got in there when he was only 16 years old. That is horrible, someone who is only 16 years old should not be there. Shold not be doing things that can get him there. Anyways, we find out that he was very aggressive, that he was escaping and doing other things that are not allowed there.
At one point, when one of the worst guys killed himself with a bomb, Silja decided to change. And he changed, he gave his best. He got out, he left old friends, he found a job, appertment, he gave his best to be good.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rts.rs%2Fpage%2Fmagazine%2Fsr%2Fstory%2F411%2Ffilm-i-tv%2F2659148%2Fserija-sivi-dom-ponovo-na-rts-u.html&psig=AOvVaw0Pzl35DUmF6b7_jof2xqVf&ust=1638640529762000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCPCKnY2byPQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAU
Meanwhile, his mother has a violent husband, and Silja finds out that his girlfrend is pregnrant, but the baby is not his, she was pregnant when they met.
As time is passing he is avoind all the things that are trying to bring him back to the dark side, until his father in law and his mother, in maternity hospital are trying to stop him from being in a relationship with a woman he loves, because her baby is not his baby. There we see Silja who beat up his father in law.
https://fenomeni.me/tv-serija-sivi-dom-tema-zatvor/
And there we see that maybe he cannot come to the bright side. Maybe, he is supposed to stay on the dark side.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090524/
Next characther I will talk about is the opposite of Silja, Crni (Black). He is a young man that spend whole his life in orphanages. He is very aggressive, very rebellious, he wants to be free. He wants to take from the system and people who are parts of that system and who respect it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buxejPSbEHg
He doesn't have parents, he was found in a garbage bin. Nobody wanted him, nobody loved him, and because of that he wants his revenge.He is angry, he does not have any hope, he wants to be a criminal, he wants to go to Italy.
And, we can see him escaping, and trying to make others escape with him.
He is also spending a lot of time outside of the Gray home, because he escaped, and trough the story we will find out that he escaped many times, he tried to be free many times, but what he wants more than everything is to be seen while escaping, he wants system to see that he is stronger, that he is better, smarter...
https://www.kurir.rs/zabava/pop-kultura/3767327/silja-crnoi-sivi-dom-serija-lausevic-lecic
We will see him stealing money and cars, running away from the police and at the end we will see him dying in a car crash while he was running away from the police.
Spectator will be thinking when did Crni found out that he cannot escape, when did Crni realized that he is going to die, and even did he realized that he will die. Spectator will not be able to conclude what Crni really wanted.
His characther is very deep, he is a young man with no past, no future, no chance, no hope...
He could attend craft in orphanage or in Gray home, but that is not what he want. He had nothing and because of that he wanted everything, He did not want to settle down, to have a decent job and life, he wanted to be rich, free and powerful. And, we can say that he was free.
https://www.pulsonline.rs/puls-poznatih/branislav-lecic-moj-duh-je-crni/nlxpbnm
With Crni we can see a girl who is in love with him, and it seems to us that he is also in love with her, but sometimes it also seems that he is not in love, he only wants someone to support him, to stay by his side, to do what he is doing.
Anywas, we will see her deciding to stay at Gray Home, at one point she realized that if she stays in there, when she gets out she will have a future. Decent future.
https://objektiv.rs/vest/649368/uz-belog-silju-i-sojketa-su-mnogi-odrasli-gde-je-ekipa-iz-sivog-doma-35-godina-kasnije/
Next characther I would love to talk about is Sojka. He is a young man who has rich parents, they are divorced, he is their only child, they love him the most and they would give anything to him, and it seems that it is the main problem. At some points it seems to spectators that Sojka is spoiled and that it is why he is getting into troubles, but that is not true. His main problem is his illnes. Sojka is a psychopath and a sadist. He enjoys to harasse and humilate other boys in Gray home.
https://mojtv.net/film/47485/sivi-dom.aspx
As the time is passing he will findout how sad and emptu he actually is. He will realize that money, only thing that he values cannot buy everything. His main 'enemy' is tutor Beli (White) who is trying to make a good person out of him with violence.
Later, Silja will kill Beli, and even him is going to be shocked with that.
I will talk about two more characthers, two tutorst Zeka and Beli, they are opposite of each other. One of them, Zeka loves children who are in there and is trying ot help them. He thinks that love, support and understanding will make good persons out of them.
Other tutor is Beli, he is the one who thinks that they are evil and that only respond to their evil is evil.
There are much more characthers in this TV series who are giving it the depth that it has.
It is definitely worth watching and I recommenc to all of you to watch it, if you can find it.
If you are interested into this topic, when I say this topic I mean minors who are doing crimes, I can write more about it.
And, if you are interested into Serbian movies and TV series I can also write more about that.
So, please let me know if you are in the comments below.
See you soon,
xoxo
SuncicaZ
Memento Mori
It seems to me that there are many people, around me, who forgot that they are not going to live forever.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/take_quiz/purpose_in_life
In 21st century, we have everything what we can imagine, but it seems that we lost conscience of transiency. We are not here forever, and we will leave this world and our lives. And, we do not know is there life after death, so we can be sure that we have only what is before death.
https://www.verywellmind.com/symptoms-of-bipolar-depression-379840
No matter who you are and what you are, you are going to die. We are all going to die, death can and will touch all of us.
We cannot know when is that going to happen, and because of that we should be careful and we should be happy.
Careful t others, we do not know how much time we have left with people around of us, that is why we sgould not be making mistakes with them. We simply do not know is there enough time to correct all the mistakes that we made with others.
Second is to be happy, truly happy. Do things that are making you happy, that are good for you. Stop saying to yourself that you have time and that you can do things you wanna do later. Maybe, there is not going to be later. Everything what you really have is now. You can only know that you are here now. And, only now you can do things that you want to do.
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-life/what-is-the-meaning-of-life.html
I am not trying to tell you that you should leave all your plans, we all have plans and that is normal, but we are very often waiting for the perfect moment, and maybe there is not going to be a perfect moment. Stop waiting.
Also, there is one more sense of this proverb. Many times, powerful people act like nothing can touch them, like they are here to stay forever. That is just not true. No matter how rich, powerful or strong you are, you have to know that death can touch you at any moment, and because of that, bve better. For yourself and for others, you will feel more joy, you will feel satisfied, you will be calm.
Your inner peace is most important, and because of that realize that you have limited time. You should not be afraid, you just should be good and do good things for yourself and for others.
Just having good time, really good time, while there is still time.
https://vocal.media/journal/dont-waste-my-time-pt-2
You do not owe to others to explain to them your life and you should not be interested in lifes of other people. Just do things that are making you happy and let other people do things that are making them happy.
Happiness is a state of mind, happiness is an attitude. And, all those little things that all of us are doing are making some of us happy. What will make you happy depends on your state of mind, and that is just fine. Do whatever you want to do and let others do what is making them happy, until that is hurting someone. Never hurt anyone, that is the point.
Everyone has limited time and because of that, do not hurt others, let others have good time, while they have time.
We are not all the same, and that is great. Differences are great. But, what is in common for all of us is that we are all going to die. So, remeber that you will die, and that you can die at any moment. Just change what should be changed. Now! You will never be younger, you will never be prettier, you will never be stronger. So, use all those great things and change what is not great.
Life is not perfect, and it will never be, but you can make it great. So, start as soon as possible.
Live your best life!
Good Taste is for Those...
...who cannot afford saphires.
This is one very impressible quote from "Peaky Blinders". That is one of my favourite TV series ever, and I personally think that we can learn some very important things from it.
The quotation that I wanted to talk about today is very interesting, and maybe it is not one of those things that we can learn from Peaky Blinders and Thomas Shelby, but it is true.
Rich people, sometimes, do not care at all about good taste. They can afford saphires and they do not care how they suit to them.
I am pretty sure that you have seen someone very rich, who was dressed, well let's say, not very good, who was doing some things that were not acceptable to you, but to be honest, he or she is did not care about your opinion.
So, it seems that rich people are free to do many things that seem ridiculous to others, but they usually do not care about what others think of them.
And, if you ask me, I think that we should not be just sitting and talking about rich people and their choices. Their choices are only their, we should not care about choices of other people, who are not close to us, no matter how rich and famous they are.
That was just my short opinion about this, and I would really love to know what do you think about this.
Father, Son and...
... and House of Gucci.
I am pretty, pretty sure that you have already heard about 'House of Gucci'. I personally cannot wait for it to come to Serbia, so I can go to cinema to watch it. It will be in cinemas in Serbia on 25th of November.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11214590/
The movie is based on a novel written by Sara Gay Forden, called "House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour and Greed". And, the novel and later the movie are following Gucci family, with all their glamour, money, fame, and of course, with all their problems and afairs.
Main thing that is happening and the center of the story is a murder of a Maurizio Gucci, the heir of the Gucci empire. The most interesting thing in this story is that he was murdered because his wife, Patrizia Reggiani paid for that.
Of course, Patrizia had her own reasons for that, and people who helped her, but the fact that she wanted to kill her husband and father of her children, is very interesting, and there must be something very deep behind of that.
If you are interested into this side of the story, you can find many articles about Patrizia, and even some video interviews. You can also find something more about this movieonline, if you want to.
I do not want here to write about the movie, I would love to share some quotations, that we could hear in trailers, and that I actually like a lot.
So, we can start now.
Gucci. It was a name that sounded so sweet, so seductive. Synonymous with wealth, style, power. But that name was a course too.
-Partizzia Reggiani
This simply shows us that rich people are also just people. They may have a lot, but also they have their own problems, fears, afairs...
https://www.hola.com/us/entertainment/20211028305951/house-of-gucci-new-trailer/
Maybe, sometimes, to those who are not rich, they seem happy, but just as all other people, famous and rich people are not always happy. They hve good time and bad time, they cry and they laugh, they love and they hate.
Gucci is like a cake. And you'll have a taste, and you want more. And then, you'll want the whole thing for yourself.
-Maurizio Gucci
And, that is the point, once you taste glory, money, fame... you will want more, you will want to take it all, to take from others who have their piece of cake. Even to seize from others.
Taste of all those great things can became bitter at one point, if you are not careful.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/movies/9608208/house-of-gucci-trailer-lady-gaga/
I have seen trailers for this movie, and I noticed that they, when I say 'they' I mean memebers of Gucci family, have each other, but also have the 'cake'.
Think about that...
... and, of curse, watcht the movie.
That is all what I will tell you for now, but I am sure that I will write more about this movie, after I see it.
Price of Everything, Value of Nothing
**Cynic - a person who know the price of eveyrthing and the value of nothing.**
***Oscar Wilde***
https://www.biography.com/news/oscar-wilde-trials-downfall-gross-indecency
This is a one of the most popular quotations by Oscar Wilde, and as you can guess, it is very old, but it is very popular nowadays. Because, there are many cynics all around of us, everywhere. They can buy because they have money, they cannot appreciate, because they do not know how valuable it is.
You could hear this amazing quotation in movie called 'The Rum Diary', and in the movie it is said by the amazing Johnny Depp.
In the movie Johnny is playing Paul Kemp, writter who cannot sell his book. That means, he has no money. He gets a job as a journalist and goes to Puerto Rico. There starts his adventure, he will meet many rich people, who know price of everything but at the same time they do not know the value of anything, he will meet a pretty woman, and he will meet a lot of rum, but that is not the point. I recommend the movie, watch it you will not regret.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOfZGImKrZI
But, my point there is the quote about price and value.
We are living in the era of consumerism and we seem to know all the prices, we know how much money we need, but sometimes, we do not know why do we need those things. It seems that we forgot that the best things in life are not things. And, people who think that can buy everything are cynics, people who do not know what are and what are not things are not people.
It seems to me that we all became cynics nowadays. We are cashing money so we can buy things, and we stopped looking for all those important stuff in our lives that are not things.
For example, love, friendships, family, happiness...
You can add anything to that row, anything valuable to you, the only condition is that it cannot be thing.
Material things are very important, and I am not trying to tell you that you do not need them, you need them. And it is natural to want to have good, expensive things. We want success, we want money, we want things, but on that journey we should not forget about our loved ones, we should not forget aobut something what is above material. About love, about people we should love and people we should make happy. And, when you love someone, he or she will love you, he or she will make you happy. That is a circle. What goes around, comes back around. You get what you give. You need to send if you want to receive.
We need to learn how to be happy, how to be sad, how to love, how to hate, how to feel in general, and you cannot have the real feelings about material things.
When you get a nice present from someone, it is not the things what is making you happy, it is a effort that someone put into buying or making or finding that gift for you. Person is who you love, person is who makes you happy.
It is always person.
If you earn a lot of money and buy something nice to yourself, you are happy because you are proud of yourself, because you did something great.
I mean it should always should be the person. If you came to the spot where it is about things, you have a problem, a serious problem, and I am afraid that it is too late for you, you became a cynic, a total cynic.
Be sure that you are recognizing value of things that truly have it, and appreciate things, that are not actually things, while they are still in your life.
Bell Save
I am sure that you all used the phrase 'bell save' or maybe 'bell for saving'', or anythingt similar to that, while you were in school, but I am also sure that many of you do not know the real story behind this.
There was even a popular TV Series called 'Saved by the Bell'. It was very popular and I heard that there will be new episodes of it very soon. Story is following a group of children that are in the high school. Name of it is an allusion of the bell in schools at the end of a class, that sometimes is saving students from teachers. But, that is not the point of the story, I just wanted to mention that interesting fact.
This phrase has its roots in Victorian England and story behind of it is very morbid. During this period medicine was not on a high level, and many people were burried alive. People still did not know what clinical death is. When a person was not giving any sing of life, that was the end.
You must confess, that is very bizarre. So, they had to do something about it, they had to help to all the people, who were burried alive.
So, Michael Carnis invented a safety coffin. Point of it was to help people in case that they were burried alive.
https://www.quora.com/Did-Victorian-era-coffins-really-have-an-attached-bell-in-case-someone-woke-up-Is-this-really-where-the-phrase-saved-by-the-bell-originates
Here is a photo of this coffin, so you can see it, and realize what it was supposed to do.
As you can see, it is bigger that ordinary coffin, so a person, who is inside of it has some space in case that he wakes up. And, there is this big pipe with a bell. The pipe stays outside of the grave. Pipe was not covered with a soil. And, on the top of the pipe there was a bell, and inside of the coffin there was a rope that was tied to the bell, so the person inside of it could pull it and someone who is near could hear that.
Also there was a spring inside of the coffin, you can also see it on the photo that I posted here. It was supposed to eject the person who is in the coffin out of the grave. This means that graves were not very deep in that period. Also, the pipe was outsiede of the grave, so when the corpse was disintegrating many bacteria, smells and insects could get out of the grave, also graves were not deep and that is another way for bacteria to get out, and also, many corpses pulled springs while they were falling apart.
That is why this trend was not popular for a long time.
In the USA, those were never used, and in France they were prohibited very soon after they arrived there.
That was a short story about bell save and about all those who were saved by the bell. I hope that it was interesting to you, and if it was, I can write about some more popular phrases, so let me know in the comments below if you like it.
Villains we Actually Like
Hello all, today, I would love to write a bit about villains from popular movies, that we actually like, for many reasons. In this post I do not want to say that villains are good and I do not want to make you adopt anything from them. It is all on you if you want to like them or you do not. This is just my opinion about them, from my eyes. That is all.
So, now we can start.
First one on this list is, of course, **Hannibal Lecter**. This is definitely one of the most popular villains, and there is a whole movie series about him. The most popular part is definitely 'The Silence of the Lambs'. In this movie doctor Lector is saying many very smart things. He is not normal, we all know that, but people around him, can learn a lot from him.
Here are a couple of his most popular quotes, I hope that you will like some of them.
***When a fox hears a rabbit screaming, she comes running, but not to help.***
This is a big point of many things, and many relationships. In some situations, when you are in trouble, many people are coming to you, running to you, but not to help you. They just want to take from you something, what you cannot defend while you are in trouble.
https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanibal_Lekt%D0%B5r
***All the good things to those who wait.***
People, who are patient and, people who know how to wait definitely deserve everything what they were working for.
Doctor Lector wants to say that we cannot have it all and at once, and, you know what, he is right, he is totally right.
Livign happyly ever after is, as you know reseverd for fairytales, and life is not a fairytale.
And, there are many more great quotations, with great points, all said by Hannibal Lecter.
Maybe, I will write a whole article all about him and his quotations, because I have a lot more to say about him, but for now, that is it.
Next one on this list is...
**Tony Montana.** We all know this guy. He is a main characther in movie he is in. He is a example of man, who wants it all at once, and as Doctor Lecter says, that is not possible.
Tony had nothing, Tony wanted everything, Tony got everything, Tony lost everything.
You can never have it all. Even if you have all the material things, you will have to do some things that you are not allowed to do.
But, I am sure that we all liked him.
First of all, he was played by Al Pacino. And, people love Al Pacino.
https://prolog.rs/%E2%80%99Scarface-Remake%E2%80%99-glasine-tvrde-da-je-Michael-B.-Jordan-novi-Tony-Montana-article-25300.htm
Next thing that is great about Tony is that he is very, very brave. Tony is brave enough to do anything, he has nothing to lose. He know where he is going, and he will get there.
The best thing that you can learn from him is to fight for what you dream of.
And, here is the best quotation from this movie.
***The world is yours.***
Just be careful, be brave but be careful at the same time.
Next villain that we all like a lot is most popular villain from movie series about Batman. As you can guess, I am talking about Joker.
Joker is favorite because we all know that he is bad. He shows us how bad he is, all the time. He is not pretending that he is good, he is not trying to fool us. He is bad, all the time, anywhere.
I have written a whole article about Joker, if you want to, you can see it here, if you want to. https://read.cash/@SuncicaZ/the-most-sincere-villain-08505ac9
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286456/
There are many other villains that we like a lot, for example **George Jung**, from Blow, in this movie he is also main characther, but he is not a positive characther. He was played by Johnny Depp. George loves his daughter the most, but his ambitions are much bigger than what ha can actually do. His ambition is much bigger that his talent. And, that is why he had no luck. He is just one more man, who had it all and who lost it all. In my opinion, he is similar to Tony Montana, and because of that I will not write a lot about him.
https://people.com/movies/george-jung-dies-at-78-johnny-depp-blow-role/
Next, very interesting one is Bronson, from movie Bronson, played by Tom Hardy. This is a movi about the worst prisoner in UK ever. Tom is great in this movie, and if you have not seen this one, unfortunately, it is not as popular as it should be, watch it, you are going to like it.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bronson
And, the last one here on the list is Tylor Durden. Anti hero from Fight Club. Or, maybe he is not anti hero, maybe Tylor is actually everything what we wanna be. There is one famous quote by Tylor that says exactly that.
***I am everything what you wanna be. I look like you want to look. I am smart, pretty and free in every single way you want to be.***
https://buro247.rs/kultura/film-i-tv/za-to-volimo-negativce.html
Maybe, that is what we love in villains. They are free. They do not have any borders, they are not ashamed of anything, they are not afraid of anything, they are free.
I would love to know what do you think about this, who is your favorite villain and why?
And, if you like this article, I can write a part two, or I can write about villains from cartoons.
Friday the 13th
Hello all, again. I made another break, because, this time I had to fix many things in my house, and that took me a lot of time and I was really tired. But now, when the winter is coming, I will be spending more time at home, and I will not have any big things to do in my home, so I will write a lot more articles.
Considering it is a spooky season now, I would love to write a bit about spooky things. One of the most scary things is definitely Friday the 13th.
There are many horror movies about Friday the 13th, many people, all around the world are very afraid of this date. During the october 2021. we will not have a Friday 13th, but somehow it is always connected to Halloween. People like to connect simiar things, for example this spooky day and this spooky holliday.
https://collider.com/friday-the-13th-movies-ranked-worst-to-best/
There is a whole horror movie franchise called Friday the 13th, and it is about a maniac, who goes round and kills people, while wearing a scary mask and a work suit. He is very brutal and sometimes it seems that he cannot be killed. Most popular killers from Friday the 13th are Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, but he is not the only one. First movie was relesed in 1980, and the last one in 2009. Anyways, we are not here to talk about those movies.
Now, let's move on to the point. People are afraid of number 13. And, now, we will see why.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Junction_13.svg
First of all, 12 is whole. 12 is number of months in a year, 12 sings of Zodiac, 12 under touches in music... and many other things that there are only 12. 12 parts are making one whole things, one perfect whole thing. 13 comes after 12, 13 is excess, and because of that, people do not like it, and think that it is even bringing bad luck.
Hammurabi's Code does not contain 13th paragraph. Maybe, it has some purpose, maybe it was not planed to be as it is, or maybe it was lost as the time was passing.
Jesus had 12 apostoles, and on the secret diner there were 13 people, day after it Jesus was killed on the cross. And, it was Friday.
In some hotels, 13th floor is not marked and also 13th room. You have 12th floor and after it comes the 14th.
All those things are just some examples that are showing some of the superstitions connected to Friday the 13th.
There is not anything about all those things what would prove that Friday the 13th is really bringing bad luck.
There is also one story that says that Friday the 13th was day of sex. In the past it was a day when people were not doing anything, except making love and having fun. As you know, Christian church is not a big fan of making love for the whole day, specially if someone is not married and is not making love with his or her partner. So, many people believe that this is the main reason why Friday the 13th is a day of bad luck.
Many people believe that Christian church made all those stories and superstitions about Friday the 13th.
When you think a bit about this, this makes sense, much more sense than all other stories about this day.
I mean, we need 13, we need something to connect 12 and 14.
There is one more interesting story about days that are bringing bad luck. Italians believe that number 17 is bringing bad luck. So, for them Friday the 17th is worse than Friday the 13th. This comes from Roman number 17, which is XVII, when you change the order of characthers, you can get VIXI, which in Latin language means 'my life is over'. That is why they are so afraid of number 17.
Drunk as a Mother
Hello everyone. Here I am again. Before I start this artcle, I want to say that I really hope that you are all good. And when, I say 'good', I mean healthy, and feeling well on the inside. We are all facing the pandemic and all the problems that it is bringing, stress, depression, loosing connections to other people, loosing connection to real life. I hope that you are finding ways to make your life good, during all the bad things that are happening. I am praying for all of you, and for all the people generally, and I hope that we will live normal lives again very soon.
Now, when I shared my hopes and wishes with all fo you here, I can move on to the article. As you maybe noticed, I am writing a bit about Serbian language lately, and I have already written two articles, one of them is about Serbian sayings, and the other one is about Serbian phrases. You can see them by simply clicking here on them. (Blue letters). https://read.cash/@SuncicaZ/serbian-sayings-f990a1fb https://read.cash/@SuncicaZ/in-serbia-we-say-0508ab53
Now, I would love to talk about one phrase that we are using here in Serbia, and that is very interesting. Actually, this phrase has interesting history, and I am pretty sure that there are many Serbian people, who do not know why we are saying this.
There are a couple interpretations of this phrase.
First interpretation of this is drunk like mother, as a rest of phrase drunk man- as good as mother, later it became drunk- good as mother, and not only what's left is drunk like mother.
We all know that every single mother would do anything for her children, and we can say that mother is good for children, Nobody can ever love you, and be good for you like your mother can. That means that drunk people are good for everyone around of them as mothers are good for their children.
We all know that there are many people, who are not good when they are drunk. Many people are aggressive, they are insulting other people, they are even fighting.
So, if we decide to take this phrase to designate someone who is as good as mother, we can use this only for people who are good for others when they are drunk.
Second interpretation is historically supported and it means drunk as a mother in labor. In the past there weren't maternity hospitals, and women were giving birth to their babies in their homes. During the labour woman is in pain, and many things can go wrong. To avoid pain and the complications, women, who were helping during the labor, were giving to mothers a lot of alcohol.
It is proved that alcohol can help to reduce pain during labor, and this was really helpful to mothers, but we cannot say that is was also good for the babies.
And, the thirs interpretation is drunk like mother land. Land was the spring of life in the past. People were planting plants and that is how they were making for living.
If you want to have plants, your land, where you are planting them has to have a lot of water. Has to be soaked with water. And, here in Serbia we say 'natopiti' for soak, and we say 'popiti' for drink. So, as you maybe noticed the base of those two words is same 'piti'. That is how we can connect those two phrases.
Second interpretation is most accepted one. Because, it has a historical support, we know why are we saying that.
That was it for this phrase, if this is interesting to you, I can describe you some more interesting Serbian phrases.
In Serbia we say
Hello, here we are again!
In my previuous article, I presented you some Serbian sayings, and if you want to see that, you can do it simply, by clicking here. https://read.cash/@SuncicaZ/serbian-sayings-f990a1fb
Now, I would love to present you some phrases that we are using here in Serbia, and that maybe can be funny to you. I hope that you will like this.
We can start!
Get a basket.
To get a basket means to be rejected. Usually, to be rejected from a person you like, but also, you can get a basket when you want to get a job and you do not get it, or when you want to go out with your friends, and they reject you.
Also, instead of get a basket, we also say 'to drink a pedal'. Nobody is sure what kind of pedal we are talking about here. Pedal from bike, from piano, from car, we do not know.
To find yourself in not harvested grapes.
This means to be in a situation where you do not know what you should do. Not harvested grapes is a situation what is not familiar to you. Situation where you have to do something, you have to make a choice, but you just do not know what you should do or choose.
You have never been in that situation before and you have to get yourself out of it.
Leads the water to his own watermill
This means to make things good for yourself. To make it good for you. To make situation be good for you.
Insted of leading water to your watermill, you can also say lead the wind to your windmill.
This means the same.
Not in the angle
Here in Serbia, we say this from a person, who is not mentally good. Also, instead of this we sometimes say 'not alone in his own head'. We are using those phrases to describe someone, who is not mentally good.
To harvest watermelons.
Harvest again, but this time, it is not about not harvested plants, it is about harvesting watermelons.
When someone is in a situation where he did everything he could do, but he did all that wrong, and now he is not in a good position, we say that he harvested watermelons.
Harvested watermelons is a trouble.
So, that was is for this article, if you like it, I can write more about Serbian phrases and also modern Serbian slang.
Serbian Sayings
Hello everyone, here I am again. I hade one a little bit longer break, again, and I am sorry because of that. I had some private things to do, but here I am again, with a totally new series of articles. It will be made of two types of artivles. Firs will be 'Serbian sayings', and other type of articles will be 'In Serbia we say'.
Serbian sayings will be lists of Serbian sayings and explanations of them, because, here in Serbia we have some really amazing sayigs, that are very wise. I really velieve that we can learn a lot from those sayings.
And, second type of articles called 'In Serbia we say', will contain some very funny phrases that we are using in Serbia, and that can be interesting, specially to those who live far away from Serbia, and have never heard any of them.
Now, when I explained this, I can start.
Today, we have sayings. Here are some very wise Serbian sayings. So, let's start!
If you respect others, do not worry for yourself.
This one is very old, just like many other Serbian sayings, and this one is saying that if you respect other people, you will be respected. If you give to people, you will get from people. What you give is what you get. How much you give is how much you will get.
You cannot expect anything from people, if you are not giving anything.
And, what is also very important, do something firts. Be the first one who will respect, you do not have to wait for people to respect you, respect them first, and they will also respect you.
Of crouse, not every single person is going to respect you back, some people just do not respcet anyone, but most people will.
If they live together fro a long time, animals start to love each other, and people start to hate each other.
Animals get used to each other. There is the famous example with wolf and sheep, I am sure you already know it. Very cold winter made wolf live with sheep.
And, when people live together fro too long, they become annoying to each other. They get bored. Habits, hobbies, jobs, stories, everything about other person becomes annoying to you.
If you wanna lose a friend, borrow him some money.
Here in Serbia, we also say 'Borrow only amount that you are ready to donate'. Many things can happen when you borrow someone money, and maybe they will not be able to give you your money back.
You can think that they are not giving it back, because they do not want to, and that is how you can lose friend.
You can buy a hat for your head, but you cannot buy cleverness for your head.
You can be rich, and you can buy many things, but in case that you are not smart and clever, you cannot buy that. And, you can spend your money easily, but if you are not smart, you cannot earn other money.
We also say, it is much better to know how, than yo have. If you have, you will spent. There is not amount of money that you cannot spend, but if you know how to make money, you will always have it, because you will alsway gonna make it again and again.
If you want to get to know someone, give him power.
Power is not changing people, it is just showing you what they really are. If they are good, they are going to be good with power or without it. But, if they are not good, they can pretend that they are good, while they do not have power, so they can get what they need.
There can still be a fair without one man.
We also say, who is not here, everything can be without him.
One man is not making whole thing, whole life, whole anything. If someone is not there, there must be a reason for that. Accept that, and move on! Keep going, keep fighting.
You owe to yourself to keep going and to make something for yourself.
That was it for this article, I hope that you are going to like it, and that you will like my future articles that are going to have same topic. Please, let me know what you think about this in the comments below.
xoxo,
SuncicaZ.
Serbian Songs Lyrics
Hello all, again. I am really glad to see that we are all here again, I have written a couple posts since I am back here, but I have not told how happy I am to be here again. I really love writting very much, and that is the main reason why I missed this place a lot.
Today, I would love to write about Serbian songs lyrics. Actually not about, I would love to try to translete some songs to English.
This can be very funny, if you translate it literally, and this article is not meant to insult anyone, I am writting this just for fun, and I just want to make you laugh.
I will not translate whole songs, just some interesting parts of it.
So, let's start.
Trough plum groves and meadows
This song decides to be first on this list.
I will take only chours of this song.
***"If you only knew, how I yearn,***
***While I am waiting for you, like hopeless.***
***To come to me, with a smile on your face,***
***Trough plum groves and meadows. "***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPgYv6qiD7w
Here is the You Tube link, so you can listen the whole song, if you want to.
Pear
Next song is called simply Pear.
Again, we will see the chours.
***"Oh, lele why I did not kill myself,***
***lele why I did not kill myself ,***
***Under that pear,***
***Oh,lele why I did not kill muself,***
***there, where you fell on other man's chest."***
There is the word 'lele' that cannot be translated to English. It is a shout in Serbian.
And, there is not a link for the whole song this time, because author of it is not allowing me to post it here. But, you can simply type Kruska in You Tube, and you will find this song. Kruska means pear in Serbian.
Older man
Okay, this one is very interesting. This song actually is for many couples, there are many women in love with an older man.
This is a song for all of them.
Again, chuors.
***"What are you still waiting for, you are an older man,***
***enjoy at least the rest of your life,***
***I want your touch,***
***I do not want anyone else's,***
***I do not care if you are older than me."***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKp-1_tD6QQ
Here is the link where you can hear whole song, if you want to.
And, that's all folks. That is it for this article. I hope you liked it, you found it funny. If you want to see the part II of this, let me know that in the comments below.
See you soon.
xoxo,
SuncicaZ
Married Women have much more Stress than Single Mothers
There are some scientific studies about stress that different women have, and thez are showing that women that are married have much more stress than single mothers.
Many women told that their husbands are much more annoying then their children. And, here we are not talking about stress that is caused by the divorce or domestic violence. We are talking about everyday stress that women are having in everyday situations. What is horrible about this is that this is not something what is not usual, this is happening to women, every single day. Stress is a part of their life, of their routine.
I will now put here a list of three things that are biggest stressors, and I will also share the possible solution for every of them.
Husband is acting like a child
I am pretty sure that most of you have heard at least one woman saying that her husband is not much different from her children.
https://mamiverse.com/traits-emotionally-immature-men-69605/
Many men are not as serious as they should be in many situations. For example, when it comes to upbringing children, they are not strict enough. Of course, violence is not solution for everything, and I am not talking about physical punishment here. But, sometimes, children have to have some kind of say, and that should be their parents. But, that is where fathers do not play their role well enough. They act like they are freind to their child, and that is how woman comes to situation where she has for example seven year odl boy, and for example 35 year old husband, acting like he is 7 years old.
***What can be done about this?***
If a woman is in this situation, she has to talk to her husband. She has to explain to him, that they have to take upbringing like a mission that they have to fulfill together. So, if mother says that child can not do something, father has to support her. If father wants something from child, for example father wants child to take care of the pet, mother has to support him about that.
Also, you have to share care. When I say this I mean, child does not have to be with both parents all the time. This will help child to make good connections with both parents, but also will help the father to became more responsible. When mother is not around, he will have to be less childish, and he will have to take good care of children.
Women have a lot of work to do in their home
Women have to make breakfast, to wash the dishes, to make lunch, to wash the dishes, to make dinner, to wahs the dishes, to wash windows and floors, to clean everything,t o take out the trash... and many, many other things. Every single day.
Many men think tha they should not be doing anything in the house, the think that all those things are just for women, and that women have to do all of that, no matter how tired they are, no matter how much they are working at their real job, no matter how much time they are spending with children.
https://grist.org/article/food-2010-12-01-todays-diy-women-post-domestic/
In my opinion, this is one kind of domestic violence. Not the real violence, but some kind of it. It is big pressure for women, they know that they have to do all of that. And, if you think about that, you can watch it as a way of violence.
*What can be done about this?*
Simply, do not do all those things that you have to do in your home. Because you do not have to. I mean, you have to clean your house, but it is not only your house, you do not live alone, and people, your husband before all, has to do all those things just as much as you have to.
So, if you are tired, if you are not in the mood for doing things in your home. Do not. Just do not. Dishes have to be washed, floor has to be cleaned, dinner has to be made, but you are not the one who has to do that.
So, explain to your husband that you do not have to do everything in your home, and if he do not understand that, stop doing what you were doing, so he will have to do those things, and he will see that it is not that easy as he was thinking it is.
Women feel guilty, and they do not have free time
Women feel like they have to do sometihng all the time. Children, job, cooking, cleaning... there is always something what woman can do, and society is making women feel guilty, if they are not doing anything.
Women cannot rest, cannot do things that they love, for themselves. And, that is not good at all. This also can be seen as a way of violence against women. Women do not have to do something all the time, and they deserve to have free time.
*What can be done about this?*
Just one thing. Women have to know, have to realize that they deserve free time. They deserve rest. They deserve to do things they love.
Women need to respect themsleves more. Of course, not all the women, but those, who have this problem. It is important to realize that you are important and that you deserve all the respect that you are giving to other people.
I hope that this article helped someone.
And, I would love to know what do you think about this.
See you very, very soon.\
xoxo,
SuncicaZ
Four Got Up and Left
A couple days ago I saw a reels video on Instagram, in that video was a girl, who was doing something, I do not remeber what, and she said "Yesterday, I was in a restaurant, and the place was packed with couples, and I was feeling a bit mischievous, so I took my phone, I was pretending to call someone, and I said very loud 'Girl your man is here with somebody else', four men got up and left".
https://www.alamy.com/unfaithful-african-man-cheating-his-woman-with-her-best-friend-image337045837.html
If you ask me, this is horrible. Four man from restaurant were there with their lovers. Maybe even more. For example if there were 15 tables in a restaurant, and she said that the place was packed with couples, one table was for her. We can say that there were maybe 10 tables with couples. And 4 out of 10 were there with lovers. I mean this is just my theory, maybe numbers are not real, but maybe they are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp4UwPZfRis
What I am trying to tell is that there are many people who are cheating on their partners, there are men in this example, but women are also cheating.
There are many songs about cheating, many movies about cheating, many celebrities who are cheating...
A couple years ago I saw an article about cheating, and it says that in 1 out of 3 marriages and long relationships, someone is cheating.
Someone is in two relationships at the same time. And, that is the information for marriages and long relationships. What about short relationships? Is there more cheating or less. Maybe, there is more cheating because there is less love, or maybe there is less cheating because they had no enough time to cheat on their partners.
For me, it is terrible to see that there are many people, who think that cheating is not something horrible and who do not think that it has to mean the end of relationship. Many people would forgive the cheat and many people expect their partner to forgive them their cheat. I really do not understand that.
In my personal opinion, if you love someone, you also respect him or her, and when you respect someone, you are not cheating on that person. No matter what is happening, you are not cheating, you do not want other person, you do not need other person, you do not feel good with other person.
Of course, cheat is something what can happen. People can be unfaitful for many reasons, but if that happens, you owe to your partner to tell him or her that. You owe him or her to be honest, to be real. Person that you love, deserves your real you. You do not have to be a liar, if you are a cheater.
https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/husband-cheating.html
Also, I do not understand people who can forgive that. I mean, if your partner is cheating on you, that means that he or she do not respect you, and if you forgive that, and keep going on with him or her, like nothing happened, that just means that you also do not reaspect yourself.
And, as we already know, only what you have for sure is you, which means that you have to respect yourself all the time, no matter what happens to you. No matter what other people are doing to you, you have to be good to you.
We can also talk about what cheating is, and what cheating is not?
For example, many people think that chating with other people is not cheating, that flirting with other people is not cheating, that kiss is not cheating, but in my opinion, every disrespect is cheating. Every disrespect is reason for break up, every disrespect means that you are not loved enough, and you deserve someone to love you.
Also, I personally think that cheating in not in someone's blood. You are cheating just because you do not love someone enough to avoind doign that, you do not respect someone enough because deep insisde you know that he or she is not the right person for you, and you do not want to put a lot of effort into something with someone, who is not the one, who is not your person.
This is just my opinion about this, if your opinion is different from mine, I would really love to hear it, so please, share it with us here.
Have you ever had this experience? What have you done about it? How you passed trough that situation? Do you have any advice for people who are passing trough that now?
Big Brother is Watching You
I am pretty sure that everybody has already heard about George Orvel, Britich writer, and his famous book called '1984'. This is a book written in 1948. and it is one kind of a prediction. In this novel, author is sharing his vision of future with readers. He is talking about 1984. and about man, actually about people who live in totalitarian country, who are working for the system, and who cannot raise their voice against the system.
https://bdtechtalks.com/2017/12/28/major-artificial-intelligence-developments-2017/1984-bolshoy-brat-big-brother/
Story is following one man, who seems like someone who is not important at all. He works his ordinary job (in one department, his job is to correct historical facts), and at one moment he realizes that he is not happy. He is not satisfied with his miserable life, and he wants to change something.
That is where his fight against the system starts. Thanks to that he was arrested, tortured and re-educated. After he is back from jail, he is good for the society, he accepts the system, and he keeps living his miserable life.
This novel is inspired by Soviet Union during the years after the World War II, and Joseph Stalin. Cult of personality, people who cannot change anything, people who are afraid of their state, all that seemed horrible to Orvel.
He was thinking that till 1984. everything will change, that cult of personality will take main place in some countries, and that people will become slaves.
https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Big-Brother-is-Watching-You-George-Orwell-1984-by-MerchHouse/45159308.LVTDI
That is the famous line from the book about 'Big Brother is Watching You'. Big Brother is country and You are all of us. You is people, You is man, You is you, he, she, me, we...
When we think about this book from this distance, and we now have a distance from 1948. and also from 1984. And, what can we say?
Well, we can say that we really had jails for people, who are against the system in some countries, we can say that we really had some people who were paid by the country to follow and watch other people...
But, what is more important, do we still have any of those now?
Is there still any Big Brother that is watching us? All of us. We all seem to be inessential, but there are some people, who are against the system, among us, are they important for the country? Which country?
In case that this is still happening, where is it happening, why is it still happening?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJKQdzopuco
Can we maybe wacth that from another angle, and maybe say that we all have a personl Big Brother, and that our Big Brothers are actually our smart devices that are collecting our data. Maybe, there are some people, who are following us via our smart devices. Maybe, some of us, who are interesting to some other people for some reasons, are followed all the time.
And, is there anyone, who is following followers? Is there a brother that is bigger than Big Brother. Who is the biggest brother. How can we know that? Maybe, all those are theories that have no sense, but what if they are not?
Yes, I noticed that my post is full of what ifs, and maybies and theories, but that is because I am not sure about anything, and I cannot be sure. I am just an ordinary person, inessential part of the system. I just think that this topic is very interesting, and I wanted to share my opinion, and my doubts with other people.
What do you think about this? Have you ever wondered are there really big brothers following us?
Circuses are closed...
...because whole world is one very big circus.
Circuses were attraction in past, and people were visiting them because they wanted to see something interesting, something what they could not see in real life often. People were doing crazy things in circuses, for other people's fun.
Nowadays people are doing crazy things all the time, everywhere. Why? For other people's fun? For their own fun? For money?
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/circus-festival-monaco-monaco-17-jan-2019-10067511i
If you ask me, they are doing those things because of their own value system, which is destroyed. Nowadays people think that many things are okay, even if those things are not okay at all. Those things should not be done, people should be ashamed of those things, but they do not think so anymore.
In the whole world, people are free to be 'free'. Let me explain this a little bit.
They are free to do anything, to steal, to kill, to sleep with many people, to dress up however they want to...
https://www.adnews.com.au/news/are-reality-shows-turning-viewers-off-commercial-tv
And, they think that all those things are their own freedom. While doing all those things, people think that they are free. And, that is not true. They are not free, they are wrong. So many tihngs are nowadays wrong. That is why we do not need circuses anymore, we can see circus anywhere we go. We can see bad things, wrong things, people who are making fools out of themselves.
For what? For fun, fame, money...
If you ask me, it is not worth it.
There is not money that can buy you what you will lose when you make a fool of yourself once. Maybe many people will say you that you are great, maybe you will be popular, maybe you will earn money, but they will make jokes behind your back, they will not appreciate you. They will forever think that you are just a fool.
That is why you should think twice before you do something.
You do not want to make circus out of your life. I am sure that you do not want to, then, why are you doing that?
Do you know the story about Vasa Ladacki?
One great artist, Djordje Balasevic left us.
He died, but his songs, his music, his art will live forever.
He was not only a musician, he was a one whole philosophy, and we all loved him.
In his part, I would love to share one amazing song here with you.
Story about Vasa Ladacki
Do you know the story about Vasa Ladacki?
I have heard it only recently,
One time, he was not going out from tavern for 9 days,
People say that he was weird.
His father was a poor peasant,
He was feeding 7 people,
And, his mother was blonde, quiet, small, hectic woman,
She died at the age of 30...
They had a couple acres of land,
And a small house at the end of the street
On the table, always bread, just as much as needed,
But, Vasa wanted much more.
He wanted black hoorses, playing on the meadow,
Pocket watch with a golden chain and estates,
He wanted fertile fields,
Fertile vineyards,
And horses harnessed in chairots,
But he could not have those.
He loved pretty, but poor woman,
He would maryy her, just if he knew
You love once in a lifetime.
Rich one or poor one,
That is choosing your heart, not your mind.
And, he was hoping that love will stop,
He left his village forever,
He was never writign letters to anyone,
And he married rich girl,
Only daughter of one landlord.
He has gotten black hoorses, playing on the meadow,
Pocket watch with a golden chain and estates,
He wanted fertile fields,
Fertile vineyards,
And horses harnessed in chairots,
He had it all, but he had nothing.
He bacome an alcoholic not long after that,
he sold his soul to the Devil,
All the alcoholics knew him,
He was looking for salvation in alcohol,
But, the could not find it.
They say that he was also young, when he died,
In tavern, from heart attack,
Only his head fallen, like he is sleeping,
And, they still remeber what he said last:
In vain black hoorses, playing on the meadow,
Pocket watch with a golden chain and estates,
He wanted fertile fields,
Fertile vineyards,
And horses harnessed in chairots,
When I am not with the one I love.
When I am not with the one I love!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-23TCwJcyk
Here is the link, I hope that you will like it.
It is one really amazing song!
Here is one interesting quotation for the end of this text.
Whatever you are doing in your life, do not let yourself become Vasa Ladacki.
Every Girl is a Doll...
... either a Barbie or Anabelle.
It only depends on you, and how you behave with them.
https://giphy.com/explore/carrefour-barbie
Today, I would love to talk a bit about women, and how do they behave and on what that behavior depends. Well, behavior depends on behavior.
That is very simple. I am hearing many men talking about women like they are something evil, dangerous...
That is not true.
Every single woman has a good side. (Of course there are bad people, and that is not depending on grender. Some people are just evil. Here we are talking about good women.)
Every woman also has a bad side.
Why?
Sometimes, women are hurt, sometimes they are not just hurt,they are also betrayed. By someone, who they believed and who they loved. Maybe, they still love that person.
https://gfycat.com/discover/demonic-doll-gifs
I am not trying to say that woman are sometimes bad just because of men. Woman can be betrayed by another woman. Mother, sister, friend...
That is when she will become Anabelle. That is when she will do anything in order to revenge to someone, who hurt her.
Hurt woman can do anything. She can hurt, she can leave, she can leave when she should help...
That is why we have all those stories about evil woman, about woman who are doing horrible things, who are not taking care of anything and anyone...
But why?
All those things that women are doing when they are hurt, are just their reactions. Someones, they are too strong, sometimes, women should not do that, sometimes they are making a lot of damage. And, many times, they are sorry later, but when you do something, you cannot correct it in the future. Regreting is not helping when it comes to point where you realize that you should not have done something.
My advice to every woman is to do not let yourself ever become an Anabelle. Of course, you do not have to be a Barbie doll made out of plastic and you do not have to look perfect all the time. But, do not let yourself be an evil witch, you should not let yourself be evil, ever.
Not because of other people, maybe they even deserve it, but because of yourself, you deserve to be calm. You deserve peace in your soul and in your mind.
Revenge will maybe destory your enemies, but it will destroy your for sure. Your soul and your mind will be in not very good state, if you put all your efforts into making revenges for people who hurt you.
What you sohuld do it to leave. Just turn around and leave. Do not revenge, just leave and do not come back ever.
Being an Anabelle will make people be avare and afraid of you, and that is not what you want.
Judging...
Let him who is without a sin cast the first stone!
Here, in Serbia, where I am living, we say let the one with clean hands throw the first stone.
There is also one more quote about this, and it says "Before you point your finger to someone, be sure that your hands are clean."
Jesus says "If you do not want others to judge to you, do not judge to other people.".
And, actually that is the point of many things. Do not judge to other people, do not watch what they are doing, do not try to find out where they have been, what they have done, what do they want...
https://giphy.com/gifs/3oz8xFodRXqRUneTAI
If someone is fat that is okay, if someone is skinny that is also okay, if someone has tattooes that is okay, if soneone has colored hair that is also okay...
Whatever someone is doing, and while doing that is not hurtining anyone is okay. It is totally fine.
And, you should not form your opinion about people by things that are not crucial.
You should stop thinking about things that are not crucial.
How people look like, what are they doing for living ( of course if it is legal), who are they in relationship with, who are their friends, what is their pet, how do they dress up... is none of your business.
In case that you are thinking of those things, and in case that you are judging to people because of those things, you will feel bad. You will be full of negative feelings. You will be angry, you will not feel good in your skin. Negative energy will be all around of you. And, that is not what you need.
Also, you will not change anything. People will not change because you do not like something about them. You can only annoy them.
I would love to hear what do you think about this? Are you judging to people? Are people judging to you?
The Most Sincere Villain
I was alreadyu writing about Joker before, but I was thinking a bit about him, and I think that he deserves me to pay more attention to him. In my opinion, Joker is very interesting characther and we can actually learn a lot from Joker. His way of living is different, special, weird, but actually very interesting, actually very, very deep. His life is deep, you never know how deep you can fall with him, but what you can be sure about is that you will not be bored, and you will definitely learn a lot from him.
https://gifer.com/en/gifs/the-joker
Joker is a villain. From the start to the end. All the time. Pure villain. He is not trying to hide it, he is not trying to change it, he is not trying to make it look different. He is pure.
He is what he is, he is who he are. All the time.
Joker's best quotations
*****For people you are just like a toy, they will stop loving you after they get bored.*****
And, this souds horrible, this is cruel, but it is totally true. People, usually do not love you. They just want to use you. For many things, for love, for fun, for business, for anything what they needed in their lives, and when they do not need you anymore, they will leave you. Maybe, they will not get bored, but they will get what they wanted to have, and that is enough for them. They keep moving forward and you should keep moving forward, and that is okay. Well, actually it is not okay, but it is as it is, and you will have to accept that, and you will have to keep living your life.
https://gfycat.com/discover/joker-gifs
*****It it is still on your mind, it is worth taking the risk.*****
This is also very true. If you want something, you will think of it, and if you are thinking of it, you should do it. No matter how risky it is, no matter how dangerous it is. No matter...
If you spend the rest of your life thinking about what you want to do, without doing it, you will suffer, you will be angry, you will have a lot of stress, you will feel bad.
That is why you have to do it. If you fall, that is okay, if you lose it, that is also okay, you will know that you tried it and that you cannot have it.
https://giphy.com/explore/joker
*****No matter the situation, always wear a smile.*****
Even if you feel horrible, even if you are dead fromt he inside, even if you would love to be gone. Wear a smile. Always. Because of people. Because of people, who do not love you, and who would love to see you suffering.
Also, some scientists say that if you are smiling all the time, telling only positive things, and if you are pretending that things are going well, situation will actually get much better, you will feel much better, and things in your life will become better.
Now, I will put you here a couple more quotations, that I presonally love, and I hope that you will like them too. I think that following quotations do not need explanation. Actually, I think that you should undesrstand them in your own way, as someone once said, nobody can see what you see, even if they see it to. Simple as that. Nobody can explain those quotations to you, you have your own way to understand them.
https://giphy.com/gifs/jared-leto-joker-gotham-tQsNEZoI0zKTe
Enjoy!
I am not someone who is loved. I am an idea. A state of mind.
All it takes is one bad day.
They laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at them because they are all the same.
They are only as good as the world allows them to be.
You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are.
Those were my favorite from Joker, I hope that you will like them to.
Why so serious?
This is a question of every single person's life. Why are you people so serious, all the time, every time, with strong reasons, with no reason, with a point, without a point. Why?
Is that really helping you?
https://gfycat.com/discover/joker-gifs
Is that making your life easier, is that making you feel better, is that helping you realize something important.
I think no.
Answer to all those questions is simple. NO!
You will not feel better if you are serious and if you are not having fun. Just relax and have fun. Everything, when you can, go ahead, have some fun. Make your life simple, make your life easier. Make your life funny. Fun will help you stay normal.
Fun fill beat up your stress.
With a smile on your face you will see how things are getting better.
When you grow up...
When you are a kid you like Batman, you like him a lot, he is your hero. You would love to be like him. You dream of being like him one day. But..
What is happening when you grow up?
https://gifs.alphacoders.com/gifs/by_tag/135
When you grow up you realize that Joker has much more sense. You realize that there aren't superheroes around of us. But, there are villains all around of us. Most od them are trying to hide who they really are, because of that Joker has sense. He is not hiding, he is showing who he is, and thanks to his attitudes about many things we love him.
We do not want to be like him, we have our code, we have our morals, we are kind. We are all kind, but he, he is pure. Pure evil? Well, maybe, but pure. How many people can say for themselves that they are pure? Not many of them.
As Joker said, we stop looking for monsters under our beds, when we realize that monsters are inside of us. And, we realize that when we grow up.
We realize that people actually are not as good as we are thinking they are while we are kids. That is why we love Joker, he can say that. We all know that, but we cannot all say that, and he can say whatever he wants to.
That was all about Joker for this article, if you liked this, let me know that. I can also write a bit aobut some other characthers. See you soon!
xoxo,
SuncicaZ!
Why are fighting sports good?
Hello everyone, long time no see. I know that I was missing for too long, but I had many private things to do, and because of that I had to postpone writing articles here. I just wanted to say that before I move on to my next article.
I have a lot of inspiration, and in the future I will post many interesting articles.
Now, we can move on the the text.
Today I would love to talk a bit about fighting sports. I really love those sports, and of course, I understand if you do not like them at all. In case that you think that they are too violent, that they are not interesting, that they are I do not know what, that is okay.
In this article, I do not want to try to change your opinion, if you do not like it, I accept that, and it is okay to dislike whatever you want to.
I just want to tell you why they are good.
Let's start!
https://www.123rf.com/photo_7143333_fighting-sports.html
First association
When someone says fighting sports, I first think of MMA (mixed martial asrts). I know many people would say that they are not arts, but when you think deeply about that, it actually is a kind of art. Defending yourself when you are attacked can be art.
Next thing I think about is SAMBO, it is a Russian fighting sport, actually a skill. It comes from Soviet Union, and nowadays it is still very popular in Russia.
Of course, there are also box, kick-box, wrestling, judo... and many others.
Now, reasons why are those sports good
***No corruption***
Well, there is a corruption in those sports, but much, much, much less thatn in other sports. Baseball, basketball, voleyball, football. In all those sports kids, who have rich parents can play. Even if they are not good at all, even if they do not know what they are doing while they are in the game. In fighting sports, there is not a chance for rich kids to be stars, if they are not good. They maybe can have some matches, with some very weak people, but everyone, who is watching that will see that they are not good. While you are in the cage or in the ring, you are alone, you have to be good. If you are not good, there is not anyone, who is playing with you and who can help you.
http://archive.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/MMA-other-combat-sports-grow-from-underground-fistfights-to-arena-events-b99373437z1-281717061.html
***You will become stronger***
In your head, you will become much stronger mentaly, than you were before. You will learn to concentrate, to focus on what is important. When you stay alone in the cage with the person, who wants to hit you, you will learn a lot about yourself, about life, about all kinds of fight, and you will win in your inner fight. You will be stronger than you were before the fight. Even if you lose, even if you are not stronger than person you are fighting against.
***You will be more confident***
If you do not want to be a professional fighter, you can also have many benefits from those sports. You may not become much stronger than you were, but you will become more confident, you will know that you can defend yourself. And, when you know that you can defend yourself, other people will see that you know how to do that. And, thanks to that they maybe give up on attacking you.
***Physical activity***
All kinds of physical activities are good, and those sports are great for your body. They will help you be more halthy, they will help you look better, and feel better, and lose weight, if that is your goal.
https://www.123rf.com/photo_66203230_stock-vector-martial-arts-fighters-demonstrating-different-technique-kicks-set-of-asian-fighting-sports-professio.html
***Sense of respect***
As I already said in those sports you have to be good, and if someone is better than you, he or she will show you that. And, that will teach you how to respect people. But, what will truly learn you how to respect everyone is someone, who looks weak, who looks like he or she cannot do anything to you, and who will win! And, you will learn that strenght comes fromthe inside, from will. And, you will learn how to respect other people and their will. That is how you will get sense of respect. Sense for respecting others.
***They are natural***
It is not natural to kick the ball, to play with a bat, ot ride something. What is natural is to fight. To fight against people, who are some kind of menace for you. And, whrn you are in the cage with someone, that person is a menace for you, and it is a natural to try to defend yourself from that menace.
A Hero or a Thief?
Here is one more of my article form series "A hero or a...". My previous one was A Hero or a Spy, and you can see it by simple clicking on the link. I hope that you will like it. And, I hope that you will also like this one, that I am writing now. https://read.cash/@SuncicaZ/a-hero-or-a-spy-c11e8a3a
Now, I would love to talk about one man, who was very popular in North America during 1933. and 1934., and he is still popular. He is still popular, because his life was impressive, he was doing things that people in that period liked, because of the whole situation. During the prohibiton in America people were not loving rich people, banks, and the system. They were against the country, but most of them were not brave enough to do anything against the country.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-dillinger
But, some people were. One of them is John Herbert Dillinger. He was robbing banks during 1933. and 1934. He escaped from prison and he lost his life in a fight with agents of Federal Bureau of Investigation.
He was a child of a German farmer, who was living in America. He was born on 22nc of June in 1903. And till 1924. he was living a normal life. No problems. In 1924. he ended up in jail and that is where his problems started. He was convicted to spend between 10 and 20 years in prison, and for him that was horrible.
Many people, still think that this sentence was too strict.
He was a good boy in jail and because of that his sentence was corrected to 9 years. But, 9 years was enough for him to decide what he is going to be in his life.
John was very popular because of crisis. Copuntry, whole country was in a crisis, banks had money, and people had nothing, even the prohibition was there to make them be even more mad. John was taking money from banks, he was taking from those who were taking from people, at least people were thinking that. That is the main reason why people loved and supported them.
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/01/747436470/john-dillingers-relatives-say-they-have-evidence-the-buried-body-may-not-be-his
On the one hand, I totally understand them. On the other hand, he was committing crimes. Robbering banks is not something what you should be doing. We need to confess that.
Taking something, what is not yours is just not good. No matter will you end up in jail or no. That is not okay, you should not be doing that. But, what if you are taking from those who have a lot, and who took that from those who have almost nothing?
That is always a 'what if', there is always a reason for and reason against.
I will not tell you here is he one thing or another. In the previous part of this serial, I told what I think, now I do not know what I should think about this man.
There are always some criminals that are popular because of something. John was one of them, and I would love to know what do you think about him.
And, yes there is a great movie from 2009. called Public Enemy. Johnny Depp is playing main role, Dillinger, and the movie is fantastic.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-dillinger-s-body-will-be-exhumed-85-years-on-to-solve-fbi-riddle-flqf67cvs
See you very soon with new articles and new part 'A hero or a...' will be among them.
Stay safe!
xoxo,
SuncicaZ
Short, but very Stressful History of Pandemics
In this post today, I would love to talk a bit about pandemics during the history. I do not want ot scare you, to make you depressed or anything similar. I just want to show you that pandemics are well, something what is sometimes happening to people. They come, they are and they pass.
I want to tell you that whole situation with Covid-19 will pass, we will get our of it stronger. It is not the worst pandemic that our planet faced. Of course, I know that many people died, and that it horrible, and I am very sorry for everyone who did not make it. But, we will make it. We as a civilisation. We as a group.
HUMAN RACE WILL SURVIVE!
Now, we can move to the short history of pandemics during the history.
Some pandemics were killing people even thousands of years ****BC In that period**** people had no madicines, they had not way to heal sick people, and they were not even sure what is causing those illnesses. When I say what was causing pandemic, I mean, were those some dirty animals, like for example rats, or maybe dirty water or something else. Of course, they did not know for viruses and becteria back in that days.
We had many examples for this, and here are just some of them.
1200 BC Babylon influenza epidemic. As you can see this pandemic was happening about 3200 years ago. People in that period had no idea how to stop it, and how to help to sick people. Also, we have to know that back in those days there were much less people in the world. We do not know how many people died during this pandemic.
429.-426. BC Plague of Athens. This plague was killing people in Greece, Libya, Egypt and Ethipia, and it killed between 75.000 and 100.000 people. 100.000 in that period was a lot of people. Plague is an illness that is easy to spread, usually it is caused by contacting with dirty things and animals. And, in that period, there was a lot of trash and a lot of rats on the streets. That was helping the plagua to spread very, very fast.
Before I move on, I have to say that in the past people were suffering from nay illnesses that are still not well known to us. All of them are called 'plague', that means something similar to illness. People in the past did not know what are viruses, bacteria... and only what they could do with illness is to call it a plague, and to pray that they will not get sick.
Plague of Cypran
Plague of Justnian
Roman plague
Plague of Sheroe
Plague of Amwas
Next one on the list, that I would separate from all those plagues is Black Death. This is a Bubonic plague, and it was killing people in Europe, Asia and Africa. The world of that period. The old world, or however you wanna call it. People those days did not know about Americas, Australia and other continents. This illness killed between 75 and 200 milion people that is between 10 and 60% of all the people who were living in Europe in that period.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#/media/File:Nuremberg_chronicles_-_Dance_of_Death_(CCLXIIIIv).jpg
This is just one photo that is inspired by Black Death. I will put you some more photos here.
https://bpca.org.uk/Test-News/black-death-it-wasnt-me/194865
Here is a mask that was used during the Black Death. This beak was filled with lavander, and they believed that the smell will keep them safe, because people who were sick were stinking.
The next one is The Sweats, this illness has many names, and it has killed many people.
We also have Great Plague of London, that was stopped by the fire, but before it was stopped it killed about 100.000 people.
I can also put many other plagues on this list, but I will not put all of them. I guess that you have mu point now. In the past people were sick, illnesses were everywhere, and people did not know anything about them.
After that we had pandemics of typhus and Spanish flu. But, while those illnesses were killing people , people had wars, and because of that they could not pay attention to pandemics.
What I wanted to tell you is that Covid-19 is horrible, and you may be suffering, you may lost someone, you may feel like you cannot cope with the situation anymore, but this will end. Sooner or not very soon, but it will end. We will survive.
Rape is ALWAYS a Crime!
I am living in Serbia, and I am very angry today.
One young and successful woman, actress, heroine, told that she was raped.
She was young, she was only 17 years old.
She was attenting school for actors, and her teacher raped her.
She is not the only one.
Many people, of course, supported her. Norlam people supported her. But, there are also many people who did not. And, many people, who are judging to her.
Can you imagine that? Someone is judging to the victim. Someone is saying that it is her fault, that she is telling that too late, because she wants attention, because she is a bitch, a slut, and many other horrible things.
Many people in Serbia, still think that woman, raped woman, can be guilty for the rape. Many people in Serbia still do not think that only one who can be guilty for the rape is rapist.
She is not the only one. She is famous, and there are many other woman, who are not famous, who are not brave enough, who live in small places, who do not have support.
Many woman are still quiet and they think that they are alone. They have to know that they are not alone, and they have to know thet they are not guilty for what happened to them.
https://www.indy100.com/discover/here-s-a-simple-pie-chart-which-shows-the-causes-of-rape-7299291
All the women who have passed trough that have to know that they are still amazing, that they are not alone, that there is someone to help them.
And, that one who will help them is you.
You, me, he, she, we! All of us. All of us need to realize how horrible rape actually is, and all of us have to give support to women who were victims of rape.
Rape is not the only type of violence that women are forced to cope with, just because they are women. They are many times victims of violence at the work because they are women.
Many men out there think that it is okay to look, to say something, to touch...
Even if women do not want that.
I want to say somany things, but I am very angry and very upset because of all those things. And, I cannot tell even a half of the things that I am thinking of right now.
I will not talk about punishment now. I just want society to realize that every single violence against woman is a crime. It is not okay, woman is not guilty, and cannot be guilty.
Why do we Love 'The Sims' Video Games?
'The Sims' is definitely one of the most popular serial of video games ever! And, have you ever wondered why are those games so popular?
Here is my opinion, maybe it will be interesting to you.
We love The Sims because OUR LIVES ARE NOT AS GOOD WE WOULD LOVE THEM TO BE!
In The Sims you can meka your characthers (They are called Sims) and you can do anything.
You can go to college, you can be successful sicnetist, you can be soldier, policeman, you can be trophy wife, you can be a millionaire without doing anything. You can have the best parties, a lot of friends, you can be a superstar...
You can be even the one who is giving and taking life away, as the virtual God of your Sims.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/the-sims-4/c08jxnk0vg5l
That is what makes me thing that people love this game because they can be anything, while they are playing. Everything is so easy to make, there are many cheats, many ways to get what you wanna have, and even if you are doing something wrong, you do not have to save it, you can play again, and again, and again, until you are satisfied with what you have made.
Virtuel God
Many people have many problems. Various problems. A lot of stress. They feel helpless, they cannot change anything in their lives. They do not have any power. And, when they play The Sims, all that changes. They can make new city, they can make new families, they can even kill their Sims in the swimming pool, or in the fire in the kitchen...
You can just take one family, and move it to another city. And, that is maybe a change that someone wants for hir or her family, but, that cannot be done in real life, for some reasons.
Someone, maybe want to be a person, who is making big decissions, but in real life, that is not possible. That is why that person can make and destroy cities in The Sims.
The Sims, in my opinion, can help people to cope with stress. In the game you can change everything, in almost no time. You can be the God of your Sims, you can change their lives. You have the power.
Some things should not be done in real life
In the Sims, your characther can change job how many times you want. Your Sim can do many jobs. In real life, it is not smart to change your job every week.
You can have how many girlfriends you have. In real life cheating is never a good option, and in my opinion, and in opinion of many other people, changing your partner every two weeks is not the best choice.
https://www.igroshop.com/the-sims-4-discover-university.html?sl=en
You can cheat on your wife with a maid. One more choice that in real life is not smart.
You can quit your job and become an artist. In real life there are no big chances for something like that.
Everything is possible
In The Sims there is a cheat that will bring you money. By typing in one simple word, you will get money, and you can type that wor how many times you want. Your Sim can have millions, without working. So, he or she can have an amazing house, car, can travel a lot, can buy luxury things. Without working.
You can become a witch, werewolf, vampire, zombie... In real life, those creatures do not exist. But, in The Sims everything is possible.
And, that is one more reason why people love this game. You do not have limits in this game.
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims
People sometimes do not like their lives at all. We have problems, we do not know how to cope with stress, we do not know how to get our of situations that are aming us angry, sad or upset.
Because of that, we sometimes find something what makes us feel a little bit better. And, that is good. The Sims, is not a therapy, it is not something what will change your life, but is something what will make you feel better at the moment.
In case that your problems are not everyday problems, and in case that you really do not know how to move on, hot to keep going and fighting for yourself, that is also okay, but in that case, maybe you need a therapy. And, that is also okay, you will get help that you need, and you will be fine.
Peace and Love
It is the month of holidays, and because of that I wanted to share some of my cogitations about love and peace here with you.
For me, holidays, specially Christmas is period of love and peace. Period that we are spending with our family, friends, generally people we love. We forgive things that were happening during the whole previous year, or year that is ending, depending on when you are celebrating Christmas, and that were not nice.
We need to find peace into ourselves and we need to let love to come into our lives. We need to be sure that we are ready to forgive and ready to love. We need to be sure that we are ready for changes, and peace and love are the best changes that we can ever have in our lives.
Only you can bring peace to your life, and when you bring peace, love will come. Just stay positive, stay calm. Keep believing that good things are about to come to you. Believe that things will get better, if they are not good already.
Forgive to all those who hurt you. Do not trust them again, just forgive, for your own pece.
That was all. I know that this message is very short, but that is what I wanted to tell you about love, peace and holidays.
xoxo,
SuncicaZ
New Year's Resolutions
Hello everyone!
Happy New Year! I truly hope that 2021 will be much better than 2020, to all of us. To the whole world. We are all passsing trough something horrible, and I hope that in the future things will change, and that we will be satisfied with those changes. There is always a rainbow after the rain, and we are in a rainy sesason right now. When I say 'we' I mean all of us, whole world. There must be also some good sides of this situation for example, we have more time for people we love, but I know that you are sick of listening about pandemic and good sides that it may have. And, I know that we all have lkearned something from this situation. And, I know that many people will change many things. And, I know that many people will pay more attention to things that are really important.
Because of that, I would love to talk a bit about New Year's resolutions. Some people are making them every single year. Some of them are to lose weight, to save money, to be less nervous, to travel more, to work more, to be more patient...
I have ever found some articles with lists of best New Year's resolutions. And, in my op0inion, that is totally nonsense. I cannot know what is good for you. You, in case that you want to have those resolutions, should do that by yourself. You know what you want, you know what you need.
What I wanna tell you is to make some resolutions that will make you feel better.
Not happy, not excited. Just good, and if you cannot feel good thanks to yuour resolutions, you should feel better than you are feeling now, before them.
To feel good about yourself, to feel relaxed, satisfied.
To know that you are good, that you are alright, and to know that you do not need more and more things to feel good. Of course, you will always want more and more, and that will make you happy, excited... but do something for yourself so you can feel satisfied, even if you do not have all those small things that are making you happy and excited.
I am sure that you know what I want. If you are not satisfied when you think of yourself, because you think that you smoke too much, drink too much, eat too much, spend too much... change that.
Simple as that. I know, someone will now say, it is easy to tell that, but it is not easy to do it. You set your mind in that mood. You do not need to eat that much, to drink that much, to spend that much money. And, when you repeat that to yourself constantly, things will start changing. You will change, your attitude about yourself and the world around yout will change. You will be satisfied. And, you will be proud of yourself.
I wish you to make yourself proud of you. I wish you to be satisfied with who you are. I wish you to be the best version of yourself. I do not know what is the best for you, but I am sure that you know, and I am sure that you will know how to get the best from yourself. Even, if you still do not know how to get it. Just look into yourself, look into your soul, into your mind and find new ways and new chances.
@SuncicaZ
