Month: October 2016

I don’t have a sister. I wish I have one to share the joys and the sorrows of life. But what is a sister? A sister is an extension of you. She has extrasensory perception because when you are hurt, she feels your pain. When you are happy, she shares your joy. When you are frightened, she understands. When a dark day comes, a sister is not afraid to enter into the darkness with you. She walks in even if she is invited or not, it doesn’t matter to her, and she brings with her comfort.

A sister has the gift of love. She inspires and encourages and lifts you, whether you feel it or not. She finds ways to see the good and bring out the best in spite of the circumstances. She knows what you are going through because she is intimately familiar with pain. She suffered loss, rejection, and failed relationships just as you do.

A sister is the hope of the heart. Call your sister today, give her a hug, talk to her today. You never know that she may need you just as much as you need her.

Love,

Carmen Monica

Traducere in romaneste

Imbratisari pentru surori

Nu am o sora. Im doresc sa am one ca sa impart cu ea bucuriile si durerile vietii. Dar ce este o sora? O sora este o extensie a ta. Ea are o extrasensoriala perceptie deoarece atunci cand esti ranit, iti simte durerea. Cand esti bucuros, iti impartaseste bucuria. Cand esti speriat, intelege. Cand vine o zi intunecata, unei sore nu ii este frica sa intre cu tine in intuneric. Ea te urmeaza chiar daca este invitata sau nu, nu conteaza pentru ea, si iti aduce comfort.

O sora are darul iubirii. Te inspira, te incurajeaza, si iti ridica moralul, chiar daca tu nu simti asta. Ea gaseste metode sa vada ceea ce este bun in tot si puncteaza numai ceea ce este pozitiv in ciuda tuturor circumstantelor. Stie prin ce treci pentru ca si ea a cunoscut durerea. A suferit pierderi, respingeri, si relatii care au esuat, la fel ca si tine.

O sora este speranta inimii. Suna-ti sora astazi, imbratiseaz-o, vorbeste cu ea. N-ai de unde sa stii daca si ea, la fel ca si tine, nu are nevoie de cineva.

Not too long ago, I had to renew my driver’s license, and when the new one came, I was pleasantly surprised. Compared with the picture from years ago, I had improved. The explanation wasn’t complicated. Years ago I was so far in what my friends called “the twilight zone,” that any picture of me reflected the shock I was in from coping with my family’s problems.

I had known the embarrassment of pulling out my driver license for credentials and watching the person stare at the picture, and then at me. This individual was probably wondering if it was really me. Of course, I mumbled an explanation why my driver’s license picture failed to show my real beauty. I had looked so bad in the prior license that the new one was in fact flattering.

When I applied for that new driver’s license, I remembered the changes the years could bring. A typical driver license application has spaces where I fill in my eye color, hair color, weight, etc. I found it strange that women left their weight the same as it was when they originally got their driver’s license at the age of sixteen. I also wondered why some men have a license they got years ago that said their hair was black when their hair had long since disappeared and they’re totally bald.

Have you ever seen a driver’s license with truthful information? What about the people who have one blue eye and one green? There is no space for that on a driver’s license. Or how about the women who changed their hair color so often that only their hairstylist knows for sure their exact color and some weeks she’s wondering.

Years can bring many changes, and it’s often said that, as we grow older, we develop a hardening of the attitudes. All you have to do is drive on the freeways, and you will learn that a lot of people have become hardened.

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty because they moved it from their faces into their hearts.

Love,

Carmen Monica

In many aspects of our lives, our opinions are neither sought nor required. Sometimes, despite our best efforts and positive thinking, health, wealth, and peace avoid us. The only thing we have absolute control over is the quality of our days. How we welcome and complete each day is our choosing. When we’re sick, worried, grieving, or depressed, we’re not interested in the day’s quality, but we only want the misery to end. If you use whatever you have on hand—a meal, a conversation, humor, and affection—you can create comfort and contentment.

Every day can be wonderful in direct proportion to the creative energy invested in them. All it is necessary is a moment of attitude adjustment to shift your perception toward a pleasant atmosphere. Days that are expected to be wonderful before they begin, they turn out to be much more than days greeted with grumbling. It doesn’t matter if a day is good or bad. What matters is what we do with it.

Love,

Carmen Monica

One day you will think of all the things you never did and realize your life slipped away because you concentrated on fulfilling expectations that society put on your shoulders.

What would your main regret be?

Some would say they had never visited that amazing city where people offered to paint your portrait as a way of making a leaving. Others would say they didn’t have time to read those classic books because they had to work two jobs to provide for their families. A few would indicate they never fell in love because they were too busy to trust and devote their time to anyone.

The truth is that no one can do any of these things for you. You are the only one responsible for your happiness or for your sadness. Remember that happiness won’t come and knock on your door to ask permission to enter your house. Happiness is a crack in the fabric of time. The lucky ones will bask in its scent, the others will only chase chimeras. Only after you have set your priorities right and cleaned up the mess in your mind, you are ready to embrace the real value of kinship. It is then when the happiness of your loved ones will come forth, and their well-being will become the sole purpose of your life.

Happiness doesn’t wait around the corner for second chances. That’s why you must tell the person you care about how much you love her or him. Just do it today! You must call that old friend you hadn’t spoke in a while and chat about everything and anything important at all. You must spend time with your parents, if you still have them, and mostly feed your soul with the beauty of life.

Love,

Carmen Monica