Carmen Monica Oprea

Every story starts with once upon a time they met. The location is not important. The circumstances are not important. The age is not a factor. Their race is not important. Important is the fact they had found each other in an ocean called life. A girl and a boy, a woman and a man ran into each other seeking something. Incomplete until the very moment when everything stood still, they were floating adrift. They knew something was missing from their lives, but they couldn’t phantom they were, in fact, missing a part of them.

How many of us search every person hoping to find the half that completes the whole? But how do you recognize it? How do you know she/he is the one you were searching for? What are the signs that you have reached your destination?

When you find a reason to smile without saying anything, when you don’t need words to understand each other, when you share the same beliefs, when the sun shines even when it rains, you know something has happened. She/he offers you comfort when you’re low. She/he sends a cute message to brighten your day. She/he is always on the other end with a warm advice. You realized that you had found what you were looking for. You had met your soulmate.

You realized you had found a significant part of you if it hurts to breathe without her/him. If it hurts to live without her/his presence or hearing her /his voice. Your life if meaningful without her/him in it. Your soulmate doesn’t have a color, doesn’t have age, doesn’t hurt, but provides joy, happiness, understanding, love, and passion. Hold on to your soulmates because only the most fortunate ones, the worthy ones receive the gift!

In the beginning, everyone was good. When we came into this world, we were pure. There was no damage done to our souls. Day after day, the life’s hardships hardened our hearts and goodness became a word belonging to a book. But what is goodness?

Some will say that goodness is character energized expressing itself in kindness. We are called to do good. Many of us today are self-absorbed and bored with the way of life, with other people or with our jobs. It is the reason they need to be part of something meaningful like volunteering to help the less privileged people in the under developed countries, the homeless, or talking to the elders in the nursing homes.

Lao Tzu said: “Treat those who are good with goodness and also treat those who are not good with goodness.” Only this way goodness is attained. Wisdom has its root in goodness, so, by spreading goodness we become wise and take the right decisions for us and the ones around us.

Always look for the goodness in people even if not everything you hear is true and say kind words. A smile brings another smile and, by the end of the day, a vast collection of smiles will hang over our heads. Goodness is stronger than evil, and love is stronger than death. Light is stronger than darkness, and life is stronger than death.

Happy Easter everyone!

Love is part of us. It enhances who we are. It is part of a greater whole. This pure feeling comes from within, not from outside of us, and not even from another person. Love grows with us. You can’t find it in books, or movies, but only in the depths of your soul. It comes from you. Emit love more often and your heart will open.

Believe in something more powerful that what you can see, bigger than you.Believe in something different than everyone else believes to be true. Trust and allow things to fall into place for you just once and take a step back. What it happened? You notice that control is an illusion and when you let go, you break attachments. You become free of obligations, free of rules, free to follow your will and your desires. You become complete because you realize that when you give love, than the Universe will always return more.

The world always expects something from you: to be a good son or daughter, a good sister or brother, a perfect wife or husband, a beautiful mother, and father, a competent employee or an amazing boss. Can you rise to these expectations? Are you going to be happy if you fulfill everyone’s dreams and neglect yours? What is more important: your happiness or the other one’s happiness?

As you answer these puzzles, more will come because our world is a web of questions and answers. One thing I know for sure: the world cares only about what it can get from you. It may be in the form of money because people love money. It can be friendship since the concept is still in style. It can be love. Everybody desires something and, in return, you may or may not obtain money, friends or love. Some say that the best in life comes from your desire to make others happy. What you offer doesn’t have to produce money but it has to benefit the peoples. You have to be creative, funny, attractive, smart, ambitious, and people will be drawn to you.

The human mind is a wonder, and you will never see it bounce into action than when it is fighting against evidence that it needs to change. Our psychic has fighting mechanisms to keep everything unchanged. You do that by interpreting every criticism as an insult, or focusing on the messenger instead of the message, or paying attention to the tone and not hearing the content delivered.

My advice is to concentrate on giving you a skill that will make you more interesting and valuable to other people.

The only place in the word where you can find peace and harmony is inside you. Nature communicates with the human spirit through everything: the waves, the sand, the breeze and the sun. Every grain of sand has its story hidden by time as every being has own tale. It takes time to discover the meaning behind everything it happens in our lives, but if we take a step back and forget our worries, everything turns out all right. After all, tomorrow is another day….

Singurul loc din lume unde poti gasi pace si armonie este inauntrul tau. Natura comunica cu spiritul omului prin toate: unde, nisip, briza si soare. Fiecare graunte de nisip are propria lui istorie, la fel ca si fiecare om. Dureaza sa descoperi insemnatatea din spatele a tot ce ti se intampla, dar daca faci un pas inapoi si uiti toate grijile, totul devine in regula. In cele din urma, maine este o alta zi…

I would like to share a little story about what happened to an acquaintance of mine not too long ago.

Internet! What a magnificent invention! You can travel everywhere in the world and meet your friends. Well, not only them, but you can even meet people you didn’t know existed until an attractive request pops- up on the screen and the person asks for your friendship. You did not give it a second look. It had to go. But you found yourself studying the picture of an attractive individual, the warm smile and probably good intentions. You don’t really know if they were good or just intentions. At first, you click on the Block button. Marvelous invention…you can block and unblock people as you wish. Fascinating! Five minutes later you unblock the person because you are curious. You want to find out more. You blocked and unblocked several times and, finally, you decided to accept the invite.

You didn’t know what you did. Your eyes opened wide, it had surpassed any galaxy ever known when you got the first phrase.You started with the basics like the name, occupation, and good byes. Next day you advance a little further into getting to know each other. You enjoyed each other company because it was fun. In the meantime, you started a research but you couldn’t find out too much about the other person. An account that was hijacked on Facebook and had to be closed raised some questions. One day it began to feel dangerous. The other person started to tell you about the necessities coming his/her ways and the importance of your help. You don’t want to acknowledge the fact that you are subject to a romance scam until the day you discover that everything you thought you knew was a lie.

If you want to know what to do it is very simple: contact spam@gov.uce and let them know about the scammer. They will do everything and you will be saved from heartaches and headaches. These scammers steal pictures from ordinary people like me or you and use them to get financial benefits. All they had to do is sit comfortable in their homes and sent you love letters, songs and messages. If you fall for them, you are in big trouble! They will exploit you and take your hard win money!

These scammers are everywhere, have a bad English and get angry if they don’t get what they want. They are located in countries like Nigeria and Ghana, and they impersonate US military soldiers in different parts of the world. They have no remorse for what they do!

My advice to you: accept requests from people you know or if you have a way to verify their identity! Protect yourself from Scammers!

We must give if we want to receive. We worry about what we are getting and receiving in our lives and that we will never receive enough in our lifetime that we forget or we don’t want to give. Most of the time, we don’t give gratitude for what we have, because we don’t have enough!

What happens if we wish to receive more and more and never give in return? And we do this because we are afraid…afraid of never receiving anything in the future to replace what we already gave out emotionally and physically. We are afraid there is not enough abundance in the world to go around, so we take what we can and keep it if possible. We do it to calm our anxieties of never having enough.

When we give to the ones around us and find gratitude and appreciation, we will benefit in unimaginable ways. The energy will move through our lives, we will become more positive, and we will tap into the greatest power of all: LOVE. We need to find gratitude so we can shift our perspective toward positive things. Finding gratitude means to find things to be grateful for. We are able to charge energy with our thoughts and feelings toward something or someone.

My advice for today will be: Find the smallest thing to be grateful for and you will notice how your life will be so much simpler and fulfilled.

Many of us are searching for ways to clean our skin and give it a fresher, younger look. I will share with you few tricks I learned over the years that actually work.

Mint

Apply fresh grated mint leaves or apply the paste of mint leaves on your face to enhance natural freshness and glow and reduce the chances of developing acne or pimples. You can prepare a body mask by adding the juice of one whole lemon and apply on the sub exposed parts of your body for skin rejuvenation.

Honey and Baking Soda Cleanser

You can prepare your own skin clearing mask by using simple kitchen products to get a radiant and shiny skin. All you need to do is to combine 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of raw honey in a small bowl. Mix gently and apply the mixture on your face. Massage gently for at least 1 minute and wash with tap water.

This remedy is excellent for normal and oily skin.

Honey and Oatmeal Mask

For a soft looking clear skin use natural ingredients like honey and oatmeal that help in rejuvenating your skin cells. Combine oatmeal and honey in a small amount and mix gently, apply this mixture on your face and let it dry. Wash your face once completely dry.

Lemon

Prepare a mixture of half alum and lemon juice and apply gently all over your face. Rub it softly and then wash your face with cold water to achieve a fresh looking, tighter skin. Alum powder is found in the spice section of many grocery stores.