Aida's good nature follows us around, even in the 2.0 world, so here are my picks from CharityGift, a site that sells really nice stuff and gives the money to noble causes:
1) The Fish Locket because it reminds me of my favorite two fish A&A, they know who they are; 2) Nocturnal Floating because it makes me feel weightless while looking at it; 3) The Pumpkin Broach because I love Halloween; 4) The Idiot - F.M. Dostoievski because I was so different when I first read it, than I am now and it makes me assess who and what I have become since then; 5) Musical Carrousel because I used to have something like it when I was a baby and I think I was pretty happy back then.
To what extent would you go to help a friend? What is your level of patience and the amount of attention you would give a person you would consider a friend?
I think if the degree of friendship had to be measured by some unit of measurement, patience and attention should definitely be basic measurement units.
The people I care about get most of my patience and attention. They are the people I actually feel I need to talk to from time to time and they are the ones I want to share my good and my bad moments with. I don't know if they care about me, but there has to be something reciprocal in the relationship, otherwise I would probably not benefit from their patience and attention.
Another issue that arises is the fact that we sometimes get patience and attention from total strangers (and I don't mean the kind that want to rob you blind). This may happen because these people feel some kind of connection, attraction between them and you and they feel the need to approach you even more than just a verbal greeting or a smile.
The last time I said: "Do you need any help?" to a total stranger on the street, I ended up with a friend and a two day discussion about life and films and the world. I don't know exactly why I asked him if he needed help on the street, but he looked kind of lost...and cute :). The odd part of it was that, picking him up was not the reason I made contact, far from it.
But enough about this, well, not enough, but I wanted to tell you something else. I saw: "Dupa-amiaza unui tortionar" today, a very interesting and well-made Romanian film, that made me think about human relationships a little bit.
I also saw "Nunta muta" a few days back, which is a stroke of great inspiration for Horatiu Malaele and a very insightful journey into the human collective conscience.
This is a dedication to my mind-serenity-bringers: Films, Frogs, Turtles and Tortoises, Volkswagen Beetle, Cumulus, Giuva, Mashu, Chiutu, Aida and Jeremiah.
Not knowing for a few months what you want to reach by doing this or that is kind of frustrating and time consuming. Once you know, you feel the wait was worth it, in fact, the wait was the chase.
If you want to accomplish something in this short and many times meaningless life, you have to have the courage to expose your ideas and protect them from incapable and critical individuals...worth fighting with.
