Por que caímos?

Alfred: Por que caímos, jovem mestre Bruce?
Jovem Bruce: Para que possamos nos erguer de novo!

Bom, hoje cedo me lembrei dessa cena do filme Batman Beggins onde após cair dentro da futura batcaverna e ser assustado pelos morcegos que lá viviam, o jovem Bruce Wayne tem essa pequena conversa com seu mordome e tutor Alfred. Parece clichê, lendo assim, sem entender o contexto, mas hoje esse diálogo vale muito. E errado é, pensar nele, somente hoje pois pequenos tombos nos acontecem todos os dias. Algumas vezes caímos e nos levantamos rápido, outras caímos e não conseguimos nos levantar sem notar os machucados.
Esses machucados podem ser físicos ou de cunho psicológico e/ou emocional. Para mim, o pior é o do tipo psicológico/emocional pois eu não sei filtrá-los e é transparente o quanto isso me atrapalha profissionalmente. Não adianta, as vezes estamos mal, com pouca vontade para conversas, mas no fundo precisamos conversar, e muito! Tem aquela vontade de arrancar tudo que está guardado dentro do peito, expor todo o seu ser e deixar os outros te verem, nús, sem defesas, vulneráveis, para que eles saibam que és humano, tens dúvidas e erra.
E o que se aprende com isso? Que o tempo perdido demora para voltar ou não volta mais. Se foi o destino quem quis ser assim, muito bem, deixa ser como será, e se nós quisermos, conseguimos superar isso e vencer novamente. Seja para ficar junto da pessoa que se gosta, seja para conseguir um emprego melhor. E como já diz a música "Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!"
Se eu desistir de mim, se você desistir de tentar, se eu desistir agora, de nada valerá esse período conturbado. Terá sido uma grande perda de tempo, tudo que foi dito, os momentos, as risadas, e tudo que não foi dito!

Me apego facilmente ao que desperta meu interesse. Tenho um sorriso bobo, parecido com soluço, enquanto o caos segue em frente com toda a calma do mundo.

Ezekiel 25:17 - Pulp Fiction

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Jules: You read the Bible?

Ringo: Not regularly.

Jules: There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin': it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. .45 here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin, Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.

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Jules' speech from Ezekiel 25:17:
'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides with the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon those with great vengeance and with furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know that my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.'
This is actually not directly from Ezekiel 25:17 and in fact, only the last sentence and part of the second last sentence will be found there.

Marsellus' soul. This theory is used more than any other, considering the visuals and plot line. Marsellus wears a bandage in the back of his head, perhaps to cover an incision which The Devil made to take the soul. Jules and Vincent experience "Divine Intervention" in getting the briefcase, and Jules' Ezekiel 25:17 speech talks about evil and all that other biblical stuff


From http://www.webspawner.com/users/ezekielpulp/

"Here Comes The Sun"

Little darling... starts this Beatles' song! Well, I'm a beatlemaniac, so I'm suspect to say that but I'll say: this is good song!
Today, Juliana try to convince me this music matches with thinking mood.  I disagree with that. This music gives me the sensation of movement, something changing, not myself thinking, or like in a dream. I always imagined the clip of this song as a green mountain, a guy walking through this scene, a dog passing by, the guy crossing some street, someone waiting for him in the end of his journey!
Well, I guess music affects people in a very different particular away and mine is like I was going to find something new!

"Here Comes the Sun" is a song by George Harrison from The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road. As of 18 November 2010, it is the band's most downloaded song on iTunes. (Wikipedia)

The song, one of Harrison's best-known Beatles' contributions alongside "Something", originated from a song-writing collaboration between Harrison and close friend Eric Clapton called "Badge" (recorded by Clapton's group Cream), which featured an arpeggiated guitar riff that is similar to the one that forms the bridge of "Here Comes the Sun". The year 1969 was a difficult one for Harrison: he was arrested for marijuana possession, he had his tonsils removed, and he had quit the band temporarily. The song was written while Harrison was away from all of these troubles.

Harrison stated in The Beatles Anthology:

"Here Comes the Sun" was written at the time when Apple was getting like school, where we had to go and be businessmen: 'Sign this' and 'sign that'. Anyway, it seems as if winter in England goes on forever, by the time spring comes you really deserve it. So one day I decided I was going to sag off Apple and I went over to Eric Clapton's house. The relief of not having to go see all those dopey accountants was wonderful, and I walked around the garden with one of Eric's acoustic guitars and wrote "Here Comes the Sun".^[1]

There is a lost photo from the Anthology 3 of George Harrison working on the song, with the capo on the seventh fret.

 From: Wikipedia

Simples atos - Paparico

E quantas vezes você já não se deparou com essa cena: alguém te pede um simples favor e ao realizá-lo a pessoa está muitíssimo agradecida!
Confesso ser essa uma situação na qual fico muito embaraçado!
O simples fato de comprar papel manilha em Tremembé por um preço muito mais barato do que em Taubaté me colocou numa dessas situações hoje.
Quando recebi a ligação logo cedo da minha mãe pedindo 40 folhas de papel manilha já pensei no desvio a ser feito, passar pela região do mercado municipal de Tremembé, ruas apertados, trânsito chato, eita trabalho chato! Mas a recompensa, foi fo#@!!
Uma recepção super calorosa de senhoras costureiras (aquelas amigas da sua mãe que adoram paparicar o filho das amigas, manja!?), um café com torta de frutas (coincidentemente eu cheguei na hora do café! hehehe) e um papo muito bacana durante o café! Fora a paparicação! Envergonhado, embaraçado, bobo, muito agradecido, sem jeito! Hahahaha

Te ganhei no paparico,
Te papariquei

Sobre e-mails e spams - Regina Brett

Nessa semana que se passou eu recebi de meu pai um e-mail contando a história de uma velhinha de 90 anos que "Para celebrar o meu (o dela) envelhecimento, certo dia eu (ela) escrevi as 45 lições que a vida me ensinou. É a coluna mais solicitada que eu já escrevi."

Fiquei surpreendido ao ler no e-mail as lições que a senhora escreveu e resolvi buscar a coluna dela na internet. E vejam só como aquele ditado de "quem ouve um conto, aumenta um ponto" é bem verdade!

A tal senhora se chama Regina Brett e, em seu site, conta um pouco mais sobre ela e conta também como inventaram essa ideia de ela ser uma senhora de 90 anos que escreveu as 45 lições (leiam o About do site dela. Hoje ela tem 54 anos - em inglês).

Abaixo reproduzo (em inglês) as 45 lições que ela escreveu e também 5 outras lições acrescentadas mais tarde por ela.

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

45. The best is yet to come.

46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

48. If you don't ask, you don't get.

49. Yield.

50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Fonte: http://www.reginabrett.com/life_lessons.php