YO! FEST 2013

YO! FEST 2013

Coming up next fresh, great workshops, debates, interactive activities and many others...Yes, it is all about  YO! Fest, the traditional Youth-Led Political Festival organised by the European Youth Forum every year.

YO!Fest 2013 will have as a red thread the contribution of Youth to Europe Democratic

Construction including two important elements:
• Celebrating the past and present achievements of youth building Europe: 25 of EU Youth Programmes

• Working towards a visionary future: Launching the Youth Campaign for the European Elections 2014: the League of Young Voters

Be there with us or follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/yofest?fref=ts .

See you there!

Walk with me in Geneva

One day. Around 12 people. Very different people. Sunny. Let's walk. Geneva. La Suisse.2012.

                                                                               Reformation Wall  built between 1909-1917                      

Then I decided to full around with Patricia and take crazy pictures. Paty, my new roomate:) 

Tried to understand this jigsaw and realized she's stuck :) 

Decided to kill my fears and go under the bridge where the water was so close to human level that it could have been the last time you passed under one...The bearded guy looked quit relaxed so...hiu..

Seeing the Jet is just..wow..even if it's just water it's just mind-blowing and I told myself...should I go under it?! 

Yeeees! I am under Geneva Jeeet! 

And then to end this beautiful day, me and Artemis :) decided to have some time with the kayak while scaring the nice, little birds under a bridge, in the middle of Geneva -Leman Lake. How cool is that? :)

And enjoyed a break to catch our breath and head back to Lausanne :)

Not bad for our first walk in the city, right? Hope you'll enjoy the other strolls we"ll have together.

Coming up soon...we'l be taking the boat!

The war of love

For me writing  is expressing my soul and it's there where my war begins.

I know my father is proud of his little girl with whom he's just had a great, strong conversation on what C.S.Lewis summarized as: "Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."

Another aspect I am sure of is that even if you're not a believer, even if you don't take God as your Every-Second-Life-Master and you have questions about the Eternity but search no answers, you avoid the Truth. And it's called ignorance.We're born with it , must fight against it. But if you try to overcome the fear you have(that you have unconsciously) about His real existence, you'll get to the point where a great reality will blossom into a new life you've been looking for so much time that you got confused in the middle of the road.

God is real and if you ignore that, it's a choice made upon pure subterfuge of superficiality.

My dearest reader, whoever is out there, genuine feelings of love come from our loving Father and sharing it with others, in its own, unique quintessence, establishes the sentiment of warmth, trust, cooperation, sincerity, candor that only God and family are able to offer.

Family is a river of love. But the spring is God and it's Him who nourishes it. It's the conclusion I got to on the closing stages of my conversation with my father. My biological one this time:) Love is not related to morality in this case. Ir is strongly, directly related to God.

Love is to feed the one who does not have  bread on his table.
Love is to give water to the ones longing for it.
Love is to wake up in the morning and wish to be a great shoulder for your wife or husband.
Love is to give a phone call and appreciate.
Love is to show up when hurt friend needs you.
Love is to control your speech when you want to explode.
Love is....

Continue the list in your own heart where I know the war of feelings, thinking, meditating upon your life is expanding as we speak. Start and express it for the love of God.

P.S Our business is to LOVE!





Source for C.S Lewis quote: http://users.comnett.net/~rex/cslewis.htm

Appreciate by loving

Writing this while listening to my favorite movie soundtrack, I feel that we, people, should appreciate others more when they are nearby. From the very beginning of “One Day” I felt that the movie squishes out friendship, long discussions and last but not least, love.

It’s the feeling of Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway altogether with a great, tactile view of French-English elements that give you a feeling of personal vividly improvement.

 Lovely dresses, incredible view, outstanding lines keep you away from the real life while taking your mind away on an ideal world where everything is possible. Still, Sturgess and Hathaway represent the images of those who are working their life off to get a house, but firstly financial independence whereas Monsieur Dexter, as she tells him while waiting for him at the airport, he struggles to get out of a state of complete life blurriness. She fights for her dreams whereas he searches his way out from too much self liberty. But this is not what I consider being most important in this movie. 

The movie reminded me about appreciation. Whoever is there reading this post, if you know me, if we already had the long-endless-discussions-walks, then you know me. But for those who have not, please, appreciate people you like talking ,walking , eating, chatting or simply sticking with. It doesn't matter if they don't have money, a good life, or daily great-new stories. If they do, suggest better ways of spending them.  If the case asks for it. There are children in Romania eating one loaf of bread for 1 week.  Maybe more days. We should fight more for people.

Appreciate  for the love of God. Love them. Show them how much you care about them. Bring them a cup of tea when they have a crowded impossible schedule that does not afford them to do it by themselves, give them a call when you are away or too expensive. You know why? Because as this movie suggest,  life is too short to think it about  in years now, months now, days now or minutes now. The movie shows you to simply appreciate people, to show them your love while encouraging or give them a good piece of advice. We’re not facebook to program our settings. People need the unpredictable. We have become mechanical.

And as the Corinthians say:” Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.  For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.  And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

Love is the healing feeling.  And as Emma says at the end “Whatever happens tomorrow, we have today.”

Love is the proof you’re still alive.

Ending this, but coming back with more, I shall recommend you Rachel Portman's song "We had today". It is the soundtrack I was talking about at the beginning. And if you enjoyed it after you read my article, play it once more. Feel the difference.

God bless you! Love!

Ideas while travelling. Choice.

pictures from: www.livebare.org

Last night as I was coming back home by  metro, I saw a print with Gillette. I forgot which number and what magic properites :) but I realized that their idea is that "If you, men, shave with Gillette, you will become the most desired man in the world". And i was just wondering: Is it so easy to become the most desired men..all you have to do is....shave. Right? 

And what was more funny for me was that I was thinking at a message from BMW  sounding like "Shaving is important. Still, cars create desire." 

M, my ideas, my moments.  Stay focused!:)

   

The brand game

I loved this girl's blog so I share with you her ideas: http://innaimas.wordpress.com/copywriting-books/

The proof of what I wrote down

Speaks for itself!