the call

I got a call today..."Do you wanna go to New York again?" ...what should I say??:)
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Go light your world

I know I started to write weekly “what I’ve learned last few days” and I kinda messed up, I did it once on Monday and once on a Tuesday, but I thought it’s better to do it every Monday, cause it’s like a start, and you can start your week with some things to think about…so…let’s see how was this last week.

what I’ve learned last few days:

1.   1. from time to time, forget about your busy schedule  and do something spontaneous;it might take some courage to do it, but I think it worths..(I’m not talking about doing something dangerous, ok?)

2.   2. take time to read, it’s the enrichment of your soul

3.   3. do not complain when God brings some tough times in your life;He does it because He loves you and He wants to teach you something

4.   4. a day spend with your sister is such a blessing.(I really missed you, sister!)

5.   5. attitude matters!look after the lesson you need to learn, not after all that heavy stuff you can bear no longer

6.   6. respect the persons whose call is to be missionaries, encourage them, pray for them, it is not easy, even if you don’t realize it

7.   7. pray hard!it’s the best, deadliest weapon we have and we must use it as much as possible

8.   8. express yourself.enjoy your lifeJ

9.   9. spending time with new people, means making new friends.

Wait.. I didn’t say I’m done.I said there something that sounds like “enjoy the tough times God lets your life”.You might think I made a mistake but I’m here to tell I you I meant it.And yes, I have the right to say it.Even though ther are lots of people having harder times than mine, I’m not here to judge, I just want to share with you a little bit of my heart.Last night, I was lying in my bed sorounded in the darkness, I started to think how it’ll be today at the doctor…will my wrist be healed and I’ll be ok, or I’ll need to carry another cast for a while?i was wondering, how it must feel to “have my hand back”..And a thought passed thru my mind.The same way I felt without being able to use my hand, must feel God when we walk away from Him and we get hurt…It’s pretty hard to explain the concept, cause I can’t compare me with the almighty God who created everything, including me, but based on what Scripture says that we(the Christians) are the Body of the Christ, I was thinking…what if I am His arm and I’m down, I’m depressed or I’m hurt, He can’t use me anymore and He takes care of me.It’s not that He can’t do anything without me, I mean I can do almost all the things I used to do without my hand but I choose to use it and same it’s you with God:He chooses to use us to show His strength, His power, His mercy and like I will teach my hand again to do some of the stuff I used to do without thinking, He teaches us how to be useful for Him.And today when they took the cast off I was so happy “yaayy I ‘got’ my hand back” He’s happy when we come at Him and we choose to live with Him.

I don’t know how much you understand out of it, but this is in my mind and I know I understood it, I just tried to share it with you…

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New York, babe!!!:d

“…heeeyyy, I’ve been to New York!!!I need two healthy hands to write fast enough to write down ALL my thoughts!..first of all, I LOVE NEW YORK!!no..I ADORE NEW YORK!!!..”(a piece of the message I left to my BFF yesterday when I got home)

    I guess it’s your turn now to find out some thoughts about New York…I wanted to write this entry yesterday, when I was all excited and “fresh” with all the impressions New York left in my person…The thing is: I fell asleep around 8 o’clock(after approximately 1hour and a half after I got home) and I woke up only this morning at 9:45am.

   I started my New York Day at the train station.I was nervous, excited, and happy:it was my first time when I travelled with a long distance train in USA and I was heading to New York!!!!So, once we got there, we followed the crowd up to the heart of Manhattan..up on the streets..As soon as we were on the street, I was amazed…looking up in every direction, I didn’t know which building to admire first..I was in 7^th heaven while we were walking down on 38^th street to Romanian Consulate.People are so nice and sociable, if you look at them, they smile.:)If you smile, they say “Hi, how are you?”.At least 3 persons asked me what happened to my hand.As I walk on the streets passing hurry people, I forgot I was down there in that immense metropolis where the chances to meet somebody I knew were minimum, and I started to smile.You smile delighted with flowers, stairs, trees, weather, wind, sun, buildings, people.

The city is like a big giant heart that pumps energy through all the streets, like all the noise and the rush, it’s a Red Bull for you!...fills you with energy that never ends:).And wow, the buildings, the people, the music, the sound of the city that never sleeps!..the yellow cabs were everywhere.Just a lifted hand and you’ve had it!..Charming:)The building were huge, looking at them I thought the sky is just one hand away, but in the same time you feel how you’re stunning cause you realize you’re so small and “petite”, and no, not the clouds are flying in the sky, the huge sky-scraper next to you will crumble(the best feeling of all day long).

Still happy(yes, HAPPY!) and surprised of everything’s going on around me and what’s happening to me I turn around for a quick peek and I am speechless!..yes, I’m on BROADWAY..

After not even an hour, I’m walking down the streets all alone, this nice guy asks me what I’ve done with my hand..small-talk at a red light and you’ve got a ‘minute friend’.Though, we still have something in common: we both were for the first time in New York…he, a tanned, ash-blonde hair Californian with some shabby pants, me, a jersey girl(which is a nice one this time..).

Me and Marylena reunited, had lunch at this tinny little noisy restaurant..tuna salad and water is perfect for the whole day..And we go to ‘explore’ the Broadway ..pictures, sensations, stops, people, cops, horses, singers, live interviews, gigantic advertising spots.We stop on some stairs at Times Square, get some rest(for our feet, we walked all day), we admire the whole spectacle the Broadway shows us.Suddenly, we decide to go to see Central Park.Some giy sends us on 33^rd Street..After walking all the way back to 33^rd Street, we can find anything in the world(even a Victoria’s Secret)  but Central Park.Well, we couldn’t find it cause Central Park is on 57^th Street…:)so we decided to go to the train station and go back to our lives…

So, this was my first adventure in New York..Hope it relates all my happiness and excitement of feeling like HOME in an enormous city where I knew nobody and everybody doesn’t have time .

 I’ll return..to get to know better the New York..

to taste it..

to luxuriate in …slowly, with small pieces…today Manhattan, tomorrow Brooklyn…

Buh-bye, New York..till next time.Hope to come back soon…

And when I think I did all of these after a night of 45 minutes of sleep…I was right when I said New Yorks gives you the energy you need to enjoy every piece of it..of life!

Dreams, decisions and life...

And here I am..with my cup of coffee untouched and so happy:)...finally, one of super dreams will come true!oohh..can't wait!..And here I am: music turned up loud, dancing and spinning and jumping all over the place!But do not forget, Im a girl so soon all these manifestations of my happiness will be forgotten when I'll freeze like in front of a cop.What should I wear?..oh yeah...you guys don't know and don't understand(do not try to..) us, girls..We have a really complicated complex way to transform ourselves in some beauty goddesses or pretty princesses(the last one i like the most) after some unwritten rules that every woman knows them and doesn't have the courage to break them.It's weird to see how women all around the world care about their image, how they talk, walk, laugh, even cry...every woman I'm sure spent time in front of the mirror practicing her best smile, her best countenance, her best look...everything.Cause, how would you dare to go out there without being perfect?Women will be happy for your embarrassment  and men will ignore you.And you, asa women, can't let a situation like that to happen.Yes, I might sound like a fashion weirdo but, if you take a second, you're honest with yourself, and look around you a lil bit, you'll see I'm right!I don't say all of these because I am glad is like that, I'm talking about all these because it started to get out of control all these things.I am FOR beauty and elegance and femininity, but what all these things became today is like an unspoken war, something ppl care too much about, and they forget.They forget how to admire a beautiful lady, how to appreciate a nice presence, how to enjoy the date, and all the things that matter just fade away in front of all decisions you have to make BEFORE you even get out of your bed in the morning:what you wear, how you wear, when you wear it, and so on..I'm not telling you, ladies, to stop caring what you wear or how you present yourself to the world, just, try to relax one moment and enjoy the fact of being a woman, a princess.I enjoy fashion, and clothes and shoes and accessories(i'm a woman), but this life is much more than some clothes...

  And now, back to "reality"... I'll go to a church for a presentation(my friend will present her mission trip to Romania from this year), what should I wear??
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Anna's world

   Today, on our way back home from church, Anna:”Vio!This will last you for 100 years” and she kisses me quickly…I was so touched, I told her back:”But Anna, kisses are soooo special, I need more cuz 100 years is such a looooonnng time…” ..I closed my eyes and I enjoyed every kiss she gave me, I can still feel her sticky lil lips touching my cheeks with a fanatic innocence and so much love from her little heart.I just had one of those special moments I love in life, and I am happy I shared it with you, Anna! 

Live Out Loud

    
Since yesterday I spent 10 minutes outside.Ugh..I know..not the best thing to share, right?Well..the weekend's gone and I have a lot to study, but today it's time for sharing...

what I've learned las few days:

1. do not rush to finish your projects, even if they take longer than you expected.

2. do not yell at somebody, even if you're really really really mad:you'll be sory after that and you'll realize, your bad mood is not gonna go away if you yell at some innocent person

3. use the summer as much as you can: visit, explore, new places, new people..

4. be happy! doesn't really matter how many friends you have(or don't), how many movies you've seen or how good you are at math.enjoy your life:with the goods and the bad.

5. don't let anyone tell you you're not important or you're not capable of something just because they think you've failed.

6. if you feel like a princess, show it.tell people you are a princess(I'm not talking about that mean princesses, ok?..In fact, they might be one king's daughter, but a tiara doesn't make you a princess.-this is another story, I'll make a post one day about it) and behave like one.

7. don't lose your faith when you think you've lost the battle.

8. take a lot of pictures, in the end, all you're gonna have will be a bunch of pictures and your memories.

9. do not be afraid to talk about your feelings.

today's words of wisdom: 

   A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the

bones.(Proverbs 14:30, NIV)

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SIXTY days..

Isn't it great to have the opportunity to live your life with the person you love the most and for whom you would do anything?The one who shares your dreams and thinks you're gorgeous all the time.The one that laughs at your silly jokes, encourages you to do things you like, hugs you with no reason and the one who doesn't need a Valentine's Day to make you feel special and loved.The one who would come half-way around the world just to be with me, the one who can't sleep when I'm not ok, and says "I love you" every 2 minutes without ever getting tired.The one that cheers me up when I have a bad day, and is ready anytime to listen me, the one with the greatest smile in the world and he shares it with me.The one who brighten up my days and the one who would give up everything for me.
The one I like to sit next to, and the one I'm not afraid to be me with.The one that I'm proud of and I can't wait to see, dream of, imagine how our kids will look like.The one I fight for.
Thank you for living your life with me.I LOVE YOU!
60 days...because there are 2 months since we've got engaged.:)

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