Madonna - an admirable example of success

Madonna has come to Oslo today.

She continues to be a fascination for people all around the world. When one thinks of her one pretty much gets the meaning of self-discipline and hard work. I feel a special liking when it comes to Madonna and I usually don’t like celebrities, but in her case it’s not about the gossiping and rumors and trifle things usually people write and speak about famous persons. She’s all about models of behavior. I’ve worked out a short list of the remarkable qualities which make her a role model for me.

SELF-DISCIPLINE
One needs to take a look at the way she manages her life and can easily see what the major principle of her life is. If the purpose is to succeed, then discipline is the key. And it’s not just you have to get up really early in the morning and have a good run. It’s not just that: discipline of mind, order of thoughts, determination in actions.

NEVER-ENDING CHANGE
She never ceased to amaze us with her flexibility and handiness of understanding change. It is the nature of life, a condition which we tend to forget, out of reasons of convenience. She was always sharp to adjust herself to the wind of change and offer an evolved and better performance of herself.

MODERATION
Even though she has millions, Madonna is famous for her moderation in spending money. One can clearly say that moderation comes with intelligence, even wisdom. People who have the tendency to forget that they can afford to buy almost anything in the world have other priorities in life, which makes them special.

DISCRETION
Yes, that’s the thing I most admire about famous people, how they keep their personal lives away from the media. Being famous means being exposed to the public eye. Madonna has successfully managed to avoid that. The focus is only her work, which is absolutely admirable.

1984

Aseara TV2 a prezentat cartea si filmul lui George Orwell cu numele de 1984. O reprezentare mai veridica a situatiei din tara nu cred ca exista. Atmosfera filmului e infricosatoare, deprimanta.

Cartea (si filmul) reprezinta o viziune de viitor a modului de a trai intr-o societate totalitara. Cetatenii sint redusi la statutul de sclavi, sclavii unui sistem care are monopolul a tot ce exista, de la viata insasi pina la informatie asupra fiecarei miscari ce se produce in societate. Toti sint permanent supravegheati!

Partidul preia puterea absoluta, insusi gindurile oamenilor sint controlate "pentru a asigura puritatea sistemului oligarhic". Figura principala a sistemului este omniprezentul si omnipotentul Big Brother.

Versiunea ecranizata a cartii lui Orwell are o durata de 1 ora si 40 de minute. Dupa vizionarea filmului ramai cu o senzatie de amaraciune disperata in suflet. Winston, angajat de Partid ca sa reconstituie trecutul si sa-l ajusteze noilor sloganuri ale Partidului, isi propune sa demascheze frauda cinica a organizatiei de care e angajat.
"Cel care are control asupra trecutului are control asupra viitorului" este sloganul Partidului.

Cartea (si filmul) reveleaza personaje, teme si cuvinte care au devenit parte din viata cotidiana.

Puterea corupe, iar puterea absoluta corupe absolut.

Este trist si degradant sa realizezi ca faci parte din societatea prezisa de Orwell. Influenta nefasta a sistemului nu trece pe linga tine, ci prin tine.

citeva idei pentru meditatie

“Marile adevăruri – şi singurele care contează, dealtfel – sunt găsite la întâmplare. Moartea, dragostea, primăvara sau toamna lăuntrică, toate acestea le întâlnim şi le cunoaştem la întâmplare. Nu numai atât. Se întâmplă, chiar, că trece multă vreme până să înţelegem că le-am cunsocut. Sunt atât de cenuşii, de umile, de cotidiene – încât nici nu le băgăm în seamă. Conştiinţa noastră este atrasă mai mult de adevărurile catastrofice, violente, sumare, agonice – căci asemenea adevăruri siluesc şi se cer siluite, ele exaltă vertiginos ţi carnea şi duhul, ele sunt revelate prin experienţe dramatice, cu o dramaturgie bogată şi o punere în scenă meşteşugită.
Dimpotrivă, adevărurile găsite la întâmplare nu au nimic demonstrativ şi dramatic. Le descoperim deodată în suflet, fără să ştim cum au ajuns acolo. Ele sunt, şi nu poţi spune nimic altceva despre ele decât că sunt.”


Mircea Eliade, Despre adevărurile găsite la întâmplare

Ma liberté

Chaque fois qu'on s'en remet aux autres pour régler un problème, on renonce à sa liberté. Je ne suis pas de la race des perdants, et je ne demande pas aux autres de régler mes problèmes. Ma liberté, je la protège. Ma liberté, je l'aime.

learn about yourself

Life becomes so much easier and meaningful when one gets to know oneself, discovers what one wants to be and do in life. Even though it seems to be such a trite thing to accomplish, nonetheless it’s the most significant one when it comes to one’s success. It’s usually in the apparent commonplace things that lie the truth.

Most of the times we go through life without a clear image of what we would really like to do and be. Pragmatism is a very good trait. When one has very exact representations of things and the order they are supposed to be in and the way they have to be performed in order to turn out efficient are of paramount importance.

More often than not we live by what we think we should be or by what others expect us to be. And only when things get to hassle us so markedly that we stop and say: but this is not what I want! And then comes the more difficult part: but what is it exactly that I want?

I believe that this should be one of the first things we must think about when approaching personal happiness: the true self and its genuine desires and wishes and dreams. Nothing’s more important in life than knowing what you aim for, the moment you realize it is almost half way towards it.