It's so good to find places that matter

Today i got a message in my inbox. It remained me about the post i wanted to have here:

''Places matter. Where you are determines how you feel. The environments you choose to work/play/live in are powerful influencers of your emotions. Great environments inspire and energize. Poor environments diminish''

I was in a place which now matters for me very much. An ordinary functional meeting which i thought would be about sessions, numbers and again sessions. I'm happy that i was wrong about it. Days of intense learning and discoverings, conversations and smiles and singing...:)

Here are posts that were at our forum after fm:

''Hi guys (* relevant)!

Sorry.I'm not constructive.Thanx for an amazing FM. We managed to know new VPs and our lovely NST. We create brand of TeaM (corpus mira).

We started T.Planning to reach 925 goal))

Thanx for your sharing, inspiration and proactivity.

Our Revolution will rock @world!!!!!!''

Lyuba Shlapay

''I decided to write something today in the morning, but Lyuba was faster:). I realized that I haven’t even thanked Katya, Kovi and Morga for an amazing conference. It was amazing in a very special way. I just can’t find right words how to describe it. Just believe me that I treasured each moment of our sessions, planning, informal agenda and conversations.

Thank you very much for preparation, friendly approach and our special spirit.

Wish us all good luck and great TM experience with our talents!''

Before it we had our local conference. One more place that matters to me. I regret that haven't written here my feelings after it.
A very strange conference. No, i''m very satisfied with the level of our preparation and general mood of delegates. But it was so difficult for me. Personally. Change of teams, people, general mood in LC - all these made me feel a stranger there. Knowing that i'm gonna lose a part of myself with Tanya, Yura, Yulya, Natka, Afik...
And the thing that frustrated me there and does now, is that i'm not sure what i'm going to do after this year. I realized, that hadn't a clear picture what was my place of destination for the next year. So I rushed into my room and started to cry, recollecting everything i had during my term. And being so weak about my future.

Even now i can't let these feelings fly away...
But what i know that i have a blank page opened before me. And i'm a painter. At the end it will show me what is my next step.

Hugs to all people who read this blog
:)

Authentic Happiness

My Top Strength

Curiosity and interest in the world
You are curious about everything. You are always asking questions, and you find all subjects and topics fascinating. You like exploration and discovery.
Your Second Strength

Leadership
You excel at the tasks of leadership: encouraging a group to get things done and preserving harmony within the group by making everyone feel included. You do a good job organizing activities and seeing that they happen.
Your Third Strength

Fairness, equity, and justice
Treating all people fairly is one of your abiding principles. You do not let your personal feelings bias your decisions about other people. You give everyone a chance.
Your Fourth Strength

Zest, enthusiasm, and energy
Regardless of what you do, you approach it with excitement and energy. You never do anything halfway or halfheartedly. For you, life is an adventure.
Your Fifth Strength

Gratitude
You are aware of the good things that happen to you, and you never take them for granted. Your friends and family members know that you are a grateful person because you always take the time to express your thanks.

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Well, i'm not so totatally surprised about the results of the test, abut i thought Citizenship, Teamwork, and Loyalty and Love of Learning belonged to my top strong sides.
At least, i'm aware about my weak sides: #19 - Humor and playfulness, #24 - Creativity, ingenuity, and originality:) A broad field for self-development, i know!

If you wish to pass the test, click here

I have a chance to meet a lot of people. To work with them. To experience something with them. But the thing that really makes me totally frustrated, is that with some time we forget each other. Can't remember the names. Bahave as if we have nothing in common. And are ashamed to say ''Hello''.
How do you think why we act like this?
-we are too busy to find time to network with people
-we network with people, only when there's a need
-we don't see the reason to capture our contacts
These are only my personal conclusions. Feel free to add your own:)

I just can't find the way of how to keep all of people in my memory. I call it responsibility for my network.
My pieces of advice
*write them short messages,
*comment photos on facebook:)
*greet with birthday
*use your notebooks where you mention people you live-work-study together
*don't be ashamed (or lazy) to say ''hello'' and be curious to find news around them
*it's good to remember something special about the person (some important event in her life, street where she lives (a good way to test your memory:)
*do it some time for the sake of nothing and honestly

I belong to London:)

You Belong in London

A little old fashioned, and a little modern. A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock. A unique soul like you needs a city that offers everything. No wonder you and London will get along so well.

What City Do You Belong In?

During my tough week it's so good ''to stop and stare'':) and to recollect sweet memories. This song just can't get out of my head. Thanks to Natalochka that remained me about it.

If you want to be afraid, just be afraid

If you want to go back home, just go back home

If you want to comb your hair, just comb your hair

If you want to be alone, just be alone

If you want to watch the sea, just watch the sea

But do it now, timing is the answer

Do it now, timing is the answer to success

If you want to give a kiss, just give a kiss

If you want to fall in love, just fall in love

If you want to never know, just never know

If you want to throw a fit, just throw a fit

If you want to give a show, just give a show

But do it now, timing is the answer... to success

I suppose, I suppose

And if you want to weoh, weoh!

Just weoh, weoh hoh! If you want to tralala! :)

Just tralala! If you want to booh hooh!

Just booh hooh hooh! And if you want to salama, salama

Just salama, salama! But do it now, dont doubt

Timing is the answer...

And if you dont know where to go

And if you dont know what to say

And if you dont know what to do

Just do it now Ahhh! just do it now

Timing is the answer... to... succ... ess!

Aha... This week is also going to be an intense one, but i just can't stop enjoying my work, my friends, even my practice:)) And you know what, i learnt to find time to prepare dinners for my family, to look for flowers and to read as much as i want.

Trala-la..

"Я лежал в той же позе, пытаясь перетерпеть боль. По щекам сами собой текли слезы. Я плакал от боли, а еще больше - от безысходности. Вам, наверное, трудно представить, что ето такое - оказаться одному в пустыне где-то на краю света, на дне глубокого колодца, в кромешной тьме, наедине с пронзительной болью. Какое одиночество, какое отчаяние меня охватило! Я начал даже жалеть о том, что тот сержант меня не пристрелил. Тогда хоть бы монголы знали о моей смерти. А так придется пропадать здесь в полном одиночестве, и никому до этого не будет дела. Такая вот тихая смерть."

Х.Мураками "Сорока-Воровка"

Let you dance like nobody's watching!

''Jeff was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jeff was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jeff was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jeff and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

Jeff replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jeff, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is," Jeff, said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jeff said.

Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jeff did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers.

While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jeff was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jeff was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jeff about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he said, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Want to see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jeff replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

Jeff continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said

Jeff. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'"

Jeff lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.''

- Work like you don't need the money

- Love like it's never going to hurt

- Dance like nobody's watching

*Author Unknown