Sunday, October 30, 2011

boredom

Boredom is an emotional state experienced when an individual is without any work or is not interested in their surroundings.
Boredom has been defined by C. D. Fisher in terms of its central psychological processes: “an unpleasant, transient affectivestate in which the individual feels a pervasive lack of interest in and difficulty concentrating on the current activity.”
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boredom )


Seems that in our days for different reasons boredom is the new problem that we feel less or more.  At first this happened because we are the generation that had everything, ready to be served at any time.  Whatever you wanted, you just had to name it and magically it happened.
Thinking back at the days we were kids listening to our parents talking about their childhood, for example, a new pair of shoes was luxury, to eat a candy was luxury, to study at a university was luxury....  Those were their motivation though, of building a whole new perspective and fight for what they wanted.  For them building a new state of life, to be ready for us, was a great accomplishment.
Because of them we, our generation, find everything ready to go.  For us, not only a new pair of shoes wasn't a luxury, but instead having all the new models that arrive every now and then was so natural.  We all had at least a pair of All Stars, a pair of Reebok Pump, a pair of L. A Gear and of course a pair of Air Jordan..... ( Jordans were something else hah? )  So simple, we just had to spell out the wish and it happened.  As growing up we all had in mind that a further education in university  was a must and out of any question.  There wasn't any chance of not having a higher education ( masters aka M.A and Phd were down on the table too ), you just had to name the place and one way or another when the time had come you were there, enjoying a prosperous student life.  No worries ever!  Everything were going by the book.  Still this comfort made us all a bit bored.  We had nothing to fight for, everything were ready for us, we enjoyed every luxury like it was normal.  We never got into thinking of how or when, everything just happened and it was normal....
Lets face it, our generation is more than lucky ( at least up to a point.... )  We had no problem finding any job afterwards, no problem to earn a very good salary for beginners ( a salary that allow us to buy the new car we always wanted, a salary that allow us to travel at least twice a year abroad, a salary that was far away from our fathers beginning back then ... )  Again it was normal, yet bored us to death!  We were so materially comfort that we got in to a state of starting to ask for more ( at least many of us .... )  And at that point of a new circle to start, baaanggggggg .......... the world started to change and turning upside down.....
So we are here today dying of boredom, not because we have everything, but for the very opposite reason of not having what we use to have.  Nowadays we are looking for just an opportunity to grab, which will allow us to dream ( yes dreaming was out of the question few years ago, everything was there ! )  Nowadays we are looking to have A job which will give us only the very necessary to live with out being helped at our 30's from our parents!  Nowadays we are bored of everything, we are out of energy and with a lack of hunger, because we are too busy looking for the essentials.  The new state of society, formally called economic crisis,  forced us to be engaged into this circle of recycling our dreams, to wonder what is gonna be, or where are we going....  Suddenly all these, use to be so normal, now are the ultimate luxury, you have to fight for and if you are lucky enough you will manage to keep up a small status that will allow you to comfort among the lucky ones, which are able at least to live from doing what they like and enjoy and not by doing any kind of job to earn the essentials, let everything fall apart because of lack of dreaming......
Sad?  Yes!  True?  Yes!  Still we are the new generation and we have to come out of our boredom and fight not to make luxury normality, but to take out all we have learned all these years, and as new clever people to built up a new era, just like our fathers did.  We are living in a world that keeps going around unstoppably, do not let boredom burry us and get comfort again with what they pass us out, just because we learn that everything is ready for us....  We were bored because we had everything and being in absolute comfort and know we are full of boredom because the world made us come out of our comfort.  So if boredom is the problem and comfort is the result,  make it happen!!!!!


p.s i was absent for quite long because of boredom, everything was a mess into my head, nothing could made me feel better, i was even out of lack of creativity.....  Yet if i need my comfort ( and why not, a new pair of vintage Air Jordan :P ) i have to stand up again and go for it!  So get ready people, new Shorty's Stuff are ready to catwalk into your life, yeaaaaaaah!!!!!


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Love,


Shorty

Monday, October 17, 2011

courage

Courage (also braveryboldnessfearlessnessmettlefortitude, or intrepidity) is the ability to confront fearpaindangeruncertainty, or intimidation"Physical courage" is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while "moral courage" is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shamescandal, or discouragement.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courage )


I think that everybody love stories, so i will try to tell you one today for a change.  Be open minded, be courageous, do not afraid to see the truth underneath.....


As humans we follow natures paths.  So what a bless when you hear from the doctor that you gonna experience the greatest of all gifts in the world, to live the ultimate love, you gonna bring a whole new life to the world, your ultimate contribution to this world......  Everything is fine and you prepare your self for a whole new state of lifestyle.  And the time has come, at last you can hold in your arms this tiny new life you have dreamed for nine months.  You can touch it, feel it, see it and finally understand that the love of your life has come to turn your life upside down!!!!


Few months later as you grown with the child you can understand that something is wrong.  You start this long lasting procedure with testings and so to find out what really is going on and finally like a knife stuck in the heart you have to face the truth....  Although as society we grown up enough, in the hearing of a person with special needs, still is a taboo, we live with the fear of the unknown, we come out of everything we have expected, our world is changing 180 degrees........  Even though we consider our selves modern and open minded deep down inside we experience a struggle, we pass through all the stages of grief, we cry, we wonder why me......  Yet still because society is more mature now we find the strength and the courage to move on.  You state your self in this new situation and you try your best.  You choose to make your child's life the goal of our life!


In every day life we have millions of tiny things that keep us alert and forcing us to try the best we can.  We try to give out our best in our work field, in personal field, to be responsible and give the best we can.  Still we want to maintain our lifestyle. Even though we have a bit more than the rest of the people ( some would say " ... what a cross you are carrying ", some may even pity you for your misfortune .... ) we are just like everyone else.  We travel , hanging out with friends, treat our self with the best, try to be at the highest point and just because some may say that we are misfortunes we do not allow them to have that impression.  The big difference is that we have a cause, a goal, we want to make the world better not just for us but for our children too.  Because we want them to experience the best, to fit in that modern yet narrow society, not to feel different.  We want them to be happy, with goals and winners!  Life goes on no matter what.  Ordinary is ordinary, special is special after all, you just have to have the courage to understand it!!!!!


Somewhere here the story ends.....  This one goes to all that parents who face this special situation and are courageous enough to teach us with their everyday fights to protect their special children, to give them all we all need, an ordinary special life!  All they need is our acceptance, our support to their fight.  Not by donating money and be kind every now and then, but by supporting them into their activities to prevent a misfortune life for their children.  All they want is to be close to them, encourage them day by day to their struggles.  My apologies on speaking in first singular, but is a story that might knock everyones door.  We have to stand by them, as we might need them.........! 


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 p.s 3 dedicated to a very courageous friend of mine, keep on!




Love ,


Shorty

Thursday, October 6, 2011

instinct


Instinct or innate behavior is the inherent inclination of a living organism toward a particular behavior.
The simplest example of an instinctive behavior is a fixed action pattern, in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a clearly defined stimulus. However, instinctive behaviors can also be variable and responsive to the environment. Any behavior is instinctive if it is performed without being based upon prior experience, that is, in the absence of learning.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinct )

Through the years i thought that i was a kind of weirdo, an unusual kid, who never gone with the rules.  During the late 80's and early to mid 90's, community was still a bit strict.  Everything gone by the rules, everything had to be done by plan, as commanded by family, customs and beliefs.  I was different.  I could not follow any of the rules not at school, nor with my habits, my friends, my way of lifestyle.  I' ve always believed that i had a different destination than any other kid i knew.  I had great expectations, couldn't be satisfied with a normal life, counting each and every day since i was twelve till that lovely day of going abroad for studies, believing that the world is waiting for me.  So naive, so young, so many things that can describe me and my beliefs......  
Yet looking back through the years i have only one thing to say : thank God i believed in me!!!  Every step that i have made, every decision that i have to take, every situation that i choose to be in or not, made me who i am and believe me i am who i really want to be.  I never stop looking for something new, never stop up to a point satisfied for my accomplishments  ( not many, but for me so many! ), never felt full up to my expectations, always following my instinct. That little tinkle in my stomach every time that i have to face something new, to make a new decision, to follow a new path in my life - or not - , yes that little yet big feeling, that little voice inside me that never let me down, ever disappointed me.  I may be a dreamer, a big optimist ( although people who know me might say that i may be a bit pessimist sometimes..... who's not anyway? ), but i believe that somebody loves me.  I enjoy every good that come into my life, i always do my best as it is my very first time, i always give out my best like it's gonna be my last chance of showing my work, who i am......


My life is good, love who i was, who i am and who am gonna be, that little weirdo figure that never stop believing that is always a step ahead of others, that naive shorty who is always ready to change the world, my world.......!
My instinct gonna live with me and as long that happens my life will get better and better!!!!!


p.s  Dedicated with the greatest of respect and humbleness to Mr. Steven Jobs, the man that i never heard till the past month, the ultimate dreamer !!!


Be inspired ...!






http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html









Love,


Shorty