Indefinite Pronoun

All
Somebody
Each one
Nobody

The use of the indefinite pronoun…
Once upon a time there were four individuals who were called Everyone, Somebody, Each One and Nobody.
There was important work to be done, and Everyone was asked to do it.
Everyone was sure Somebody would. Each One could have done it, but in reality Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry because it was Everyone’s job!
Everyone thought that Each One could have done it and Nobody doubted that Somebody would.
In the end, Everyone criticized Each Other because Nobody had done what Somebody could have done.
Story’s moral
Without wanting to recriminate Everyone, it would be good for Each One to do what they should do without hoping that Somebody will do it in their place… Experience shows that where Somebody is expected, there is usually Nobody.
I am passing it on to Everyone so that Each One can pass it on to Somebody without forgetting Nobody.
The End

Beautiful story – amazing

On July 31, 2021 By estrangedztIn awesome, documentary, Education, history, life, Nature, tips, WorldLeave a comment

An amazing story

The famous Italian diver, Enzo Majorca, swam in the warm waters of the Siracusa sea and chatted with his daughter Rossana, who had stayed on the boat.

Ready to submerge, he felt something tap lightly on his back. He turned and saw a dolphin. He realized then that he didn’t want to play, but to express something.

The animal dove and Enzo followed.

About 12 meters deep, trapped in an abandoned net, was another dolphin.

Majorca quickly asked her daughter to pick up her diving knives. In a few minutes the two managed to free the dolphin, which, at the limit of its strength, managed to emerge, emitting an “almost human scream” (so described Majorca).

A dolphin can only resist underwater for up to 10 minutes, then it drowns.

The freed dolphin, still stunned, was controlled by Enzo, Rossana and the other dolphin.

Then came the surprise: It was a dauphin, which soon gave birth to a baby.

The male circled them and, stopping in front of Enzo, touched his cheek (as if it were a kiss), in a gesture of gratitude… And they walked away.

Enzo Mallorca ended his speech saying: “Until man learns to respect and dialogue with the animal world, he will never be able to know his true role on this Earth.”

What a beautiful story

On June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 By estrangedztIn lifeLeave a comment

Pepe was the kind of person you wanted to be. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone asked him how he was doing, he replied: “Better, impossible”

He had changed jobs and several of his employees followed him through all his changes. The reason they followed him was his attitude: he was a natural motivator. If an employee had a bad day, Pepe was there to tell him how to see the positive side of the situation.

One day I went to look for Pepe and asked him:
“I don’t understand you… it’s not possible for a person to be positive all the time. How you do that?…”

Pepe replied: “Every morning, I wake up and say to myself, “Pepe, you have two options today: you can choose to be in a good mood or in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Every time something bad happens, I can choose between being a victim or learning from it. And I choose learning from it”.

“Every time someone comes to me to complain, I can either accept their complaint or I can show them the positive side of life. I choose to show them the positive side of life.”
“OK, but it’s not that easy”, I protested.

“Yes, it is”, said Pepe. “Everything in life is made up of choices. When you throw away everything else, every situation is a choice. You choose how to react to each situation, you choose how people will affect your mood, you choose to be in a good mood or in a bad mood. In short: YOU CHOOSE HOW TO LIVE LIFE.”

I reflected on what Pepe told me…
For reasons of residence, we lost contact, but I often thought of Pepe when he had to make a choice in life, instead of reacting against it.

Several years later, I learned that Pepe had done something he should never have done in a business; he left the back door open and one morning was assaulted by three armed robbers.

As he tried to open the safe, his hand, shaking with nervousness, missed the combination. The robbers felt panic and fired. Pepe was quickly found and rushed to a clinic. After eight hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Pepe was discharged, but still with bullet fragments in his body…

I met Pepe six months after the accident and when I asked him how he was, he replied:
“Better, impossible”.

I asked what was on his mind at the time of the robbery. He answered:
“When I was lying on the floor, I remembered that I had two options: I could choose to live or I could choose to die.
I CHOOSE TO LIVE”.

“Didn’t you feel scared?” I asked.
Pepe continued: “The doctors were brilliant. They kept telling me that I would be fine. But when they took me to the operating room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, it really scared me. I could read in his eyes: “You are a dead man.” So I knew I had to make a decision.”

“What did you do?” – I asked.
Pepe said: “Well, one of the doctors asked me if I was allergic to anything and I, taking a deep breath, shouted: – “Yes, to bullets” – While they laughed, I told them: “I’m choosing to live, operate me as if I were alive, not dead”.

Pepe lived because of the doctors expertise, but above all, because of HIS SPECTACULAR ATTITUDE.
I learned that EACH DAY, WE HAVE THE CHOICE to live fully. ATTITUDE, finally, is everything.

In the end, the decision to
how are you,
how do you see yourself,
how do you feel,
how do you live,
IT’S YOURS!

(…)
Those who fail are the ones who stop seeing the positive part of their life and achievements…

Taken from the PowerPoint presentation you can find here: https://slideplayer.com.br/slide/1874088/

A very pertinent tale…

On May 3, 2020 By estrangedztIn lifeLeave a comment

Prof. Júlio Machado Vaz is a professor of Psychiatry in Oporto. He knows what he says!

A very pertinent tale, for the present moment!

The Plague was on its way to Baghdad when it met Nasrudin. The latter asked him:
– Where are you going?
The Plague replied:
– Baghdad, kill ten thousand people.
After a while, the Plague met Nasrudin again. Very angry, the mullah said to him:
– You lied to me. You said you would kill ten thousand people and you killed a hundred thousand.
And Plague replied:
– I didn’t lie, I killed ten thousand. The rest were terrified.
Fear is a vibration of less love, just as the shadow is less light. Fear puts us in a vibrational state that makes us very fragile, making us very susceptible to various evils, including diseases.
In this moment of global pandemic, we need to be very aware of the contents with which we feed our minds.
Try to keep yourself in a vibration of optimism, hope, solidarity and faith, feeding your spirit with positive thoughts and messages.
On the other hand, stay away from gossip, from alarmism, from the compulsion to seek a lot of information that only adds fuel to the fire of fear.
The moment asks for silence, asks for introspection. And that is why the moment has never been so favorable for the cure of everything that prevents us from manifesting our true essence: unconditional love “.
Prof. Júlio Machado Vaz