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Romanian literary evening featuring Valentine’s Day, “Dragobete” &
“Mărțișor” ~
Time
is passing by faster than we realize taking us a bit closer to spring, and with
this in mind, on Sunday (February 13’22)
I was happy to put together our annual gathering featuring Love, the rebirth of
nature & few traditional highlights - Valentine’s Day, “Dragobete”
& “Mărțișor”.
Aside of that, at this time, lots of social restrictions are still in place in
our province so the on-line approach has been adopted again.
After my introductory
remarks were delivered, I opened the evening with a short
VIDEO-CLIP I’ve
created for the occasion, emphasizing the chosen concepts in a descriptive
manner, while warming up the group conversation to come.
I was glad to notice
that this was well received by my guests.
Then our program continued and my friends shared openly their thoughts in a
relaxed and relaxing fashion, from heart to heart, from soul to soul, from mind
to mind.
That evening, our dear friend Dorina, reminded us few old legends (including the "Legends of the Snowdrop flower" - published in comments) that we all enjoyed.
Bringing back plenty of dear memories and expressing personal perspectives in a
simple, authentic and genuine manner, brought upon us all a very satisfying
sense of peace and inner joy, which I’m very appreciative of.
Extrapolating, I would like to refresh that according to notable
scholars, Love is the most
powerful force that people are capable of, and here are some concepts:
- The highest form of Love is the unconditional love…this is encompassing “charity”, “compassion” and “the love of
& for the Creator”
- It has been observed that
more often than not, love is more important than money
- Multiple studies have shown
that people with less love in their lives are more likely to feel depressed (love is probably the best anti-depressant,
because one of the most common sources of depression is feeling unloved)
- Understand that love is a
learned skill, not something that comes from hormones or emotions; it is “an
act of will”, based on good communication that helps people feel known and
understood (we all know that there are always
core differences between people, no matter how good or close they are, but
having a good communication in place, it is much easier to find the common
ground that works well for all parties involved).
Also, I’ve noticed that
during our evening together, comments frequently drifted toward the significance of friendships in our lives,
and my guests mentioned that for them having good friends is also important and
meaningful, perspective that I totally agree with.
Additionally, here are few
remarks about the importance of friendships in our lives, as issued by
academics who studied human relations extensively:
- Friendships could feel as close as family, and (just as with family) it takes work (such as: spending quality time together, helping and encouraging each other, being honest with each other, etc.) if you want to build and maintain a lifelong
relationship
- Love, Friendship and Respect bring people together, but ONLY the mutual respect makes the friendship survive a long period of time
- Sharing interests is a key
component to a lasting friendship (for
instance, sharing similar hobbies or world views would be far more important
than having the same taste in clothing or coffee)
- In order to stabilize and
grow a relationship, you need to maintain regular contact….either you meet in
person or call each other (checking
frequently is a proof that you care and at the same time it allows for deeper
conversations to happen rather than just basic updates)
- Being available when your
friend invites you to an activity it is crucial in order to keep the friendship
going (we all know often life gets
busy & it is easy to get so wrapped up in our daily routine & friends
usually understand that, but if you are always too busy for your friend then
you might need to re-evaluate your priorities).
To further accentuate the
importance of friends in our lives, in the comments section is an article to
this regard…in essence, it is the story of an old man diagnosed with a terminal
disease, who went back to his birthplace, and by reconnecting with his roots as
well as good old friends he managed to completely revert his illness.
A truly
inspiring article (and here is the relating video) featuring a real life situation. Additionally, here is another short video with a similar message.
In closing, as I wrap up my
briefing, I would like to share that despite the fact the our gathering that
evening was rather cozy, our talks were ample and enjoyable, proving once again
that in a busy world it is truly amazing to find few souls with whom you could
entertain talks about the philosophy of life.
Definitively, a beautiful
evening filled with lots of special moments and for these I’m sending along my
most sincere appreciation to each participant who responded to my invitation. Until next time, my warmest regards to all for a pleasing spring to come!
Alice
“When the power of love overcomes the love of
power, the world will know peace.”
This event has been delivered in Romanian
Language, featuring Romanian culture.
● Previous events I organized on the same concepts: Love, Spring &“Mărțișor”– 2021, 2020, 2019 ● Some of my additional greetings referring to VALENTINE's Day – 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 NOTE: Dear readers, please be advised that on this website each of the previous postings, pertaining to the recurrent annual themes, portray a different perspective of the subject/s presented (same theme/s, but a different outlook without duplication due to the cultural richness of the specific topic/s discussed).
