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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 21

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:21:00 +0000

There's not much to say about these 5 past days. I slept until noon in most cases and I didn't do anything that was worth searing here on the blog. Today was different though. I woke up at about 10.30 even if I wanted to be up at 8, but it's ok, slowly, and in time I will get to sleep less and do more.

I ate a small breakfast and then I went to pay some bills. There are some people that believe that if you spend money on Monday you will spend money all week. I do not believe this. For me, Monday is a good day to spend money and it doesn't mean that I won't get a lot of money that week. I'm not saying that it couldn't be true and you couldn't end up spending money all week because you started that on Monday. I think it's all up to you and all that you think, eventually comes true. If you think it can happen, it will probably happen.

Today, and from now on, my plan is to stay outside more, a lot more, and stay in front of the computer less. I need to take care of my health, because it's the most important thing I got, and without a proper health, there's not much you can do. I made a simple plan to do more things that are simple but important for me that will both improve my health and bring an overall improvement in my personal development. I hope it works!

Here are a couple of the things I want to do every day from now on:

Stay out of the house for at least 1 hour each day - this may not be a problem for you, but it has become a huge problem of mine. I had days when I wouldn't even go out of the house.

Workout for at least 30 minutes daily - I have periods when I do this for 3-4 days and then slack of. I need to do it day in and day out to stay in shape. The simple fact that I didn't do this daily has made my body a lot weaker and I'm now going through the 3-rd cold this year! I never, ever had 3 colds in the same year. This is a clear sign that I must do something.

Read personal development books for at least 30 minutes daily.

Secret thing - this is personal (at least for now). I will share this with you later.

Read other books like novels for at least 30 minutes daily. Reading other types of books is a good thing as it opens me to new ideas, concepts and ways of seeing things and if it will make me improve my personal development then it's a good thing to do.

Wash my teeth 1 hour after each meal.

Read at least 2 words from the Dictionary daily (on of my goals is to read the Dictionary at least once).

Read at least 1 page of the Bible daily - I already read more than half of the Bible and I want to finish it. It's truly The Book Of Books and I enjoy reading it.

Sleep for about 6 hours daily. This is one of the hardest things I want to do, as my sleeping habits are so bad right now, but I know I can do it with a lot of effort. In time I will sleep 6 hours or less per night.

Not more than 4 hours per day in front of the computer. This will dramatically improve my health, as on average I stayed in front of the laptop for about 9 hours! Today I will stay less than 4 hours :) so I'm doing well.

Listen to a personal development audio for at least 30 minutes per day. I think that reading is not enough and I want to also listen to some personal development audios.

This is my simple, little plan. I want to make it work and change things around. We will see what happens.

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Days 9-15

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:29:00 +0000

March 18 2009

I woke up at 8.30 (my second day of waking up at a reasonable hour, do I hear fireworks :)) I watched some TV while I was eating. I did some work today and that's a good thing. I got to bed at about 23.00 because tomorrow I will head for Bucharest as one of my friends is celebrating his birthday and has invited me and Diana over.

March 19-24 2009

On the 19-th I went to Bucharest and all day I was out for some shopping with Diana. Friday, the 20-th, me, Diana and Costin (the friend who's birthday we are celebrating) were all day in the kitchen making the yummiest food you could eat. We had cake (the best one I ever ate), chicken, beef, etc. It was a fun day, although it was a little tiring, it was worth it.

The birthday started at about 21.00 when the rest of Costin's friends came and we started eating and drinking. It was a great night. but at about 03.30 I just couldn't keep myself up and I doze of for a while. The next day we all woke up after noon (almost all the guests slept over). This day was a full day of movies and I think that we watched over 7 movies that day.

The 22-th was the day I had to return back home. We woke up at 11.00, ate and started playing some Conquiztador, a pretty popular game now. At about 14.30 I left for the bus station. It was funny to be back home again. I had lots of fun and I should do this often.

23 March was a day of work, Feng Shui reading, Heroes playing and eating. It passed fast as I woke up at about 10.00. The 24-th wasn't very different from yesterday. Woke up at 11.30 I think and I started playing (it turned out to be a whole playing day).

I didn't get to write more these days, but I had lots of fun and that's great. See you tomorrow!

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 8

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:43:00 +0000

March 17 2009

Woke up at 8.30, a new personal best for the last 7 days. Had breakfast and watched a half hour of TV and then started working (finally, I started working again). I worked until 11.40 with a 10 minutes break from the computer at 10.00. Then 30 minutes of Heroes and ate lunch with my grandmother and my little cousin, Mihaela, who is in the first grade.

After a funny lunch (funny because of Mihaela who does everything so fast, talks fast, writes fast, talks when she should be eating...) she watched 20 minutes of cartoons and I read about Feng Shui. Then started making her homework and I helped until 14.55 when we both took a well deserved break.

The rest of the day I read about Feng Shui, played some Heroes, watched a little Harry Potter and wrote this very short post. My cough seems to be getting better, but it's just day 2 of the sirop and I hope that by day 7 I will be completely cured.

I watched Oprah form 22.00 to 22.50 and I saw a couple of amazing people and cases, but there was one that really left a mark. It was the case of a beautiful woman who suffered a car accident which burned 60% of her body and left her with a desfigured face. And although this woman suffered such a dramatic blow, you know what she said? She said that she is glad to be alive so that she still has time to do all the things that she wouldn't have done if she died.

She also said that she only cries 5 minutes per day. Her cousin sees her crying and says: "Your time is up." and she laugh while she said that. She sees such beaty in life as not many people see. She sees herself as she was before, in the inside, although her outside is not that anymore. This left me with shivers down my spine. If she wants to live a full life, then us, the people who are healthy, shouldn't we live life to its fullest and treat it like a wonderful gift?

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 7

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:43:00 +0000

March 16 2009

The day started at 10.36 for me with a small breakfast of some good cakes. After that I started reading from Og for about an hour until 11.40. I took a break from reading and just lied down in bed for a while. I ate lunch and then my grandmother asked for my help. She needed someone to cut some of the branches of the tree that was lying in the courtyard. I've sad I would help and went outside.

I cut branches for about 2 hours from 13.00 to 15.00, after which I realized I can do something great with a couple of branches. I'm not going to spill it out because my girlfriend maybe reading this and it's a little surprise for her (sorry, Diana, but I'm not going to tell you what it is :) It was 16.00 when I finished the whole thing and went inside the house and watched a half hour of Walker, Texas Ranger.

I played a half hour of Heroes and at about 17.00, my uncle called to ask me if I could go to a local store and buy something for him, so there I went. About half hour later I was back home and started reading about Feng Shui as I'm really interested in this topic. I will try to write a couple of posts on this topic, with things that might help you as well. Whenever I find out something useful and interesting I will write it down and when I have a couple of good things to share with you I will post it here on the blog.

At about 18.00 I took my cough sirop, because I have this annoying cough for almost 4 weeks now and I bought a 95% natural sirop and I hope I will get rid of it. Then my uncle came and took what I had bought for him and we also talked a bit. It was 19.20 when I started working out. Then I opened the laptop and droped some entrecard cards and just browsed until about 20.20, when I started to write this post so that I wouldn't forget what I had done until this hour.

After writing a big chunk of this post I've played Heroes for 1 hour and a half and Championship Manager for another 40 minutes. It's now time to put this post on the blog as it is almost 24.00. This 30 days trial is turning to be a real self discipline exercise for me as I have to write most of what I do everyday and it requires a level of effort, even if that is small, it's still an effort. I'm glad I've chosen to do this and I'm sure that good things will come out of this in the near future.

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 6

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:36:00 +0000

March 15 2009

Today I woke up at 10.00 after staying last night until 02.00 because I watched 2 hours of Lord Of The Rings Part 1. I didn't watch the whole Part 1 because I was just too asleep. Even if it's the second time I'm seeing this movie, it feels like it is the first. It's that good. In my opinion, this is one of the best movies ever made.

After waking up and having breakfast, I watched Hercule Poirot. It was a very good episode (most of them are very good in my opinion). Diana was preparing her bags as she had to leave for Bucharest today. After Poirot ended we left for the station.

I helped her to get seated in the bus and I left for my apartment. There I played Heroes for about 3 hours. I don't really know why is this game so addictive to me. I do not understand. I know I have the power to stop playing it, but I don't use it. Many times after I stop playing, I realize that I haven't really accomplished anything.

I just satisfied my desire to play and that's not very much. It's not like I left something behind. When I work, or when I write, I'm creating. I'm leaving something behind. Small marks are left on the hot sand. Maybe these marks will be wiped away by the storm, but for now, they are there for anyone to see. We never know if our marks will stand the passing of time, but we know that at least one human will know that we made those marks: we will know of them.

Sometimes someone else also sees the marks. It can happen. Other times our marks are so gracious and powerful that they stand on the sand for ages and people look at them with amazement. The marks are o beautiful that people are just overwhelmed. Now, wouldn't it e amazing if we all left marks like that?

Sorry for sidetracking here. It's just that when I feel something, when I feel that I can leave the smallest mark possible, I do not hesitate in doing so. I think we should all try to leave our mark wherever is possible. It doesn't mean if you write, dance, sing, speak. The only thing that matters is that you do the best you can.

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 5

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:50:00 +0000

March 14 2009

A short, not very eventful Saturday is just about to end as I am writing this post at 25.45. Today I woke up at 10.00 and had a short, good breakfast, after which I watched some TV while my girlfriend and her sister went for some shopping.

Most of the day I watched TV or played on the computer and now, we have just begun watching Lord of The Rings, Part 1 and we will keep watching until we get too tired to press on, so I do not really know when I will go to sleep, but sometimes you just have to do little crazy things, like staying until 4 am to see a movie.

This is one of my shortest posts mainly because I want to get back to the movie. Although I saw it before, it's one of my favorites and I really enjoy watching it again. See you soon!

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 4

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:08:00 +0000

13. Friday. Sounds spooky, right? Until now at least, it hasn't been. I woke up somewhere near 11.00 (pretty near my regular hour :)) This is not funny anymore. Getting up so late makes me loose the best thing, the morning. The morning is the best part of the day for me, but it seems that if I do not do something I will miss it a lot in the future as I tend to sleep more than 10 hours per night in over 75% of the days.

Does this happen to you also? What advice can you give me in order to stop sleeping so late in the morning? I mean, except sleep early in the evening or get a job :)) This is what I know. If you got something else, please leave a comment. I appreciate it.

I got up, ate a healthy breakfast in bed with my girlfriend and then we prepared to go to my grandma and afterward to my apartment. When we got to the apartment we fed out 3 hamsters and instead of getting some work done, as we were supposed to, I suggested that we both played the same map in Heroes (me and my big mouth), and guess what? Diana agreed. And here we were, for the next 3 hours we played and played some more. It was fun.

At about 18.30 we realized that we had to eat something or else we wouldn't have any more energy left. After that Diana stayed a little while at the computer and we got dressed and we went to her parents were we looked at TV for a while. It was a short day this, but any day that I'm around my girlfriend is just amazing. She is that kind of person that you always want to have around. She makes me laugh and each time I look at her beautiful smile I realize how happy and grateful I am that I know her and that she is my girlfriend.

This is all for today. See you tomorrow!

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 3

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:32:00 +0000

Today my waking hour was around 9.00 and given that I slept last night somewhere around 02.10, I slept around 7 hours. After I woke up I had breakfast and went with my girlfriend to a local company were she needed to go to get some data for her final paper at the university. We got there around 10.15 and the whole thing took about 50 minutes and then we went to see what animals were at the Zoo.

I personally haven't been to the Zoo in a couple of years, and being there today really made me happy. There were about 15-20 big animals there, like tigers, lions, bears, emu, crocodiles, etc and also some smaller fish and snakes. It was really relaxing to just stroll around the Zoo and look at those pretty animals. The only thing that bothers me is that they aren't free. They are in cages, while their spirits desire freedom.

Most of the animals have just got used to being there, in cages, and I think they have just accepted the idea that they will never be out. If it were up to me I would just take them and set them free in the wild. Whenever I see a caged animal I put myself in that animal's place and believe me, it's not pretty at all. Sitting there in a small cage, with a lot of people just staring at you, day after day. Nothing new happens and you die. This is no way to live, animal of human.

Seeing all of this made me wonder: "Do we really need to have caged animals? Why do we need them like this? Is it so important that out children see the animals and know how they really look like? Can't this be done some other way? Would we like if we or our children would be looked down in cages for other forms of lives to see and analyze?" It's just inhumane to keep a living creature in a cage. It slowly starts to die the moment you put it in that lousy cage.

We people are the worst kind of animals. We kill for sport and sometimes even enjoy killing. we close animals in cages just so that we can look at them. Why can't we just accept the fact that all animals must be free? Why must we make these mistakes over and over again and hurt animals and other people as well? Why can't we just let our good side out in the open and take decisions based on what out hearts is telling us? Why?

You should have seen the vulture. He was so beautiful and his power was sparkling from his eyes, but something was wrong. He couldn't fly anymore because the cage he was in was just too damn small. He just couldn't spread his wings and fly, even for a second. If he only could, he would surely feel a lot better. And you know what the worst part is? I'm sure that the people that are responsible of putting these animals in cages are trapped in cages of their own. They can't fly either, because if they could, they would have seen from the air that eagles are free and do not belong in cages. If they only could fly...but they never will, although it's so easy for them. People are never trapped in cages. No one can do that except themselves.

After this good and bad experience at the Zoo, we went to my grandma's and had munch and after that we took a short nap of 2 hours :)) (pretty short right :)) We left my grandmother's house at about 16.30 and went to Diana's parents were we just watched TV and ate some roasted sun flower seeds until about 19.30 when we ate dinner and after that talked a little bit and then I headed to take a bath and minute after minute, the clock is now 23.30 and I'm writing this.

It was a sunny day and I'm glad we enjoyed this day with a lot of walking. See you tomorrow! Have a great day of your own!

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:03:00 +0000

Today was kind of a short day for me, mainly because I overslept and instead of getting up early, I woke up at 11.00 which means I slept for about 10 hours. This is too much in my book, and when I think that there are people that sleep for 5-6 hours and then go to work, I really feel weak and ashamed as I sleep 9-10 hours and when I woke up I do not go to work, even if I work from home, I do not have a boss to report to, my only boss is me. It's actually pretty hard to have oneself as a boss, because you can often be subjective with what you do.

It's really hard o control yourself and to keep to a regular plan of action, because when you feel that you just want to slack off there isn't someone there to say: "Hey, get back to work you lazy bean!" There's only you and yourself. And every time you say: "I feel like slaking off today. I will just stop doing anything today and just hang around.", when you say that, not that it's not ok to take a day off now and there, but you may end up taking too much days off and you will then be laying, not to your boss, but to yourself. And lying to yourself can be the worst kind of lie you will ever tell.

Anyway, I got a little sidetracked there. Back to business. Actually I woke up at 8.20 and had a little breakfast and then I just headed back to sleep again and finally woke up at 11.00 and had lunch with my grandma and my girlfriends father which was in the area to help my grandma with stuff in the garden. I really enjoyed talking to them and were sorry that I overslept and missed a wonderful morning. The sun was up today and it shined beautifully like it didn't in a long time.

After I ate I opened my computer and verified my email and related stuff and then I got dressed and went to a nearby store to buy credit for my grandma's phone. After this was over I went to my apartment which is situated at about 3 km away so I got a chance to take a little walk and enjoy the sunny day. In my way to my apartment I also went to pay my electric bill but didn't do so because they said I have to wait for the written bill to come. At home I played a little Heroes and took a bath and then I went to pick up my girlfriend which arrived from her university today and is going to stay here, with me for a couple of days. By the way, honey, if you are reading this, I love you from the bottom of my heart and even deeper and "Happy birthday! for march 8 as I didn't day it here on the blog until now. Love you!

Me and my girlfriend went the apartment and ate and after she took a bath we went to her parent's place where her sister was arrived with her little boy, which my girlfriend, Diana, loves and really enjoy playing with. So, it was about 18.30 when she started playing with Mihaita and the whole thing ended somewhere at 19.40 or something like that because Diana's sister had to get back home as it was getting late and Mihaita must sleep at about 21.00 as he is only about 2 years old. By the way, if you are reading this, Ramona, Mihaita can't wait to finally meet you ;)

After that we just hang around with Diana's mother, watched some TV and then, at about 20.20 we went to my grandma which lives nearby and stayed with her for about an hour and returned her parents house were I am right now as it is about 10.56 and I'm writing this post. So, I didn't get any work done today, but it was a good day, I enjoyed the sun and if I could only wake up early, everything would be alright. But, you can't have them all and I know that in the future, I will get up earlier and do more in the course of a day. Thank you for reading!

I embrace you,
Razvan

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30 Days Of My Public Journal - Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:19:00 +0000

Today is the first day of the 30 days in which I will keep a sharp eye on what I am doing with my time to see how I stand in the areas that I am not very happy with. This will allow me to get a pretty good idea of what I must do to improve the quality of my life.

March 10 2009

Last night I have gone to sleep at 03.00 o'clock in the morning and I woke up at 08.25. I ate breakfast at 8.30 and then I just lied in bed for the next 15 minutes. It's pretty interesting that I only slept for about 5 and 1/2 hours (and this doesn't happen very often as I tend to sleep a lot more), it's curious that I did this today, the first day that I chose to make part of my 30 days "were I am" experiment.

Hmmm, this could mean that the simple fact that I decided to start this little experiment made me change something. This is great! I can't wait to see what other things I will change in this 30 days period.

At about 8.45 I started reading from "Secrets for success and happiness" by Og Mandino which is a great book about how you can have a wonderful life. I did read for a while until 09.45 after which I washed my teeth. From 10 to 10.40 I just browsed through some sites from my entrecard widget and droped a few cards here and there. It's very interesting to see other people's sites, because everyone has something new and beautiful to offer and just by reading some of the posts I came across, I feel very happy.

At about 10.50 I started reading an article about how to become an early riser at stevepavlina.com as this is one thing that I want to do in the near future. I read until 11.33 and then I took a break from the computer. I returned to it at 12.00 and continued reading about sleep until 13.00 when I had lunch. At 13.30 I went for a little walk. I returned and I watched Harry Potter 1 for about an hour (I didn't watch it until the end as it is about 2 and a half hours long). I enjoy Harry Potter and already seen 1 to 5 and can't wait for part 6 to be released. I haven't read any of the book, but I will in the future.

It was about 14.50 when I took a break from Potter and started playing Heroes of Might and Magic - Wake of the Gods. It's not the newest version but it's pretty ok and I enjoy it (although I will have to reduce the time I spend playing because it's conflicting with other things I want to do). I played for about 90 minutes and then I took another break from the computer for about a half an hour.

At 16.30 I read something about polyphasic sleep which means sleeping 2-3 hours a night in 20-30 minutes slices at a 4 hour intervals. This sound interesting and I might try it somewhere down the road, but for now I want to reduce the amount of hours that I'm sleeping, in other ways than polyphasic sleep. It's now 17.05 and I'm writing this day report of what I've done until this hour. I'm very excited and also curious to see if I can do this for 30 days, as it may sound easy to keep a journal for 30 days, but for me it's a real challenge and I hope I am up to it. we will see... I'm going to get something to eat now so talk to you later!

Man, those Tom and Jerry and funny :)) I just watched them while I was eating and they made me laugh. They truly are the best cartoon ever in my book! It's now 17.33 and I'm going to get some work done from now as I haven't done anything today in regards to that. Wish me good luck! Well, this didn't take very long as it's 18.00 and I feel kind of tired and I'm going to try to take a 20 minutes nap and see how I feel afterwords. I hope I can continue my work then.

I wasn't really a 20 minutes nap, it was more of a 1 hour nap and after a woke up I didn't get to work, but I read for a half hour and I even exercised, so it was time well spent. Ar 20.00 I started writing for the blog and finishing this day report. It's now 21.48 and I just finished the main post that will announce the start of this 30 days trial or experiment. Probably the last thing that I will do today is watch the football game between Liverpool and Real Madrid which has already started. After the match I will go to bed, so that's going to be somewhere around 24.00 Have a great day!

I embrace you,
Razvan

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My first 30 days experiment

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:57:00 +0000

I haven't wrote anything for a while on this blog, but time has come to write again. I was very busy in this time and this blog, which is my soul blog and the one that I love writing for, had to suffer the most. In the past I started a category about being grateful and I wanted to post daily for 30 days a thing that I was grateful for. I didn't get past day 10 as I remember, but this doesn't mean that I won't do it, just that I won't do it right now. Now, I want to do something different that requires a lot of commitment from my part. I though that by posting my thoughts here and share it with you, this will give even more reasons to do it.

But what am I talking about? I want to change the way my life is going, because I know that I can have a much better life and I want t learn to celebrate my life as I love it and feel grateful for living. There are some things in my life that are not going as I want them to and I want to do something about this. I want to change because I know now that life isn't happening to me, life is because of me.

Everything that is happening to me (excepting some events that I can not control) is happening as an effect of some decisions I made somewhere in the past. I believe this to be true for me as it is for anyone else. I do not believe that we are just carried away by life, here and there, although some people use this as an excuse to just not do anything with their own life. I believe that I am in control of my own actions and thoughts and that everyone has the same control over their own lives.

Can you picture a child, an innocent human being that is laughing with all his soul? Can you hear him/her laugh? I can hear him/her as well. Wouldn't it be great if we would all laugh like that all our lives. I want to do that. I'm not going to let the child in me die. It will never die. In the past I wasn't as open as I would want and I still have a long way ahead of me, but I love the journey far more than the destination. I am going to enjoy the journey to the better me. I realized how much more I can do with my life and how much more I can help other people change their own lives, but as the old saying goes "Before trying to change the world you must be able to change yourself".

So, I must be able to change myself first before I can help anyone else and I wanted to post the things I will go through here on this blog, because, maybe you will find this helpful someway and even if I can help you in an indirect way, I'm very happy. I hope we will meet some day or that I can help you in a more direct way. I hope that you and I can laugh like children once more...

I've decided that in order to change my life, I must first know exactly were I stand today, so I am going to go through an interesting experiment, something that I have never done before. I am going to keep a public journal of my own life for 30 days. I am going to do this as I believe that 30 days are going to give me all the data I need to know were I am and what I have to do to get from here to were I want to be.

Before starting this experiment, I thought that I would make a list of almost all of the things (it could be that I forgot something, but if I remember anything I will add it) that I want to improve and were I think I am today so that I have something to compare with the results after the 30 days will end. These numbers are all estimated ones, numbers that I think represent my current situation but I may get some surprises in these 30 days, who knows? Some of the things that I am going to write here are very personal, but I want to share them with you because I want to really change and like I said, I want to help other as well, and maybe someone will find something here that will help. I would be very happy if that would happen. So, here it goes:

1. Sleep - 10 hours

One of the things I want to change is the number of hours that I sleep. I currently sleep on average about 10 hours, which is much more than I want. I want to get back some hours by sleeping less because I feel that I can sleep much less and still be very rested if not even more rested.

2. Walks - once at 2 days

For a while now, I feel that I have been isolating myself from others, and I spend much time in front of the computer. I want to get out more, meet new people and take better care of my health. Here, I mainly want to go out more, take a walk daily and not live my life in front of the PC. I think that I am currently going out once at 2 days. Will see what I find out after the 30 days.

3. Staying in front of the computer - 10 hours daily

This is way too much for me, and I want to reduce this as know that anyone shouldn't stay at the computer more than 4 hours daily! Staying more than that means a lot of problems regarding one's health.

4. Shower - once per week

I know people that shower twice a day, and still I only do it once a week, on average. I do not take that much care of myself, but the important thing is that I want to make a chance in this and want to take care of myself.

5. Wash my head - once per week

Although this is part of the shower, I want to put this in a separate category of it's own because I may have to deal with some serious boldness in the future if I do not take real good care of my hair now. My father is bold right now, and I will be the same, if I do not take some measures. I'm not saying that boldness is a bad thing, but I love my hair and I want it right there on my head, not down on the floor.

6. Reading personal development books - 10 pages at 4 days

This is way too little for me. In the past I would read 20 pages per day, but that was then and this is now. Things will change for the better. I guarantee it, because I will make them change.

7. Listening to personal development audios or watching videos - 30 minutes at 6 days

This is again very low and has to be improved. Listening to people that live a wonderful life, gives me motivation and energy to try to find my own road to greatness. I know that everyone has one, a road to greatness. It's just that some people make a wrong turn somewhere across the road and never get back on the right trail. This is why there are so many unhappy people in the world, this is why we go to crappy jobs even though we hate them and we would love to do something else. We all have at least one thing that we can become exceptional in if we would try, but we just don't try and live crappy lives. What a shame!

8. Workout - 30 minutes at 4 days

I have to workout more because I'm starting to feel weak and anemic. In the past, when I would go to the gym and also workout at home, I would feel great. Now, I feel weak and illnesses seem to be more powerful then me, where in the past I would even get a cold. Now, I have a cold that has been my "good" friends for the past 3 weeks!

9. Running - once in 6 months!

This is awful! 6 months? I like to run, but I've been very lazy in this department and things have got to change. I want to run at least once a week. The feeling of taking that fresh air in and running faster and faster is unbelievable and irreplaceable and I want to experience it more often.

10. Working - 2 hours per day

I work from home and right now I am only working about 2 hours per day. This means that I will achieve my goals later rather than sooner. This is why I want to both increase the amount and quality of the work I do.

11. Calling friends and relatives - rarely

I have a sort of a "calling" problem. I either forget to call the important people in my life or just are to lazy to do it. It's a shame really, because i love them all, but I must also show them that I love them. If I'm the only one that knows that, well then, it's not that fun. Everyone loves to get a phone call from their friend or from their nephew and an "I love you!" is always welcomed and cherished. I must really improve in this department.

12. Trips outside town - one each 4 months

This is another area that I do not like were I am. One trip outside my town in 4 months! It's huge! I love t travel and see new places and this is why this 4 months things has got to go. A trip every month sounds more up my alley!

13. Eating fruits - 1 daily

This could sound pretty silly for some people, but it's very important for me. I want to eat at least 5 fruits daily so that I can improve and keep my health and live longer. Eating 5 fruits a day may not be a big deal for you, but for me, well, I haven't yet done it. Now yet...

14. Brushing my teeth - once per day

I want to brush my teeth after each meal. By the way did you know that if you brush your teeth right after a meal you are actually a bad thing to your teeth? Just read
this post about brushing your teeth

15. Social life - what social life?

In this area I am probably at the bottom of the pit or very near to it. I rarely go out with friends because most of them do not live in my town anymore because of their work. I do not go out to make new friends because of my laziness and ... I don't know, it's something that is holding me down. I want to get involved in some volunteering work in the near future and help others and also meet new people. This is one area that is very important to me, but as it looks right now, you wouldn't have guessed it was.

16. My real passion - ...

My passion has had to suffer in the past, because I listened to what others said I should do and because I didn't have more courage. My real passion, the thing that makes me jump out of bed in the morning, that makes me stay up all night, is... writing. I love to write! It's the most wonderful thing I could ever do! I could do it without taking a break!

I would love to become a known writer and help people throw my books and I know I can do it, it's just up to me. This area is one that I haven't dedicated a lot of time, but I will make time for it from now. I think I have a little talent in writing, but I would love to hear from you after you read "The Prayer" one of my little stories and tell me if you think it's good or not so good. Any feedback, either positive or not so positive is very appreciated!

These are the most important things that I want to bring a change to. I will keep you posted and if you have something to say, or some advice maybe, just write a comment bellow and I thank you for it!

Thank you for reading this!

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for movies

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:56:00 +0000

I just watched 3 consecutive movies. I first watched Earthsea. It was nice but I expected a lot more from this movie. It seems like a sort of a copy of Lord of the Rings, but it's far from being one. Earthsea just hasn't got that thing to make me say "wow" like the "Lord" did. Earthsea seemed to me like a low budget movie and a low standard movie (meaning that the standards for this movie were not so high, were as in the "lord" the standards were set at a huge level and the movie was a total success).

I really am disappointed with Earthsea and if I were to give it a grade from 0 to 10, I would give it a 3, just to be a sport. But it could have been better, a lot better. Anyway, the second movie I watched was "Chronicles of Riddick". I've seen this movie before, but it was a long time ago and I didn't remember much from it so I decided to watch it again.

"Chronicles of Riddick" is a good movie. I liked it and enjoyed it. It has a good story and some good actors. On a scale from 0 to 10 I give it a 6, and not because I don't like it, but because there are other films that are much better. I think 6 is pretty fair.

The third movie I watched (just finished watching it now) was "Kingdom of Heaven". Now this is a movie. This is a movie I really liked, and although it's not that new, I didn't see it until now. It was great. This movie is just showed me what a single actor, in this case Orlando bloom, can do for a movie. Just the fact that he played in this movie made it a success. There were some other great actors in it, but he was spectacular. Now if only Earthsea would have had Orlando in the main role and a little more action, it could have been a great movie...

On a scale from 0 to 10, I give "Kingdom of Heaven" a 9. It was definitely the greatest movie I saw today and I'm glad I watched it. Well, this was kind of my movie marathon, and actually I'm still thinking of continuing it into the night. I may watch another movie. Who knows? I am the only one who can decide that. I am in control of my life just like you are on yours. I am grateful for watching these movies and for movies in general. Some of them are really inspiring and wonderful.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for music

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:49:00 +0000

Today, I felt grateful for music. Without music the world wouldn't be so joyful. Music makes us sing ourselves and sometimes even dance. Music has something that makes us feel a strange energy. I'm talking about those special songs that you enjoy so much. Hearing one of those songs can make your day and this is why music is so powerful in the first place: it can create a wonderful feeling inside of us and brighten our days.

Music is joy. Music is life and about life. Music is energizing. The right music can make us work faster and better. If you are one of the persons that works better when listening to music, you know what I mean. I like to work with music sometimes, as it makes me feel good and I don't really feel like working anymore. I feel like doing something I like and I have music to go with it.

I am grateful for music because it brings up the best in me and in others. It lights up our faces and makes us want to dance the dance of life. And that's what life could be summed up to: an amazing dance that last a lot more than a normal one. This dance starts up with us not really knowing how to move our feet, but as we go along and see others do it, learn from the better dancers like our parents, we get the hang of it.

Soon, we will dance our own life. Our own songs. We will invent our own moves. We are unique and our dance will show that sooner or later. Our dance like no other. It can be a tango or a salsa. It can be hip hop or reggae. It all depends on what kind of dance we would like to dance. But no matter what we choose, our dance represents us and will remain as a testimony of the person we have been. Our dance will never die or faith away. It will live forever.

I am grateful for music. I am grateful for being able to hear those beautiful words that make me feel alive. I am grateful for having the chance to dance the music I choose to.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for my grandma and for finishing whitewashing

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:13:00 +0000

18 November

I am grateful for my grandma from my mother's side

I am writing this today because yesterday I didn't feel so good, must be something I ate. Anyway, now I feel much better :)

I am grateful for my grandmother. These couple of days I had the chance to spend more time with her as I helped her whitewash 2 rooms of her house. My grandmother is an amazing woman. All her life she had to work a lot to support her two children, and she did a great job raising them. She is an example of a loyal and hard working person and I really appreciate her for this. She helped more than I can remember and I will never forget this. I know that I will get a lot of chances to repay her for everything she's done and more.

After my grandfather died, she is living her self. I visit her from time to time and my uncle does this also, but being alone is not that great. I hate loneliness and I think most people do too. It's good to be lonely from time to time, to spend some time with oneself, but to do it on a regular basis, it's not ok. I've been thinking about this, and in the next couple of days I will do something about this "problem".

She really enjoyed the fact that I helped her, and I enjoyed doing this. At lunch we talked about a bunch of different things and I made her smile a couple of times and that made me happy. I'm pretty sure that she didn't have a lot of reasons to smile in her life time so I will try to make her smile more from now on. I love you grandma! I embrace you with all my heart!

19 November

I am grateful for finishing whitewash the house

Today, I am really grateful for finishing whitewashing. It wasn't a great deal, but it did take a while and I put some serious effort into it. I didn't whitewash for at about 1 year until now, so I had a hard time at first until I remembered how it was done :)

It took 2 days to completely whitewash to 2 rooms, as there were some areas that needed to be whitewashed twice so the color would be the same. But, I have to say it, after the whole thing was over, the rooms were looking like brand new. Thank you for the applause :))

This little whitewash made me feel good about myself when I got home tonight. I helped my grandma and I wanted to do that, and I left something behind: two very white rooms. Maybe it doesn't seem that much for you, but for me it's just great. I'm grateful I had this chance to do something to help my grandma and to spend time with her. I didn't have much time to do anything else, like blog and other stuff I had to do, but it's ok. I have time for those too.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for my two feet

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:12:00 +0000

I just back home from Bucharest, and if it wasn't for my own two feet I wouldn't be home by now. Maybe 2 hours later, but not now. I knew I had a bus somewhere around 6 and from where I left until the bus station, there was plenty of distance, about 1 hour and a half of subway, taking another bus and walking. I left pretty late, at 4.45, and if I wouldn't had these great 2 feet, I wouldn't had arrived in time.

I walked more than 6 miles until I got to the nearest subway station. This isn't much, but it was raining and I had a big bag to carry also, so it was exciting to say the least. By the time I got to the subway ( around 5.18) I was really wet and sweaty, but I made it in less than 29 minutes, so it was ok. I took the subway for one station, then got off and took another subway for 2 stations. I got off and I had to walk for another 2 miles to get to the bus, and it was 5.34.

I knew I had to hurry to get there in time. I didn't really know exactly if the bus would leave at 6 or earlier, or if there even was a bus at that hour. Nothing was 100% sure, but I hurried anyway and got to the station at 5.46. The interesting fact is that the bus left at 5.50, so I got there right on time.

I am really grateful I took that bus, because the next one was around 7.15, so I would have had to wait a while in the station. Thanks legs! I am grateful for having 2 strong and healthy legs to help me out! These legs help me a lot every day and I didn't ever stop to think what life would be without them, until now. I know now that they are very important for me, and I am grateful for that.

Did you ever stop to be grateful for your own 2 legs? Did you ever notice how much they help you? Be grateful for them and take care of them so that they can help you in the future also.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for dog walking

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:14:00 +0000

For a couple of days now I've had the opportunity to walk a dog that belongs to some of my friends, and I have to say this has been a great experience for me. For those of you who have a dog, this may not seem much as you maybe got used to the idea of talking your dog out in the morning. For me, walking the dog was...well, I liked it a lot.

Having a dog means a great responsibility, in my opinion. When you decide you want one, you also must realize that you will be responsible for that being from now on. You must feed him, go out with him, take care of any possible flea problems, take him to the vet on a regular basis, play with him, give him a proper place to sleep. Having a dog is great, but after you get a dog, he becomes a part of you. Like you have to go out, he needs to go out as well.

I see a lot of people that get dogs, but don't take care of them. It's a shame really, because when you look into a dog's eyes you can see...yourself in them. How can you not take care of yourself? The old saying that "dog is man's best friend" is true. Just look at your dog and you will see him jump for joy and wiggle his tail for you. Why does he do that? Because he really likes you or even loves you. He doesn't do it to get something in return, he just is happy to be with you. Now let me ask you this: How many people do you know that feel this for you? One? Two? Is there any?

Not many, right? But your dog will surely be happy whenever he sees you. He will jump into your arms and do silly things just to get your attention and make you laugh. Just pay attention to what your dog is doing and you will see. I just love dogs and I really liked and enjoyed this experience of walking a sweet dog outside. It was fun and relaxing and it could be a great way to get out more. I mean, if you want a jogging partner, get a dog. He will run so fast that by the time you get back home, you will literally fall down.

When you take him out for a walk, you might not realize that you are actually taking yourself out for a walk. As you are giving the dog some fresh air, he is giving you some as well. Dogs force you to get out more, to run more, to enjoy life more. I learned a lot from these past days and I am really grateful for the lessons that Blackie (the dog) gave me. I want to get a dog of my own, but this is not the time for this. But I will in the future.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for being grateful

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:08:00 +0000

Yesterday, on the 15 November I was grateful for being grateful. What does that mean? Being grateful for being grateful? It means that I am grateful for the capacity to be grateful for the things I love and enjoy. I was thinking what would happen if I couldn't express my gratitude for the things that bring joy to my life, what if I couldn't be grateful? That would be very sad indeed.

Being able to express the feelings of gratefulness is really amazing for me. Every time I express this, I get an inexplicable feeling of peace, happiness and relaxation. The fact that I do my best to take time every day and think of at least one thing that I really feel grateful for that day gives me energy and hope for the future. Realizing all the wonderful things that my life already has makes me feel powerful and gives me a strong belief that I can take my life to were I want it to be. I feel in control of my existence and I can make it or break it anytime I want to. The power is mine when it comes to my life, and the power is yours when it comes to your life.

You always, always have the power. It's up to you if you use it to make your life better or sabotage yourself. The power is under your control at all times. You can choose to be grateful or not. You can choose to go to the market or stay at home. You can choose to love someone and reject another. You are in control. But I kind of got of track here.

Getting back to what I am grateful... I am grateful for this wonderful thing, feeling, word, that is "grateful". It's a powerful feeling. When used correctly it shows us things that we just take for granted and that is why we must use it often. This word, this feeling will open us to the world around us more than we can think. It's already opening me to my world. I part of the world I had never seen before. I'm glad this part exists and I'm sure that all humans have it though some don't even know that it's there. I only hope you see this part as well.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for laughter

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:54:00 +0000

Today, 14 November, I am grateful for laughter, the thing that makes us happy. Laughter is a great gift and we should use it as often as we can, even all the time. It has the power to change an entire situation into a happy one. Laughter makes us enjoy our life and really feel the happiness inside of us. It also help us express that happiness and share it with the world. Laughter can also make others laugh as well, as laughter is contagious and very fun.

I think that a day without laughter is not such a good day, so let's all try to laugh more. All the days that I enjoy and experience laughter are great days for me, even if something not planned or not so good happens that day. For me laughter is a real joy and a moment when I recharge my batteries. It's a moment of true, amazing happiness.

I try to laugh as much as possible, even though I have some periods where I'm just bloomy and sad and thinking of all the things I don't have yet. But, the best thing about this is that it makes me realize and constantly remember myself of all the thing I do have and that I am grateful for. And I soon realize that that is actually what matters, and that is what I should think of. As soon as I do that, I feel better, happier and you know what else happens? I start making the right steps towards getting what I don't have right now.

So, in my case, thinking at the things I have and am grateful for actually does my twice the good: changes my feelings from sadness to happiness and helps me get closer to the things I desire. I think and encourage you to do this also. To think and be grateful for what you already have, and I think this will help you get what you want. Either way, it's always better to be happy and not sad, so no matter if thinking of what you have helps you get what you desire or not, it still is a much better thing then thinking of what's lacking from your life.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for friendship

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:01:00 +0000

Unfortunately, yesterday, 13 November I didn't have the time to even open my computer so today, I will write 2 "I am grateful for" posts, for today and yesterday.

13 November

I am grateful for friendship

Today I went with my girlfriend to Bucharest, as she is a student there. It was a fun trip (we slept the whole darn way :)) but that's not exactly what I am grateful for today. When we got to her university, I said to her that I am sure that I will meet 3 of my friends while we got from one university to another (she had to go to another one to attend classes there). This wasn't very far, about 12 minutes of walking.

I was really confident that I would really meet 3 friends and I even said to my girlfriend the names of the 3 people I was going to meet. I didn't really think that it wasn't going to happen, I just knew it would. I saw the people I wanted to meet in my mind and felt the joy of seeing them again as it was a couple of months since we last met.

So, there we were on our way to the university, when I saw one of the 3 people I wanted to meet talking on the phone. He wasn't really in our way, he was somewhere on our right, but I looked at him and he saw me and he said hi even if he was talking on the phone. I saluted him and saw that he was busy and in a hurry, so we went on.

I talked a little bit with my girlfriend and what do you think happen? I meet another friend. It wasn't one from the 2 left, it was another friend that was going to classes. We stopped and hugged and talked for 3 minutes about what we were doing and then I let him go, so he wouldn't be late for classes. I felt great to meet him, it was like a bonus to the 3 I really wanted to meet.

We got to where my girlfriend wanted to go and while I kissed her goodbye, guess who I saw? Of course you guessed it! It was one of the 2 friends left, actually it was one of my greatest friends, Robert. My and my girlfriend saw him from a distance and we raised our hands and we saluted him. He didn't see us the first time so on we went with the salutations until he saw us and smiled. I was really happy to see Robert, as he was my roommate for 2 years at the university campus and I really missed him.

My girlfriend had to go, so I went with Robert to where he had to go ,which was exactly were I was coming from, so we had about 15 minutes to talk. He let me know what was new in his life and I told him what was happening in mine, and the time passed really fast, too fast actually, and soon we were at point 0 in our short journey together. Those 15 minutes seemed like a lot more, because I talked to a dear friend. I hugged him and wished him a good day and all the best.

I stopped to make a phone call, and while the phone was ringing I thought about how grateful I was for these amazing friends that I have in my life. They are truly wonderful! I can truly say that I have at least 5 amazing friends, and what I mean by this those kind of friends that if you need them or their help in the middle of the night, they will help you.

And if they need my help, I will help them. I am grateful for these wonderful friends and I feel blessed to have them. While I was thinking this, realized what a wonderful gift friendship is for me and for the entire human kind. I am really grateful fro friendship, the real kind. The one that makes you cry when you think of your best friends (and I also started to cry as I felt I missed Robert even if I just met him 2 minutes back - maybe that is why I missed him, because I wanted to talk to him more).

If only we could spend our time with the ones we love most, oh, what an unbelievable life it would e then! Doing what we love to do and being with whom we love to be with. Now that is really happiness, no matter how much money you have. It's the feeling inside that matters, all that actually matters.

I didn't get to meet all the 3 friends I wanted to meet, but meeting two of them plus one I hadn't planned on meeting was really great. I'm glad I decided to meet them as I'm sure I make my own path and then choose to walk it or not. I'm grateful for my friends and I hope I can help them at least as much as they helped me. I hope that I will be able to make them as happy as they made me in the past and make me every single day, because they are there for me.

I embrace you with friendship,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for the sweet smell of cleanness

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:42:00 +0000

Do you remember that wonderful smell that your house has right after you have cleaned it? That's what I'm talking about. That smell of freshness and cleanness. This is what I am grateful for today. Me and my girlfriend, we just did a whole house clean up and in that process I was asking myself: "What am I grateful for today?"

I kept asking this until I finally realized that cleaning the house made me feel good, great actually. When I clean the house I feel a boost of energy in my entire body, that warmness that could melt down a rock of ice. I'm sure you experienced that warmness when you did something fast. It's a feeling of joy and power. It's great and cleaning makes me feel this way. And I am grateful for that.

I am grateful for the fact that all the house smells so nice. The fresh air is flying everywhere in the house. Fresh carpets all around. It's a wonderful feeling and maybe you can relate to this if you clean your house with pleasure. It's just so great. It doesn't matter that I'm just cleaning. The entire process is giving me an energy that few things can. And that smell right after I'm finished can't be compared with anything.

If you didn't find this amazing joy in cleaning your house, you may want to try it next time you do it. It's always better to enjoy the things you do or have to do, than to start doing them with a "I'm going to hate this." attitude. Just try to make the whole thing fun and you may want to do it as fast as you can. This always makes me enjoy cleaning even more. I try to beat my own time record and finish cleaning faster than last time. I always make it seem like a game and sometimes even set a reward for myself if I finish the job fast.

You can try anything you want, just make it interesting instead of boring and frustrating. Make a bet with your spouse/husband to see who finishes he/her share of cleaning first and set a prize for the first place (but also reward the second place, so even if you end up second you will still gain something).

You can make cleaning so fun! You just have to want to make it fun. If you want to go trough cleaning with a soar face, that's what you will end up with. But, if you want to at least try and make it interesting, because you just have to clean, then do so. Start thinking of ways to make it a fun activity and I'm sure you will come up with great ideas.

I embrace you from a clean house :)
Razvan Dobre

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I am 3 times more grateful for...

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:32:00 +0000

In this post I am 3 times as grateful as I included here the "I am grateful for" posts for 9,10 and 11 November, which I couldn't do so sooner because of the internet connection problem. I'm posting them now. Enjoy!

9 November

I am grateful for my girlfriend

I am so grateful that I have such a wonderful girlfriend! She is truly not my half, but a part of myself! Of all the things and people that I've attracted into my life, my girlfriend is the most important.

I'm grateful that she loves me so much and shows me this every single day. I'm grateful for her smile and for her amazing "just being herself" that lights up the entire world! I'm grateful that she takes care of me, cooks for me, washes for me, helps me when I need help.

I am grateful for all the things that she did, does and will do. Diana, I am grateful for you! Your existence is making this world a much happier and joyful place.

I wish to you a girlfriend or a boyfriend like her. She is just amazing! Diana, I love you! Thank you for being here all the time!

10 November

I am grateful for my home

I thought about all the people that do not have a place to call home, a roof over their heads. I am so lucky to have a great home. A place of my own which allows me to be myself and do what I love to do without worrying where I sleep tonight. I am so grateful for this!

I just think how it would be if I wouldn't have my own home and I recognize the gratefulness I have for my home. This is the thing that I'm grateful for today. It's a place that's a part of me and I'm a part of it.

Do you have a roof over your head? Be grateful for it. Many people only dream of what you and me already have.

11 November

I am grateful for my hamsters

I have a lovely bunch of hamsters that keep me company when I am alone. It all started with a boy and a girl and it quickly got to 4 boys and 5 girls! I really love them, although I keep them separated now, because I don't want them to multiply again, as in this rate I will soon have a whole hamster farm :))

I really am grateful for these furry creatures that are so loving towards me. I can feel their love every time I pick a hamster up and play with it. Their just like little children that need love and affection and will give you what only innocent creatures can: unconditional love.

They never seem to amaze me to how much energy they have. All day long (actually most of the night as in the day time the mostly sleep) they run and play. They are so fun to watch and play with! They can really brighten up the day! I recommend you get a hamster or two if you don't already own one! It will literally change your life in a great way!

I love you hamsters! Thanks for being yourself! Keep on playing and enjoying life! I could learn a thing or two from you.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for my grandma and birthdays

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:51:00 +0000

This post is for 8 November. As you know I had some problems, so I'm posting it now.

Today is my grandma's birthday. My aunt had called me on Monday and told me this, as I didn’t know this. She said "We always celebrated grandpa properly. It's time we did the same for grandma." We planed to meet on Saturday, at the country side and give my grandma a birthday party she would never forget. She turned 73, by the way. I hope she lives another 100 years, at least.

I got there on Saturday, early in the morning. My father drove my there, as he was heading that direction. He promised to stop by in the afternoon and say "Happy birthday!". I got there and the gate was locked, but the dogs started to bark and my grandma sow me. I hadn't seen them for over 4 months. My grandma was so happy to see me, like she always is, that she started to cry. I said "Happy birthday grandma!". She didn’t know if I would came or not, because I didn't tell her that.

We sat down and we talked about how I was doing and about how her and grandpa were doing also. Grandpa was at the church as he is a sort of helper for the priest there and he takes his job very serious. He is 80 years old, and although some people can't even walk at 80, he does a great job of that, especially when he needs to go to the church. It's something that motivates him and gives him strength. My grandma is a very funny woman. You can't really have a talk with her and not laugh. You just can't. She will always find something to say that will make you laugh with tears. Although she had her share of sadness and hard things in life, she laughs a lot and that helps her.

She was worried about me, as she hadn't seen me for so long, but I reassured her I was fine. I bough her this chocolate brandy and she liked it very much. I also gave her some candy that had jelly inside, so that she could chew them, as at her age she hasn't my teeth anymore. She loved them, but she loved my presence there. That was all that really mattered. I enjoyed it too. After a while, one of my aunts come also and she brought a beautiful cake for grandma. We lighted a candle and we started to sing "Happy birthday!" My grandma is the kind of person that says "Come on. Stop this. You are silly." But we didn't stop, because we wanted her to know that we loved her so darn much!

I was and am really grateful for my grandma. For her existence on this earth. She is sort of my second mother as she raised me from 2 years old to 5 and a half, and also took care of me after that. She raised 4 kids and they all turned out great. I hope that she lives a lot more so I can show her my gratitude in all the ways possible. I love you grandma! Happy birthday!

I am also grateful for birthdays. These are special days, when people come together and celebrate someone they love. It's great! It brings us all together and the love level is so high then. That's why I'm so grateful for birthdays, because it makes us as one.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for my internet connection

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:31:00 +0000

This is the "I am grateful for..." post that was supposed to be on the blog on 7 November, but because of the internet connection problems I had, I'm posting it now. Enjoy!

In the last couple of days I've had some problems with my internet connection, which infortunately have not been solved at the time of me writing this post. It's not very fun to not have an internet connection, especially when you're work depends on it, but it happens. And everything happens for a reason. In my case, this probably happened so that I realize the importance than a simple internet connection has for me.

I had this problem in the past, but it seems that I never have been really grateful for the great internet connection I had until now. By not having it anymore, I am trully grateful for the moments I do have it and I will remember this from now on.

Altough I wrote a post that I wanted to put on my blog yesterday, I couldn't because of my internet connection problem. Believe me, I'm really, really grateful now for the times when my internet connection worked fine and I will hold that in mind. It's moments like these that make you feel grateful for what you already have, because when you don't have them anymore, you feel their absence and the real importance they had into ones life.

I'm not only talking about internet connection and other material stuff. I'm also speaking of people that are very important to us, but we don't trully realize their importance until they are gone. It's only then that we feel the emptiness inside of us, the feeling that we could easily have done more to show them their importance to us, to show them how much we love them.

Keep this in mind the next time you meet someone of great importance to you like your children, you mother or father, or you half. Embrace them like you never embraced them before and tell them "I love you with all my heart". Don't forget that altough they may know how much you love them, it's much better to always tell them that. They will feel joy and love for you and you will feel the same, so it's a win-win situation and you should do it as often as possible. Don't think that "He/she knows how much I love him/her. I don't need to show it to him/her." Don't think, just do it. Don't wait untill you will no longer have the opportunity to do it. Do it now. If you love them, show them you do.

Be grateful for everything and everyone that surounds you and show them your love and gratefulness. If I can be grateful for a measly internet connection, I'm sure you can find a lot more things/persons to be grateful for. Maybe, you just didn't stop to think of what you are grateful for. It's time you did so. Don't postpone. Love needs not to be postponed. Love needs to be lived in this moment, not tommorrow. I hope you will remember to be grateful for what you have and show those people you trully are grateful for, exactly that, that you are.

It doesn't even have to be a person, I can easily be a dog or a cat, that is very important to you. When it's gone you'll miss it. So, play with it more. Make it feel happy and you will feel happy. Show it you're grattitude.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for not having a headache

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:56:00 +0000

This post should have been here on the blog a couple of days back, but due to an internet connection problem I had, it wasn't possible to be posted when I wrote it, which is 6 November 2008. So, this is the reason I was grateful on 6 November.

Why I am grateful for not having a headache?

Well, last night. I had a horrible headache that kept up for about an hour and a half before I could actually get some sleep. I stayed too much at the computer, without any proper breaks and my head was pissed off and he showed me :)) It really was one of those painful headaches that makes you wanna tear your head apart :) I do not wish this kind of pain to anyone.

Anyway, the idea here is that I would have gave "half my kingdom" if only I could get rid of that headache. I really would! This made me feel so grateful that I don't have these sort of headaches often. In the past, a couple years back, these sort of headaches were kind of familiar to me, and it wasn't 3 or 4 days without such a headache. some cool mountain air and seaside trips fixed this problem and, in time I didn't have such headaches. Last night was just a reminder to be grateful that I don't. Thank you, my smart friend! (I was talking to the head here).

I'm really, really, really very grateful for the lack of headaches, even more because I had this past experince of the thing and trully know how it feels. Did you ever have such headaches? If you did, then maybe you should be grateful for the days you don't have them. Did you ever think of that? Yes, be grateful for something that could be causing you pain, but it's not.

It's pretty powerfull, because you know exactly how it feels to have a bad headache. You know the feeling. You've been through it, so you will be even more grateful when you relate to that feeling. Try it. Even if you don't usually have problems with headaches, I'm sure you can find another such "pain" that you are grateful for not having often.

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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I am grateful for ...

noreply@blogger.com (Razvan) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:33:00 +0000

I am launching a new category on this blog, called "I am grateful for...". Every day, for a whole year, starting today, 5 November 2008, I will write about at least one thing that I'm grateful for in that particular day.

This is just a small part of the changes that I want to make in my own life, changes that will not only help me on my personal development quest, but it will hopefully help you as well. I will share more about my plans soon.

For now, I want to share with you the thing that I'm grateful for today. I'm writing this here for 2 reasons:

1. The first reason is to remind myself of the wonderful things that I already have, and that I usually just take for granted. Sometimes I find myself searching for something in a wrong way and I don't find it. I'm sad for a while but then I discover, that, to my surprise, the thing I was searching for was already in my possession.

I just didn't look for it the right way. What I'm trying to say here is that we sometimes look for things like money and fame, because we desire those things and think that by having them we will get what we mostly want. Because it's not really money, fame, cars or anything else that we truly desire. What we want is something much more valuable. We are searching for happiness. All our life we are looking for things and experiences that create inside of us that wonderful feeling of inexplicable joy.

This is what we truly want. Happiness. If we only knew that happiness is so close to us, in any moment of the day, we wouldn't need to go and look for it somewhere it's not. Most of the times, if not every time, out own happiness is not somewhere out there in the world. In fact our happiness lies inside of us. It doesn't lie in money, fame, cars, houses or success. It is a part of us. We just have to choose to see that it is here, not there. By being grateful for what we already have, we find happiness within our selves. And, if you didn't know this, happiness attracts happiness. The more happy we are the more happier we will become. This is why it's so important to feel happy for what you already have. Many others do not have what you have. So be grateful.

2. I'm doing this "I am grateful for..." exercise daily because I truly feel that it's of great importance to my life and to anyone's life. I hope that by doing this here, I will inspire other people to write down and be grateful for all the things they already have in their lives. This exercise is as much for me as it is for you. I hope it will help you and myself to find the happiness we both have inside of us. And after we have found it, let's enjoy it!

So, today I am grateful for my eyes. Yes I am grateful for having two perfect eyes, which help me to see what I am writing in this post. Without my eyes I would be lost, and many of this world's beauty would become just imagination for me. I can't even imagine what someone that doesn't have the capacity to see this beautiful world, feels like. I feel sorry for people that have to go through this life without seeing the world.

But I encourage them to also look for other things that they do have and be grateful for those things. If we think to much of the things that we don't have, we are in fact giving those things too much energy. We are wasting our energy on something that isn't going to help us anyway, when we could be concentrating on the things that can help us, like being grateful for what we have. This will make us feel good and happy with our selves. And by being happy we will become ... more even more happy.

As I was saying, I'm grateful for having these beautiful two eyes, that show me this amazing world every single day. Last night I stayed at the computer so long that this morning my eyes were hurting. Right then I realized that if I hadn't had my eyes I would have lost something of immense value to me. So many things that I couldn't again see... This is why I've decided to reduce the amount of time that I spend in front of the computer every day. Because I love my eyes and I'm grateful for having them. I've decided to do a lot of things in the nearby future, but more on that soon - and this will also hopefully help you as well, so it may interest you ;)

Well, that's my 2 cents for today and I will take good care of my eyes so I can see you one day, face to face. You'd better take care of yours and be grateful you have them. I'll see you soon! (I can even say "see you soon" because of my eyes - I'm even more grateful now :)

I embrace you,
Razvan Dobre

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