Category Archives: understanding ourselves

You light up my life

You Light Up My Life Debby Boone So many nights I’d sit by my window Waiting for someone to sing me his song So many dreams I kept deep inside me Alone in the dark but now you’ve come along … Continue reading

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She said she wanted

She said she wanted Someone to tell her the truth She said she needed honesty after all And then The wrapping and the lies And deceit reappeared As if telling her As if challenging her to stay sane and to … Continue reading

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I’ve got a name

It seems just the other day when i could pack the dog in a bag and some sandwiches and hop on a train and  head towards a beautiful place in nature and walk and walk..now i am a city mouse sadly   for every life … Continue reading

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needs

I needed reading glasses in an emergency,it was the weekend  so i  had gone  to the pharmacy ; the Russian speaking salesgirl showed me where to look, and i found the glasses i needed there is nothing worst than not being … Continue reading

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Dire straits

Finally getting the 10 th grade  pupils working and then completing a worksheet for the song “Brothers in arms” by the Dire Straits. The other day the 11th grade pupils had my lesson cancelled and were given explanations about the military service, … Continue reading

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You can be anything you want to be sort of thinking

“I don’t speak because i have the power of speech, i speak because i don’t have the power to be silent” -Rabbi Avraham Kook  

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Bingo: where you start and where you end

One of the phases of early development in every baby is to learn to differentiate himself or herself from the mother figure, though this speaker does not go back to developmental psychology but quote Fromme and Maslow of self actualisation ;  But … Continue reading

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st. George is gone

The news of George Michael’s death at 53 disturbed the Christmas  holiday prolonged imprisonment . I was never a fan of the fun loving entertainer who had serious  social issues hidden in the texts of his songs about the lack … Continue reading

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Georges gorgeous music

Au village, sans prétention, J’ai mauvaise réputation ; Que je me démène ou je reste coi, Je pass’ pour un je-ne-sais-quoi. Je ne fais pourtant de tort à personne, En suivant mon ch’min de petit bonhomme ; Mais les brav’s … Continue reading

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The greatness of gratitude

There’s this story that when we are grateful and say thank you for what we HAVE, then the universe, or G-d, or whatever higher forces you envision or just think are magnetic forces etc. decide to give you more of … Continue reading

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