Black Eyed Peas

very quick ...very fast...
I know they are going to Brazil...so those who have a chance ...BUY the tickets NOOOOOOWWWW... the show is amazing and Fergie of course rocks!

so here goes some pics of me and my friends at the show here in Winnipeg!!!
see you students

Teacher Daniel Ferraz

living within tensions

I m living within the tension of Sataying here in Canada and going back to my country... well just when I thought I would be counting down the days and would be really really glad to be back to Brazil, I just have this feeling I am going to miss a lot CAnada... eveything here ideed, the experience, friends, study, readings, trips, etc etc etc
well I guess life is like this isn t it? living on the tensions of leaving x staying, laughing and crying, dreaming x doing, having fun x concentrating on work, staying with friends x staying alone, watching a movie x listening to a song, the list is endless...

how do we choose? do we have to choose? ...
I do think the answer is contextual meaning that every single day and every single moment, every single breathing ... we make the best possible choice!!!

so what are the tensions of your life? have you given a thought on that?

have anice week
Daniel

children...

Children

so I was having breakfast with my elderly friend Mary ( 70...something years old) and out of the blue she starts this story about her niece who adopted two baby girls from China...so the story was long and beautiful...in the end she said : " well daniel this changed my niece s life!" I just looked around and there were two children in the room...having breakfast with their very patient daddy... the elders around them were fascinated by the two little cute children...

the reflection today is " how I miss my Goddaughters!"

many of my friends will say that children are little devils ( and they sometimes are!!!) and we can t stay with them for more than 5 minutes...well I would say I can play with my granddaughters and any other child for hours!!!

Children are those blessed little creatures who are here among us - serious, hardworking and respectable adults! - to remind us that we are all humann beings in the end...

so I leave with 3 meditations about children and 3 pictures of my cute little ones:


medatiaion 1: "Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them" Antoine de Saint-exupery

2: Parents are most effective when they don't assume the role of parent but that of a trusted, caring friend, like an older brother or sister

3: Out of the mouths of children, wisdom is natural because all they know is the truth as they see it. When a child speaks, REALLY LISTEN.

and the 3 ones:

have a great week, adults! remember the epifanic moment a child's smile can be!!!

Daniel

MaE - la petite Maria Eduarda



Taty, not a child anymore...but still a cute girl



Luisa, my little ballerina

and after a month... August 8th, 2010

Hi students and friends

Toronto students...are you all back to Sao Paulo...safe and sound? hope so...and thanks for the bunches of "thanks" emails...that was fulfilling...

so here I am back to Winnipeg...and just when I thought I would get a terrible depression after 16 days with my dear students and freinds...guess what? it was a relief to be back to my little bridcage! and I am quite happy over here...not even sure if I will return to Sao Paulo he he he...

the reflection today is: it is impossible to be an academic and a blogger!!! I don t even have time to watch the news !!! no time to blog at all ...I am soooo sorry...have to give up this blogging career ha ha ha...and I thought well..nobody is reading anyways right? yeah Sandra elias? or Irene? or Pat Tsuchyia? yeah I know that the blogspot.com's are all blocked for comments and this is sooo bad cause i have no idea who s reading this or not...anyways... THANKS my ( stalker heheheh) friend Armando whom I had the pleasure of being my reader (and who taught me how to make Ceviche humm yummy!!!)...here I am blogging again...soooo many things happened during this month that i ll summarize it in some sentences that have driven my life this month;

1. live happily, each moment. My theater teacher at Celia Helena used to say in class that WE ACTUALLY CHANGE WITH EVERY BREATHING... this was powerful. I know it sound so cliche, but this is such an important cliche...
2. when you are alone, take this time for a self-reflction...and if you have difficulty to be with yourself...buy any "ordinary self-help" book like GRACE NOTES (by Alexandra Stoddard)...and follow it through the year...read it every morning...that will help you deal with with your most inner complex issues
3. make friends! (this does not need explanation right?)
4. read a good book ( well if you have been my student for a long time you probably know I Rread five books at the same time)...anyways pick a good literature book and read thoroughly ...this might change your approach to life!
5. talk to your family! always
6. plan your day, plan your week and your month!!! plan plan plan...organize HOWEVER, leave space for the little or big surprises LIFE brings you! out of the blue, a bad hair day may turn into an UNFORGETTABLE DAY!
7. if you dream, remember to play your favorite songs along...dream a little dream of me with Nora Jones is nice suggestion

well that is it!
many kisses and hugs
Daniel