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دختر مکتب / School girl

On the first day of the new school year, when Afghan girls returned to their schools with thousands of hopes and aspirations, the Ta liban expelled them from their classrooms and sent them back home.
It seems that these ignorant people have no purpose other than plotting to darken the lives of the Afghan women.

در اولین روز از سال تحصیلی جدید وقتی دختران با هزاران امید و آرزو به مکتب بازگشتند ط البان آنها را از مکتب بیرون کردند. انگار این جاهلان غیر از نقشه کشیدن برای سیاه کردن زندگی زنان دیگر هدفی ندارند.

بهار ۱۴۰۱ /کابل-افغانستان

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“I often think that memes are far more interesting than art these days. They operate through a shared mind and mutate throughout the network,” agrees Holder. “Memes present a kind of live commentary of what's going on in the world, becoming part of our cultural psyche.”

🩹Everyone has the right to worry and be happy

An eerie trip through London’s first ever ‘meme hospital’ Memeplex is a new show exploring the effects of memes on our post-human brains, featuring artwork from David Cronenberg, Suzanne Treister and Katja Novitskova

Reminder by the German Ministry for Luck & Wellbeing that today is „look at things positively“ day 🍀

Heute ist der „Sieh-es-positiv-Tag”!

Ja, ihr habt richtig gelesen: Der 21. Dezember ermutigt uns dazu, alles auch mal positiv zu sehen. Und das kann in der Woche vor Weihnachten bekanntlich vieles sein: Wir überhören den Wecker, verpassen die Bahn auf dem Weg zur Arbeit, haben noch keine Geschenkideen und keine Zeit zum Einkaufen und können vor lauter Stress nicht einschlafen.

Eine echte Herausforderung für den Optimisten in uns. Aber am „Sieh-es-positiv-Tag” gilt die Regel: drüberstehen, schmunzeln, Perspektive wechseln und weitermachen. Was können wir also tun, um die Dinge an diesem Tag und vielleicht sogar ab sofort etwas leichter zu nehmen?

Eine Übung aus dem neuen Mitmach-Buch „Glück doch mal!” haben unsere Follower:innen vor Kurzem erst kennengelernt: den schwarzen Punkt. ⚫️ Wenn wir einen schwarzen Punkt auf ein Blatt malen, ist er das Einzige, was uns auffällt, stimmt's? Erst wenn wir das Blatt mit weiteren Bildern und Worten zu füllen (am besten in bunten Farben), rückt der schwarze Punkt langsam aber sicher in den Hintergrund. Diese Übung soll euch zeigen, dass wir unsere Aufmerksamkeit viel zu sehr von den negativen Dingen leiten lassen, anstatt das Gute um uns herum wahrzunehmen. Diese Einstellung können wir allerdings ganz leicht ändern, indem wir uns die guten Sachen immer wieder vor Augen führen.

Eine andere sehr wirksame Übung ist die ALI-Methode – Atmen, Lächeln, Innehalten. 🧘‍♀️ Atmet als erstes tief in den Bauch ein. Setzt dann euer schönstes Lächeln auf – das suggeriert eurem Gehirn, dass etwas Gutes passiert ist. Zum Schluss lasst ihr die Situation einen Moment auf euch wirken und belohnt euch mit dem Gefühl des „Nicht-sofort-Reagierens“. Ausprobieren lohnt sich!

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As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering
are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is AUTHENTICITY.

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody
as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me.
Today I call it RESPECT.

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it MATURITY.

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm.
Today I call it SELF-CONFIDENCE.

As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm.
Today I call it SIMPLICITY.

As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health - food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is LOVE OF ONESELF.

As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is MODESTY.

As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening.
Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it FULFILLMENT.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me
and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection WISDOM OF THE HEART.

We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.

Today I know THAT IS LIFE.

Charles Spencer Chaplin

🥰🥰 Everyone has the right to not have a framework to make sense of the insecurity and vulnerability they feel in relation to each other.

What is romantic friendship? Deep and lasting connection comes in many forms: we need a new vocabulary to talk about love.