Write on August 9, 2010
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Dear friends,
Long time ago when I was in high-school I
was part of the Scouts team.
For some years we have been on the mountains tops cleaning and watching the beauties of our country.
This year I went on the mountain again because we discovered heaven on Earth: Valisoara region. Because this place is so beautiful and inside are hidden a lot of treasures (like protected animals, plants, insects, caves etc.) my friends Mihai and Kinga who are owners of Association Biounivers launched at the beginning of August a thematic route “Biodiversity- treasure hidden in Valisoara”.
At the launching event I met a lot of interesting people from Alba, Cluj and Sibiu.
The guys from Salvamont Alba taught us how to orient in the forest with compass and map and the biologists from Biounivers taught us how to recognize protected plants and animals.
Th is thematic route
is amazing. Words cannot express the beauty of the place, the air and the perfect wild views.
Go to Valisoara to discover this route and Pensiunea Cucului (if you want to hear the blackcock singing)!
Enjoy, Mihaela
Write on August 6, 2010
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Dear friends,
I feel like the happy puppy. Maybe you (who read now my words) feel the same. Also, there are people that feel like the sad puppy. It is human nature. The idea is that we choose our mental and soul state and we are the only responsible for how we feel and behave. Many times we run away and hide when we need to take decisions and to assume our personal responsibility.
From all my Japanese and international colleagues (and I am grateful to all of them!), I learned at this academy that you need to take your time
to think deeply before you speak, to pass everything to your own internal filter and to take full responsibility for your decisions and actions. And most important, take all the challenges that came into your life
one by one and to solve them with calm and happiness. Patience and wisdom are the basis.
I put Konosuke Matsushita and his peaceful garden (that I dream to visit it one day!) on my door because I appreciate his leadership style and because this entire JCI academy was about creating new leaders to embrace world peace.
Why I appreciate his leadership
? In 1933 Matsushita came with a vision that had the following list of guiding principles (that are very similar with JCI principles):
• Service to the Public
• Fairness and honesty
• Teamwork for the common cause
• Untiring effort for improvement
• Courtesy and humility
• Accordance with natural laws
• Gratitude for blessings
Matsushita knew also the story with the happy and sad puppy (its human nature after all!) and said: “Human beings are sometimes slaves to the ugly and weak side of human nature. However, if you set high goals for yourself and every day continue to reflect on them, step by step you will be more focused and make yourself a better human being, becoming a happier person for it..”.
One of the goals for my life (and the academy through our course leader taught me this) is Be a ray of hope! If sounds very idealistic and makes you laugh, but it is my personal mission on this Earth.
Yes, I found it and this academy gave me all the reasons to believe that I am on the right track for my life.
My good friend who shared the above story, Constantin D. Pavel wrote in his newsletter about optimism the following: “Being optimist means to make the best choices for the moment and place where you are. And more you choose what is good from what is bad, more you perseverate in cleaning your life path by all people, things, feelings and thoughts that are obstacles for your life mission. Because you came on this Earth with a great mission: to live fully and to be happy of what is good in life in any moment! You choose what you will reflect in the mirror of your life…”.
So, what is your mirror reflecting? It’s your choice to be the happy or the sad puppy. We are the creators of our own reality!
In the end, I would like to offer you some food for thought:
• ”Service to others is the price you pay for your room here on Earth”. (Muhammad Ali)
• “At times of challenge we seek leadership.
We need leadership. We are nurtured by the dream that is bigger than ourselves.” (John O. Burdett)
• “Curious minds have no boundaries”. (Joe Navarro)
• “Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.” (Richard Denny)
• “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” ( Clarence Thomas)
Mihaela
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