A Leaf

The wind blew
And a leaf fell from a tree
Green, not like other fallen leaves
Yet, it was the same
Silent.. Unnoticed..
Passerbys stepped on it, carelessly
Coming.. Going.. Hurting
How could that be
They didn't even see
That it was still alive!

Park Bench

It was dark and raining,
A girl was sitting on a park bench,
Next to her was a wet paper.
The girl was sobbing quietly!
Sobbing so hard..
So hard you could feel the pain in her eyes
You could see her heart bleeding
You could touch her agony
You could hear her loud screams
You could think she would never stop.
Then the rain stopped..
So did she,
She wiped her eyes,
Looked at the soaked paper,
Stood up.. And left!

Escape this world!

Do you ever get the feeling that you just want to escape this world, distract yourself from everything happening around you?

The feeling that nothing matters anymore, that you don't care about politics or whats going on around you. The need to just isolate yourself and live in your own world, your own bubble with no one to disturb or annoy you. You don't want to talk to anyone or see anyone, you just want to be left alone. You put on your headphones and listen to music with the volume up, watch your favorite show on your computer, watch your favorite movie "which probably you have watched before at least 15 times", write, read, sleep, play with your pet, go have a walk outside or even travel somewhere. Different kinds of actions but they all serve the same purpose.. escaping.

Wanting to escape doesn't mean that you are weak, or a coward. It just means that you had too much to deal with that you just need a break from all of the troubles around you for we are humans and we have limits and we sometimes just reach a level where we just can't take it anymore.

So whenever you just want to escape, just do it. Pick your favorite thing you like to do and do it. Don't hesitate, don't back off, do it and you will feel so much better. Do it because you owe it to yourself.

Fun activities for team members

A good work environment is the base of every successful organization. From providing food and drinks to different means of entertainment, games and fun bonding activities between members can help a lot in making employees happy and therefor increase their performance.

Here are some ideas that in my opinion can help increase bonds between members and make work more fun and enjoyable.

      1. Put a humor section on the bulletin board and invite team members to post things they find funny (keeping good taste in mind, of course). Jokes, drawings or anything they find funny can be posted on the board.

      2. Find out what your team members are good at. If you give them something they actually have passion for and are good at, then they’ll want to grow and develop this skill. So figure out what the true genius zone is for each team member and shift their roles around to unleash their true potential. See it as talent chess.

 3. Let each member write "Quote of the day" on a bulletin board or a simple board or even paper.

4. A different task should be set to one member each day. But this task should include interacting with another member like: Today John should get Mike a cup of coffee, or Ana should shake hands with Sarah. Some stuff like those, could be fun and increase bonds between team members.

     

5. Advice of the day: Ask each team member to prepare an advice to tell the rest of the team. Each day one member should give a different and a good advice to the rest of the members or a simple tip on how to be happy.

6. Once per week a member should get an extra 30-min. break.

7. One-on-one sessions: Team leader should set for each member a day every week for one-on-one sessions for the member if they want to discuss any personal issues or any problem facing them outside work.

     8. A quick work question sent via e-mail to each member. And the first to answer the question correctly should get a simple prize like chocolate.

9. If possible, a member can bring a homemade dessert or any type of food to enjoy with the rest of the team members.

10. Write different name tags with descriptions on them like "The funny one, the smart one, the naughty one,…etc" and ask every member's opinion on which person they think should get each "nickname" and the most voted nickname for each member should be hanged on their clothes for a whole week.

What happened to simplicity?

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”  - Confucius

Everything used to be simple, simple things made us happy. A simple smile, a simple hello, a simple gift everything was so simple. Now, it's not like that. Everything is much more complicated than it used to be! Emotions are complicated, happiness is complicated, relationships are complicated.

Why is it so hard to just simply tell someone that you miss them and getting actually the chance to see them. Why is it so hard to open up to someone without being afraid of getting hurt. Why did it become so hard to say how you really feel about someone?

I wonder when did life get so complicated. Is it a rule that the older you get, the more complicated things become? Or do we do that to ourselves. Is it the increase of responsibilities that does this to us or we are just programmed to feel this way.

I just wish life is now as simple as it used to be when I was younger. No problems or crowded brains with suffocating thoughts. Sleeping peacefully at night, and waking up with a clear mind in the morning.

I think we all want to live a simpler life but the people around us are not helping. It's either your boss at work or your family at home, your husband, your children, your neighbors. Some people unfortunately complicate our lives unintentionally but they do and sometimes you just can't escape those people or even tell them that they are actually making your life harder. So I guess leading a simple life does not depend on you but on the people around you as well.

Anyhow, I still think that one should do everything possible to keep his life as much simple as possible by trying to do the simple things that used to make him happy over and over again. Reading a good book, drinking a hot cup of coffee, waking up with a big smile in the morning, seeing an old friend, buying yourself a gift every now and then, making someone else happy, playing with your pet, .... etc

These things are simple pleasures that people should always remember to do. 

These things make life simpler!

Why cancer protects from Alzheimer's and vice versa - health - 10 July 2013 - New Scientist

Why cancer protects from Alzheimer's and vice versa - health - 10 July 2013 - New Scientist

When everything is just boring!

It's one of those days when everything is just boring. Doing anything no matter what seems meaningless and boring. I try to do something different and yet end up feeling the same, BORED!

I hate these days, I just feel so depressed and lonely. Waiting for something big to happen, an event that could change my life, but until now NOTHING!

Don't you just hate this feeling, when you know you want something but don't know what it is, or how to get it! Don't you just hate it when the future seems blurry, that you don't know and also can't guess what would happen!

I did change a lot in my life, I did break the daily routine, but I still feel that there is something missing. I think I know what's missing, but I also think that I should not be that bored. I mean I can do a lot of other things that would make me happy, but no, I want all the other things that I can't do or have right now!

Is this weird, is this considered as me being ungrateful for what I already have?
Although what I want is pretty simple, I am not asking for much and maybe that's the problem. I'm not asking for much still I'm not getting it. Maybe it's the feeling that this is so unfair that is making me really sad. Maybe it's because i want simple things that a lot of people already have but not getting any. Not even a little bit!

I hate it when I'm excited about something, then somehow it does not work out the way I expected. This happened a lot to me lately and it really made me feel so down. I am not gonna quit though, I will continue doing everything to try and make myself feel better. I just hope that I won't get disappointed again because it's a terrible feeling.

This is going to get better, I'm sure it will.