16 dicembre 2011
Omogenitorialità: in uscita un nuovo libro per far capire l'omossessualità in famiglia anche ai più piccoli
Francesca Pardi, Desideria Guicciardini, Qual è il segreto di papà?, Lo stampatello, 2011
Questo il nuovo titolo della casa editrice Lo stampatello (di cui accennai qualche tempo fa).
La recensione di Severino Colombo la potete leggere qui.
12 dicembre 2011
Dal Sol Levante
"Quando la tempesta sarà finita, probabilmente non saprai neanche tu
come hai fatto ad attraversarla e a uscirne vivo.
Anzi, non sarai neanche sicuro se sia finita per davvero. Ma su un punto non c’è dubbio ed è che tu, uscito da quel vento, non sarai più quella persona che vi è entrata".
(Haruki Murakami)
Anzi, non sarai neanche sicuro se sia finita per davvero. Ma su un punto non c’è dubbio ed è che tu, uscito da quel vento, non sarai più quella persona che vi è entrata".
(Haruki Murakami)
7 dicembre 2011
The Invitation by Oriah
It doesn’t interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon...
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn’t interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.
By Oriah © Mountain Dreaming, from the book The Invitation published by HarperONE, San Francisco, 1999 All rights reserved
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon...
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn’t interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.
By Oriah © Mountain Dreaming, from the book The Invitation published by HarperONE, San Francisco, 1999 All rights reserved
4 dicembre 2011
IMO, l'acronimo che addolcisce
IMO è un acronimo: si ottiene prendendo le iniziali delle parole che compongono l'espressione inglese "I(n) M(y) O(pinion)", che significa "a mio parere".
IMHO è una delle varianti possibili: "I(n) M(y) H(umble/Honest) O(pinion)", ossia "a mio modesto parere".
Questa sigla viene comunemente utilizzata in chat, forum, gruppi di discussione per mitigare l'assertività di alcune opinioni, pur mantenendo la propria libertà di espressione e, nel contempo, riconoscendo quella altrui.
Si tratta quindi di una convenzione tutta social che, come altre strategie, nasce dall'esigenza di dare un "tono" a una conversazione scritta, un contesto ad altissimo rischio di fraintendimento data la totale assenza del linguaggio non-verbale (quei gesti, quelle espressioni che permettono di capire le diverse sfumature di senso del discorso, al di là delle singole parole). IM(H)O è, quindi, letteralmente, un segno di rispetto.
Anche nella comunicazione informale quotidiana via mail IMO può essere molto utile: per esempio quando capita di dover dare un parere che potrebbe facilmente essere frainteso e urtare chi lo riceve.
Vi ricordate Mary Poppins? "Basta un poco di zucchero e la pillola va giù..." ;)
Semplici strategie per rendere più efficace e rispettosa la nostra comunicazione quotidiana.
- Attenzione al TUTTO MAIUSCOLO
- Cc(n): quando la differenza tra rispetto e superficialità sta in una singola lettera
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