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Una comedia francesa que llega ahora a un teatro madrileño. Muchas veces me pregunto si el sentido del humor de los franceses y el nuestro no son muy diferentes...
Esta es la versión cinematográfica.

The art of taking action. Lesson from Japanese Psichology by Gregg Krech

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The Art of Taking ActionLessons from Japanese PsychologyGregg Krech

Greg Krech is one of the world’s leading teachers of Japanese psychology. This book integrates three core facets of the work he has done for the last 25+ years: Morita Therapy + kaizen + Naikan. Big Ideas we explore include understanding what is within our control and what is not (hint: thoughts and feelings are not; behaviors are), how to create momentum in your life and the importance of constant incremental improvement.

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Small steps are an elegant approach to indecision. That’s because each of those small steps sends ripples out into the world. Your situation is never the same from day to day, because the world is in a dynamic state of flux. Once you take a small step you get new information and now you can consider the situation from a different perspective.” 

“It’s not just about doing more and procrastinating less. It’s about your dreams,your passion, the risks you need to take and the opportunity to forget yourselfand simply disappear into the moment as it unfolds. It’s about less talk and moreaction. It’s about less blaming and more appreciation. It’s about less mindlessnessand more presence. ...

You just need to figure out how to work with your life — with your circumstances,your feelings, your family members, your challenges, your dreams and yourdisappointments. You have to figure out what you need to do, when you need to doit, and how to do it to your best ability. There’s nobody whipping you from behind.Your life is in front of you, waiting . . . for your next move.“Gregg Krech

Esculturas bajo el Támesis - Jason Decaires Taylor

Este mes se celebra en Londres un Festival cuyo protagonista es el río Támesis. Entre las atracciones de este evento hay una muy curiosa. Unas esculturas (cuatro caballos y sus jinetes)  que sólo pueden verse cuando la marea baja ya que el río las sumerge por completo cuando las aguas van subiendo.

Es un espectáculo que reúne a muchos visitantes y que se debe al escultor británico Jason Decaires Taylor, que es un apasionado del buceo y la Naturaleza y cuyas obras se localizan en lugares como Cancún o Lanzarote.

Imperfectionist by Stephen Guise

Ideas para dejar de ser perfeccionista...

Lenguaje corporal. Microexpresiones faciales

Microexpresiones faciales: Paul Ekman por raulespert

Después de unos pocos capítulos de la serie  Lie to me (Miénteme) ,  protagonizada por Jim Roth, y basada en las investigaciones de Eckman sobre las microexpresiones faciales, he empezado a fijarme más en la expresión de las caras de nuestros políticos en sus declaraciones públicas.
Y de repente te sorprende un gesto incongruente con el discurso y las promesas electorales que llueven sobre nosotros últimamente.
De momento, parece que  las noticias ya no son tan tediosas.
Porque la mirada ha cambiado...

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple . Jenny Joseph

Jenny Joseph’s “When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple”

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Warning!

Do you recognize this poem? A 1996 survey BBC identified it as the UK’s most popular post-war poem, beating Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night.”

It’s called “Warning” and was written by Jenny Joseph (1932- ) at age 29.

 Jenny Joseph pasó a ser muy conocida por su poema "Advertencia" (escrito cuando tenía 29 años) en el que fantaseaba con el tipo de mujer en que se convertiría cuando fuese "una señora mayor". Imaginaba una  mujer que  vestiría de morado, con un sombrero rojo que no pegaba, que robaría flores en jardines ajenos, aprendería a escupir, se sentaría en el suelo cuando estuviera cansada y se gastaría la pensión en brandy y sandalias de satén ... todo ello para compensar la seriedad de su juventud. 

Esta propuesta de futuro ha llamado la atención de miles de mujeres en Estados Unidos donde se creó la sociedad de los sombreros rojos en cuyas reuniones todas las mujeres acuden vestidas de morado y se lee el famoso poema. 

Say yes - Rick Hanson Dí que sí

Say yes.

Why? When our son was doing theater in high school, I learned about an exercise for improvisational acting ("improv"): no matter what another actor says or does to you, you are always supposed to figuratively (and sometimes literally) say yes to it. In other words, if someone on stage turns to you and says, "Doctor, why does my baby have two heads?" you should respond with something like, "Because two heads are better than one." Real life is like improv: the script's always changing, and saying yes keeps you in the flow, pulls for creativity, and makes it more fun. Try saying no out loud or in your mind. How's that feel? Then say yes. Which one feels better, opens your heart more, and draws you more into the world? Saying yes to some part of life - to a condition or situation, to a relationship, to your history or personality, or to something happening inside your own mind - does not necessarily mean that you like it. You can say yes to pain, to sorrow, to the things that aren't going well for you or others. Your yes means that you accept the facts as they are, that you are not resisting them emotionally even if you are trying with all your might to change them. This will usually bring some peace - and will help any actions you take be more effective. How? Say yes to something you like. Then yes to something neutral. Both of these are probably easy. Then say yes to something you don't like. Can you do that, too? As you do this, try to feel a sense that you are okay, fundamentally, even though what you dislike exists. Also try to feel some acceptance in your yes, some surrender to the facts as they are, whether you like them or not. Try saying yes to more things that are not your preference. You're not saying yes that you approve of them, but - for example - yes it's raining at my picnic, yes people are poor and hungry across the planet, yes my career has stalled, yes I miscarried, yes my dear friend has cancer. Yes that's the way it is. Yes to being in traffic. Yes to the job you have. Yes to the body you have. Yes to the twists and turns in your life so far: large and small; good, bad, and indifferent; past, present, and future. Yes to the younger sibling whose birth toppled you from your throne. Yes to your parents' work and your family circumstances. Yes to your choices after leaving home. Yes to what you had for breakfast. Yes to moving someplace new. Yes to the person you are sleeping with - or yes to not sleeping with anyone. Yes to having children - or to not having them. Say yes to what arises in the mind. Yes to feelings, sensations, thoughts, images, memories, desires. Yes even to things that need to be restrained - such as an angry impulse to hit something, undeserved self-criticism, or an addiction. Say yes to all the parts of the people in your life. Yes to the love in your parents and also yes to the parts that bothered you. Yes to a friend's flakiness amidst her good humor and patience, yes to another friend's sincerity amidst her irritability and criticalness. Yes to every bit of a child, a relative, a distant acquaintance, an adversary. And yes to different parts of yourself - whatever they are. Not picking and choosing right now, but saying yes - YES - to whatever is inside you. Play with different tones of yes (out loud or in your mind) related to different things - including the ones you don't like - and see how this feels. Try a cautious yes, as well as a yes that is confident, soft, rueful, or enthusiastic. Feel your yes in your body. To adapt a method from Thich Nhat Hanh: Breathing in, feel something positive; breathing out, say yes. Breathe in energy, breathe out yes. Breathe in calm, breathe out yes. Say yes to your needs. Yes to the need for more time to yourself, more exercise, more love, fewer sweets, and less anger. Try saying no to these needs in your mind or out loud, and see how that feels. And then say yes to them again. Say yes to actions. To this kiss this lovemaking this reaching for the salt this brushing of teeth this last goodbye to someone you love. Notice your nos. And then see what happens if you say yes to some of the things you've previously said no to. Say yes to being alive. Yes to life. Yes to your own life. Yes to each year, each day. Yes to each minute. Imagine that life is whispering yes. Yes to all beings, and yes to you. Everything you've said yes to is saying yes to you. Even the things you've said no to are saying yes to you! Each breath, each heartbeat, each surge across a synapse: each one says yes. Yes, all yes, all saying yes. Yes. Decir que sí a la vida, a todas las partes de tu vida, de tí, de la gente que quieres, tus circunstancias.   No sólo a lo que te gusta, a lo que no te inquieta, también a lo que no es tu preferencia. A tus necesidades, las que reconoces, las que no...