If by Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son! 

source: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if/

A voice that makes you dream.

Music is one a part of my life which plays a big part. 

This is why when I hear artists like Tania Kikidi I find myself lost in the voice. I first saw her live and me and my friends were blown away by her voice. For me it is one of the best voices I have heard in the past decades. Beautiful girl with angelic voice and very nice presentation. 

(http://taniakikidi.gr/index.php/media/photos/personal-photos/)

Bio

Tania was born in Euvoia, Greece and started at the age of 8 being engaged with music. She has studied classical piano as well as classic and modern vocals. She has been a member in bands who played Jazz, Rock, Metal, R n B and even traditional Greek music.

Tania has sang with great names in the Greek music industry and not only, like D. Galani, 

V. Papakonstantinou, Eleni Vitalli, kitrina podilata, Giannis Zouganelis, Sakis Boulas etc and the legendary Deep Purple!

(http://taniakikidi.gr/index.php/media/photos/on-tour-with-deep-purple/)

Her latest work is 'Run through the night' and 'Pros olotahos' which came out on the 10th of July.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FG76T2tXfKU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSRvCDZDRQ4

But I must admit that this one is my personal favourites which she sang in an English version as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkmdWVfKZCw

So please check her out, she has a website: http://taniakikidi.gr/

facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/tania.kikidib

and many videos on youtube. 

I;m sure you will be as impressed I was when I first heard her as she brings out this fabulous energy and a voice that you don'y forget and does not sound like any other!

Thank you Tania for making a difference!

If I died tomorrow....

So I had this thought: what if I died tomorrow?

Most people think who would go to their funerals and if they'll be remembered but not me!

I thought- have I done everything I want?
Have I had fun?
Do I keep doing new things etc?
The answer is yes to all to my relief - no regrets thank God because you don't know when it is going to be your last day!

But most importantly I asked myself: have I blurred out everything to everyone?
People usually either don't say things to be liked. or not hurt people or do say things just to hurt people without meaning them.

Since I lost a friend last May never getting a chance to say I love you before she died I made a promise to myself: Never keep things bottled up - be honest. Of course there is a way to say things!
You don't want to go around saying to people: ha ha look at you today aren't you a mess or God I have had better in private moments! I don't think it will be appreciated and in the end you will be disliked!

I must say since last May I had  gone from being this really polite person to someone who just couldn't keep silent! It became quite irritating to others I think haha.
Still I don't regret it - it is nice not keeping stuff and actually not care :)

I would tell people who I only met twice they are wasted for example even though they were - they wouldn't take it well. It is so strange how people would get offended by hearing the truth instead of getting offended by their behaviour!

Nutters!

Smile....It makes others wonder

Hello!
I have been thinking about smiling for the past couple of days since my last post and how much it benefits us but also how people become curious of why you are smiling. I thought isn't it strange to wonder why someone is doing something that should be more common rather than strange?

We often find ourselves wondering why do people smile without reason.
Others do to. I  have often thought why is s/he smiling?

This is though what makes other wonder! Times are so hard smiling has become rare - or at least honest truthful smile and not the fake we give to others.

So if you want people to wonder just smile!
It has been found actually  that the more you smile, the happier you are even when faking it you eventually
become happier!
This is the reason people feel happier around children - cause they smile something like 400 times a day!

Of course there have been studies this is not my opinion. If you are interested there is a nice talk on TED you can watch:
http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_gutman_the_hidden_power_of_smiling.html

There's lots of interesting speeches on TED and you may find other interesting stuff too!

I can remember at times being with someone and seeing them smiling for no obvious reason and festering as to why are they smiling? Are they making fun of me are they thinking something naughty? What?

I actually realised how much fun it was when I started doing it. It may  be considered  in my view as the easiest and non provocative way to attract attention without it being seen as you are doing it on purpose!
Besides this wondering you put miserable people through, who think the world is crap and everyone in it who are never happy and always blame someone else for their misery blah blah blah, smiling is also good for you it makes you feel better and helps you get through the day.

So smile!!!!!
May you have a lovely day full of beautiful thoughts! :)

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