Life...

This poem was written by mother Teresa and it has a special meaning to me: I read it at the funerals od both my grand mothers. Reading it to myself and to the people who were around me helped me saying and believing that even is sad context we never have to loose the faith in the beauty of life.

I hope that you, dear reader, will appreciate it, and that it could mean something to you as well.

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is a beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realise it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is costly, care for it. 
Life is wealth, keep it.
Life is love, enjoy it.
Life is mystery, know it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it!

stabbed heart

In this cold and dark night I'm thinking that exactly 5 years ago aslmost at this hour you were leaving us forever.
If you were still here I'm sure you'd want to see a smile on my face.
But tears just don't  how to stop themselves from dropping down on my face.
You were my strenght and my joy. And now I don't know how not to feel lost.
Time goes by too quickly, and I can't believe that 5 years are there between us.

No longer mourn for me when I am dead

Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell

Give warning to the world that I am fled

From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell:

Nay, if you read this line, remember not

The hand that writ it; for I love you so

That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot

If thinking on me then should make you woe.

O, if, I say, you look upon this verse

When I perhaps compounded am with clay,

Do not so much as my poor name rehearse.

But let your love even with my life decay,

Lest the wise world should look into your moan

And mock you with me after I am gone.

(Shakespear, Sonnet 71)

I never told you how greatful and happy I was to have you in my life, and realized  it while you were dying. I'm doing it now with this post, but I'm sure you knew it even without this.

All I can do now is sending kisses to heaven.

A Thierry

Dedicato a Thierry e alla sua passione per la automobili...

on Friday night

Friday evening, raining outside, tired and slightly sick after a very long and intense week.
A few skype chats opened on my dekstop, rambling throug some blogs on blogspot when I suddenly read this poetry...  exactly what I felt but couldn't express with words.

L'amour, une route

L'amour n'est pas tout fait.
Il se fait.
Il n'est pas robe ou costume prêt-à-porter,
mais il est pièce d'étoffe à tailler, à monter et à coudre.
Il n'est pas appartement, livré clef en main,
mais il est maison à concevoir, à bâtir, à entretenir,
et souvent à réparer.
I1 n'est pas sommet vaincu,
mais il est départ de la vallée, escalades passionnantes,
chutes dangereuses dans le froid de la nuit
ou la chaleur du soleil éclatant.
 Il n'est pas un solide ancrage au port du bonheur,
rnais il est levée d'ancre et voyage en pleine mer, dans la brise ou la tempête.
Il n'est pas un OUI triomphant, dit comme un énorme point final
qu'on écrit en musique, au milieu des sourires et des bravos,
mais il est multitude de oui qui pointillent la vie,
parmi une multitude de non qu'on efface en marchant.
Ainsi respecter l'autre, vois-tu ce n'est pas ne pas s'égarer,
ne pas se battre, ne pas tomber,
c'est toujours se relever et toujours marcher.
vouloir poursuivre jusqu'au bout,
le projet ensemble préparé et librement décidé.
C'est faire confiance à l'autre au-delà des ombres de la nuit.
C'est se soutenir mutuellement au-delà des chutes et des blessures,
C'est avoir foi en l'Amour tout-puissant, au-delà de l'amour.






(Michel Quoist)

summer wish

Have nice holidays!

Magic on ice

In this hot summer day, as I am relaxing afther a hard week of work, I decided to write update this blog writing something about one os my biggest passion...

Since when I was a little girl I've always been fascinated by ice skating, and in particular by figure skating and ice dancing.

I think being a professional skater was one of my childhood dreams... it didn't come into reality, but it's never too late, at least to take some lessons.

In the meanwhile I want to share with you some youtube videos, maybe not the best ones but this is a personal choice:

Carolina Kostner's shor program at Euro 2007.

Why this video?

Because I'm fascinated by her, and not because she is italian... I think she is one of the most elegan skater on the ice, together with the wonderful Kira Korpi.

IMO I think this is one of the best shorts Carolina even skated, and I love the music, an arrangement od Pachbell Canon in D made by theaustrian composer Robert Werner, especially for her. The combination of music and steps of this program captured my hearth... hope you'll enjoy it :)

PS: unfortunately there is just this very low quality video, where the speaker doesn't stop speaking... :S

Every discipline has it's king, and Evgeny Plushenko definitely deserved this title:

this is the short performed at the Olympic games in Turin in 2006, on the musics of Tosca by Puccini, arranged by Edvin Marton.

But skating is not only an individual art: I am amazed by how many feelings can be expressed on the ice, their performances are a concentration of love, sweetness, strenght, grace and harmony... and will

This is the last video I'll upload in this post: a fantastic ice dancing couple and very expressive

I hope you enjoy those videos, but seeing them live is a very intense experience.

A few years ago I went with some friends to see the practice of the ISU Grand Prix Final that were hold in Turin, and we stayed sat for 5 hours, absolutely captured by the evolutions of these artists of the ice....

8 months in 10 picture

A very brief update about what happened in my life during the last months of 2008... hope you enjoy the pictures :)

04/08/08: Master Degree defence!

I am "Dottoressa Magistrale in Fisica delle Interazioni Fondamentali!"

08/08: London!

08/08: South Italy: rafting!

12/08: Warsaw

Happy birthday

first bday in the facebook era... and I am almost physically overwhelmed by the huge amount of nice thoughts that my fb friends left on my page... new and old friends took a minute of their time to think of me and to wish me a nice day.

I know it's something that  will last just for one minute... but for that minute, it was a wonderful feeling.

Today, on my 26th bday I am thinking in particular of a  wonferful red haired girl... who shares her bday with me and it seems like, after all, is enjoying this day, despite of all the fears about today.

Dear friend, I really wish you that today you can start a new life :)

and a big big thank you to all the guys from enrico fabris' forum... it was wonderful reading all your creative and kind messages here  

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