Is humanity sick , or ... ?

When we are kids, we do not hate, reject or fear what's different. Well, maybe sometimes we did because we felt afraid of something. Take for instance, when we are learning how to walk, we fell so many times but we always stood up and kept trying until we could take the first steps. Or , remember those days back in school, when the new exchange student arrived and he or she was completely different from everyone else but some students wanted to get to the new one. These are few examples I could mention here, among many others.

Unfortunately, as we grow up , we learn from the others what hate, rejection, fear are and that we cannot place what is new or different into our lives. Because it is incompatible with our current reality.

Nothing had or has ever been done by people who feared differences. All great discoveries, inventions, theories, relationships and certain historical taboos have been broken by those who encouraged themselves to go and do something uncommon or new.

Racism, homophobia, being against somebody's religion and even small differences , any kind of prejudice are illnesses humanity has. Life is made of differences and will always be. Nothing is the same, not even us.

Finally, I could say, if there is something we cannot accept or live with, there is also something called respect.

"Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society."
Judith Light

Time flies ... a quick update

It's been one year since I got back to Sao Paulo.  So here it goes something I was about to write some time ago.

 Living abroad can change you in many ways in my opinion. People say I changed, though I didn’t forget the person I was back then but I guess it is supposed to be like this. Part of going and moving forward is to always be connected to where we came from.

 You feel like you’re a child again, you have to learn a new language, culture, you meet people, get to know places and somehow you learn more about yourself. When you are left alone all by yourself with your thoughts , that makes you realize what you left behind, who you truly are and can be and so many other things. Hopefully, all kind of changes and small simple things come for good.

 I was reading a text a few days ago and I found it very interesting:

  “So you look at your life, and the two countries that hold it, and realize that you are now two distinct people. As much as your countries represent and fulfill different parts of you and what you enjoy about life, as much as you have formed unbreakable bonds with people you love in both places, as much as you feel truly at home in either one, so you are divided in two. “ 

 “When you live abroad, you realize that, no matter where you are, you will always be an ex-pat. There will always be a part of you that is far away from its home and is lying dormant until it can breathe and live in full color back in the country where it belongs.”

http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/what-happens-when-you-live-abroad/

Feels like home

Toijala

Taivas

Kesä

Pra quem sempre me questionava a respeito de morar na Finlândia, e sempre fazia o mesmo comentário 'lá é frio e só tem neve' . Bom, o verão aqui é bem quentinho e muito agradável. A diferença do verão em São Paulo e o verão aqui nas cidades que eu visito , é que aqui os finlandeses aproveitam. Eles veêm como se isso fosse a última chance de aproveitar a vida do lado de fora de casa, pelo foi o que minha vizinha me disse um dia desses. " Kesällä on aina hyvä olla ulkona, kun talvi tulee me ollaan aina sisällä". O que é a de comum no verão daqui e de SP, bom, aqui chove bastante também.

Tampereelle

Toijala

Another day in Tampere

Cafe Europa 

I went to this beautiful cafe with Clara and Taru and I couldn't leave the place without taking some pics. 

 Tampere-Klubi.