Yesterday, Roba posted a nice topic in her “And Far Away” that was inspired by coffee; I am sure that you all have seen it .. it is titled: “La cultura del caffe“

This actually inspired me to post pictures of my own hand-made mug; and as I mentioned in my comment to Roba, while I was in Abu Dhabi; I went with some friends to a coffee shop that is called “Ceramic” - I guess -, and what is so special about this place is that you can draw and paint on your own mug, plate, ashtray or any shape you choose.
They give each person a choice of 5 colors, but I was with two friends, so we had a total of 15 different colors and we started our masterpieces .. LOL

I am so proud of my mug, and each time I look at it, I remember the 4 hours that we spent there; painting, singing, drinking coffee, laughing and having so much fun.

I have taken pictures of the mug from different angles so that you can see it … hopefully; the way I do

Here is the first one .. KM are my initials

On the other side .. the word “LOLO” .. which is a nickname my friends used to call me

I have also taken pictures from both sides .. but the handle was broken and that made me so sad … but I am keeping the mug in a safe place now

I have even painted the inside of the mug  … I love the color yellow and I thought that framing it with black gave it something …

Finally; on the bottom I wrote the date this whole event took place and that was 24-2-03

I hope you liked my masterpiece … and thank you Roba for the inspiration

A little girl asks her mother: “mommy; what makes people
happy?”

Mother: why do you ask dear?

Girl: well, when you take me to school in the morning, and I see parents
bringing their kids before going to their work; they seem unhappy. But when you
come to pick me up in the afternoon and other parents come for their kids after
they finish work; they are smiling and seem happy; so does work make people
happy?

Isn’t it amazing how children see the world?

What the little girl saw is that they were unhappy before work and
seemed happier after they went to work, so logically work must have made them
happy.

How long do you think it will take this little girl before realizing
that what she saw was quite the opposite of what she understood?

As I was driving to work this morning; I was looking around me at the
other drivers and they all seemed unhappy. I was telling my sister (I take her
for the ride every morning), I was telling her that no one is even smiling, and
if you do smile, people would think that a) you are crazy, b) you are flirting
with them or c) you are making fun of them

How sad is that?

But the question remains; why don’t we like going to work? Why do we see
it as a burden?

I believe that each one of us should ask him/herself; what motivates me
to get out of bed each morning? What is my passion? Is the type of work I am
doing satisfying enough? What would make it better and gratifying?

Yesterday; my best friend was chatting me on msn and asked how I was; I told
him that I was feeling kind of down because I have so much on my mind, so he
told me that I should be happier and deal with my life in a better way, and
then he told me this: 10% of life is
made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react; apparently this is a known principle (the 90/10 principle) and
then he sent me the whole article (by Stephen Covey).

WOW!!

If we all knew and dealt with
our lives as this article suggests, I think we would be smiling and happier
before and after work.

For your convenience; you can
read the full article here.

Enjoy and keep smiling … you
look better smiling!