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blue_lotus13I've been thinking lately about what I call "joie de vivre." I've come to the conclusion that some people have it, and some people don't. For those who don't know French, this translates as "joy of life." In the past few months, I've seen a lot of people who have it, and a lot of people who don't. So many people just seem to be bent on acquiring stuff, or getting ahead and they don't concentrate on the details, on being nice to others, or on simply being good people. They would rather spend more money buying something than try to make it themselves. They are not interested in learning, and don't seem happy to be alive. They show little interest in others, or in personal development.
Many of the people in Mongolia had "joie de vivre". Though they had very little materially, they had their families, their animals and the land, and they wanted to advance themselves. They had a calmness and a happiness that many people in the Western world don't have. Though my travels in the past few weeks, I've met people with "joie de vivre" and people without it. The people with it have a more child like quality, a greater curiousity, and an openness to newness. It may be coincidental, but they also seem happier and busier in their lives.
I want to cultivate "joie de vivre" in myself, to be open to new things, and to have that childlike sense of wonder.
Many of the people in Mongolia had "joie de vivre". Though they had very little materially, they had their families, their animals and the land, and they wanted to advance themselves. They had a calmness and a happiness that many people in the Western world don't have. Though my travels in the past few weeks, I've met people with "joie de vivre" and people without it. The people with it have a more child like quality, a greater curiousity, and an openness to newness. It may be coincidental, but they also seem happier and busier in their lives.
I want to cultivate "joie de vivre" in myself, to be open to new things, and to have that childlike sense of wonder.
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Date: 2003-09-03 04:13 pm (UTC)A childlike wonder at the world is what I put in my online add as something I wanted in a boy, and I got it - and now I know a whole slew of people like this. It makes life a lot nicer! And sweetie, I think you're doing fine.
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Date: 2003-09-04 01:46 am (UTC)Chaque année, le Vancouver International Writers Festival présente une programmation de jour en français destinée aux élèves des programmes de français langue maternelle et d’immersion en français des niveaux primaire et secondaire. Nous avons appris, au fil des années, que l’interaction avec les auteurs est une excellente façon de susciter l’intérêt des élèves pour la lecture et l’écriture. C’est avec cet objectif en tête que nous avons élaboré cette année un programme mettant en vedette des auteurs possédant une vaste expérience dans la présentation de leur œuvre au public scolaire.
Ces activités auront lieu le mardi 21 octobre jusqu'au jeudi 23 octobre. Les descriptions des activités présentées dans cette brochure indiquent à quels niveaux scolaires convient chaque activité.