Que parva que eu sou - Deolinda (musica e letra)

Sou da geração sem remuneração
E não me incomoda esta condição
Que parva que eu sou
Porque isto está mal e vai continuar
Já é uma sorte eu poder estagiar
Que parva que eu sou
E fico a pensar
Que mundo tão parvo
Onde para ser escravo é preciso estudar

Sou da geração "casinha dos pais"
Se já tenho tudo, pra quê querer mais?
Que parva que eu sou
Filhos, maridos, estou sempre a adiar
E ainda me falta o carro pagar
Que parva que eu sou
E fico a pensar
Que mundo tão parvo
Onde para ser escravo é preciso estudar

Sou da geração "vou queixar-me pra quê?"
Há alguém bem pior do que eu na TV
Que parva que eu sou
Sou da geração "eu já não posso mais!"
Que esta situação dura há tempo demais
E parva não sou
E fico a pensar,
Que mundo tão parvo
Onde para ser escravo é preciso estudar

"Viva a Crise..."

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Muito bom.... Jel e o orgulho em Português.

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Disconnect to connect

Petição Contra a paralisação e/ou adiamentos no projecto do Metro Mondego

Petição Contra a paralisação e/ou adiamentos no projecto do Metro Mondego

Dia 23 Vote Metro

"Todos os eleitores de Coimbra, Lousã e Miranda do Corvo deviam votar no Metro Mondego. Como não constará no boletim de voto, entregariam em branco a sua escolha.

Este governo está a tramar a vida de milhares de pessoas que precisam, directamente, desse meio de transporte. Todos os outros deviam ser solidários com quem sofre as consequências de um governo irresponsável, mentiroso e sem soluções para as asneiradas que cometeu.

Se estas eleições têm a ver com o assunto? É claro que é preciso começar por algum lado, independentemente das simpatias político-partidárias. Está aqui uma boa oportunidade para o povo fazer parte da democracia e mostrar a sua indignação, a quem quer presidir o pais." Vá lá e deixe o boletim em branco, escolha o Metro.

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O que temos na morte e não temos na vida

O dia do cortejo fúnebre é sem duvida a melhor desculpa para reunir a família, os amigos e os inimigos, os conhecidos e até alguns desconhecidos. 

Tudo chora, todos acompanham e muitos apoiam. Apoiam??? - Apoiar um defunto??? Muitas destas pessoas em vida nunca o apoiaram e agora chegam-se à frente para o apoiar??? Acreditem que agora também não o apoiam.

Quem agora apoia o defunto é um conjunto de tábuas de madeira.

Tábuas cortadas à medida.
Tábuas revestidas com verniz.
Tábuas revestidas com folhos brancos de forma a proporcionar algum conforto.
Tábuas que amparam um corpo e que não o deixam tombar.
Tábuas com um papel muito superior na altura da morte do que muitas pessoas tiveram na vida e que mesmo assim não abdicaram de estar presentes.

Nestas alturas ninguém aponta defeitos. Só se ouvem qualidades. 

Durante este curto espaço de tempo é relembrada uma vida cheia de sucessos e de qualidades descritas por cada um e completando-se numa história de uma vida.

Muitos levam flores. Arranjos de flores, coroas de flores, flores em numero muito superior a que o defunto recebeu em toda a sua vida e com que significado? Significado de alegrar o momento? Alegrar aquele dia? Porque não dividiram essas flores, pelos dias de vida daquele que agora nada vê?

Está na altura de perceber que não é preciso chegar ao fim da vida para ter todo um conforto que falta nesta curta vida. 

É altura de nos concentrarmos no dia-a-dia. 

É hora de ter um simples gesto que proporcione algum conforto.

É altura de deixar de ser egoísta e de ser sínico. 

É altura de aproveitar os minutos da nossa vida com quem mais gostamos e simplesmente abdicar de tudo o que nos faz mal.

É altura de adoptar um papel semelhante ao que mais tarde uma tábua irá ter.

Quando os avós representam um desafio

Despite all the jokes about mothers-in-law, time spent with grandparents are often among some of the fondest memories from childhood. It is a significant loss for those children unfortunate to have to grow up far from their grandparents and be limited to only occasional contacts. Plus, in today’s hectic family schedule, having grandparents as a resource can be especially helpful.
Nevertheless, it is unfortunately all too common to see a couple struggling, in part, because of an intrusive grandparent. One of the first stages of creating a strong marriage requires the couple to form a stronger bond between them than the bond that already exists between a spouse and her/his parents. The challenge can range from the spouse who is very close to a caring parent to a spouse who is not close but has a complex relationship with a troubled parent.
A couple recently described a grandmother contradicting their advice to their son while the son stood there feeling confused. Not surprisingly, this had happened on a number of occasions. It’s the maternal grandmother, so the wife feels responsible but when she says something to her mother, she gets the you-have-just-wounded-me response and ends up feeling very guilty. Plus she hates to put her mother down in front of her grandson.
But if she does nothing, the husband’s anger comes into play and it often results in a conflict with him. The wife feels trapped.
Usually the wife responded by simply telling her mother that what she just did was wrong. This results in the grandmother feeling disrespected, hurt and unwanted. An alternative is to focus on two other points.
“Mom, I may be wrong but you know me, sometimes I can only learn the hard way. I’m afraid you’ll just have to let me make my own mistakes.” This emphasizes the broader concept that there are few clear right ways to parent and each family has to discover, by trial and error, what works best for them. This enables the parents to persist in their advice to the child without telling the grandparent she was wrong.
In a separate conversation, stress that being a grandparent is a very special role that you want your parent to play in the life of your child. Grandparents can, and should, “spoil” their grandchildren. They are “pals”, having lots of special fun times together. In fact, many times grandparents who were not especially warm and loving with their own children, can be just that with their grandchildren. (Yes, that often causes a little bit of wistful pain to the parent who wishes she had gotten that kind of love as a child.) Parents have to juggle being authorities with being friends but grandparents can just focus on being friends and soak up the joy of their grandchildren without the stress.
Focusing on these key points often allows the parent to help reduce the intrusiveness of a grandparent without so much hurt and guilt.
Another source of tension is when the maternal grandmother criticizes her daughter’s parenting in private conversations. This is especially an issue when the child presents some challenging behaviors (e.g., hyperactivity) or just is acting in ways that “would never have been allowed when you were a child!” Usually this occurs as part of a long history of a daughter feeling that whatever she did was never good enough to win the praise (love?) of her mother. Please note that while it is much more common to be a mother-daughter issue, it can be a father-daughter issue as well. Rarely is it a father-son problem, at least in terms of direct interference. The latter is more likely to be an issue of sons who are disconnected from their fathers.
Being a confident parent in the face of your parent’s criticism is a challenge. It helps when your spouse and/or friends are supportive. But when the roots of this negativity run deep, it can be hard not to fall victim to “believing” your parent’s criticisms are valid. Here it is often helpful to seek some counseling that will allow you to internally challenge negative perceptions of yourself and develop confidence in your parenting.
At the other end of the spectrum are the grandparents who don’t seem very interested in being grandparents. They are rarely willing to take care of the children and don’t visit very often. The children often pick up on this and may even begin to make some negative comments about their grandparents. While this is very frustrating, the reality is that there isn’t a lot one can do. I usually encourage parents to still work out a few times when they virtually insist on some contact but mostly one has to accept this limited role. The key here is for the spouse to not “rub it in” and allow it to become a sore point in the marriage. Not allowing grandparent issues to negatively impact one’s marriage is the most important aspect of everything being discussed here.
Another common issue is the desire to have some private time when visiting grandparents. One of the benefits of visiting is the chance to leave the children with their grandparents and for the couple to get away by themselves. Most grandparents love the opportunity to have the children alone. But some object.
I usually recommend telling the grandparents when the visit is being planned that you and your spouse intend to get away for a few hours (on a short visit) or an overnight (on a longer visit). Again, this usually needs to be handled by the biologically connected parent. The key is presenting this in a firm but matter-of-fact way and not getting sucked in to feeling guilty if the grandparents make a negative comment about it. It is so important to building a strong marriage to have this private time that it should be worth some grumbling on the part of the grandparents.
Some spouses complain about interacting with a parent who is always negative. Conversations on the phone or during visits are filled with complaints about health, lack of attention from you, problems in the neighborhood, negative stories about “your father”, and an insistence that you don’t sound so happy and/or healthy. This makes contact unpleasant for you, even if the time spent with the children goes well (until the grandparent talks to you and expresses concerns about the children).
One of my favorite suggestions when this happens is to agree with the parent! The typical scenario is to try to convince the parent everything is fine. Doesn’t work. It only makes the parent feel as if you are not listening and convinces them you are just trying to hide the bad news. Instead, agree with the negative concern and elaborate on it.
Yes, I do feel tired and run down. Yes I am worried about getting laid off at work. Yes the children should be working harder in school. The idea is to be as negative as your parent is. That’s not what they want to hear and the typical reaction is to cut short the conversation or even to begin to be less negative in future conversations. Try it. It works.
The key points in dealing with problematic grandparent situations: 1) The situation must not be allowed to drive a wedge between husband and wife; 2) The biological spouse needs to take the lead in directly addressing the problem; 3) Try to lighten up about the problem and deal with it in a more relaxed and even humorous manner. The goal is to try to enable your children to have some quality time with their grandparents. Your issues with your parents need to be pushed out of the way.

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