tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post8710749179430167131..comments2024-01-29T00:00:28.464+02:00Comments on MunteanUK: The happiness of having a cross to bear [Fericirea de a avea o cruce de purtat]MunteanUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-28053570534075979682012-09-17T17:03:51.603+03:002012-09-17T17:03:51.603+03:00@ Sofia
Indeed, human beings have always had cros...@ Sofia<br /><br />Indeed, human beings have always had crosses to bear, but for the past hundreds of years - and especially during the last decades - they have begun to consider them 'unbearable'.<br /><br />The reasonable and legitimate 'pursuit of happiness', stipulated in the United States Declaration of Independence...<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_happiness<br /><br />...has gradually turned into a demonic 'I-do-what-I-want'.<br /><br />In the mad quest for having their wishes fulfilled, people are running away from any 'cross' of responsability, morality, decency, politeness, empathy...<br /><br />*<br /><br />Since people are not focused on their own crosses (own salvation) anymore, while there's a continuous avalanche of 'news' about how others are doing, it's easier than ever to judge fellow human beings.<br /><br />However - irrespective of today's circumstances - it is an absolute folly to judge others who seem to be happy. <br /><br />No 'prosperity' on earth can last forever (at most, it can last till such a 'happy' man dies), and, in spite of appearances of happiness, the truth is that these 'apparently happy' (envied by others) are some of the most miserable people...MunteanUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-70925083856892004002012-09-14T16:23:44.056+03:002012-09-14T16:23:44.056+03:00fiecare are crucea lui! dintotdeauna a fost asa, d...fiecare are crucea lui! dintotdeauna a fost asa, doar ca, difera modul de a o suporta ..<br />mai demult era ceva firesc, acum nimeni nu o mai suporta, nu mai are rabdare sa-si duca crucea! pare f greu,uneori chiar imposibil, pentru ca in jurul nostru se afla oameni "fericiti" care nu par a avea vreo cruce, la ei totul functioneaza perfect ..si atunci incepi sa te compari si sa urasti crucea ta ...<br />cat despre fericire, e f greu de obtinut! poate pentru ca necesita un mare grad de simplitate, pe care noi in complexitaeta tehnologiilor nu o mai putem cunoaste..Sofianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-70348376376707973052012-09-14T00:32:14.012+03:002012-09-14T00:32:14.012+03:00Photo Legend:
[1] 2012 – The stone cross on top t...Photo Legend:<br /><br />[1] 2012 – The stone cross on top the Mausoleum of Mărăşeşti (jud. VN), commemorating the Battle of Mărăşeşti (August 6 – September 8, 1917), and inaugurated in 1938.<br /><br />[2] 2012 – A well in a churchyard (?!), in an unknown village on the National road 2F from Bacău (jud. BC) to Vaslui (jud. VS).<br /><br />[3] 2011 – Very tall white concrete cross installed (it’s not clear by whom?!) in the roundabout near the “Traian Vuia” International Airport in Timişoara (jud. TM).<br /><br />[4] 2012 – The well known red cross symbol on a Romanian Red Cross tent in Herăstrau Park, Bucharest.<br /><br />[5] 2012 – An old stone cross on the National road 72A (Târgovişte-Câmpulung Muscel), in village named Gheboieni (jud. DB).<br /><br />[6] 2011 – “The Dormition of the Theotokos” church in the city of Deva (jud. HD).<br /><br />[7] 2011 – Wooden cross in front of the Timiş County Hospital in Timişoara (jud. TM).<br /><br />[8] 2012 – “The Cross of Wishes,” Cetăţuia Negru Vodă monastery. Situated some 15 km SE of Câmpulung Muscel (jud. AG), the monastery is known as the ‘Romanian Meteora’. <br /><br />[9] 2012 – An imposing steel cross on a hill overlooking Putna monastery (jud. SV).<br /><br />[10] 2012 – The beautiful “The Dormition of the Theotokos” church, a parish church for no more than one hundred people (+ the occasional tourists) in Băile Tuşnad (jud. HR).MunteanUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.com