J\u2019adore \u00e9crire et ce matin j\u2019ai envie de vous pr\u00e9senter mon ab\u00e9c\u00e9daire de mots tri\u00e9s sur le volet. Ce sont des mots ordinaires, significatifs et porteurs de jolis messages capables d\u2019embellir notre quotidien.<\/p>\n
AUJOURD\u2019HUI est une succession de rencontres, d\u2019actions et d\u2019instants, qui peuvent \u00eatre v\u00e9cus pleinement dans le pr\u00e9sent. Prenez le temps d\u2019appr\u00e9cier ce que vous dites, ce que vous faites en ce jour, car demain cogne d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 la porte.<\/p>\n
La BIENVEILLANCE est une preuve de confiance. Dans sa relation aux autres, son intention est toujours de cr\u00e9er des liens sans \u00e9go\u00efsme et sans partialit\u00e9. J\u2019essaie de toujours faire preuve d\u2019empathie et de gentillesse envers les autres. Peut-\u00eatre est-ce ainsi que j\u2019ai attir\u00e9 d\u2019aussi bons amis?<\/p>\n
Toute r\u00e9ussite est l\u2019occasion de C\u00c9L\u00c9BRER, de vanter les m\u00e9rites et de mettre en valeur une personne, une \u00e9quipe ou un r\u00e9sultat. Jadis comme femme d\u2019affaires trop occup\u00e9e, j\u2019ai souvent oubli\u00e9 d\u2019honorer les bons coups de mes coll\u00e8gues et employ\u00e9s. Aujourd\u2019hui je les remercie beaucoup plus souvent et j\u2019esp\u00e8re qu\u2019un jour mon \u00e9criture endimanch\u00e9e pourra c\u00e9l\u00e9brer l\u2019humanit\u00e9 des gens ordinaires.<\/p>\n
Chaque soir, avant de m\u2019endormir, je r\u00eave \u00e0 ce DEMAIN qui sera toujours meilleur qu\u2019hier. Ma t\u00eate sur l\u2019oreiller, je l\u2019imagine plus beau, plus sage et porteur de plus grands espoirs. Je suis une id\u00e9aliste qui anticipe toujours le meilleur. Je m\u2019active, je fais ce que je peux aujourd\u2019hui et j\u2019ai toujours h\u00e2te \u00e0 demain.<\/p>\n
L\u2019ESPOIR est un sentiment qui m\u2019incite \u00e0 attendre avec confiance un d\u00e9nouement heureux. C\u2019est une promesse qui, chaque fois, me redonne de l\u2019\u00e9nergie. L\u2019espoir est un demain qui ouvre des fen\u00eatres dans mon c\u0153ur. J\u2019esp\u00e8re l\u2019impossible et je r\u00e9alise le possible.<\/p>\n
Je voudrais apprendre \u00e0 m\u2019envoyer une lettre de F\u00c9LICITATIONS. Oui, oui! Pour mes \u00e9crits du dimanche, pour mes mots tri\u00e9s sur le volet et pour l\u2019immense joie que j\u2019\u00e9prouve \u00e0 \u00eatre lue. Faites un geste concret, chers lecteurs. F\u00e9licitez-vous chaque matin d\u2019\u00eatre encore en vie. Achetez-vous des fleurs ou des chocolats. Anticipez le meilleur et lancez vos f\u00e9licitations aux quatre vents.<\/p>\n
Mes amis sont ouverts, g\u00e9n\u00e9reux, d\u00e9licats et pr\u00e9venants. Leur GENTILLESSE \u00ab\u00a0est le langage qu\u2019un sourd peut entendre et qu\u2019un aveugle peut voir\u00a0\u00bb (Mark\u00a0Twain). J\u2019aime tellement mes amis et je n\u2019abuse jamais de leur gentillesse. J\u2019aurais trop peur d\u2019\u00e9puiser leur bon vouloir.<\/p>\n
Ce soir, c\u2019est la grande Simone\u00a0de\u00a0Beauvoir qui m\u2019apprend \u00ab\u00a0qu\u2019entre deux individus, l\u2019HARMONIE n\u2019est jamais donn\u00e9e; elle doit ind\u00e9finiment se conqu\u00e9rir\u00a0\u00bb. Wow! J\u2019\u00e9coute des musiques apaisantes, je me cherche des affinit\u00e9s et un \u00e9quilibre r\u00e9ussi. Quant \u00e0 la compl\u00e9mentarit\u00e9 de deux \u00eatres, peut-\u00eatre dirais-je que j\u2019avance \u00e0 pas de g\u00e9ants.<\/p>\n
Depuis toujours l\u2019IMAGINATION est ma copine et ma folle du logis. J\u2019aime \u00e9crire et, lorsque mon ciel s\u2019embrume, elle vole \u00e0 ma rescousse. Sur ma page elle lance du rose et du bleu. \u00ab\u00a0Partons en voyage\u00a0\u00bb, me dit-elle! L\u2019imagination est l\u2019air qui gonfle ma montgolfi\u00e8re et me donne des ailes. Je r\u00eave, je vole, je m\u2019imagine en train de r\u00e9ussir mon plus beau roman. Ce que je ne vois pas est infiniment plus important que ce que je vois.<\/p>\n
\u00catre capable de trouver sa JOIE dans la joie de l\u2019autre; voil\u00e0 peut-\u00eatre le secret du bonheur. J\u2019ai trim\u00e9, besogn\u00e9, roul\u00e9 ma bosse et, par bonheur, j\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9 quelques immenses joies. Le sourire de mon premier-n\u00e9, le berceau de ma fillette que j\u2019ai moi-m\u00eame brod\u00e9. Aujourd\u2019hui, j\u2019ai enfin la conviction que je suis n\u00e9e sous une bonne \u00e9toile et j\u2019ai confiance en moi.<\/p>\n
Selon la tradition hindouiste, le sort de chacun est d\u00e9termin\u00e9 par le bilan moral de ses vies ant\u00e9rieures\u00a0: celui qui re\u00e7oit maintenant aura beaucoup donn\u00e9 avant. Chacun son KARMA, dirais-je. Si on veut changer sa destin\u00e9e, il faut s\u2019activer. Dans tout ce que j\u2019entreprends, j\u2019essaie de faire de mon mieux. Je recule, j\u2019avance. Je n\u2019abandonne jamais.<\/p>\n
Soyons libres penseurs, libres, rieurs et utilisons notre libre arbitre. La LIBERT\u00c9 est un des dons les plus pr\u00e9cieux que le ciel ait fait aux hommes. Profitons-en. Tellement de dictatures ici-bas encha\u00eenent l\u2019homme et la femme sans raison. Vous connaissez certainement le fameux Bernard\u00a0Werber, un des romanciers les plus lus depuis la publication de son roman intitul\u00e9 Les fourmis<\/em>. Eh bien, cet homme a \u00e9crit \u00ab\u00a0le libre arbitre des hommes consiste \u00e0 choisir la femme qui d\u00e9cidera \u00e0 leur place\u00a0\u00bb. Hihihi!<\/p>\n Selon Ingrid\u00a0Bergman, la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre actrice su\u00e9doise, \u00ab\u00a0le bonheur c\u2019est d\u2019avoir une bonne sant\u00e9 et une mauvaise M\u00c9MOIRE\u00a0\u00bb. Comme un muscle qui se d\u00e9veloppe et s\u2019entretient. La m\u00e9moire stocke plus ou moins d\u2019information, cr\u00e9e des liens pertinents entre des sensations et des exp\u00e9riences. Ma propre m\u00e9moire est souvent comme une ardoise effac\u00e9e lorsqu\u2019il s\u2019agit des difficult\u00e9s que j\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9es. J\u2019ai trim\u00e9, j\u2019ai eu peur, j\u2019ai souvent oubli\u00e9 le meilleur.<\/p>\n J\u2019apprends \u00e0 dire NON; \u00e0 refuser de devoir me justifier. Oui, oui! Je ne suis plus l\u2019oiseau sur la branche qui penche et qui risque de tomber. Avec l\u2019\u00e2ge, ma raison se solidifie et j\u2019assume mes d\u00e9cisions; ma libert\u00e9 de dire oui ou non.<\/p>\n OSER, c\u2019est inventer le possible derri\u00e8re l\u2019impossible. \u00c0 mes d\u00e9buts en restauration, j\u2019ai tout de suite os\u00e9 me d\u00e9passer et aller au-del\u00e0 de mes appr\u00e9hensions. C\u2019est d\u2019ailleurs ainsi que j\u2019ai pu cr\u00e9er un tout nouveau concept de restauration matinale que tout le monde a su envier. Vieillotte aguerrie, j\u2019ose aujourd\u2019hui \u00eatre enti\u00e8rement moi-m\u00eame, de la t\u00eate aux orteils.<\/p>\n Peut-\u00eatre que le PARADIS n\u2019existe que par opposition \u00e0 l\u2019enfer. Cet endroit paradisiaque me tourmente depuis ma tendre enfance. Ma m\u00e8re disait toujours que nous, les enfants, devions laver nos pieds et nos mains avant d\u2019aller dormir pour ne jamais risquer d\u2019arriver souill\u00e9s \u00e0 la porte du paradis. Cette consigne m\u2019est rest\u00e9e! Toute ma jeune vie, ma t\u00eate imaginait un J\u00e9sus \u00e9clatant de lumi\u00e8re. Aujourd\u2019hui, c\u2019est mon c\u0153ur enfoui sous mes chairs qui cherche la lumi\u00e8re\u2026<\/p>\n Q R S T U V W X Y Z\u2026 \u00e0 suivre, peut-\u00eatre?<\/p>\n Cora J\u2019adore \u00e9crire et ce matin j\u2019ai envie de vous pr\u00e9senter mon ab\u00e9c\u00e9daire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":414,"featured_media":44679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lettre-mme-cora"],"acf":{"img_en":"","contenu_en":"I love to write, and this morning, I want to offer you a list of specially chosen words. They\u2019re ordinary yet meaningful words that contain messages capable of making our daily lives better.\r\n\r\nTODAY is a succession of encounters, actions and moments that can be fully lived in the present. Take the time to appreciate what you say and what you\u2019re doing today because tomorrow is already knocking at your door.\r\n\r\nBENEVOLENCE is a validation of trust. In our relationships with others, this way of being serves to create selfless connections devoid of prejudice. I always try to be empathic and friendly to others. Maybe that\u2019s how I attracted such good friends?\r\n\r\nAny accomplishment is an occasion to CELEBRATE, to praise a person\u2019s achievements and highlight a person, team or result. During my years as a businesswoman with not a second to spare, I often forgot to honour my colleagues and employees\u2019 successes. Today, I thank them a lot more often, and I hope that, one day, my writing will read like a love song to the humanity of ordinary people.\r\n\r\nEvery night, before I fall asleep, I dream of a TOMORROW that will always be better than yesterday. My head on the pillow, I imagine tomorrow as more beautiful, more enlightened and more hopeful. I\u2019m an idealist \u2013 the future is positive. I take action, I do what I can today and I\u2019m always excited about tomorrow.\r\n\r\nHOPE is a sentiment that keeps me confidently waiting for a happy ending. It\u2019s a promise that re-energizes me each time. Hope is a new day that opens windows in my heart. I hope for the impossible and realize what\u2019s possible.\r\n\r\nI\u2019d like to learn to send myself a CONGRATULATIONS letter. Congratulations on my Sunday letters, on these specially chosen words and on the tremendous happiness I get from knowing you read my letters. Do something tangible, dear readers. Congratulate yourselves on being alive every morning. Buy yourself flowers or chocolates. Expect the best and congratulate yourself with each accomplishment.\r\n\r\nMy friends are open, generous, refined and considerate. Their KINDNESS \u201cis the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.\u201d (Mark\u00a0Twain) I love my friends so much, and I never take advantage of their kindness. I\u2019d be worried that I\u2019d exhaust their goodwill.\r\n\r\nTonight, the great Simone\u00a0de\u00a0Beauvoir teaches me \u201cthat between two individuals, HARMONY can never be taken for granted; it must be constantly conquered.\u201d Wow! I listen to soothing music, search for affinities and a successful balance. When it comes to the fellowship between two beings, maybe I\u2019m taking giant steps forward.\r\n\r\nIMAGINATION has always been my friend and that little voice inside my head. I love to write, and when my sky gets cloudy, she comes to my rescue. She throws pink and blue on my page. \u201cLet\u2019s go on a trip!\u201d she tells me. Imagination is the air that fills my hot-air balloon and gives me wings. I dream, fly and imagine that I\u2019m writing my best novel. What I don\u2019t see is infinitely more important than what I see.\r\n\r\nBeing capable of finding our own JOY in others\u2019 joys, perhaps that\u2019s the secret to happiness. I worked my fingers to the bone, bustled, hustled and, happily, I experienced moments of tremendous joy. My first-born\u2019s smile, my daughter\u2019s cradle that I embroidered myself\u2026 Today, I\u2019ve come to believe that I was born under a lucky star. I believe in myself.\r\n\r\nAccording to Hindu tradition, each person\u2019s fate is determined by how well they lived in their previous life: the one who is blessed today lived a good life before. Each person has their own KARMA, I\u2019d say. If we want to change our destiny, we have to get on with it. In everything I start, I try to do the best I can. I recoil, I move forward, but I never give up.\r\n\r\nBe a free thinker; a free, happy-go-lucky person who uses their free will. FREEDOM is one of the most precious gifts heaven has given humankind. So many dictatorships chain men and women for no reason at all. You probably know Bernard\u00a0Werber, one of the most-read novelists since the publication of his novel The Ants.<\/em> He wrote, \u201cmen\u2019s free will consists in choosing the woman who will decide for them.\u201d Haha!\r\n\r\nAccording to Ingrid\u00a0Bergman, the illustrious Swedish actress, \u201chappiness is good health and a bad MEMORY.\u201d Like a muscle that is developed and maintained. Memory stores information, creates deep links between sensations and experiences. My own memory is often like an erased black slate when it comes to the hardships I\u2019ve encountered. I worked hard, I was afraid, I often forgot about the best times.\r\n\r\nI\u2019m learning to say NO; to refuse having to justify myself. Honestly! I\u2019m no longer the bird on the bent branch who\u2019s afraid of falling. With age, my reason is more certain and my decisions are my own and no one else\u2019s; I\u2019m free to say yes or no.\r\n\r\nTo DARE is to invent the possible behind the impossible. When I started in the restaurant industry, I immediately dared to surpass myself and move beyond my fears. That\u2019s how I was able to create a brand-new breakfast restaurant concept that many envied. An old woman who has lived a full live, I now dare to be entirely myself, from my head to my toes.\r\n\r\nMaybe PARADISE only exists in opposition to hell. This heavenly place has tormented me since a very tender age. My Mother always said that we children had to wash our feet and hands before going to bed so that we\u2019d never arrive dirty at Heaven\u2019s gates. Her words stuck with me! All through my young life, my mind was imagining a god bursting with light. Today, it\u2019s my heart buried in my chest that\u2019s looking for the light\u2026\r\n\r\nCora\r\n\u2764\ufe0f"},"yoast_head":"\n
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