Euthimia

“All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.”
― Johnny Cash

“Why can’t our job here on earth be simply to inspire each other?”
― Graham Joyce

“Καὶ νὰ ἀδελφέ μου ποὺ μάθαμε νὰ κουβεντιάζουμε ἥσυχα κι ἁπλά.
Καταλαβαινόμαστε τώρα, δὲν χρειάζονται περισσότερα.
Κι αὔριο λέω θὰ γίνουμε ἀκόμα πιὸ ἁπλοί.
Θὰ βροῦμε αὐτὰ τὰ λόγια ποὺ παίρνουνε τὸ ἴδιο βάρος
σ' ὅλες τὶς καρδιές, σ' ὅλα τὰ χείλη.
Ἔτσι νὰ λέμε πιὰ τὰ σύκα-σύκα καὶ τὴ σκάφη-σκάφη.
Κι ἔτσι ποὺ νὰ χαμογελᾶνε οἱ ἄλλοι καὶ νὰ λένε,
«Τέτοια ποιήματα, σοῦ φτιάχνουμε ἑκατὸ τὴν ὥρα.»
Αὐτὸ θέλουμε κι ἐμεῖς.
Γιατὶ ἐμεῖς δὲν τραγουδᾶμε γιὰ νὰ ξεχωρίσουμε ἀδελφέ μου ἀπ' τὸν κόσμο.
Ἐμεῖς τραγουδᾶμε γιὰ νὰ σμίξουμε τὸν κόσμο.”
― Yannis Ritsos

“Parents always have their own ideas about how they wish their
children to be brought up, both morally and spiritually. But they must
understand that their children are not their property; that their children are
entitled to pursue happiness in any way they wish.”
― Graham Masterton, Ritual