“Saudade” by Chinese Man
![I discovered this word through a song name. Coincidentally, today is the day of saudade in Brazil! Definition below from Wikipedia.
Saudade (European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ], Brazilian Portuguese: [sawˈdadʒi], Galician: [sawˈðaðe]; pluralsaudades)[1] is a unique Galician-Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. Saudade describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return. It’s related to the feelings of longing, yearning.
Saudade has been described as a “…vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist … a turning towards the past or towards the future.”[2] A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing. It may also be translated as a deep longing or yearning for something that does not exist or is unattainable.
Saudade was once described as “the love that remains” or “the love that stays” after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone (e.g., one’s children, parents, sibling, grandparents, friends, pets) or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. In Portuguese, ‘tenho saudades tuas’, translates as ‘I have saudades of you’ meaning ‘I miss you’, but carries a much stronger tone. In fact, one can have ‘saudades’ of someone whom one is with, but have some feeling of loss towards the past or the future.
In Brazil, the day of saudade is officially celebrated on January 30.[3][4]](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymkkdg8lw1qb98eoo1_500.jpg)
I discovered this word through a song name. Coincidentally, today is the day of saudade in Brazil! Definition below from Wikipedia.
Saudade (European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ], Brazilian Portuguese: [sawˈdadʒi], Galician: [sawˈðaðe]; pluralsaudades)[1] is a unique Galician-Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. Saudade describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return. It’s related to the feelings of longing, yearning.
Saudade has been described as a “…vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist … a turning towards the past or towards the future.”[2] A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing. It may also be translated as a deep longing or yearning for something that does not exist or is unattainable.
Saudade was once described as “the love that remains” or “the love that stays” after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone (e.g., one’s children, parents, sibling, grandparents, friends, pets) or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. In Portuguese, ‘tenho saudades tuas’, translates as ‘I have saudades of you’ meaning ‘I miss you’, but carries a much stronger tone. In fact, one can have ‘saudades’ of someone whom one is with, but have some feeling of loss towards the past or the future.
In Brazil, the day of saudade is officially celebrated on January 30.[3][4]
More Lessons for My Kids
Arbitrary rules are not okay.
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“I’m sorry, it’s true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It’s been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much — if at all.
“These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I’m not downplaying that.
“But it’s a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light — that it’s going to change everything. Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”
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— Steve Jobs, Wired Magazine, 1996
“Things don’t have to change the world to be important…”
I’m trying to not get distracted in class…
but that is literally impossible in my shoes (furry booties).
Kitten ♥
"Before you speak ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, it is true, does it improve upon the silence?"
—
Shirdi Sai Baba (via heartmindspirit)
I stopped wasting words in my second year of college when I had started to consider myself a writer. Lately, I’ve been raping, looting and murdering words. No longer. Back to the silence. Back to the peace.
(Source: hip-, via heartmindspirit)
People who format their emails like handwritten letters
Unfortunately, endearing.
Unfortunate for personal reasons.
Dear America,
I’ve read your books and taken your courses, but I still don’t understand your ways.
I have a new #
Hashtag, that is.
#ThingsIWillTeachMyChildren
A couple things to start -
1. Refuse to live an unhappy life.
2. If you don’t understand something someone is trying to relate to you, it doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it probably means they don’t know what they are talking about enough to explain it to you correctly.
3. Cats are awesome.
These Are The Days
These are the days of apartment living. These are the days I bow to idols. These are the days we listen to Weezer and Afroman.
Light an incense; and a couple other things. These are the days of auto-tune and auto-correct. I need to check my e-mail NOW.
These are the days I don’t wake ‘til ten. These are the days we lie all day, skin to skin, feelings bared, talking about how much there is still to be learned, so much still left to be done.
These are the days I need to study, these are the days I write silly poems instead. These will be the days we rally, not to the bars but to Civic Center Plaza.
These are the days that we’ll be missing.
These are the days we feel most lonely.
These are the days we can’t afford, but I’ll just put it on the card.
These are the days of contemplation, these are the days of whiskey shots. These are the days of the traffic light right outside my living room window.
(Then there was that day my cat fell out the window and shit herself.)
These are the day of modular furniture. These are the days I wear whatever I want, but I will take extra care if we’re going on a date. These are the days in between. I know who I am, but where do I want to be? These are the days I don’t mind being hungry, these are the days I choose carefully who I associate with. These are the days we choose to have fun; once the day has left, we know it is gone - this, we have not forgotten yet.
These are the days I am too honest, my words do not blush, my thoughts are not hidden. These are the days I embrace. These are the days I’m still learning how to love. These are the days I hold you, these are the days I know there’s something so sexy about that little curve in your back and the way your shiver when I trace it with my fingers.
These are the days I feel alive. Then there are those days I feel undead.
These are the days of rationalization. These are the days of self-honesty. These are the days of unnamed principles.
There are some nights of self-pity, but these are the days of feigned bravery. These are the days that no one planned for us. These are the days we take control. These are the days that we will miss. Even the seasons change every time they come back. These are our days. This is my day.
Sincerely,
CHT
