“Visele nu mor din lipsă de curaj, ci din anticiparea rușinii” – Petruș Stuparu
Retrospectivă: Dr. Stelian Gomboș – Cuvânt de învățătură la Duminica a 23-a după Rusalii (Vindecarea demonizatului din ținutul Gherghesenilor) (Biserica cu hramul Sfinții Împărați Constantin și Elena – Jilava, Ilfov, 2026.10.25)
Pe 25 octombrie 2026 a avut loc la parohia ortodoxă română Biserica cu hramul Sfinții Împărați Constantin și Elena – Jilava, jud. Ilfov, Sfânta Liturghie – Duminica a 23-a după Rusalii (Vindecarea demonizatului din ținutul Gherghesenilor).
Dr. Stelian Gomboș a susținut un cuvânt de învățătură.
Mai jos, audio și fotografii.
Retrospectivă: Dr. Stelian Gomboș – Pelerinaj în Sfântul Munte Athos (2026.10.19-23)
În perioada 19-23 octombrie 2026 a avut loc un pelerinaj la Sfântul Munte Athos, organizat de Dr. Stelian Gomboș.
Mai jos, video, imagini și impresii de la pelerinaj.
Despre salarii
La modul general, dacă compania avea o politică clară – „Nu discutați salariul cu colegii”, am căutat să fac asta. Și, în general, companiile aveau această politică.
Am lucrat și în Marea Britanie un an, și aveam un coleg, care, ca semi-glumă, mă întreba de salariu. Nu i-am zis. Apoi, glumind, în continuare, îmi zice – „Știu salariul celui care era înainte ta pe post, deci îmi pot face o idee destul de clară cam cu cât ești plătit”.
Dar, da, discuțiile de genul ăsta sunt inconfortabile.
Coping with negative news
How do I cope with the avalanche of negative news? I try to focus on the things that are within my control.
If something is beyond my control, I train myself to ignore it.
There are also studies showing that children today are more anxious than children who were hospitalized (in Psychiatry) in the 1950s.
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” ― Richard P. Feynman
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” ― Richard P. Feynman
On Poor Things (2023)
A while ago, I saw:
It put me into a state.
Quite a smart movie, it made me think of things.
I liked the way the movie played with the colors. The scenery was nice, too.
On the downside, it made me a bit sad.
Facebook groups technique – pump & dump
There’s a technique some Facebook marketers use – they create apparently innocent Facebook groups, and they keep posting on them.
After the groups get some traction, they start one or more of the following:
- They invite people to even more groups;
- They start promoting businesses or political ideas very far from the original intention of the group;
- At some point, they change the name of the group to something very partisan; for example, “Supporters of X party”; since anyone can see who’s a member of a public group, this makes it look like each person in the group is a supporter of X party; even if Facebook sends a notification to group members that the group name has been changed, some people never notice this.
Quite annoying.
Why pray?
I think praying is good for two main reasons:
1. It helps you forgive others; if you pray for your enemies (might be a strong word; those who harmed you?), you’ll tend to forgive them much more easily; “Love” is “willing the good of the other” (Bishop Robert Barron); if you pray for the other person, you wish them well;
2. It helps you become an actual friend with someone who did you harm; wait! There’s more than a simple forgiveness. You tend to become friends with other people.
That’s strange!
Sometimes, I surprise others by saying various things. I get this word a lot – “that’s weird”.
But if you stay a little and ponder on a situation, you discover things are not that wrong.
For example, I add an extra word in WhatsApp Contacts’ names, so I can search for them afterward. The name looks indeed strange, but it’s useful to search by tags.
Or I take the bus in the opposite direction if the one in my direction keeps being 100% full.
The things that appear strange at first sight might be the best solutions.