Folks, this Paris trip is hell ;_;.... first, my dog relly doesn't like it here, she's stressed out and barks a lot, it's hard calming her down. Also something I really don't like is, most people here must think Covid is done with because hello?? No waiter wearing masks in the restaurant?? No checking my vaccination pass?? What the actual heck??
At this point I just hope I am being careful enough on my own not to catch the damn thing... I want it outta here.... but the stay is supposed to last two weeks... I'm probably gonna try seeing whoever I gotta see and doing whatever I gotta do real fast and leave asap

@Amura: that's also true indeed. I feel like we're all doing what we think his best with what knowledge we have at that precise moment. I really can't blame my mom since we both almost died when I was born, so I think she has been overprotective because she had that deep fear of loosing me, ya know?

@Moi: I'm glad you have good memories with your granpa despite all this <3 When people die, some say we can't blame them for their bad sides anymore, and while I think this statement is all kind of wrongs, it's definitely better to remember the good things first so we can do the grieving process and be at peace with the past we had in common with the ones who left.... if that make any sense? I'm sorry, very little sleep these past three days so my brain isn't working properly X'D
I second that too: very lovely pirate avatar!!
So many avatars I've saved too... but somehow we never use them again? XD Why am i even keeping them, I don't know anymore lmao

Oh, Nox, that's so bad!
Try to keep calm and be safe, that's the best you can do.

Here people are respecting the mask.
Our current regulation is that you can be without mask outdoors if there is nobody at less than 1.5 metres at any moment.
You must wear it indoors, and also outdoors if there are people around.

I think it's a quite reasonable measure...

@Moi:
I guess you can speak ill of the dead if that's the case.

What I was talking about is resentment.
Being resented towards your own parents (or other people) because they made mistakes that affected you, even though they never meant to hurt you.
I think that's unhealthy.

Everybody's parents made mistakes, and we are the way we are in part because of those mistakes.
We don't have to forget them or accept things to be that way, but we must also be in their shoes and love them for the good things they do offer us

Yes, that's exactly what we were talking about.

Other people may have wanted to hurt you.
Your parents did not. Even if they did mistake, they always meant well.
And you want to love them back.
So it's better avoiding resentment.


I must confess that I haven't get rid of it completely though.
But that's something I'm working on.

I agree: I too believe in forgiving people but not forgetting what they did.

In my opinion, it's important to acknowledge that other people may make honest mistakes, without meaning any harm.
But still that kind of mistakes (specially if they are frequent) also show those people may hurt you even if they do not mean it. So what would make more sense than protecting yourself from it?

Don't do to others what you don't want done to you, that's a classical philosophical thinking.



And btw I just woke up and the Cavan is already gone.
We'll miss you, Grog!