Brigitte's English Corner

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  • About friendship, answers from friends all over the world, part 1

    Thank you Mila, Katty, Ildiko, Jenifer, Shohreh and Marcelo

    And here is the poem Mila has written as a tribute to her friends:

    Lots words have already been said

    But it's so hard to find right ones

    To speak about a real friend

    Who was with you in ups and downs.

    How find the words for a call at night?

    With tears, complains and light of Moon

    For strong desire to hug tight

    And answer: "Wait, I'm coming soon"

    How find the words for feeling close?

    Despite the distance, busy days,

    You feel at a meeting in months so

    Like parted only yesterday.

    The words for wrinkles and grey hair?

    That your eyes just not able see

    The friend they see is young the same

    With prankish smile and sparkling glee.

    Real friends don't need to ask for help

    Their jokes and critics with love done

    Pure gold they are, those old good friends

    Like a masterpiece they're checked by time.

    8 min
  • Friendship, Khalil Gibran, interactive episode 2

    Khalil Gibran 1883 (Bsharri) – 1931 (New York City)

    And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship."

    Your friend is your needs answered.
    He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
    And he is your board and your fireside.
    For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.
    When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay."
    And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;
    For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.
    When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
    For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
    And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
    For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.
    And let your best be for your friend.
    If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.
    For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
    Seek him always with hours to live. 

    For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.

    And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
    For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

    3 min
  • Why do you read? Answers from passionate readers

    This podcast is a compilation of recordings sent by acquaintances from all over the world who shared their feelings about reading with us.

    Catherine, Domi and Régine from France, Ildikó from Hungary, Joan Zen from Spain, Lena from Israel, Mila from Russia, Luza from Brazil, Marcelo from Chile, Roberta from Italy and Shohreh from Iran. 

    Thank you all for playing the game!

    11 min
  • The surprising effect of atomic habits by James Clear

    Have you ever felt desperate because you were not reaching the results you expected despite your efforts or hard work?

    Whether it concerns sport, a diet or learning, what all these fields have in common is that you need to break through the "Plateau of Latent Potential" where you seem to be stuck, and then the result of your efforts will eventually  be visible.

    So don't give up, the reward for your work will come in its own time.

    4 min

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