Si esprime le cose vere
I have been expressing many things these days. Feelings. Sunshine. Doubt. Hope. Love. Contentment. Amazement. Happiness. And all because my path is leading me this way. Not each day goes as planned, but I embrace it and move full speed ahead. I have routines I stick with each day. I ride my bike with a smile on my face, keeping my eyes peeled for large buses and fast motorcycles.
Si esprime le cose vere means you express the things that are real.
As I often say on this blog, not every day here is a la dolce vita, actually that phrase is way over used. It serves no purpose to me. I am always striving to make ends meet but not to the tragic point of calling home for money. But the fact of the matter is, living abroad is not a barrel of monkeys nor a piece of cake. I have spouts of homesickness where I cry to a point of I wish my mom was hugging me so tight that I can't hardly breathe. I linger with thoughts of being alone since I am living on my own. Knowing full well I am NOT alone in this world, but the thought always slithers its way into my mind.
I often here on the streets of Florence, students complaining about mundane things like how early the banks close, the post office being closed and their loud drunk talking walking their way from one to the next. I can honestly say I have no complaints. Sure the common wish of; I wish I could go back to getting a paycheck twice a month never leaves me. But really I have all I need. I keep my life simple. I don't go out bingedrinking or worse go out shoe shopping using my credit card. Hell no! I am in that area in life where I think I almost have it figured out.
So to go back to the title of this post: si esprime le cose vere, I truly believe I do.
Each day passes and a new challenge arises. It's raining, how shall I get to work? There are buses in the way, should I take this side street instead? My students are criticizing Americans and their habits again, how shall I react to this? The last one is hard NOT to snap back at their idiotic remarks.
As one of my Carabinieri students wrote to me once:
sei come il sole, hai portato il sole nella nostra aula.
And just the other day my good friend said to me when I down and I said to her, I am sure I am not expressing the sun today: You are still the sun even when you are down.
So on Wednesday when it was pouring down rain. I rode my bike from Poggio Imperiale (A large school at the top of Porta Romana ) down the hill in my (now picture it) yellow bike and my yellow poncho. It must have been a great sight. And then yesterday, the sun miraculous showed it's face.
Coincidence? I think not!
a presto amici!!
Si esprime le cose vere means you express the things that are real.
As I often say on this blog, not every day here is a la dolce vita, actually that phrase is way over used. It serves no purpose to me. I am always striving to make ends meet but not to the tragic point of calling home for money. But the fact of the matter is, living abroad is not a barrel of monkeys nor a piece of cake. I have spouts of homesickness where I cry to a point of I wish my mom was hugging me so tight that I can't hardly breathe. I linger with thoughts of being alone since I am living on my own. Knowing full well I am NOT alone in this world, but the thought always slithers its way into my mind.
I often here on the streets of Florence, students complaining about mundane things like how early the banks close, the post office being closed and their loud drunk talking walking their way from one to the next. I can honestly say I have no complaints. Sure the common wish of; I wish I could go back to getting a paycheck twice a month never leaves me. But really I have all I need. I keep my life simple. I don't go out bingedrinking or worse go out shoe shopping using my credit card. Hell no! I am in that area in life where I think I almost have it figured out.
So to go back to the title of this post: si esprime le cose vere, I truly believe I do.
Each day passes and a new challenge arises. It's raining, how shall I get to work? There are buses in the way, should I take this side street instead? My students are criticizing Americans and their habits again, how shall I react to this? The last one is hard NOT to snap back at their idiotic remarks.
As one of my Carabinieri students wrote to me once:
sei come il sole, hai portato il sole nella nostra aula.
And just the other day my good friend said to me when I down and I said to her, I am sure I am not expressing the sun today: You are still the sun even when you are down.
So on Wednesday when it was pouring down rain. I rode my bike from Poggio Imperiale (A large school at the top of Porta Romana ) down the hill in my (now picture it) yellow bike and my yellow poncho. It must have been a great sight. And then yesterday, the sun miraculous showed it's face.
Coincidence? I think not!
a presto amici!!
Posted by katerinafiore at 12 Nov 2010 
Categories: Challenges, living in Florence, ME, Job
Tags: paths passions Writing focus emotions Florence
Categories: Challenges, living in Florence, ME, Job
Tags: paths passions Writing focus emotions Florence
This site showed to me things that I would not have imagined about you. Sometimes your feelings are transparent, sometimes they are not. But my ideas about you remains the same. Great Katie!
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Thanks so much Maurizio!
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