GEMS music and film festival for two days.

The faster we move, the faster we ‘get there.’ if you are encountered with a decision that you need to make, deciding what to decide could be the hardest part, and cause some stress, but once you make the decision, then it just comes down to taking the action. The longer you wait to take the action the longer you remain stressed. Not easy sometimes, but the faster you take that action, the faster you get to the next place. and although it is challenging sometimes to honor our knowing and the decisions we must take from that knowing, there comes a settling into a higher place of peace from it. be rest assured.

Last screening: belle de jour. The French classic. Proves once again that the French are creative if not completely degenerate.

Languages of the World 

With close to 7,000 languages in the world, the ones shown below are spoken by the most people. 

(Native speakers only) - (their primary language) 

Chinese Mandarin 874 million 
Hindi 366 million 
English 341 million 
Spanish 323 million 
Bengali 207 million 
Portuguese 176 million 
Russian 167 million 
Japanese 125 million 
German 100 million 
Korean 78 million 
French 77 million 
Chinese, Wu 77 million 
Javanese 75 million 
Chinese. Yue 71 million

You see its tricky. I thought that I was spending all these years learning all of the most popular languages in the world so I could increase my communication with as many people as possible, and sure English and Spanish and even Portuguese pop up in the top ten, but you don't see Italian or French... so o.k. I'm not completely wasting my time. But still, the results are surprising, no? I mean, 874 million people speak Chinese? And then Hindi? Wow. that would be a Stretch. To learn those languages. One could do it. certainly. But it wouldn’t be a three month crash course that's for sure.