Zero's and One'sbendenfield wrote:sarge, what else languages do you speek actually?
I do not actually speak any other than Spanish (Espanol), Latin, some Mandarin, and Japanese, but I study and can understand better than I speak.
Rainmeter is a culture unto it's own, but still exists in a vast and ever expanding world. the world is not small, just small mind people (from time to time), In this world we come together in small places, and these places are full of people from different cultures and upbringing.
I have learned that the world is made larger by others
I for one embrace our differences and bask in the glow of our many cultural and imaginative inputs.
The various translation sites and software is inadequate, so the only way I know to relate to folks is to learn their language, and there are plenty of sites to learn from.
I love proverbs and sayings, and cultures of all kinds are rich with them. These proverbs help to define what has become that countries customs and peoples culture.
Taking from a German proverb (and that my grandmother is from Germany ).
Andere Länder, andere Sitten.
and
Anfangen ist leicht, beharren eine Kunst.
Rough translation:
Other countries, other customs
and
To begin is easy, to persist is art.
I grew up in a proverb rich family. My first lessons were words that meant nothing at the time, but as I grow older, these words ring in my head with many truths.
Think about words that your Parents and Grandparent spoke to you and others, that made absolutely no sense at the time, but you feel they were right on the mark as you grow up. These Proverbs (Teachings) have helped to define you, your culture, and how you have grown up.
My heritage is a cluster of many culture.
I am the descendant of Native American (Indian Cherokee), English, Japanese, Scottish, Irish, German, Vietnamese, Mexican, French, Welsh, and Brazilian (in just the last 4 generations, and damn do I look white for all those differences :P )
I have traveled far and visited many of my family in my life, and have found that to relate to them properly, I have had to learn, and I carry this experience to where I am now.
By finding quotes of Proverbs for the various countries, I learn not only the language but the culture as well, and this helps me relate to almost anyone; in time
I actually am not only passionate about Rainmeter, but have also become so over our community. I see all our input, imaginations, abilities great & small, and our individual & Combined efforts. I see the first timer taking that first impossible (Scary) step, and I see the more experienced here to help and expand. I see people of all experience levels welcome the next with no regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, personal orientation, and we do not discriminate, but because we are different, we all make an effort to take ourselves to that persons place, so I must do no different; even if how I do it is different.
Not once do we consider if that person is next door or half a world away. We are all different, but we bring our differences to others, and we expand as we influence and are influenced, by others.
Without all of the worlds input, and the people that live in this world, and their input: Rainmeter would not be where and what it is today.
I see what has become of Rainmeter and our community, and I cry great tears of joy.
Magis Esse
It is my wish for all to understand and embrace this Latin concept.