Toast (Honor)

A toast is a ritual in which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. The term may be applied to the person or thing so honored, the drink taken, or the verbal expression accompanying the drink. Thus, a person could be “the toast of the evening,” for whom someone “proposes a toast” to congratulate and for whom a third person “toasts” in agreement. Here are many ways to give a toast from around the world:

  • Albanian: “Gëzuar” (enjoy)
  • Amharic language (Ethiopia): “Le’tenachin!” (To our health)
  • Arabic: “بصحتك” (be ṣaḥtak, for your health)
  • Australian English: Cheers mate! (to your happiness my friend)
  • Basque: “Topa!” (toast)
  • Belarusian: “Будзьма!” (budzma, may we live!)
  • Bosnian: “Nazdravlje” (for health) or “Živjeli” (live!)
  • Bulgarian: “Наздраве” (nazdrave, to health)
  • Catalan: “Xinxin” (onomatopoeic for clinking of glasses) or “Salut” (health)
  • Chinese, Mandarin: “干杯” (gānbēi, lit. “Empty cup”, similar to “bottoms up” in English)
  • Czech: “Na zdraví” (to health)
  • Danish: “Skål” (lit. bowl – refers to older drinking vessels)
  • Dutch: “Proost” (from Latin prosit – may it be good (i.e., for you)), or “(op je) gezondheid” ((to your) health); in Belgium: schol (from Scandinavian) or santé (from the French).
  • English: “Cheers”
  • Estonian: “Terviseks” (for the health)
  • Filipino: “Mabuhay” (to life)
  • Finnish: “Kippis”, or “Hölökyn kölökyn” (in Savonian dialects)
  • French: “Tchin Tchin” (onomatopoeic for clinking of glasses) or “Santé” (health) or “cul sec” (lit. “dry bottom”, to drink the whole glass in one go)
  • Galician: “Saude” (Good health)
  • Georgian: გაუმარჯოს! (Gaumarjos!) (Victory!)
  • German: “Prost”, “Prosit” – from Latin prosit (may it be good (i.e., for you)) or “Zum Wohl” (to health)
  • Greek: “Εις υγείαν” (ees eegiyan), “στην υγειά σου/μας”, “γειά” (for health) or “Εβίβα” (eviva, from Italian evviva, “long life!”)
  • Hebrew: “לחיים” (“L’Chayyim“) (to life, traditional Jewish toast)
  • Hungarian: “Egészségünkre” (for our health), more commonly “Egészségedre” (ɛgeːʃːeːgɛdrɛ)(To your health!!) “Fenékig” (lit. “To the bottom”, similar to “bottoms up” in English)
  • Icelandic: “Skál” (lit. bowl – refers to older drinking vessels)
  • Irish: “Sláinte” (health)
  • Italian: “Cin Cin” (onomatopoeic for clinking of glasses) or “Salute” (health)
  • Japanese: “乾杯” (kanpai, lit. “Dry the glass”, similar to “bottoms up” in English)
  • Korean: “건배” (gunbae, lit. “Empty cup”, similar to “bottoms up” in English)
  • Latvian: “Priekā” (to joy)
  • Lithuanian: “Į sveikatą” (to health)
  • Macedonian: “На здравје” (na zdravje, to health)
  • Manx Gaelic: “Sláinte” (health)
  • Maori (NZ) “Mauri ora” (to life)
  • Marathi: “Chang Bhala” (may it be good)
  • Mexican Spanish: “Saludcita” (to health, diminutive)
  • New Hampshire “Shläng” (Variant of Gaelic Sláinte)
  • Norwegian “Skål” (lit. bowl – refers to older drinking vessels)
  • Persian: “نوش” (Nūsh, from Middle Persian anosh = “immortality”, or Persian verb nushidæn = “to drink”)
  • Polish: “Na zdrowie” (to health)
  • Portuguese: “Tchim-Tchim” (onomatopoeic for clinking of glasses) or “Saúde” (health)
  • Romanian: “Noroc” (good luck) or “Sănătate” (health)
  • Russian: “Ваше здоровье!” (Vashe zdorov’ye, for your health)
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Slàinte mhath” (good health)
  • Serbian: “Nazdravlje” (for health) or “Živeli” (live!)
  • Slovak: “Na zdravie” (to health)
  • Slovene: “Na zdravje” (to health)
  • Spanish/Castilian: “Chin-Chin” (onomatopoeic for clinking of glasses) or “Salud” (health)
  • Swedish: “Skål” (lit. bowl – refers to older drinking vessels); Gutår (good year) – old fashioned, still used in formal settings
  • Swiss German: “Proscht” (as in German “Prost”) or as diminutive form “Pröschtli”
  • Thai: “ชัยโย” (chai-yo!, lit. Hurrah!) or “ชนแก้ว” (chon-kaew, lit. Let us toast) or “หมดแก้ว” (mod-kaew, lit. Bottoms up)
  • Turkish: “Şerefe” (to honor)
  • Ukrainian: “Budmo” (let us be!)
  • Vietnamese: “Yô” ((take) in)
  • Welsh: “iechyd Dda” (Good health)

15 Things Emotionally Strong People Don’t Do

There is a particular aspect of mental strength that is the deciding factor of whether or not you will have a good life. There are many levels to mental strength and all are needed to be successful and happy. The one particular area of mental strength that has the greatest impact is that of emotional strength.

Emotions are, of course, a part of our psyche, yet nevertheless, can be distinguished from the remainder of mental qualities because they most directly influence our physical body. They affect the way our body functions and they drive every single one of our actions. Without emotion, we would have no reason to act, to do anything with ourselves.

Emotions are our greatest motivators. Unfortunately, they can motivate us to act in any direction, even the wrong one. For this reason, emotional strength is essential. There are countless situations that emotionally strong people avoid and many actions they never take. Here are 15 of them:

1. They Don’t Beg For Attention

Needing attention is directly linked to emotion. Those who feel the need for recognition only find themselves experiencing feelings of worth when others make them feel needed; it’s as if these people are uncertain of their value, or if they have any ounce of self-worth. Feeling unsure of your worth is a self-fulfilling prophecy; if you don’t know you matter, then no one will ever believe you do.


2. They Don’t Allow Others To Bring Them Down

Emotional strength requires resilience. This world is filled with haters and trolls. There are jealous eyes lurking around every corner. The unfortunate truth is that often the people who hold us back the most are those closest to us. Getting rid of these people is often the best solution, but also the most difficult. If you can quietly remove these people from your life, that’s one fewer bridge burned and much less of an emotional trigger.


3. They Don’t Hold Grudges

If you’re holding a grudge, then you already care more about a situation than you should. If a person apologizes genuinely, forgive him or her. If this person doesn’t apologize, then don’t interact with him or her, but don’t hold grudges. People with whom you seek to alienate and hold grudges against take up too much of your mental energy, doing more harm than good.


4. They Never Stop Doing Their Own Thing

Emotionally strong individuals do what they do because they love doing it. They don’t plan on slowing down or stopping for anyone who deems their happiness inappropriate.


5. They Never Stop Believing In Themselves

Those who love themselves and understand themselves — those who aren’t afraid or proud to be themselves — never doubt themselves. You amount to your own self-worth, not a shilling more.


6. They Don’t Act Like Bitches Or Assh*les

People are mean. But we wonder, why? Being a jerk is only good as an intimidation factor, and if you’re trying to intimidate people, then you better be a negotiator by profession; if you’re intimidating just for the sake of it, you’re obviously overcompensating for a lack of confidence. Do you also drive a very large automobile, perhaps? I hear they make pills for that.


7. They Know Better Than To Let Just Anyone Into Their Lives

The emotionally strong are emotionally strong for a reason: They don’t expose themselves to people who break down their defenses and crush their morale. Most people in the world are lost and will be more than happy to take you along with them. Don’t let an awful acquaintance ruin your happiness.


8. They Aren’t Afraid To Love

If you’re afraid to love, you don’t have enough confidence in yourself. You obviously think you can’t be in a lasting relationship, but only in one that is doomed for disaster. You don’t want to get hurt again because getting hurt really sucks. There is no reason for you to get your heart broken again because you are awesome. If things don’t work out, it’s not you. It’s the two of you together. Unless, of course, you are an awful human being; in that case, it is you.


9. They Don’t Lie In Bed Dreading The Day Ahead Of Them

The best part of your day should be the moment you wake up and realize you’re still alive. We take life for granted too regularly.


10. They’re Not Afraid Of Slowing Down

Emotionally strong people aren’t in need of constant action and excitement. They don’t need to run around all day and keep moving in order to avoid their demons. They appreciate a slow moment because it brings them closer to what it feels like to do nothing but living, breathing. This is not to say that they don’t enjoy excitement in their lives, but they aren’t junkies and are more than happy to just go for a walk and smell the roses.


11. They Don’t Do Things They Don’t Want To Do

We all do things that we don’t love to do, but we should never do things that we don’t want to do. The emotionally strong understand that and almost always manage to figure out a way to focus on what they love, which allows them to figure out what they need to do, in order to do what they love. Although they may not love every second of it, they like doing what they are doing because it’s bringing them one step closer to what they would love to do.


12. They Have No Problem Saying “No”

If you can’t say “no,” you will get abused. You’ll be considered a pushover and no one will ever ask you for your opinion or take it seriously when you give it. Saying “no” reminds people that they don’t have control over you.


13. They Don’t “Forget” To Give Back

We’re not too busy or too poor to donate our money and/or time. We don’t forget, either. Some people just choose to ignore our responsibilities as human beings. The stronger you are emotionally, the more you come to appreciate others and life itself. You give life more worth and you begin to empathize with those who were dealt a bad hand.


14. They Don’t Feel The Need To Fit In

The stronger you are emotionally, the more independent you become. You don’t feel the need to fit in because you fit in where it matters: the world. People form smaller social groups that are often skewed and unhealthy. Wanting to fit in doesn’t say much more than “I’m afraid to be myself.”


15. They Don’t Forget That Happiness Is A Decision

Most importantly, the emotionally strong have learned to understand the power their brains have over both the mind and body. They understand that emotions are reactions, not reactions to direct physical causes, but to the way we perceive those causes. In other words, our emotions don’t reflect reality; rather, our emotions reflect the way we interpret reality. Understanding this gives us near-full control of our emotions and, therefore, our lives.

You might be dating a psychopath if….

The guy or girl you’re dating might be a psychopath if . . .

1. They reek of glibness and superficial charm. (If a guy comes across as too good to be true, he probably is. Psychopaths are GREAT at preying on the emotionally needy, whether they be men or women. For women reading: If he’s EVERYTHING you’ve ever looked for in a man, run. Those guys don’t really exist. Same for guys.)

2. Has a grandiose sense of self worth. (Is he/she kind of full of himself or always talking about how they’re “Better” than those around them?)

3. Pathological lying – do they lie easily and convincingly? If caught in a lie do they just segue smoothly into ANOTHER lie or make you feel like you’re the one who’s wrong?

4. Extremely cunning and manipulative. (Psychopaths see other people as about as useful as your average chair.)

5. Total lack of remorse or guilt.

6. Shallow Affect (very little genuine emotion. Laugh seems forced. Prone to anger in short bursts.)

7. Callousness – doesn’t seem to care about others at all. Able to put his foot in a puppy’s face and then complain about stubbing his toe.)

8. Unable to respect responsibility for his / her own actions.

9. Hyper-ADHD and a need for stimulation at all times.

10. Extremely promiscuous. (Just because somebody is promiscuous doesn’t mean they’re a psychopath, but all psychopaths are kind of sluts.)

11. Parasitic Lifestyle (Do they constantly find ways for YOU to pay for everything? Do they always have an excuse not to pony up? Do they live off their long-suffering parents?)

12. Lack of realistic long term goals (always looking for “the big break,” or becoming a big movie star when they can’t even hold down a job.)

And, well, there’s more but you probably get the idea.

Now, if you’re in a relationship with a psychopath you might not be able to see what’s really going on (because psychopaths are so damned charming.)