For many years, I thought that I could be happy only if I did such and such a thing, or met such and such a person, or lived in such and such a place. Naturally, happiness was never where I was, but somewhere “over there”, and if sometimes I did manage to get “over there”, … Continue reading Not There, But Here; Not Soon, But Now
You are walking on the street, going about your business, your stomach content, your rent and bills paid, money in your purse, smartphone in your pocket, and you see a beggar – an old bearded man, all dingy and moldy, or a child in rags, or a woman with a pitifully uncanny expression or her … Continue reading The Beggar Dilemma – To Give or Not to Give (And What)
Relationships are like mushrooms really – some are tasty, other poisonous. There’s so much we cannot control about them. Emotions can be fickle, theirs, as well as ours, and the closer we become to someone, the more expectations there are. But we can use our good sense, our reason even, to decide how much and … Continue reading When One Plus One Ends Up Making One (And Math Doesn’t Have Anything to Do With It)
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