Careful Ambition

A new year always comes with new hopes and expectations, but how much do we actually need to do to be successful and feel good in 2018? And does it depend that much on setting the right goals? About this time last year, I wrote a list of goals for 2017. I put in there … Continue reading Careful Ambition

In Praise of Gift Wrapping

I enjoy wrapping and unwrapping gifts, and I especially enjoy watching unwrapped gifts lie untouched on the desk or under the Christmas tree, teasing my curiosity.  Who can say which gifts are the most precious? Those we receive unexpectedly? Those that come from afar? Those that need a long time to reach us, and for … Continue reading In Praise of Gift Wrapping

On How We Are Never Entirely Right About Something

During our lives we argue with many people about many things. We argue with our parents, with our friends, with our lovers. We argue even when we don't want to argue. In each of us there's an innate mechanism that reacts with "I'm right, you're wrong." Even when we are not right. Sometimes the "I'm … Continue reading On How We Are Never Entirely Right About Something