Laura Basset Carbonell

“Sacas lo peor de mi” y otras palabras que se lleva el viento.

Por más que lo intente no recuerdo las promesas que me han hecho porque sé que son tan difíciles de cumplir que mi cerebro no las computa, las deja pasar y se las lleva el viento. No tanto así me ocurre con las palabras hirientes aunque hayan salido sin querer, y que quizá sean esas […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Life is ridiculously meaningless.

I’ve been in search for the meaning of life, like many, for a very long time, too long. To be exact for 5 decades, and now, finally, I can rest in peace; the search of that universal meaning is over. I got it! At long last I can sit, relax and stop fretting about finding […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

I’m not afraid to lose anything because I have nothing.

A friend of mine told me this years ago when she was in deep debt that she wasn’t afraid of losing anything because she had nothing, yet she was very responsible and paid every penny of the money owed in time. What she meant by this was that she didn’t spend sleepless nights worrying about […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Do you believe you know who you really are?

We truly believe we know ourselves, and how we will react in certain situations, but we don’t, especially when we have only second-hand experiences, those experiences people go through to which we candidly say “I would never do that.” However, not until we face a similar situation do we know who we are and often […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Vivir de prestado pasados los cincuenta.

Acabo de cumplir lo que creo son dos tercios de mi vida. Y sospecho y creo firmemente que vivo ya de prestado. Sabemos que los estragos de la juventud a la larga se pagan. Pero esta manera de ver la vida no es negativa, al contrario, es bien positiva, especialmente ahora.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Reinventar mi vida a los cincuenta.

No lo generalizo porque es un acto muy personal. Somos animales de costumbres y rutinas únicas y cada uno pasa por sus propias experiencias. Así yo, de repente, me encuentro reinventando mi vida y buscando mi nueva rutina y costumbres que de cierto modo lo que se busca es algo de seguridad en esta vida […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Our Best Intentions.

We get into relationships with our best intentions and often no matter how good those intentions are, in time it doesn’t work out. We grow, we change and need something different and we must accept that. It may be sad but if done right, both parties win and get a second chance.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Afraid to laugh? Don´t be!

If you follow my blog you may know that I´ve been faced with a few challenges lately. So much so that some days tears have come to me more easily than laughter. Although that may sound like a sad state of affairs, I was actually relieved that I wasn´t finding much to laugh about. The […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Why we shouldn’t try to block pain.

In order to grow, learn and move on, there is no getting around pain. Pain must be experienced and felt, not avoided especially if we are going through a loss of some kind. If we don’t take the time to mourn our losses, experience them and process them, they will linger on longer and we […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When too much empathy can hurt.

Psychology Today’s definition of empathy is: “The experience of understanding another person’s condition from their perspective. You place yourself in their shoes and feel what they are feeling.” This is a good feeling to have towards others and we need more of it in order to make a better world filled with love, peace and […]