Missing someone…
How can you miss someone you have barely spent 1% of your life with? Someone so far removed, but yet so close? You can, believe me, it is all about the role they played, and how they touched your life.
Read More…Author: Laura Basset Carbonell
Language teacher, food, health, education, empowerment at @vivafifty @OnLifeandHope
We are responsible for our lives.
We are responsible for what happens in our lives. That leap we take, that step in any direction is our own doing, however, unconscious it is, WE take it. Life doesn’t just happen to us. Things do get in the way and shape us, but we choose how we react to them. When you take […]
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Why a cookie made my day
The little things that make our day are not the ones we expect them to be. They are the unselfish little acts of kindness that come our way, that surprise us, and warm our hearts. The ones in life which bring us happiness, and not those we think we need to make us happy. Life […]
Read More…Valentine’s Day Hangover! The Day After.
Ladies and gentlemen, you can finally relax! This is good news for those who have endured the weeks before the sweet and sour date. Now, you can go back to a gentler type of hopeful living. No more angst, hope, fear, regret, feelings of inadequacy, loneliness and the heart-sinking feeling of unfulfilled expectations. This is […]
Read More…I couldn’t say I love you, so I got him a Montblanc
Some say I love you effortlessly, while others like my self have difficulty saying it, feeling it, or even expressing it. Love means different things to different people, but the definition remains: deep caring for someone. As I said, for my self it’s always been hard to utter or express love, so in stead, I […]
Read More…Spring and hope
Yesterday they came to prune the trees on my street. As I watched I couldn’t help feel my heart flutter. This meant spring is close. The beginning of hope, of the season of light and anticipation. Spring evokes childhood memories, when life was carefree and school would soon be over. It is true I have […]
Read More…Going back to nature to calm your restless spirit.
There is nothing that makes your heart grow calmer than when you visit those places where nothing seems all that important. Those places that soothe your heart, calm your spirit and make you see life and it’s troubles small compared to the grandiosity of the beauty of nature.
Read More…My quest for frugality: letting go of excess.
I ended the month of November 2012, getting rid of 6 boxes of clothes and shoes. I needed to declutter my life and my mind. It was the beginning of my quest for frugality. Simplifying my life, my choices, and on the way save some money. I moved to the United States many years ago […]
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8 ways to reclaim your optimism.
I’m an optimist. If I weren’t, I would have probably checked out a while ago. As extreme as it might sound, I’m sure that if you’ve experienced dark nights yourself, your thoughts lingered, even for a second, on the possibility of quitting. We don’t all come as well equipped with the resilience to withstand despair. We […]
Read More…Love and obsession: Nothing you can do about it!
Love, as defined in “Les Misserables,” is the garden of youth, but I disagree. It can hit you at any time and any age. It knocks you out of your senses, driving you crazy for a while, becoming an obsession. Like a drug, you have hardly any control over it. You can’t stop and think […]
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