Laura Basset Carbonell

Brief encounters

Allowing someone into your life, no matter how briefly, can touch your soul and teach you something new about yourself. Every day we have a chance to become the person we wish we were thanks to those chance encounters. So, take advantage of every single one of them. Some may be painful but, as we learn to […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Hope in a book

Reading; a passion which allows one to escape reality and experience a thousand lives while living one’s own story. But not only through books can we read, we can read into people’s lives, stranger’s lives, imagining their unique circumstances. Amazing stories that would be worth writing but will never see the light. Why are some […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Dear Valentine, where art thou?

Actually, I do know. You are in every beautiful soul I meet, in every friendship I make. You’re in the eyes of all those I care about deeply. You are present in every unexpected act of kindness. You are also the one that stares at me in the mirror and says, “You are OK, you […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

How did you get through it?

I had no choice. And this will probably be everyone’s life story at some point. We just somehow make it through because we have no other choice. We always manage to see the light as long as we fight our battles and see them through. No, it’s not easy. But who said life was easy? […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Break up with a narcissist for Valentine’s Day! Do yourself a favor!

Originally posted on On Life, Hope y todo lo demás…:
According to Minds Journal “Casinos know it. Animal trainers count on it. Narcissists have perfected it.” Diana Jeffrey couldn’t have explained it better when she says how the powerful emotional tool of intermittent reinforcement can keep you hooked forever. This is what Narcissists are…

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Reconciling ourselves with the truth of life

Whoever told us that life would someday be perfect and easy? That we would find happiness and stay there? That there is a special someone for every one of us? That we would reach that moment where we would be content? Nobody and everyone. Because happiness has become a business and an unachievable longlasting state. […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Is it love or is it addiction?

Originally posted on On Life, Hope y todo lo demás…:
Let’s say there was a little girl who grew up with emotionally absent parents, who rarely had a good word for her. She grew up with an empty feeling and poor self-image from lack of nurturing and positive feedback. She felt unloved, unwanted and…

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Leather goods; Valentine’s gifts for men

I don’t have a man in my life but I once did and I knew exactly what made a great gift. I couldn’t always afford what I wanted to get him, but I always tried to get a meaningful and quality item, no matter how small. I love gift-giving, and I still get my ex-husband […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Memories of water

I see the pool straight ahead through the glass and it reminds me of my grandmother. She so loved to swim, float and chat with friends or mostly acquaintances. As I am reminded of this, my thoughts go to how she was and is so strong. She says she cannot cry, as I couldn’t for […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When the dust settles

After two years of having lived out of suitcases and boxes, entering and leaving people’s lives, with no possible routine, which was the hardest to handle, now, at long last, the dust has settled. I have a life, my own life, my routine and somewhat predictable near future. Although life is always throwing us curve balls, […]