Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
I was just reading a book entitled Learning to Drive by Katha Pollitt. They are personal essays; a memoir of sorts and the first chapter being; “Learning to drive.” Her ex-husband hated her for not driving, so, after they got a divorce, she decides to start taking driving lessons. I won’t let you in on anymore […]
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The events in Paris today make us all set aside our personal troubles and put life into perspective. Such an awful event, again, as there are many in the world today.
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These are part of the lyrics by Passenger from the song “Setting Suns.” It may sound sad, but actually it’s comforting to listen to songs that I can identify with and are real. Lyrics, music can help us feel and hold us by the hand when we find ourselves reflecting on life or experiencing the […]
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When I was little I agonized about growing up because unlike other kids who could imagine a future, I couldn’t because I didn’t have a clue of what I hoped or wanted. Growing up didn’t look good. It looked gloomy and dark. I felt helpless and lost in what I thought was a terrifying jungle […]
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Having moved out of my once called home, I have been lucky to have landed in my friends’ home which came with adorable Drew, a female dog who I now have made my best friend. She is old and that suits me fine, even better, when we go for our morning and afternoon strolls, we […]
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There are places, happy places as I like to call them, where just being there, entering that world, fake and all, calms me and lifts me, just like the lines in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”: “What I found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany’s. It calms me […]
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When shit happens, the first stage of grief is shock, adrenaline kicks in, and while some may react by crying inconsolably, others go into frantic activity mode, where they keep so busy that they don’t allow themselves the time to feel anything. Then the cycle continues and they are hit by anger, followed by acceptance, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Dear Life, It’s about time I wrote you a letter. It could be angry, but it’s not, because I know well that I am not entitled to anything, either the good or the bad. You just set us forth and we walk our miles, doing our time on this earth, knowing well that at least […]
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