When I thought I was too old…
Feeling old is a question of attitude. You’re only old when you give up enthusiasm and set limits for yourself based on a number. That could happen at any age.
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It is what it is.
A commonplace expression, which brings me a sort of relief: “It is what it is,” and all I can do is accept things the way they are.
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The promise I didn’t keep.
Promises are sometimes made liberally, at a time when we’re caught in the web of emotion and make them out of either love or pressure. I’m guilty of a few broken promises, but especially one I made to my deceased grandmother Catherine. This weighs on me like a tombstone and the guilt still haunts me, […]
Read More…There are no endings.
There are no real endings, just continuity. Yet we keep wanting to turn pages hoping that the last ones won’t count or will be erased by time. We can’t will an ending. Things end by themselves when time decides to blur and hide away places, things or people we find hard to let go of.
Read More…When people we know become strangers.
Give some people distance and they may become strangers. This is not always the case, however. With some, we may be far removed by distance and time but when we get in touch again we pick up where we left off. Not so with others. The two parties may change, and have nothing left but a […]
Read More…Life’s wake up calls.
A jolt, a jumpstart, a sharp turn, an awakening, a strike of lightning, a slap in the face… Life’s wake up calls are numerous. You can choose to ignore them and keep doing what is not working, or take the chance, wake up and get on a new life-track.
Read More…Hope…
This is the last thing to go. When hope is gone, our will is no longer.
Read More…Añoranzas de verano.
Pudo ser el verano que España ganó la copa del mundial. Un verano que me marcó y viví con las ilusiones de una niña, la niña que había olvidado. Fue el verano del amor, de la paz, de la ternura, del encuentro, del desencuentro, de la alegría y la pena. De las ganas de vivir y […]
Read More…While you were sleeping…
The world constantly changes while we are sleeping. This used to be the preamble of many an e-mail sent to an overseas friend. ‘While you were sleeping” I was busy going about my day… And then I would retell, as in a diary, what had gone on in my life during those hours my friend was asleep in […]
Read More…When happy pills are the answer.
I never believed in “happy pills,” but was always curious as to whether they could actually make you feel eternally happy. My thoughts were, that since sadness and pain are part of life, we should endure it like everyone else. Yet, not everyone is the same and sometimes we need a little help when […]
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