Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
Our lives are hectic, filled with to-do lists, errands, and deadlines. Personally, I can barely finish one task before I’m already thinking about the next one. The day flies by and I have hardly taken five minutes to relax and be in the moment. At night time, it doesn’t get any better: I’m kept awake […]
Read More…When love hits us we are blind to some facts, only seeing that which we want to see. What women like in men at the beginning of the love affair, might actually become the traits that we come to despise later on. Or, they could spell trouble.
Read More…A couble of years ago I read a very sad and surprising story about the death of Bob Bergeron – an upbeat and well-known NYC therapist who committed suicide early in 2012. The piece reminded me of a discussion in one of my classes. We were talking about how many people we know who look genuinely happy and upbeat all […]
Read More…Optimism is the state of having positive beliefs, and a positive outlook on life and yourself. Over-optimism is the state of being overly confident and suffering a slightly distorted, overly positive view of reality. Pessimism is the state in which one usually anticipates negative outcomes. Optimism vs. pessimism: Is it a choice?
Read More…Even though we’re all aware that lying is wrong in almost every circumstance, we still do it. Why do we lie? Because we are afraid of what others might think of us? Because we believe people won’t understand our intentions (which are probably selfish)? Do we lie to be accepted? And what about the lies we tell ourselves?
Read More…When a friend is in some kind of trouble, it’s always easy for us to see the mistakes she’s making—dating the wrong guy, drinking too much, spending compulsively, you name it. Yet, when it comes to ourselves we are so blinded by emotion and clouded by fear that we can’t think ourselves out of the […]
Read More…Without the ability to trust, we wouldn’t make it through the day. Every aspect of our lives depends on trust. Almost any interaction on any given day is based on trust. We trust that when we go to the grocery store, the food we buy will be fresh and that we will be given the […]
Read More…I miss going in search of beautiful places. I used to hike a lot. But life got complicated and my outdoor life was reduced to sporadic outings.
Read More…You spend years trying to figure out the answer to a question or a situation and you finally find it in the most unexpected place. At the end all you needed was a little patience and time. That time we now think we don’t have because we want it all “yesterday.”
Read More…Jean-Jacques Rousseau was angry when attending theatre became a bourgeois pastime. He’d feel the same way now, on seeing the rise of social networks. He believed that theatre was a distraction from who we are and the present moment. He was right. Our constant focus seems to be to escape the moment, to escape ourselves, to escape […]
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