Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
Three years ago I felt empty and bored to death. Although I was passionately teaching, I lacked a personal fulfilling life. I had a very strict and fixed routine. I did my grocery shopping at 8 A.M. every Friday, cleaned, did the laundry, cooked and read. The rest of the week I stuck to a strict schedule.
Read More…There are moments in our lives we’d like to erase. But our brains are wired in such a way that we won’t forget no matter how much time elapses. Time will soften the blow of a memory, but it won’t do away with it. Those things that had the most emotional impact are stored, and […]
Read More…When I was little, my dad used to tell me how he was always going to be there for me, for the good and the bad. He stuck to his promise and never left me.
Read More…We get so lost in all those things we have to do for others, that we forget the main character in the play: Us! When we overextend ourselves for other people, we lose sight of what we want, what we need and it slowly starts to weigh us down. While I am all for reaching out and […]
Read More…We live in a society were we label good feelings and bad feelings. Anger being in the “bad” list. We are not talking here about out of control or chronic anger. Just plain and simple anger we are all entitled to.
Read More…At a point in my life I decided to skip my yearly trip to visit my family for the summer and stay behind to stick to a rigorous saving plan. That was one of the worst years I remember! While I don’t need much to enjoy myself, and give into few luxuries, giving up that […]
Read More…It takes courage to admit to yourself that you’ve been fooled. That “aha!” moment is like taking a punch to the face, not to mention how your ego is left in rags! The shame, the humiliation can be pretty devastating, and the self deprecatory remarks make things even worse. Of course, the other person suffers, […]
Read More…Anniversaries are milestones that mark our lives. They can be detours, stumbling blocks, or just a celebration of an important change, as mine turned out to be. The celebration of my new life, the one I unsuspectingly started when I came to San Francisco for a visit, making it my home. I didn’t make a […]
Read More…The most irritating and hateful expression in the break-up scene is: “It’s not you, it’s me.” But often, we should reverse the order of the sentence and use it as soon as we realize the person we are dating is not worth our while. We are stubborn though, and hope the other person will somehow […]
Read More…Years ago, when I heard the line “Nothing has to happen for me to have a bad day,” I suddenly felt relieved. I was not alone experiencing those bad days that weren’t prompted by any specific event. I wasn’t crazy or too strange.
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