November rain.
Like tears of sorrow November rains come and subtly leave you drenched inside and out. There is a certain beauty to rain, but often melancholy also sets in.
Read More…And he stole my heart…
I never understood why people took to dogs. Too much work, I thought, until he came along, looked at me and hopped into my arms. Sparky has made my heart spill over with tenderness.
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Coming out of the closet with #oneconversation on HIV and AIDS.
There are few subjects I cannot relate to if they have to do with shame, fear and coming out of the closet about who you are. AIDS and HIV are very delicate subjects nobody wants to own up to, but doing so is important to offer those who suffer the disease in silence some hope, […]
Read More…The need to seek solitude in the midst of the noise.
I know I’m often not in good company when, instead of solitude I experience loneliness. But both come and go and perhaps the latter is more deeply felt in the company of people. The former: solitude, is a place I need to go to, to gather my bearings, and as Henry Miller wrote in The […]
Read More…The solace of belief.
A few years ago I asked one of my students why, after retiring, he had decided to turn to Buddhism. His answer was unexpected. I didn’t understand it then, but I do now. Give it time and most things in life will become clear. “As I age, my friends are slowly dying, and I need […]
Read More…The art of doing nothing: taking advantage of down time without feeling guilty.
I never knew how to do nothing. Sitting and staring into nothingness was not my thing. Until I learnt that instead of staring at nothing I could observe, think and appreciate what was around me without having to do anything about it, just take it in and start my own conversation which often leads to […]
Read More…And a time to settle down…
And a time to settle down… While I respect religion, I’m not a religious person. At school, religion was part of the syllabus; yet, as with many other subjects, information got lost somewhere in space while I was busy daydreaming. Therefore, I remember little from those lessons.
Read More…How to keep the peace in your relationships and avoid confrontations.
It’s not easy to live in peace when the world seems to conspire against us, so we become sucked into battles, mostly ego centered, too easily. We fall pray to those fights and everyone seems to want to be right at all costs and nobody is willing to make concessions. But there is a way […]
Read More…Get lost in life.
When one is idle, days seem to stretch out and lack meaning, the mind wonders and it may go to dangerous places, but when you replace that idleness with a miriad of activity, life becomes meaningful. However, those things you decide to engage in must be things you like, you enjoy, or at least are […]
Read More…Missing a great man.
He was a character. No ordinary man. He was a genius, a philanderer, a writer, a painter, a poet and a celebrated professor. I was young then, when I sat listening to his dissertations on life, his attacks to politicians, and his hatred towards the ordinary. I was too young then to celebrate such a […]
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On Life, Hope y todo lo demás... 