Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
Life is not easy, that is a fact. Some people are more resilient than others and can take life in stride, being more able to tolerate and overcome hardship. Some call it courage. If you lack that courage or that degree of resilience to face life, you might toy with the idea of suicide when […]
Read More…When you reach that certain age, middle age, or after, life changes, your outlook changes and you see every single thing in your life in a different light. It has its pros and cons, but life is just that, a series of continuous change, sometimes subtle and sometimes abrupt.
Read More…The last time I saw him was 25 years ago when I was embarking on what would be my almost final destination. -I didn’t know at the time that my trip would turn into my new home in San Francisco.- Over dinner 25 years ago, we talked about our time together. Those first 4 years of new […]
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Don’t we wish there were an antidote for loss? For the pain or even a way to skip it all together? The only antidote is time and experience, and not even that can prepare you. However, there are ways to manage loss and make it more bearable.
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In about a month, I will be turning fifty. As I look back I remember how I thought I was already too old to wear shorts, now, I am wearing them and I’m not worried whether I’m too old or what people might think or say. I’m pretty sure nobody is going to come and […]
Read More…I made a mistake in the title. I wanted to write: A memoir worth reading, instead of living, but then I settled for what seemed to have come out naturally and probably was the perfect meaning because memoirs are meant to be lived as we read on, as we immerse ourselves in another person’s life […]
Read More…Because we shouldn’t care what anyone does in bed behind closed doors. Because love is love and it takes many forms. Because being human is accepting one another without questioning religion, sexual orientation, or political views.
Read More…Yes! Some stores, in fact, stimulate feelings of peace and contemplation, at least in me. When I cannot get away from the city and I don’t want to shop, or sit in a coffee shop and stare at my phone, which only makes me more anxious, I do dare tread into some shops that inspire […]
Read More…At some point in our lives, we all experience a sense of emptiness inside, an awareness that we are, in fact, alone and separate beings. We often feel this at times when we feel we are running on empty, lost, clueless, unfulfilled, lonely, sad or downright depressed. To avoid actually feeling these feelings, we try […]
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There are things people tell us, platitudes, which may anger us when we are in dire straits, down in the dumps or dealing with loss. Well-meaning friends want to make us feel better. Perhaps they tell us from personal experience, but, unfortunately, we don’t learn from second-hand experience. Plus, we usually end up feeling frustrated […]
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