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Kindness is catching

My godson recently, while tying his shoe laces, paused, looked up and asked me: “Laura, why are you so kind?” I was surprised and caught off guard. All I could answer was that I didn’t feel I was kind but doing what comes naturally to me. I don’t register kindness as something I do. I just […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

HUNGER IS, Feeding hungry kids because every child must thrive!

It may sound foreign to us who have enough food at the table, but there are many kids out there who are going to school hungry. Right now, more than ever, families are struggling to make ends meet both in the US and around the world. Even if they are able to rely on food […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The sweetest wake-up in a long time.

Having moved out of my once called home, I have been lucky to have landed in my friends’ home which came with adorable Drew, a female dog who I now have made my best friend. She is old and that suits me fine, even better, when we go for our morning and afternoon strolls, we […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Life is ridiculously meaningless.

I’ve been in search for the meaning of life, like many, for a very long time, too long. To be exact for 5 decades, and now, finally, I can rest in peace; the search of that universal meaning is over. I got it! At long last I can sit, relax and stop fretting about finding […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When too much empathy can hurt.

Psychology Today’s definition of empathy is: “The experience of understanding another person’s condition from their perspective. You place yourself in their shoes and feel what they are feeling.” This is a good feeling to have towards others and we need more of it in order to make a better world filled with love, peace and […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The age of loss.

I have come to the conclusion that there seems to be an age of loss. Nobody seems to bring this up, because really, it would be a real bummer to know before hand. Maybe it’s not a universal truth because each one of us has a different “age of loss.” Mine is now and I know […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The safety we need to feel may come from a “safety blanket.”

We all had at some time either a safety blanket when we were children or some sort of stuffed animal that made us feel safe. Mine was pink, and my grandmother still has some shreds stowed away. I loved that pink blanket. I felt safe but as I grew up I had to let it go. We […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The worst feelings in the world.

The worst feelings in the world are feeling unloved or lonely. Even if it’s mutual, when someone actually says to you “I can’t live with someone I no longer love,” it hits you like a rock in the stomach.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

What friendships are made of.

We have friends and buddies. Buddies are the ones who share time with you on rare occasions and serve the purpose of company when drinking, an outing or when you just want to hang and not have to get into deep conversations. These you really know Little about and really don’t care that much. I […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Children: the victims of an AIDS/HIV ravaged country.

There is nothing worse and more heartbreaking than to hear stories or see images of children suffering. Unfortunately, we have become used to seeing images of adults killed, injured by wars or environmental calamities. We are exposed to fewer images of children or babies in these conditions because those images are assumed too brutal for the […]