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The Art of Closure

Closure is a term that implies finality. It marks the ending of an important part of your life; a relationship, a job, a stage, or an addiction. It may be a very painful to move on and come to terms with the closing of a chapter in life. Reaching closure is hard because you need […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Necessary disappointments

If people didn’t disappoint us, we wouldn’t get to appreciate those who don’t do that. Therefore, I feel there is a point in having to go through disappointments. I will try to explain. Buddhism teaches us that if we have no expectations, we won’t ever be disappointed so we won’t suffer unnecessarily. However, to reach […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

On love and finding closure.

Closure is a term that implies finality. It marks the ending of an important part of your life; a relationship, a job, a stage or an addiction. It may be a very painful to move on and come to terms with the closing of a chapter in life. Reaching closure is hard because you need […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When things go South, start walking North.

You: I’m actually happy right now! Life: Wait a second! And this is how it was for me in late January and to boot, on January 13th. Things went south and then south again… But I was able somehow to keep it together by walking north.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Leonard Cohen, the poet who teaches us lessons.

Leonard Cohen; the poet, the songwriter, the magical course voice that gets to you, that grabs your heart and sways you. My Leonard is eighty and only getting better.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

How to close a chapter of your life.

Some chapters must be closed so we can go ahead and move on to the next. No, it’s not easy, but who said life was easy? As M. Scott Peck says in his book “The road Less Travelled,” “Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great […]