courage – On Life, Hope y todo lo demás…

It’s in the struggle that we learn what we are made of

Only through struggle and pain do we learn what we are truly made of. It’s in these times that we are tested and become aware of our strengths and weaknesses which allow us to grow and have more faith in ourselves and in life. If we made it through a rough patch, we certainly can face […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Those scary places.

Once in a while when your safety blanket of comfort has been taken away, and everything is new, you have to reinvent your life and make it fit again, but it’s a scary place to be at. Change is scary because of its newness and unpredictability and you find yourself holding your breath hoping it will […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Dare to dream

Many years ago I didn’t dream about getting to better places until a friend told me to dare to dream, to imagine things I wanted and that eventually those things would materialize. It was hard at first. I had to actually allow myself to imagine getting even the simplest of things. Most were not even […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

On not giving up

I recently watched Out of Africa again. It was first released in 1985 and back then, I saw it as a love story, now, all these years later as many other things, I saw it from a different place and perspective. It’s not about love anymore for me, it’s about courage and not giving up.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The older, the more interesting people become.

The older we get, the more experiences we have to share. We are exciting books waiting to be read. Our chapters are longer, more intricate and interesting. And as we share these stories with others, we are not only enriched by them but bond with others like never before because we may share similar experiences […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Resilience: The ability to cope in the face of grief.

Resilience is the human capacity to adapt to circumstances in the face of grief or adversity, whether coping with the loss of a loved one, a layoff, a disease, a divorce, or any emotionally disrupting event. It is resilience that enables us to pick ourselves up and go on with our lives despite the pain. […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

I’m not afraid to lose anything because I have nothing.

A friend of mine told me this years ago when she was in deep debt that she wasn’t afraid of losing anything because she had nothing, yet she was very responsible and paid every penny of the money owed in time. What she meant by this was that she didn’t spend sleepless nights worrying about […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Don’t feel sorry for yourself. It’s a road to nowhere.

Rarely will you find me feeling sorry for myself. I used to, and that only made me hurt myself in some stupid way. Either by turning to alcohol or finding a million other ways to punish me. “That will show them!” I must have thought. Yep… That did show someone, it showed “me” how screwed […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

I will no longer be afraid and neither should you.

I will no longer be afraid and will trust the process. Because, so far, everything I have needed has come to me at the right time, the good and the bad. Because I have family and friends rooting for me and I have finally learnt to ask for help and help has come.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

And life was never the same again…

It never is, in fact. We believe life doesn’t change or change us, but allow time to pass and on looking back you will see how fast and how much it changes, and, therefore, you inevitably change. We may feel the same, but everything that touches us has an impact. Life adds and subtracts, every […]