hope – Page 10 – On Life, Hope y todo lo demás…

Thanksgiving: The year of loss, love and hope.

I don’t think being grateful is something we are wired to feel now. There is this ingrained sense of entitlement and the belief that somehow life owes us. We seem to acquire, somewhere along the way, the same tunnel vision and selfishness as when we are infatuated and only see what we want to see, […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When you don’t have a mailing address.

I find myself stuttering when I call for a doctor’s appointment and they ask me for my mailing address. Then it hits me; I have no permanent mailing address! It takes me a while to react and then decide I’ll give my old address, which is the one on file for now. How long is […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Finding your balance and HOPE before 2016.

Now, nearing 2016 is the time to start counting your blessings, no matter hard your year was there is always that side to everything that brought you some good. There is that balance in life that keeps us looking up when everything seemed to go down in shambles. Chaos is part of life and somehow […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The roller coaster ride of grief.

When shit happens, the first stage of grief is shock, adrenaline kicks in, and while some may react by crying inconsolably, others go into frantic activity mode, where they keep so busy that they don’t allow themselves the time to feel anything. Then the cycle continues and they are hit by anger, followed by acceptance, […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Our Best Intentions.

We get into relationships with our best intentions and often no matter how good those intentions are, in time it doesn’t work out. We grow, we change and need something different and we must accept that. It may be sad but if done right, both parties win and get a second chance.

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

Inspiration to start your new “everyday.” from Oliver Sacks, Wayne Dyer and Jung.

As Oliver Sacks rightly said: “Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more – it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Thank you, thank you.

If there are words that are not mentioned often enough are “Thank you,” Wayne Dyer said it every morning. He thanked life every morning at wee hours when all was calm, or so he said. At the beginning of the movie “The Shift,” he does this and starts his day meditating on life and his main purpose, to […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The rainbow of pain.

Pain is like a rainbow, no feeling is the same because each painful moment has its different shade. You can’t compare pain either since it’s such a personal experience.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Why I would commit suicide but won’t.

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 […]