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.
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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 […]
Read More…What happens when you reach a certain age?
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…A stolen moment of love.
I enjoy stealing moments by taking pictures. I usually don’t include people, only monuments, unusual things and places. However, while on a trip to Ávila, Spain, over the weekend, I stole a very special moment when walking along the fortress’ wall. Looking down I caught a glimpse of a soon to be married couple posing for pictures and I […]
Read More…Oliver Sacks: Life quotes.
In the New York Time’s OP-ED, Oliver Sacks wrote in his column how although at 81 he was still swimming a mile a day, his luck had run out after he learned he had multiple metastasis of the liver. The prognosis is grim, fatal and as he says his farewell and shares with us his life, […]
Read More…On the move by Oliver Sacks: A memoir worth living.
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…A shared character flaw or positive attribute?
We both have something in common, he calls it a character flaw. In him I see it as something extraordinary. In myself, I see it as stupidity.
Read More…Poise® provides discreet help for #LBL
I like the word “Poise,” which means embodying grace, elegance, balance, control, equilibrium. This describes how we should feel and carry ourselves at all times because if we feel and act this way, we are at peace with ourselves and unafraid of accepting life as it comes. This includes the intimate and very personal challenges […]
Read More…The storms of our lives.
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” As if there were another option! But there is. The way each of us respond when a storm hits differs. You can hide under the covers and grieve allowing yourself to become paralyzed, or you can rev up the engine and fight fiercely to get through the […]
Read More…What I learnt teaching at school.
There are things that people may not know about schools, because often, teachers are too afraid to open up and share. There are many interesting facts I have seen, heard or experienced. Whether you are a teacher, a parent, an administrator or just an onlooker, these facts are worth knowing, even just for kicks.
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