All roads lead to Rome. As the saying goes, you have the freedom to choose any road to your destination. You can take a train to Rome. You can take a plane to Rome. If you are, however, in Florence, traveling by car may be preferred because of the great views. If you lodge […]
Obviously, we all need love. This post, however, is not about love, but about compassion and its complementary. Compassion is when you see a person in misery and you begin to feel with her. Compassion is when you pour your heart out, feel her pain and cry with her. Compassion is when you you take the […]
When you live long enough you begin to realize that pain, loss and disappointment are an integral part of life, sometimes even daily companions. Of course, joy, surprises and blessings are there as well, but often overshadowed by the other polarity. It is certainly hard to be an optimist when the dark hours come and […]
A simple truth is this: When a day is gone, it is gone to never return again. From the perspective of creative work it means that whatever you have left undone, it remains undone until the next possibility comes. Time is precious. When time leaks between your fingers, it is your responsibility to take a […]
The title of this post comes from this article by Sarah Boseley, the Guardian. “Antibiotic resistance remains a major threat to public health around the world, and for the large part, the cause is misuse of antibiotics”, says the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Say it aloud: anti-biotics. The “anti” is the Greek word meaning […]