Category: Books

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 […]
“It is an old ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.”  Rollo May Paraphrazing the quote above, we run faster or attempt to do more when we are lost, overwhelmed and don’t know what to do. Turning back, being still or letting go may be the hardest things […]
It is a deep night, long time ago. Five young men are keeping vigil in a chapel. There are on their knees, lost in darkness with some shadows cast by a pale flame. They are not allowed to talk, neither to react to any noise from outside. They must not open the door. This is their last […]
This post is inspired by The Acorn Principle book. “This above all: To thine own self be true, and it must follow – as the night the day – thou cans’t not be false to any man.” “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare You are an acorn The acorn principle tells you to look inside and discover what […]
I had a dream as a child. My dream was to conquer the whole world. Was it also your dream, perhaps? Of course I knew it might be difficult, perhaps even very difficult, but it sounded possible. Just as possible as for a boy, usually perceived as a stupid or incapable one, to become a […]