On Knowing Yourself

Isn't it human, after all, to simply choose to focus on the good rather than the bad?

On Giving

"For it is in giving that we receive."St. Francis of Assisi Guidance and assistance are the most precious of human gifts. As one oftentimes finds him or herself entangled in a web of troubles, having known hardship and struggles, lived through untold obstacles, one learns the importance of giving. For without the caring help of …

On Exile

"Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?"Emil Cioran   In a recent interview on French television, author Velibor Čolić offered the audience his entrancing interpretation of exile as follows: ‘I did not come, I stayed ; exile is more about staying than leaving’. Indeed, we leave as emigrants but we stay …

On Fear

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”’Ralph Waldo Emerson Have you ever been paralyzed? Have you ever bailed right before doing something you had longed for and yet, at the very moment you were going to take action, felt so overwhelmed that you could not move forward anymore? I did, …