What is Love?

When I was a child I used to equate love with the feeling of warmth. Being cuddled and appreciated. When I was a teenager I used to see love as a special gift from God, as a power to influence the life of others. As a young adult, I saw love as a power of...

Why is kindness good for you?

Photo courtesy Footprints orphanage I am a strong believer that empathy and kindness go a long way. Even small acts of kindness can have a ripple effect that will transform people’s life. It was certainly my experience in life when I was being helped...

Strange is this world

Photo credit Leandro’s World Tour, available undrer Creative Commons on Flickr. I look around and I see people. I look closely and I recognize the unbalanced self. I look at the world and I perceive gossip, curses and unkindness. They stand out. They shout. They...

This is what we all need

 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....

Deviation and the norm

Do you want to be a norm? You want to be perfect. Balanced. Harmonious. Spotless. That is what you think you want. To follow the perfect dream. You want to have a great family. (Obviously, a great house and a car too.)You want an easy and smooth life.You want to make...