What’s your New Year’s resolution for 2021? I am sure many people ask themselves this question every year. Indeed it’s a great question to ask ourselves in the beginning of the year as we all want to have something to look forward to and get that sense of accomplishment. 2021 Will Probably Be Bumpy As … Read more
How do we balance doing the things we love and making a living? This is the question many people have asked themselves when it comes to making big decisions in life. I have also struggled with this dilemma for a long time. It’s a tough question. Do we compromise our values in order to make … Read more
It’s very easy to feel unhappy, at least slightly unhappy. There are too many things to be concerned about. Whether it’s our job, our relationships, our money situation, in most cases all of these conditions define our degree of happiness. ‘If I get a pay rise, then I will be happy.’ Or ‘if this person … Read more
For many people, it’s been a tumultuous year to say the least. And it’s as if things weren’t dramatic enough, there’s the US election to top it off. It’s full of twists, suspense and emotions. The outcome may be a singular one, but no one really could have predicted how it unfolded. Naturally, some people … Read more
Sometimes it’s really easy to lose track of where you are and get lost in a story. We live in a world full of stories, some wonderful, some horrible or anything in between. It’s even easier to follow stories in a world where social media dominate our daily lives. There are so many fascinating stories … Read more
The world can be a pretty good place, especially if you are born in a well-off family or country. The script of life is kind of like the beliefs and values we have about the world around us. It is a good script if you have a good life, such as having a good job, … Read more
We probably all want the same thing. Whether it’s acquiring the latest car, saving money to buy a house, or setting goals in order to achieve something we’ve always wanted to achieve, we believe that accomplishing all these goals would make us feel good. In other words, we all seek happiness one way or the … Read more
It turns out that we humans can be very easily influenced. Probably more easily than we’d like to think. I’ve recently watched two movies that explore this topic, The Hater and The Social Dilemma. The first one is fictional and the second one a documentary. Both films touch on how social media shape us and … Read more
‘Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.’ T.S. Eliot Ever since I was a child my parents have guided and provided for me with plenty of good intentions. Some of them were beneficial to me but some I simply rebelled against. I would probably say that some of … Read more
One of the hardest concepts for me to grasp has been the concept of compassion. I’d never quite understood why we should forgive or even tolerate someone we strongly disagree with. How can one love someone or something we despise? Compassion is said to be one of the highest form of spiritual qualities if not … Read more
Life as we know it can be a very fragile thing. When we hear the news of an unfortunate event that involves loss of life, the most common reaction is that we feel sad. This is true for events on the other side of the globe and it feels even more real when it’s someone … Read more