It must have been the early 90s and I was around 7 or 8 years old. We still lived in Portugal, not far from Lisbon, the capital, and we lived in an apartment on the 6th floor. I remember it was a beautiful and spacious apartment with two…
Too fast!
As the years pass by, life seems to become even more fast paced than it ever was before. Have you noticed this? In your own life and in the life of everyone around you, busyness seems to be prevalent. We are so exhausted, so depleted and for some reason, we seem to have made a collective agreement that ‘this is life’.
Looking for beauty and noticing the poetry of everyday life, in a world that often seems to be governed by brutality is not naive, nor is it frivolous. It is sustenance. It ignites creativity. It activates the brain’s capacity to solve problems. It activates the imagination needed to…
Words are magic. They speak reality into existence. Words can create an oasis in a seemingly infinite desert, or they can turn vast oceans into wastelands. Words shape our carefully curated narratives. Even when we’re not consciously aware of it. Sometimes these narratives speak the truth. Other times,…
I think we tend to underestimate the power of details. How they add up and how they are components of a bigger narrative. Whether it is in our homes where we restore our minds and bodies, or in our offices where we work, or in the classrooms where…