by Alma | May 10, 2020 | Alma stories, Posts English
It happened a few months ago while I was on one of my business trips and had to kill time at the airport in Rome. I walked into a bookstore and browsed through some books here and there, when I found myself immersed in a book of the philosopher Gabriel Marcel. I am...
by Alma | Apr 28, 2020 | Alma stories, Posts English
I knew your husband would die sooner than later, being a hopeless smoker all his life, having had already a heart attack, in addition to other health problems. You knew it as well, and so did he. He seemed to be more worried about leaving you behind than about his own...
by Alma | Apr 14, 2020 | Alma stories, Posts English
Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD): A Stoic philosopher and Roman Emperor. Think often about the speed in which things pass by and disappear, both natural things and artificial things. Because the material world is like a river in a never-ending flow, and the activities of...
