by David Barbu | Sep 17, 2024 | David Barbu, Posts English
I settle into the cushioned seat of my favorite Chinese buffet, my eyes darting between my usual order of General Tso’s Chicken and the fortune cookie prophecy enticingly laid on the table. Sliding the Styrofoam container aside, I grasp the sugary wafer....
by Lena Marinova | Apr 1, 2023 | Lena Marinova, Posts English
It is very early in the morning and the sun is still hiding beyond the horizon. I am sitting on my couch, drinking coffee and looking out of the window to the sky. A new day is about to start and I am fully part of it. “But what about my own renewal? Do I become new...
by Lena Marinova | Jan 22, 2023 | Lena Marinova, Posts English
What does a Deep Philosophy retreat do to you? This was my own question when I went to such a retreat near the town of Orte in Italy. Imagine – you are in a room together with fifteen others sitting or standing in a circle, waiting for the philosophical session to...
by Jairo Sandoval | Aug 5, 2022 | Jairo Sandoval, Posts English
In the old bookcase of that ancient cabin in the mountains, Thomas’ eyes stopped before an old and dusty leather-covered volume, whose title had been erased by time. Inside it he found several pages folded, covered with handwriting. Thomas read: ...
by Jairo Sandoval | Jul 9, 2021 | Jairo Sandoval, Posts English
From Ernesto’s diary… January 29th I haven’t written anything in my diary for more than a week, but from what I’m about to tell, I think my absence will be justified. Until now, the only thing that had kept me more or less afloat in the midst of my...
by Linda La Penna | Mar 21, 2021 | Posts English
It is the day of my shift as a volunteer in the oncology department of the Perugia hospital. Entering that place of pain, despair and hope is always a gamble. My job is to talk to patients – with those who wish to talk – to help them, if I can, with a smile, with a...
