Who do you want to become?

Who do you want to become?

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...
The Gift of Life

The Gift of Life

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...
C.S. Lewis and the elusive ways of Affection

C.S. Lewis and the elusive ways of Affection

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...
Three Crows Named Set, Arc & Os

Three Crows Named Set, Arc & Os

It was a gentle summer afternoon and the sky was a resplendent expanse of pure blue. As usual, Set, Arc and Os were flying low, carrying messages from their respective masters. After dutifully delivering the letters to the correct destinations, the trio came and sat...