So perhaps it is true that our core obsessions are of a darker nature, and concern creatures that crawl and burrow and slide through the skin, slip into the bloodstream, […]
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Erich Fromm‘s books “The Art of Loving” and “The Fear of Freedom” shaped my views a great deal when I was just a teenager. Here are some of my favorite […]
“A man who doesn’t know where he comes from cannot know where he is going.” Having this in mind, last summer I went back to my forefathers’ lands. There I […]
It was a cold morning chill that brushed against my feet and sneaked under my blanket, waking me up in shivers. I could not shake off the dream; it was […]
“He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless. But he who understands also loves, notices, sees… The more knowledge […]
Just as meter is the measure of length, and gram is the measure of weight, in the same way trust is the measure of intimacy. And although most of us […]
Somebody who met me just yesterday already missed me today, so I’ve been told. It’s nice to be missed, for a change. But I’m growing wary of those who miss […]
Belgrade is enjoying its second week of cold weather. I walk the wet city streets, trying to avoid frequent puddles in the old, damaged pavement. The exercise impels me to […]
Over the past months I’ve been taken on an emotional roller coaster ride. (I guess pregnancy can do that to a girl.) Vertigo, loss of balance, even loss of gravity […]
Of all the elements, I love water most. Maybe I’d love air too, if I knew how to fly, but I don’t. I can swim and I can dive. Deep […]
Looking back at the girl I was some ten, fifteen years ago, I can’t help but feel slight envy at her lightheartedness. Life wasn’t much different then, not in the […]
That we do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. ~ in Collected Essays Under favorable conditions, practically […]
It’s raining. Everybody’s running in. I’m going out. A few curious glances from passers-by are nothing I’m not used to. Instead of an umbrella, I open my arms, inviting the […]
“Never give children a chance of imagining that anything exists in isolation. Make it plain from the very beginning that all living is relationship. Show them relationships in the woods, […]
Timing is everything. We all want the same things, yet when we get them we often find it is not the right moment, that we are not ready, or that […]
Where there is vision, there is possibility. The major challenge of self-realization lies in our ability to tune into the subtle energy of cosmic creativity and become instrumental in channeling […]
These past few days I have been immersing myself in the essence of the spring; completely soaked in the intoxicating scents lingering after the rain, the blossoming trees, freshly cut […]
Rameau Trying to figure out the day ahead, I gaze at the colorless sky but it gazes right back at me, unflinching and impenetrable in its vagueness. Flirting with the morning […]
“I write of the wish that comes true — for some reason, a terrifying concept.” – James M. Cain Whenever you think you want something, you’d better think twice, for […]
Lady Luck may like some more than others, and obviously one can’t be held responsible for one’s good fortune or the lack of it. However, those who are miserable are […]
I have a special connection with the Water. I need to live close to it so that I can take my “water walks” and recharge my batteries in its proximity. […]
Thoughts are the traces of freedom we all dream of, but experience only fleetingly. Everything else is just a routine of our daily dynamics. I want to think positive thoughts, […]
Something has been amputated, cut off and burned. I can still recall the repugnant smell of burning flesh, but not the pain. The pain has been replaced by vacant, empty, […]
