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At least once a month, I take a 3 hours long train ride to spend time with my family. It’s my escape from the hectic capital of Romania. I’d go to my grandparents’ house and we’d just hang out, talking about different things. My grandparents are the sweetest ever. The...
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Last week I went to my optician, as I really needed new spectacles to replace the old ones I had made about five years ago. I went through all possible eyes checks to update the requirements for the lenses – the optician I go to has state of the...
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A common story… Lena is a sociology student and has been given 2 months ago an assignment to produce a paper. Deadline is tomorrow, she has spent the past seven days sitting in front of her computer with a pile of books on her desk. Yet, the page is...
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“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..” John Milton This subject came into my mind while listening to some people talking about their problems. And I started to question myself “How come they don’t see it?”. It...
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Apologizing is something I never thought about, as for me is quite natural (sometimes even without meaning it for real). Yes, I admit it! As a person with a very strong self-esteem, I have this problem, especially when I am not convinced that I did something wrong (for my...
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We all know smoking is bad for our health. It is written on every package and every doctor will tell you this. As many, I was struggling with quitting. I tried it a couple of times but without luck. My day used to start with a cup of coffee...
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There we were in the plane, which was shaking violently in what should have been a standard landing. The turbulence was as bad as anything I had felt before as the storm was blowing up around us. Then I saw something that really caught my attention. A thing that...
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There is something very interesting about these times: we are used to immediate reactions. We do not like to delay pleasure; we are keen on instant gratification even if the long term effects are damaging and will cost us more. We all want to live a healthy, successful and...
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Speaking about the GOD Complex is too complex and one cannot say that the subject is completely covered… like ever. Also, as per Plato’s “cave allegory”, every opinion, every concept, every truth, every attitude is subject to interpretation. Even the GOD Complex. In the last article we talked about...
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“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” Buddha When I was young I was a fan of the movie Space Jam. I loved Michael Jordan, I played basketball even if I was not very...
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