My first encounter with Valentine’s Day came with the US TV-series and movies. At the beginning of the nineties, television was the window opened towards the world, particularly focused on the West. The place most Romanians believed all the good in the world lies and absolute freedom is. I was mesmerized. I felt I could... Continue Reading →
In August of last year, I relocated from Poland to Belgium. It was my third time coming back to Brussels, with the hope to finally make my stay permanent. The latest decade of my life is undeniably linked to this city which I call, without hesitation, my home. This relationship is an ongoing developing story.... Continue Reading →
For a moment life stood still and everything looked prettier. It snowed in Brussels. After endless grey days some sprinkled with invisible rain (the one you feel, but you cannot see) pouring out of anywhere, it finally snowed. Nature was generous. The big, white fluffy snowflakes falling out of the sky were a delight. Glued... Continue Reading →
Food is one of our basic needs. To survive we need to eat. As a species we evolved once we managed to diversify our meals and the sources of our calories’ intake. (Dear vegetarians and vegans I do respect all the personal choices out there, but please remember that meat and animal fats did play... Continue Reading →
A Post Christmas Card December came slowly and left in a rush. December brought along Christmas, the long-anticipated blast Which loves making a grand entrance and masters the art of amazingly fast walkout. And now this Christmas is already a memory, and a part of the recent past. Each Christmas is the same and completely... Continue Reading →
So simple, and yet so difficult to meet. What exactly ?! Love! Love. Love to heal our hurts. Love that brings us comfort and courage to move on. Love that cures and love that transforms. I know that every single thing in our life is supposed to start from a place of self-love. I also... Continue Reading →
For the year ahead I wish to have the wisdom to see every single day as the most precious gift that I could receive. I wish to have so much kindness that everything that I will do, and see, and speak will be only in the name of good. I wish to have... Continue Reading →
I have a long list of very important issues: 1. I take things way too seriously. 2. I have the feeling that I'm in a constant rush and I don’t know when and how to stop. 3. I stress for almost everything in my life, including my shopping list (Yes, yes! It can be difficult... Continue Reading →
Music is my friend. Music lifts me up in my saddest moments. Music makes my inner child dance. Music frees my wildest dreams and gives me courage to pursue them. I turn to music when I need an urgent energy boost. And music never lets me down. Have you ever noticed that there is music... Continue Reading →
Some time ago I started a gratitude journal. I took it as an exercise of reminding myself all the good things happening during the day. After 11 months is one my daily habits. I have coffee in the morning and writing in the evening. What I noticed was that the way of putting on... Continue Reading →
If we need so little to be happy, what’s stopping us of being so?! I think this is the paradox of our society. We need so little, but we are told that we need more. Way much more. Since early childhood we are told how to be, what to be, what we need and where... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how a simple smile can take you along way?! A simple smile can brighten not only your day, but the day of others. A smile has a life of his own and can multiple. How?! Simple. Smiling is contagious. Yes, it is. Is like "pass it on". You smile. Others smile... Continue Reading →
