Is it right to berate yourself for mistakes? ***Hi, my dear friends!*** Today is Saturday. This week is my only day off: only today my dog Romashka and I do not have to go to the veterinary clinic. So I tried to take advantage of the situation to rest and think. How often do we have to regret certain actions? I'm not talking now about situations when we do something obviously wrong and realize it at the moment of action or even preparation for it. I'm talking about…
The books that got away I've never been much of a reader and what I did use to read was mainly popular fiction or recycled books from friends. I read The Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole age 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend when I was a teenager. That's a classic for kids. Then I started working, and there were the occasional chick flicks, Sophie Kinsella and her range of Shopaholic books were really funny and resonated with my lifestyle back then. These are books you read and enjoy and…
Surviving the brutality of August ...dear diary, the eighth trip around the moon is almost coming to a full circle and I am still struggling to quantify where time has disappeared to. I must have been sucked into doing life through my unexciting daily routines and fascinations that spice up my desire to live an adventurously simple life. ...i am falling in love with the ordinary accepts of life as crucial revelations unfold in a familiar old-fashioned way. Like the sun…
Seeking Spiritual Light ...at the moment, I am trying to nourish a spirit that has been disconnected from her source of light and her eyes have grown accustomed to the dark. Her path is littered with constant worry and she seems to have forgotten that she can simply summon it back. *...dear self, reach into the pits of your doubts and get a chance to see what is holding you back from reaching for every valid dream there is. It is in encouraging yourself to practice patience…