psychology Archives - Page 21 of 26

Little things for a big life

6 years ago by Lorella Flego

So here I am, sitting on my balcony, surrounded by loud cicadas, calling out for summer. I've always listened to them, even as a little girl and I always wondered how animals can sense seasons and months without words. Maybe it's because there's magic in the a...

A woman at forty

7 years ago by Lorella Flego

Decisions, my darlings, that's all there is to it, as if someone put us in front of an endless being and made us choose wisely, but without a clue, which way is the right way to go: left or right? I have no idea, to be honest.

Lifestyle

More, please!

7 years ago by Lorella Flego

I am content as I walk around my blue kitchen that looks like a piece of heaven in the middle of vanilla cream. The fish is ready and the balcony becomes paradise that silently tells me that I don't need anything else. And then it dawns upon me that this is pe...

A month left to live

7 years ago by Lorella Flego

So that's how we live, pretty insincere, because it's hard to maintainnormal relationships and deal with everyday people. But still, my darling ladies, I have to ask you: What if you only had one month to live?

Being happy

7 years ago by Lorella Flego

They asked me in school what I wanted to be when I grow up. I wrote down: "I wish to be happy." They said I didn't understand the task. I answered they didn't understand life. Anonymous I ran into an old friend and coworker this week in a shopping mall, a...

Lifestyle

The zoo we live in

7 years ago by Lorella Flego

I wasn't brought up with the perception that the neighbor's grass is always greener, but traveling through life can lead you away from your real goals and makes you forget who you are or where you're headed, every so often.

The deaf can’t hear and there’s no changing that

7 years ago by Lorella Flego

My mother taught me that there is wisdom in silence. When you're able to count to ten or sometimes a hundred, until it goes away or the anger subsides and the vengeful feeling somehow leaves you.

Lifestyle

Those who don’t believe in magic, will never find it

7 years ago by Lorella Flego

The more civilized a country is, the more they have to compartmentalize you, perhaps to try and better understand you. But still; does anybody honestly and profoundly understand us? Does anybody actually care for our emotions, vision, everything we truly are, ...

Women, who make the world a better place

7 years ago by Lorella Flego

I keep asking myself, whether we're aware of our own power or the courage buried deep inside of us, and the inclination to sacrifice, which keeps weighting us down our entire lives. I don't think we are.

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