What does death teach us? Love is a verb that we learn Death can knock on our door without warning. Sometimes it’s not you but your dog or a close neighbor. So, you reflect, you replay the thread of your relationship and you ask yourself several questions: did I take care of this individual? Did my presence contribute to his…
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Kintsugi (金継ぎ, “golden joint”) or kintsukuroi (金繕い, “golden repair”) belongs to Japanese tradition. As the name suggests, it involves repairing broken objects, most often earthenware such as dishes, bowls or vases, with gold joints. This process is by no means intended to go unnoticed; on the contrary, the repair is highly visible, making the object unique, as if it…
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Take care of your identity We inherit an identity like a passport or the beliefs of our parents. We also build an identity, one that evolves over time as we meet new people and read about them. Sometimes, we end up stopping to think about this identity and a grey area is created from which we have difficulty defining ourselves.…
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Don’t forget the good in people It is easy to get angry. When someone is mean to us, it becomes almost natural to be equally mean to them. However, the path of revenge is rarely the best one, because it will only make the bitterness that you have failed to transform grow in the hearts of others. You will then…
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You are not your thoughts Yes, it’s a bit of a mouthful to say, as the Buddhist teachings have already described this reality. However, you can prove it to yourself. You are at the same time a body (the physical), a heart (your emotions), a mind (your intellect) and a soul. In a society dominated by reason, we put thought…
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You don’t have to have blond hair to pay tribute to the Vikings. Whether your ancestors were born in Europe or elsewhere, you can, at your level, honour 3 essential qualities of the Northmen, but also of all peoples who have managed to preserve their original identity. You can, as much as you are, make live daily 3 values…
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Why do members of the same family end up not getting along? As I look around me, I realize that all families have their problems, their unspoken words, their stories, their dark sides, their resentments engraved in stone etc. Why so much hate? Family relationships are imposed, not chosen Unlike friends, family members are imposed on us. It is birth…
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The Christian injunction to love one’s neighbor has spread like wildfire as a result of globalization, itself undertaken by Western countries (which have a Christian tradition). Are we really in a world of love as advocated by the Gospels? It seems that loving others has been summed up in shaping them in our image. It is more difficult to feel…
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How to find pleasure in the absence of pleasure? You will tell me it is impossible. I would be partly right if I had not become aware of the hidden resources of the human mind. When we think of pleasure, we limit it to its purely material and sensory dimension. This is quite logical. We only see what we can…
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Imagine a world where there were no more poor people, no more social distinctions, no more classes, no more hierarchies based on wealth. What would be the consequences of this change? The first would be the need to distinguish oneself by one’s character and not by one’s possessions. Money, in an unequal society, has the advantage of offering a kind…
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