You can get closer to someone because a moment of joy has created a positive memory for each other. However, it is not uncommon that it is not joy that unites us, but rather the experience of a shared suffering even if it was lived in a different context. Why do you think the cicada and the ant cannot be…
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We all want to have early children just as we want to harvest our strawberries earlier in the year. However, a parent is not an animal trainer, he is first and foremost a gardener. The value of an education is only as good as the ability to recreate an environment conducive to the proper “growth” of children. Children may not…
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Do women always seek out alphas? A simple answer to this question would be “yes”. However, one would have to argue that the concept of Apha masculinity has changed even though the notion of security that it underlies remains the same. Where does this concept come from? Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and it indicates a…
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Do not leave your dog on a leash if you want him to be attached to you. Albert Willemetz Albert Willemetz was a French librettist, lyricist and scriptwriter, born in Paris on 14 February 18871 and died in Marnes-la-Coquette on 7 October 1964 (aged 77). The dog is here the metaphor of a friend or any other life companion. It…
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What persuades is the character of the speaker, not his language. Ménandre Ménandros (in ancient Greek Μένανδρος / Ménandros) is a Greek comic author, disciple of the philosopher Theophrastus. Considered one of the most important representatives of the New Comedy, he worked in the last quarter of the 4th century BC. With this phrase Menander tells us that who we…
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We all have a reserve of love that is expressed indiscriminately at our birth. This is what is commonly known as the purity or innocence of children. How is it that we sometimes lose this reservoir of benevolence and compassion that we are all provided with when we are born? The first answer to this is our education: we are…
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Invest in self-knowledge and self-improvement Many relationships are doomed to failure before they have even begun, as individuals lack maturity, which leads them to inconsistency and straying. Self-knowledge is the basis of the relationship with others. If we know who we are, we may be able to make choices about who we want to see in our lives. The problem…
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The identity crisis affecting thirty-somethings is nothing more than the search for a life that is consistent with their own values. The choices of reason that we make in our twenties (during our studies) are only there to postpone the inescapable moment of the quest for authenticity that will correspond to what we call the choices of the heart. The…
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Love break-ups are never really easy. Yet they are an inexhaustible source of learning. Pain can be a good counsellor. That’s why separations can teach us a lot about who we are and who we could be, but we need to take the time to learn the lessons of separation. They serve as guides, they force us to amend ourselves,…
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A couple’s relationship is a challenge, the first of which is a questioning of our ways of thinking and acting. A partner puts his or her finger on what could be improved, at least from his or her point of view. This explains why life as a couple is not easy on a daily basis. Moreover, when the two individuals…
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