Good books are like friends. You don’t meet with a good friend only once. There are conversations to have over coffee, when waiting for the subway or after a glass of wine. The subtleties and particularities of both of you…
I don’t have a TikTok account and I don’t keep up with all the ridiculous trends that are unraveling on that platform. But inevitably, the tidal wave of the internet washes the “latest big thing” on other social spaces as…
The messiness of life is part of its charm. As much as we’d like to tame the erratic flow of events and have it under control, we can’t guarantee a smooth sailing. Unexpected situations, emergencies or accidents are bound to…
A person boasting about how he doesn’t even notice other people’s skin color. Another one proposing that all we need for a better world is love. And finally someone claiming that we don’t need to take measures against any injustice,…
Over 2 millennia ago, Socrates declared that the unexamined life is not worth living. If we were to adapt this maxim for the 21st century, a good candidate would be “the unoptimized life is not worth living.” It seems everywhere…
I recently stumbled upon the practice of keeping a commonplace book and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since. I was struck by how it seems to embody the natural messiness of life and support…
The most important relationship you will ever have is with yourself. But sometimes, you need a companion. Another person won’t do. Although a good friend is one of life’s blessings, you can’t always dump all your existential dreads, worries, anxieties…
The American novelist Flannery O’Connor once said “I write to discover what I know.” I think if you need a reason to write, you can’t do better than this. Our thoughts always appear better in the warm and cushy dwellings…
As Sartre said, “Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” We create ourselves. We have the capacity to tap into our potential and actualize it. Like a sculptor who chisels away at marble, over the course of…
In recent decades, meditation has captured the imaginations of western citizens. In the last 10 years alone, the number of Americans who practice meditation has tripled. And the pandemic has brought even more people to the practice, for obvious reasons.…