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The weakening of language’s power: social media, communication’s noises’ and superficial relationships
I am always amazed by how much art can make us reflect about life in different angles, and also by how much discussing about it – whether it is a painting, a movie or a book – with other people allow us to expand even more our points of view and thoughts. Due to social…
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Don’t let your brain fool you
Information is power. You might have heard that before. No matter if it’s true or not, we can easily observe how big influence one information might have. The situation the whole world is facing nowadays is a great example of the impact of information. Fear, denial, or information overload are only few of the main…
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Empathy, dialogue, and individuality: essential principles of our growing up process
For as long as I remember, I’ve always believed in education. My dream was to become a kindergarten teacher, to put my beliefs into action by helping children develop their personalities, cultivate curiosity for all the learning possibilities that we have in the world, and supporting them on their challenges and discoveries. A lot of…
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History and the importance of names
One of the aspects I’ve always loved about (studying) History is that it makes you smarter. A bit like a superpower, or a “third eye”, so to speak, it helps you see layers in reality, in everyday life, in the political arena that are not evident to a less trained eye. Studying History leads us…
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Support your local dreamer
Does it matter where you make your purchases, and to whom does it matter? Nowadays it’s really easy to just go and buy whatever you need from big supermarkets, or what’s becoming more and more popular, ordering from online. And why not? It’s much cheaper and more convenient to go and buy everything you need…
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Bakers don’t bake fake cookies
Trust. It’s something we can’t do without, but there seems to be less and less of it. Neighbors, potential acquaintances, teachers and fellow citizens have all grown distant from us. We’re not sure what’s happening in the world around us, but it surely can’t be what the news is telling us. We are the critical…
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About being young, talking with mom and dad, searching out there, and building your future
One of the defining traits of youth is that the amount of life we have yet to live is much greater than the one we have lived so far. Being young is being a subject in the kingdom of the -ing, experiencing, experimenting, maturing; not in the kingdom of the -ed, experienced, experimented, matured. Being…
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The beauty of useless pleasures
Today, April 11, 2020, the song of the South Korean boy group called Block B, “Toy”, completed the fourth anniversary since its release. It means it has been a little bit more than four years that I have been listening to Korean music. The song, that is part of the album “Blooming Period”, was one…
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Traveling by train and other digressions
Traveling by train is, in my opinion, a way more interesting experience in comparison to selecting the aircraft solution. This is even more accurate for an outbound journey. Here are first a few ideas related to this topic, followed by several thoughts tackling a wider scope. First, I think traveling by train is pleasant as…
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Is volunteering a helping hand for your future?
Can you combine the law faculty with other activities? How? Just do it. Do not think that you don’t have time (I won’t have anyway), that you want to be focused only on your courses (you won’t be all the time), or that you don’t know how to do that and that (you will learn…
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The Power Of Gratitude
Gratitude: The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness (according to Google Dictionary) We can all relate to the feeling of being thankful or grateful for something. Like when you receive a gift that you really like from someone, and your heart opens up and you get a big…
