I see love as a correspondence of vulnerabilities. A cosmic dance of giving and receiving. Where one needs to receive for her to give, the other needs to give for him to receive. And within this delicate interplay, lies Creation itself. The woman receives. She is accepting, tolerating, beckoning. She [...]
While I am slowly catching up with things this weekend, I want to share some reflections from the training I did this week. It’s part of my psychotherapy diploma training in Existential Analysis. One of the topics was about waking up, and some questions were asked for me to reflect [...]
I’ve recently been made to reflect on another one of Frost’s poem. Frost paints a picture of stark contrast. On the one hand, we romanticise the coming of fall. We’re enchanted by its beautiful colours, its quiet mornings and its mist dispersing the sun’s rays, making everything look magical. We [...]
Robert Frost’s poem is on my mind today. The ending goes: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” A decision is an isthmus that connects your intentions to your actions. The boundary that regulates the [...]
The first thing that came to mind is this quote by Thomas Merton. “Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn’t already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.” — Thomas Merton, in Love and Living, with edits. Just pause for a while. And take it [...]