My seatmate on an evening flight was a woman from Switzerland. As soon as the meal was served, I noticed that she heavily salted and peppered her dessert – a mouth-watering piece of chocolate cake. The flight-attendant, somewhat taken aback, explained that it wasn’t necessary to do this.
“Oh, but it is,” the woman replied, smiling, “It keeps me from eating it.”
As humans, the need for social connection runs through our veins. We all hold the desire to be accepted and loved. It’s this innate craving that makes the concept of solitude a difficult one to embrace. Even the most introverted introverts can sometimes struggle when faced with a great deal of seclusion. Loneliness and solitude […]
“Never making a mistake does not make us perfect. Never repeating a mistake (after we learn from it) is as perfect as we need to be.” — Tae Yun Kim An elderly widower every morning would go for a walk, pick flowers, and continue to the cemetery to lay them on his late wife’s grave. […]
“A love affair with knowledge and wisdom will never end in heartbreak.” — Michael Garrett Marino “Knowledge is often mistaken for intelligence. This is like mistaking a cup of milk for a cow.” — Unknown “If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?” […]
