Finally!!!, this was my last day at work before vacations!! I feel so relieved, and ready to leave!!. Time off  is what I have been really needing for a couple of months, I just need to escape for a few days so I can really start over :-).  We'll see how it goes, this promises to be a fun adventure!  

I recently finished reading the book I mentioned in my last entry, and I have to say it is a really amazing piece of work, I am truly inspired by it. Ihad been looking for years for a book like that, but nothing had satisfied my expectations until now.When you communicate consciously, you are able to connect empathetically with the other person, ( Read more... )

I was reading a very insightful book, called "Creating Harmonious Relationships: A practical guide to the power of true empathy", and found a paragraph that really struck me as totally true. It specially appealed to me, because I have a very strong stance against violence (I adopted one of  my favorite sayings from Isaac Asimov: "Violence is the  ( Read more... )

Well, since it is spring, and I'm feeling so cheerful and things are coming up so well in my life, I have decided to have "buona vita" sundays, with a nice lunch every sunday, with the company of a friend or two, of course, nothing tastes better than sharing a great meal with somebody you feel appreciation for ( Read more... )

Since my inspiration has run kind of dry these days, I decided to put in my journal an scene for the great book/movie "High Fidelity". This is the scene that really got to me, as when I saw it I was in a long term relationship, and many things were going through my head at that moment (I wasn't in the same situation, I never cheated on her, for ( Read more... )

Jeez!!, I don't know what is happening to me, I only did like 30 minutes of workout at night, and I had a huge piece of steak and rice, with a big glass of milk  (and ended up feeling quite satisfied), and this morning when I weigh myself, I am still only 182 lbs!!! It was so hard to keep my weight down before, and now it's the other way around... ( Read more... )

I found this part from a book I read very insightful, and I wanted to share it. It is about an internal chat a girl called Julia had as she imagined talking with the Buddha:

"I'm so worried about keeping this man," Julia says, as she pictures them sitting together under a tree. "He's the best thing to come along in years."

"Have you noticed the ( Read more... )

Ok, so I was about to prepare a snack because I was really hungry, and I had some goat cheese, bread and some turkey bologna... and I don't know what was going through my head that I decided to make a sandwich out of these three ingredients.... UGH! it was totally hedious!!! :-P. Definitely goat cheese belongs with crackers and wine, nothing else.

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Today is one year since I moved to arlington, VA, from Maryland!, time passes too fast, and I am glad it was totally worth it, I am so much happier living here, I hope this next year here brings me even more surprises than the last!  :-)

Through self-observation, I have been able to perceive the emotionally-based reactions that come to me, when in different situations.

these emotional responses are instinctual, fast and totally uncontrolled. It's amusing to suddenly be aware and think of the very strong input that emotional reactions have given me in my actions, thoughts and moods ( Read more... )