La fragilità dell’essere

“Tutti pensano di cambiare il mondo, ma nessuno pensa a cambiar se stesso” – Lev Tolstoj Una persona è veramente in grado di cambiare? Sì, ma cambiare in che modo? Può stravolgere completamente la propria natura o magari cambiare qualcosa, qualche piccolezza?Fino a pochi mesi fa, la mia risposta sarebbe stata semplice, “no perché le…

How do you define yourself?

17/05/2018 I think I am a good person. I am very proud of myself and of what I have done in my life; I have no regrets and honestly I trust in my choices and decisions. I feel at peace with myself and with others, and in my opinion, this is the first step to…

On the road: movie vs book.

Jack Kerouac was born on the 12th of March of 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts (USA). He had French-Canadian origins, his childhood was marked by the premature big brother’s death, because of rheumatic fever. In 1940, he gained a sports scholarship to Columbia University of New York, where he started studying English literature. After a year,…

Home or nursing home?

It is undeniably true that nowadays many elderly people are no longer looked after by their families, instead of they are put in care homes or nursing homes. In most cases, the main reason why families decide to do this is for the sake of convenience. According to Collins dictionary, a care home is a…

Less is more

A lot of people have wondered about it for ages, thousands of them have searched for happiness or still are searching for it. Is happiness a material thing, a spiritual one or a state of mind? Many people live their lives in a big house, wearing the latest fashion clothes, watching the newest tv, buying…

Love is love

What does it mean? What does love mean? According to the Collins dictionary, the definition of love is “a strong feeling of affection”. In addition, the definition of family is “a group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit”. Well, in my opinion, the second definition is not always true….