One can smell it here and sense it there: the big old fear these days is everywhere. A glance at ads telling us we are ugly, fat and old suffices to make us feel everything else but bold. Love, the heart’s fuel, is of another kind: it is a rare jewel, these days hard to find. Love is like a beggar in a busy street: few have time for him to meet. Fear, like a virus, is easy to catch, whenever two uncertain hearts match. Love on the other hand is more difficult to spread: only the open hearts can taste its bread. The darkness of fear can only prevail until the heart is under its veil. To the light of...

The only safety is the willingness to adapt to change. Some changes in life are expected. We are somehow prepared for them. When we are still in school, we know in a few years we will start looking for a job. A pregnant woman and her man expect many changes after birth. People ready to retire expect big changes too. They can prepare themselves by getting enough information and by changing their attitude. Yet some changes in life come unexpectedly. They are usually called bad luck or tragedy, not change. Western culture devotes a lot of time and energy to preventing all kinds of bad luck. Nevertheless...