Posted by Helena Smole in Improved self-image
on Aug 28th, 2018
Reading the Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ I find that pride is not an esteemed quality in a person. I also remember reading about how pride is a vice and not a virtue in the Buddhist tradition. While Wikipedia for example states both a positive and a negative connotation of pride. What to do about pride then? It has dawned on me the other day, that what we need is to see pride as a spice. Only a smidgen of it will do. What do you think about that?
I find it hard to be proud of myself, even a hint of it. I just do not feel any of it. I can well be proud about others, but never of my own...
Posted by Helena Smole in Vacations and trips
on Aug 17th, 2018
Sunrays through the clouds –
disturbing the early dusk,
warm color’s caress.
This haiku poem is a result of entering the following challenge:
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 97, “Love & Time”
https://colleenchesebro.com/2018/08/14/colleens-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-97-love-time-synonymsonly/
Take care,
Helena Smole, author of:
– a fantasy novel with romance Vivvy and Izzy the Dwarf: A series about relationships
– Balancing the Beast, a book offering a bright view of schizoaffective disorder ˗ bipolar or manic-depressive type
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Posted by Helena Smole in Relationships
on Aug 13th, 2018
A coffee after lunch drunk in peace at home is not just a coffee after lunch drunk in peace at home. It means a lot more.
The bills have been paid. A cup of coffee AT HOME means one is not getting evicted. Yet, how seldom do we think about that. The fact that we are not homeless. We take it for granted.
The coffee AFTER lunch signifies that one has had lunch. Obviously there is enough money for food at one’s home. Another constant we are usually not aware of.
One must also have funds for buying clothes, otherwise the drinking of coffee could not be a pleasant experience. Imagine the embarrassment of...