The basic characteristic of the age of Aquarius is the fact that one should be the change one wants to see in the world. Today we can see an interesting paradox. On one hand the old institutions and isms that were so typical of the old age of Pisces show more and more malfunction and corruption. Yet the media still give the majority of publishing space to them, because we are all used to think that changes come from the top. On the other hand there are numerous bloggers and independent newsletters that write about saving the planet and the people on it, about re-introducing universal human values and...

Modern woman is supposed to compete with her husband or life companion in order to prove equal. But she is also supposed to compete with her female friends, because competition is one of the basic principles of behavior in Western world. We learn to compete in school as little children and it sticks. As glorious as we may feel, when we win, competition as such is not the best thing for relationships. It keeps us apart instead of drawing us together. I wrote in one of my previous blogs that the key to a lifelong relationship with your partner is to be a team and not a competing pair (How to Grow Old...

A Short Story Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a girl studying literature at the university. The students were required to read many books: novels, dramas, collections of poems or short stories. Some students made notes in pencil directly in the books they borrowed in the university library. It was against the rules, but they did it anyway. The girl kept reading the books with great diligence and never wrote anything in them. Once she borrowed a book and when she started reading it at home, she discovered that there were many notes in pencil on individual pages. It was a thick book. She...

It is very human to analyze our lives and make a list of mistakes. It is also very human to try to teach our children not to make the same mistakes. What we do not realize, in my opinion, is that our mistakes were only mistakes in that specific situation. They might be the right decision for our children, because the situation has changed in the meantime. Mamma’s list might be outdated. So may papa’s list. Let me name a few examples. A young man wants to be a postman. He works as a postman during summer holidays while in high-school. Parents insist he should get more education, because...

To and fro you send your waves, without stop or delay. If everything else fails, to you still whisper I may. Whisper the heaviness of my way. Tell you the stories I can no longer carry, throw them in your depths and be merry. Being immense and astonishingly deep, there is so much you can keep. Without any danger to your salt flower, there is so much you can devour. From the pain so common to the human heart, to the vanity of our beach display. From the despair of a lost soul, to the sweetness of a young couple’s fruit bowl. And why should you ever at the face of human drama even stir? When all the...