From the individual point of view, solving worldwide issues is not going to do you any good. It's not going to help me either (I'm already busy enough paying the IRS back). Let's face it, … [Read more...]
Getting old is not what you think
They took him out of the car. The man was a wreck, he was barely able to lift his head and his deformed legs lied in a wheelchair. Two monks carried him slowly, with extreme care, as if he would fall … [Read more...]
Hating yourself a little less
If you're black, you're the usual suspect, they'll call you nigger or just "person of color" and you'll get the evil eye in the bus and the restaurant. It's easy to be rejected, all it takes is to … [Read more...]
5 Tough Questions
Since I started gr0wing.com, I've been receiving emails from every parts of the earth: India, the UK, France, Denmark, the USA. The Internet has delivered its promise as a global conversation … [Read more...]
10 crappiest myths about depression
Of all the statements I heard about depression, the dumbest ones came out of my own mouth. Yet, overtime I had to soften up: most of my family suffers from depression and I was diagnosed with it too, … [Read more...]
You’re worth more than that: the pricing law
When there's only crap on the menu, it's OK to leave the restaurant and go eat somewhere else. It's OK, really, yet how many times did social pressure force you to endure a painful time in a place … [Read more...]
Unless you swim against the current
TV wants you as dumb as possible, Facebook too. Mainstream culture expects you to be an imbecile because stupidity makes you the best recipient for viral messages, commercials and war … [Read more...]
Drugs are nothing special
Drugs have the same social status as sex: entertaining and sometimes dangerous. And they're hard to control, that's why people keep doing them until they die. That's also why the war on drugs is a … [Read more...]
Does spirituality have anything to do with politics?
The conflict between Gaza and Israeli forces started about 20 days ago, so far about 1100 people have been killed. I know, that type of disturbing news seems to fall completely out of the scope of … [Read more...]
You won’t find happiness anywhere
Impossible to sleep. I tossed and turned, it was 3 am and the heat was intolerable, our A/C was fighting like crazy to keep the bedroom below baking temperature, to no avail. Then the cat … [Read more...]