I have been on a quest for happiness for some time, and because of this I got used to analyze my state of mind every now and then. I realized that I have all the reasons to be happy: I am happily married, I have a good, stable job, I do not have money issues …
I am currently reading a book on what the author calls “the optimal experience”. The book is called „Flow: The Psychology of Happiness” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Basically, using the findings of modern psychology, the book tries to answer a very old question: When do people feel most happy? Even though the book has more than …
It has been a while since I’ve posted on my blog and the reason is a very happy event that took place in my life and that took a lot of my time and energy. On this occasion I got the chance to travel to a land which I will not forget very soon: Thailand. …
I look at myself and around me and I see busy people, trying to gather money, possessions, trying to improve themselves or trying to be better parents for their children; basically trying to make the most of their lives. But I feel that we are so trapped in this rush of making the most of …
Because Christmas has just passed and New Year is around the corner, how about going back to childhood for just a few moments. For me this means a time when we allowed ourselves to dream, to believe in magical creatures and to be free. We do not do this as adults, not because we cannot …
Because Christmas is coming and because a person very close to me is leaving the country I decided to write today about family relations. From my experience the relationship you have with your family is the most complicated of human relations. They are complicated because we cannot choose or change our family, they are for …
This is the first time I write about happiness but I am sure it is not going to be the last. Happiness has been a popular term in our society for hundreds of years and people have always searched for it. We are born with a desire to maximize our pleasure and being in a …
It is said that patience is a virtue and, as with all virtues, when we forget about one of them, life has a way of making us aware and gives us lessons until we remember it. Because I received this kind of lesson lately, I have given it some thought and I think that the …
I have been to Greece for a few days this summer. It is a wonderful country and although I have been there several times, it never ceases to amaze me. I love everything about it: the landscape, the people, the food and I would definitely say it is one of the countries to see before …