My fiancé is a very interesting person. One of the things about him that really amazes me is his aspiration to everything simple. He doesn’t like when things are overcomplicated. He likes when the actual meaning can be easily found and understood. Maybe that is why he likes simple food, simple books, and simple movies. Even when…
Author: Lilit
The Forgiveness Sunday
Forgiveness isn’t something we do for others. We do it so we can get well and move on. Last Sunday was the Forgiveness Sunday in Russia. It is an orthodox holiday, when everybody asks one another for forgiveness. When I woke up on Sunday I was determined to have forgiven (well, at least to do…
Be Your Own Superhero!
A guy once said to me: “I don’t approve of all those self-development, ‘be a better person’ books. If everybody read them and became perfect, life would be so boring!” For a minute there, I thought he had a point. Then after a while I strongly disagreed, but couldn’t convince him because I didn’t use…
Gratitude, Respect and Love
Last week I ran into a very touching poem by Dave Griffid titled “Too Soon Old”. I also found out that this poem has been floating around internert for some time, but I couldn’t resist sharing it with you in case you haven’t read it yet. TOO SOON OLD. What do you see nurses? …..
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
When I was in high school, our literature class read a book which made a great impact on me. It is called Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk district by Nikolai Leskov. The book is about a rich, married woman – Katerina Izmaylova, who fell in love with one of her servants who had a bad reputation…
Honesty
I never really understood the deep meaning of being honest until recently. We all know that being honest to people is good – that way we will never have to lie, then remember our lies, get things mixed up, maybe some day get caught, and make other people lose trust in us. In other words…