While simplicity isn’t a virtue of itself, it is actually that which holds all others – it encompasses all virtues within itself, moves like air through them and ties them with a wind, a breeze, and holds them as if with a gentle hand. Simplicity...
Generosity gives us meaning, purpose; it is the song of our soul that our heart is open and knows how to love. Because one can only ever truly love, if they are of generous heart and generous spirit, of open palms to hold the hand of another, and of listening ear for...
in the you of you is the me of me is us, of us is love Love is a sweetness of emotions, of sensitivities, and it is embodied through our every day lips, hands and ordinary gestures along the circling staircases of our lives. Love is like bread – it needs to be...
Let’s begin with nurturing. To nurture essentially means to tend to that what already is. We don’t push seeds into the frozen ground in winter, it is not their time yet to grow, they will not grow no matter the force we apply. We’ll only hurt them,...
You may talk, and I may listen, and miracles might happen. ~ Ernest Hemingway There is a popular belief among anthropologists that you must immerse yourself in an unfamiliar world to understand your own. Relationships serve as our mirrors – they allow us an...
Here I am, in this beautiful perfumerie tucked away in the old city center of Havana, Cuba. I love perfume making, so today let’s talk about the wisdom of our senses, and especially, our sense of smell. We were all created with five basic senses: smell, taste,...
