How do you measure maturity?
How can you tell if aperson is more mature than another? Obviously, you would not try to compare an elementary school student with a university student, but people with an age difference of one to two decades maximum. But once again, you may notice many differences in the way people deal with events, in their […]
What does it mean to be alive?
Many a time my mum has seen me spend hours and hours in from of the computer writing stories or articles or there are cases when I refused to go out with friends because I was reading an interesting book or watching a series. My mother as well as my friends strongly complain that I don’t spend enough time […]
“The boy who wore a dress”
Let us imagine that our day has finally come to an end and we are looking back to all the people we came across today. In our minds we may recall pictures of men wearing trousers and also women wearing dresses. Nothing notable up to this point. Additionally, we will recall women wearing trousers. Once […]
How many dreams can you fit in your life?
How many times have you caught yourself daydreaming? How many times have you wished you were elsewhere, with someone else etc.? And as soon as you come back from this little break from reality, you sigh and keep handling your everyday tasks which you ought to accomplish. You keep surviving. But that does not […]
New Decade Resolutions: Utopian or feasible?
The decade is reaching its end and each one of us personally reviews the preceding ten years. Naturally, the decade of 2010 passed with less difficulty for some and more difficulty for others but there is room for improvement for everyone and each one of us personally knows how they would like to see themselves […]
About motivation and other demons
Lately, I have been truly concerned about this issue. I observe the people around me: the ones who declare themselves multi-taskers, others whom I have in my mind linked to a particular project, a group. What is it that motivates them? At this time and age, when constant evolution is demanded, it is not […]
Christmas: when all the roads lead home, for some people the road is home.
Count with me these instances of truth, how many Christmas have you felt apart from joy and eagerness, a sense of melancholy. How many times has your spirit been divided by whether we give true sense to these holidays or we have become mere consumers of any kind. Have you ever caught yourself discreetly and […]
How addicted are you?
Love creates activity in a very small part close to the brain base, as well as in some other cells. These specific ones generate dopamine (a natural stimulant), which is sprayed all over the brain. The small section of the brain where activity is found when someone is in love, is part of the brain’s […]
Giannis Behrakis; A Greek legend who made history
Giannis Behrakis was a Greek photojournalist and head of the photographic section of the Reuters news agency in Greece. With his lens he managed to capture the most important political, military, sporting and social events of the last 30 years. His photographs depict wars in various parts of the world, the migration and refugee crisis, […]
International day for Human rights: We are not just human beings, we are human becomings
10 December is the International day for Human Rights. Tomorrow is a chance for all of us to remind ourselves what it really means to be human. A world that has been extensively traumatized by two World Wars, with millions of casualties, a great number of immigrants, and orphan children left behind. A world […]