by Paola Andreoli | Aug 20, 2017 | Thoughts
Asia is a waitress at her family’s bar. The other day she was all excited about the idea of learning sign language. The reason for her decision was none other than the impossibility to communicate satisfactorily with a deaf client. Her announcement elicited...
by Paola Andreoli | Jul 21, 2017 | Thoughts
How many times have we thought that the people around us did not love us enough? How many times have we complained about our partner, lover, mother, father, siblings not being there when we most needed them? How much sadness and distress have we felt as we repeated...
by Paola Andreoli | Jun 13, 2017 | Thoughts
The child is 9 years old and he’s his father’s spitting image: same eyes, same smile and even same way of walking. His mother and I look at him smiling at first, but then our smile is extinguished by our concern when we realize the amazing resemblance between the two...
by Paola Andreoli | May 30, 2017 | Thoughts
The other day on my daughter’s desk I found a letter she had written for a friend. The envelope was not sealed and, yes, I confess, I read it. I didn’t care about her privacy and read it. If I didn’t have a look at her things from time to time I wouldn’t have a...
by Paola Andreoli | May 8, 2017 | Thoughts
Fly high, put your feet on the cliff edge, lean forward, open your arms and let yourself fall. Don’t look down, keep your eyes up because that’s where you’re headed, not at the bottom of the cliff. Use the air currents in your favour to plan and...
by Paola Andreoli | Apr 4, 2017 | Thoughts
A few weeks ago, my family doctor retired. He closed the doors of his practice for the last time after 43 years of service. That’s a hell of a lot of time! I remember when I was little and had a fever, he came home to examine me. Back then, in a small village of...
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