This morning on Mount Athos a monk immerses himself in the prayer of the heart, in Varanasi a Brahmin deeply reads the poetic Vedas, somewhere in the Sahara a Marabou heals with his herbs, in Tehran a Muezzin calls the faithful to vigil, in the Amazon rainforest a Shaman performs some ritual dances. These are…

The first step is to realize that something is not going as desired. The actions taken in the past have not produced the hoped-for result. If you listen closely, you can easily hear it: the pressure increases, everything slows down, the movements are no longer natural, sincere, simple. In the second step, you are dealing…

Trust is a cornerstone, the necessary condition for a relationship to flourish in all its beauty. Whether it’s the relationship with oneself or with others, having trust is really important, and the beauty of having it is that you can never take it for granted. Because trust can be earned, but also lost, and then…

When someone wants to be right at all costs, make them a precious gift: agree with them. Because it’s not your job to convince someone who doesn’t want to listen, who wants to go their own way or considers it better than yours. And if you let the people around you make their own choices,…

We are pilgrims in a beautiful world, walking among billions of hearts… how much wonder for those who know how to recognise it. This morning a dip in the Germanic moors with some adventurers with me. For miles just silence and the company of the first rays of spring. Then suddenly something calls to us,…

We realize each other’s dreams in a great story of eternal brotherhood. This is what the Maasai told me during our meeting. Our lives, in all their wonder and nuance, even in the most difficult moments, gift us the blooming of seeds that a thousand generations of hearts have planted in the earth. Because when…

The distance that forms between us and others in a relationship is always the result of many small unfulfilled expectations. Moments in which we wished the other would give us that attention, that affection we felt in need of, and instead found them absent, distracted, not empathetic enough. And from the missed expectations often also…

Today, I found myself in front of an elementary school during the afternoon dismissal. When the doors opened, I saw entire classes of children exiting with bowed heads, sad, angry, with tears in their eyes. I asked for explanations, and I was told it was an early commemoration of the ‘Day of Remembrance.’ The proud…

In these days, snow has settled on the roofs of Northern Europe. First in Bremen and then in Amsterdam, every heart I encountered responded with what it carried within. Some rediscovered anger due to a missed appointment, others felt melancholy over a past memory, frustrated individuals in traffic, and children happily playing in the streets.…

When you wish to help someone and receive an aggressive response or a total rejection, it is a truly important moment. Because when it happens, it’s as if that person is telling you that it’s okay, that their path needs to pass through a certain way, and you certainly won’t be the one to divert…