May 2025
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From Clicks to Candles: The War-Time Reset
We live in a world cradled by convenience. Each morning begins not with the rising sun, but with the soft glow of screens. Alarms buzz, notifications blink and our fingers reach instinctively for updates. We’ve wrapped our lives around apps and algorithms—wallets turned digital, conversations distilled into emojis and knowledge reduced to trending headlines. Everything Continue reading
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Dust, Blood and the Motherland
Out in the desolate stretch where sand meets sky and silence is broken only by the crack of guns, a soldier runs—not away from death, but straight into its path. Bullets tear through the air like angry whispers, each one a sentence waiting to be written on his skin. But he does not falter. Ahead Continue reading
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You Are Not Lost—You Are Just in a Part of Your Story Where the Map Hasn’t Been Drawn Yet
There are moments when the world feels overwhelmingly vast, and we stand in the middle of it, unsure of where we’re going or how we got here. The path ahead is unclear, and we wonder—am I lost? Did I miss something, make the wrong turn, wander too far? But what if being lost isn’t the Continue reading
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Live Without Regret
Laugh when you are happy—without guilt, without hesitation. Cry when you are sad—without shame, without restraint. Do not silence your emotions for the comfort of others, because no matter what you do, people will always have something to say. Their thoughts will shift like the wind, but your feelings, your experiences and your truth are Continue reading
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The Bull, the Bee, and the Burden of Opinion
A bull has four legs. So does a goat. Yet, no one uses goats to plough a field. Why? Because each creature, has a different function. A bull is built for strength and endurance. A goat, for agility and survival in rugged terrains. Each has its purpose; each its own destiny. Gold, too, is a Continue reading
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Memory is a Mirror with Cracks
Memory doesn’t offer us a perfect picture—it gives us shards, flashes, pieces that shimmer and cut. Some are golden with warmth; others sting like old glass under the skin. We try to hold them together, to form a whole, but the cracks remain. And maybe they should. We remember people not as they were in Continue reading
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Would You Still Be You Without Memory?
Who are you, really? Is it the sum of your memories—your childhood mornings, the first time you tasted loss, the softness in someone’s voice that made your heart turn? Or are you something deeper, a presence untouched by experience, still flickering even when every yesterday has been erased? I often wonder—if I lost all memory, Continue reading
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A Solitary Hamlet
This weekend, my travels took me to a solitary hamlet, high above the world where the clouds meet the land. Nestled in the embrace of the mountains, this hidden retreat felt like a world apart—wrapped in mist, where time slowed and silence spoke in whispers. Here, amidst the hush of nature, the hamlet breathed its Continue reading
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The Cycle of Life—A Perpetual Dance
The world awakens under a darkened sky, heavy with promise. Thunderstorms rumble in the distance, their voices deep and unrelenting—nature’s own symphony, primal and untamed. Lightning cracks through the clouds, Zeus’ bolt slicing the heavens with blinding brilliance. The air is thick with the scent of petrichor, that earthy perfume rising from the soil as Continue reading
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Why Coins Matter More Than Banknotes in a Crisis
We often use the words money and currency as if they mean the same thing, but in reality, they are not. The difference may seem subtle during times of normalcy, but in moments of crisis—economic collapse, war, political upheaval—this distinction becomes critical. Understanding the concepts of intrinsic and extrinsic value helps explain why metal coins, Continue reading
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