Andres’s to-do list for spiritual enlightenment

IntroductionI wrote this list for myself in 2015 and 2016 after I came to terms with my own life crisis. I have shared it with many people since I wrote it and the timing to put it online feels more than perfect. After all, we are going as humanity through a huge transformation. Even at Read more

Doom scrolling

Second chances are uncommonpeople just leavethey look at you and judge you with all they haveas if you were a one-minute thing, an Instagram story Perhaps you are having a weird day, full of incomprehensible ideasperhaps it was just too much happiness and funny words that dayperhaps you got bad news and you just swallowed Read more

Grief

For mom (RIP) 6 months ago, I came closer to deathI came closer to those worlds of the invisibleIt has been a fantastic ride of turbulence and disasterA ride of grief and distressBut also, of learning and insightOf discovery and openness to the unknownTo a new chapter, new ways and second chances It has been Read more

Of redemption

I have paid all my debts but your revenge oh, your bittersweet revenge it has been one of those nightmares I wish waking up would end my sorrow but I am stuck 3 meters under ground Let’s call it even, shall we? and we can just forget why we were really here we have sacrificed Read more

The unexpected

Years of marriage and all of the sudden you were just gone how did we come to that? that was unexpected But what is the unexpected? there is clearly no definition, so here is mine: the unexpected is when Julia is Julia and Peter is Peter the unexpected is the speed of lightning and its Read more

Can’t you see?

I looked at her directly and said: let’s dance together, before the late hour, shall we? believe it or not, those were my words, and she laughed, she did. she kept laughing and we talked and we danced and we laughed together it was a miracle, like those in the movies; I was mister charming, Read more

Words are my talent

Words are my talent and my sword I embrace them to fight injustice and disdain I abuse of their exquisite fragrance to light up my spirit and to spark the passions in my heart so I can go beyond, to that other end -which end? -Klaus! this is poetry, PO-E-TRY. Words are my talent and Read more

The stories we tell

If you were to write a story, what type of story would it be? Would it be a tale of dragons and heroes? What form would it take? Would it be a horror tale of vampires and victims or a sweet love story? Would it be a story of your adventures and the mighty you Read more

Living Abroad

Inspiration. The United Nations International Migration Report 2013 revealed that around 232 million people live abroad in 2013. This article is for you, if you somehow landed in a foreign country and stayed there for a longer period. This article is for you too, even if you are not living abroad, because it deals with life’s Read more