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marzia stefani
- Apr 8, 2018
- 2 min
Everything happens for a reason
What a strange month March was , snow fell not once but twice , a major espionage/ international incident engulfed a sleepy town in Wiltshire and Stephen Hawkings moved on to explore his next universe. What about your life, did you have any un-expected events? We often react to unexpected events in a negative way and ask ourselves : "Why me? Why now? Why are you doing this to me universe?" Humans have always toyed with the idea of something invisible playing with their lives
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marzia stefani
- Dec 6, 2016
- 2 min
It is the season to be ... content!
December in the West and to some extent in the East now, is dominated by our obsession with the Christmas festivities. I invite you to pause for a moment and ask yourself these few questions: What does Christmas mean to you? Do you remember celebrating it in the same way when you were younger? Do you recall what your favourite ever Christmas was ? What made it so special? In a world dominated by media and incessant adverts ( now starting earlier than ever) it is so difficult
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marzia stefani
- Jul 24, 2016
- 2 min
My grandparents, masters of mindfulness
I grew up in north east Italy in the 80s and 90s . My family was of humble origins , my grandparents came from a little village and my grandad was one of 13 sibblings all born in the same house. Both my grandparents lived a long and mostly happy life and their graves are in the same village where they were born, met and grew old together. As I sit here in my back-yard in England on a warm summer evening , I find myself thinking back to the long balmy summer evenings I spent a
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