Leave The Candle Burning He left the candle burning, just as she had asked him to do. Though it had been seven years since she went away, every evening at nightfall he would light a candle. Every night while he tried to sleep through his pain and his loneliness, the candle flickered silently casting dancing shadows upon the… Read More »
Looking for “Leave the Candle Burning”? Click here Superficially Substantial There are times in your life when you have to step back and look at your life in a critical way. When you look at where you’ve been, where you are and where you are going, you might see things you don’t want to see. When I was… Read More »
Stardust You wake up and you look out your bedroom window and you see it’s a another beautiful summer day. You hear the birds singing, you see the flowers opening in the sun, and you smell the fresh, clean summer wind. You see a deer peacefully eating a plant in a field, you see a bee hopping from… Read More »
Reflections on a Summer Morning It is with bittersweet countenance that I write this. A pale and fragile veil of autumn lingers still on this summer morning. Those warm, humid mornings of just a few weeks ago have gone and have been replaced by some mysterious early harbinger of fall. One morning not too long from now, I… Read More »
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than the facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.… Read More »
So So, my name is Pedro. I’m from Mexico and I’m on assignment in Moldova. I’ve taken so many English courses in my life, but I’m so confused by the language. I so need to learn it well. So I’ve been taking remedial English courses here in Moldova (that’s where I have been living for the past 18… Read More »