Have you already thought about the future? Maybe you live day by day, ignorant of the skyscrapers built behind the window of your apartment, magnetic trains cutting the commuting distance to nanoseconds, 3d printers which can produce everything from weapons to clothes and prostheses? Maybe the world dominated by plastic surgery, beauty enhancing procedures, the internet and the development of technology escaped your...
There are thousands of women who devoted their lives to their families, being then abandoned by their husbands, replaced by a younger or more attractive model. There are thousands every day dealing with abusive relationship, whether it is physical abuse or psychological one. There are thousands who experienced rape by men who don't take no for an answer, thousands who were molested at...
Those who survived catastrophes always highlight what a lottery they won, how fortunate they were rescued from plane crashes, dangling from the highest tree during floods or tsunamis, how blessed surviving on urine under the debris of earthquakes. There is something special about your fate if your life was sheltered from tragedies others couldn't escape. There's a sense of being selected. But how...
Some films you like watching again and again. Whether it is a holiday ritual or an evening relaxation after a hard day at work, you never seem to be tired of same old jokes and repetitive kisses at the sunset. Other films you're likely to watch every once in a while when your TV channel kindly reminds you of their existence, but you...
Sometimes in life, you are prematurely left alone. Your parents, instead of being parents, leave. It is a new relationship that they want to pursue without you hanging around at all times, a different career, a move to a different country, or it is death. While you are just on the verge of growing up and the last thing you want from life...
Jealousy makes people do silly things. Out of suspicions, you can lose your mind, hire a private detective, threaten your family and friends. There are kinds of jealousy, depending on what you value the most: your partner, your career, your children or your material possessions. Its green demon can turn a reasonable citizen into a beast and you would be surprised how much...
It was supposed to be the beginning of the twenty-first century. Then it was a date from the Maya calendar. Somewhere in between, there was a comet, an asteroid, global warming, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis. We still wait for the end of the world, occasionally threatened by bigger and smaller false alarms. Can you picture yourself waiting for the climactic moment of the history...
The fate of your birth decided what you believe in. As a child, you rarely have an opportunity to chose and compare one religion to another. You follow your family's tradition, your school's teaching, your nearest church. At the far end of the world, a different child follows another tradition, school, and church. Both of them are sure that their faith is the...
The world is such a small place. You can meet your neighbor during your trip to the USA, you can bump into your primary school classmate on the train to the other side of the hemisphere. You might also realize that distance is a dimension which nowadays doesn't matter much, as the knowledge of languages can break the barriers set by governments. And...
It often happens that your life is all planned. Wrapped up with a ribbon on it. You're set to go. You're sure that your well-thought scheme is going to tick every point of your agenda. And at the very last moment, all plans collapse. You meet someone and all previous someones fade into insignificance. You think that you have been in love, while...
Can you picture your life in five years? Is it a job interview question? Imagine it isn't. Can you predict what will happen in five years time, what will be your interests, how your life is going to look like, what will be your everyday habits, routines, even your diet? Can you? Can you picture your life in five years of a relationship?...
Do you believe you can meet a woman of your dreams, an epitome of your wildest desires, an impersonation of your unspoken ideals? Are you a fan of an actor or an actress to the point of idolatry? Can you envision yourself by his/her side, totally in love, entirely besotted with her mind and infatuated with her body? Can you finally picture yourself...
