Walking the higher path. — I’ve always been dreaming about a zen garden on my desk. But… not enough space, not the right tray, the usual small “obstacles” and time passed by. I already had a small quantity of sand and also collected a few good stones in the Alps. …

Vedere ciò che conta, ed esservi preparati, richiede di guardare attraverso alcuni artefatti. — English version here. Ho vissuto un inatteso anno sabbatico. Nel bel mezzo della mia vita impegnata, quel periodo ha cambiato qualsiasi cosa e ha segnato il mio futuro. Io sono una persona calma, solitaria, meditativa. Eppure, quel periodo ha portato la mia relazione col silenzio ad un altro livello. …

Do you miss the third force? — When I started studying The Fourth Way — essentially a self-development method and school — , one thing sounded weird and artifact to me. Gurdjieff — founder of The Fourth Way — said that anything happens because of three forces. It’s a universal law. Even if you can imagine a…

Medium, can you please give me the subtitles back? I write subtitles for a reason. They help my audience decide to read. I’ve been writing subtitles here for years. And now my profile shows none of them. I’d also like to read subtitles from other readers, on the home page. They went too. Medium, you already got rid of articles older than a few weeks. Now you got rid of subtitles. What’s next? Titles?

Hey Ma, look at my notifications! No doubt Medium respects your privacy. They don’t even let me know your user name. How cool is that?

Not the time for resolutions, for me. — 2021 has been my worst year ever. The perfect outcome of a disaster recipe. The pandemic just added the topping. Reinventing myself worked only in part, during the last years. The other part pulled everything down the sink with it. Marriage included. Not something usually mentioned in the success stories. …

I plan not to miss it. — Today’s good news is a +1 in the referred members section of my “audience” page. For a running total of 2. Every other month, a +1. That makes +6 per year. Let’s see… setting an unpretentious goal of $2,000/month net, I need $2,857.14 gross… that makes 1,258.65 referred members (sorry…

Scivolato in un’imprevista realtà alternativa. — Also in English. Succede, quando la tua vita prende pieghe inattese, di ritrovarsi in luogo temporale precario, quasi non ci si renda conto di come ci si è finiti, e d’improvviso ogni certezza sul futuro si allontana come imbarcata su un battello che ha preso un’altra rotta, mentre il tuo…

Slipped into an unexpected alternate reality. — It happens, when your life takes unexpected turns, to find yourself in a precarious temporal place. …