There was a time, or perhaps that time has always existed, like a motionless backdrop beneath the flow of ages, which men remember only in rare moments of vertigo, when the mind, weary of measuring surfaces, halts trembling before the…
As 2025 draws to a close, a quarter of a century, I felt an almost physical need to put a few words of reflection on paper, a kind of personal epilogue tied to one of the most important lessons I’ve…
While emptying the house where my grandfather had spent his final, twilight years, that house that still seemed suspended in a held breath, as if its rooms were waiting for one last command, I never imagined I would discover, wedged…
One day, inevitably, the veil of existence will fall upon each of us, like evening descending, slow and inexorable, upon the fervour of a day now past. It is our common destiny, whether we greet it with serene resignation or…
In the deep and unfathomable labyrinth of the human psyche, where thought gets lost and the heart trembles with an inexpressible unease, there nestles, like a secret guest, an empty room, devoid of the faintest light or the slightest glimmer,…
Speaking with a dear friend the other day, we found ourselves immersed in a conversation as serene as it was profound, as sometimes happens between kindred spirits who, though sailing different seas, recognize the same North Star in the night…
There was, hidden from the eyes of that blind and unaware crowd, yet nonetheless present in every breath that mingled like a gentle breeze caressing the bark of ancient trees, without ever disturbing the leaves with a rustle, a man…
In the long, twisted shadow of a city whose very name seemed to have been lost in the smoke of factories and the clamour of human ambition, lived a man whose fate, though initially shaped by the calloused hands of…
In approaching history, it is common to focus exclusively on the technological advancements of civilizations and the great figures who made such progress possible. While there is nothing inherently wrong within those limits, what truly matters is recognizing, for each…
Almost two whole years have passed since our daily life was upset, and like a beautiful play in which all the participants are skilled actors, our inner tranquility has been lost along with normality. The media, with their daily numbers, with…