Just a ranting about life, minimalism, gardening, kitchen, food, deco

A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: 'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.' He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. 'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said: 'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion'. I still think those words changed my life. Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the settee without worrying about anything and just relax. I spend more time with my family & friends and less at work. Money is to be spent not saved. I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no long...

Make other people happy, and you will be happy. Make other people sad, and you will be sad. These totally not in any way is being nosy because making other people happy doesn't need to know who that person is. People tend to make other people happy when the other person has something extra like money, title and is famous. But it should not be that way. Why making other people happy because of reason? However, when we see people less fortunate, and we are more fortunate, then we should make them happy. Just by giving a little that we are capable. Do u realize that it takes a lot of money and time to make rich people happy? But I guess it much easier to make people sad than to make people happy. Oh please, if you cannot other people happy, at least do not make people hate you by you making other people sad.