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Fear of getting older

GERASCOPHOBIA is an abnormal or incessant fear of growing older or ageing (senescence). Fear is characterised as an unpleasant emotion experienced as a result...

ā€˜Bahala na!’

EVER SINCE I was a kid, I often heard the phrase/expression, ā€œBahala na!ā€, usually in reference to being presented with something that’s beyond one’s...

A noble heart and mind

ā€œAn open mind, a noble heart, and a genuine spirit create a path where truth and kindness walk hand in hand." A NOBLE-minded person is...

At 72, I can bring a little credibility

FROM my own experience, here are three things to avoid after 70.Ā 1. Most other 70-year olds. That sounds cruel — and it may blow...

Life changes dramatically

LIFE IS so unpredictable. We can never know what is going to happen in the next hour or even next minute. Being in online classes while...

Work-life balance?

ā€œWORK-life balanceā€ is typically defined as the amount of time you spend doing your job versus the amount of time you spend doing what’s...

Prejudices can be deadly

TRY TO MAKE a fundamental and common definition of ā€œprejudiceā€: it’s an opinion, of course, favorable or unfavorable (more often the latter!). Many times,...

An intoxicating love

IT IS MEANINGFUL to say that a relationship or a person is ā€œintoxicatingā€, but only if you mean that being with that person makes...

Your wish is my command

IT’S A PHRASE that originates in the Arabic folk tale ā€œAladdin and the Magic Lampā€. It’s what the genie said to the boy who...

Making a difference

OUR GLOBE and its population bear innumerable strange facts. Following many people’s opinion, this world shows mostly worried characteristics and symptoms nowadays. No wonder....