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Tiny little joys

Karina — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:22:45 +0000

This morning I felt joy of life. And all I was doing was making coffee- nothing special, just my normal, daily little ritual – yet this big, natural and effortless smile appeared on my face, I felt lighter and much calmer for the first time I’ve felt for a while. I felt that I was …

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Another 365-day journey around the sun

Karina — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:13:49 +0000

So here I am again… Another journey around the sun completed. It’s been a weird one, but then it seems that nothing can surprise anyone anymore in 2020! I’ve been enjoying summarising my years since 2017. Then another post followed a year later,with the latest one from China. So what’s happened since? I enjoyed most of my …

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On gratitude…again

Karina — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:08:13 +0000

I’m not new to expressing and writing about gratitude and I don’t think I’ve struggled too much to feel grateful for what I have and/or what I’ve experienced in my life. Even very painful and difficult events in my life have led me to something much better that I’d have expected and I’m grateful for …

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Unplugged

Karina — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:18:30 +0000

Let’s go back in time a little… At the beginning of 2019, on the 2nd January to be precise, I sat in meditation. There’s nothing too strange about it though as I do it daily. During my meditation that morning, however, I had this idea arising- what if I put a day a month aside …

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Shēngrì kuàilè

Karina — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:06:24 +0000

It began in 2017 when I was sitting in a cafe on my birthday and just summarised a year of my life. Then I repeated it again a year later. So I think there’s nothing to stop me to do it again in 2019, but this time from Shanghai and a day after the event 🙂 …

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