I recently heard of a tribe of American Indians who have a peculiar way of celebrating the passage from childhood to youth. The ritual is based on the father taking the son into the forest, blindfolded and leaving him alone. The son is obliged to sit on a log all night without removing the blindfold…

There are currently more than 500 documented phobias. A phobia is an intense, disproportionate and sometimes illogical fear of objects, beings, circumstances, experiences and a wide variety of other factors. We could say that phobias are the most common mental illness in human beings, since any fear can become a phobia. We all have different…

In my walk with the Lord I have realized that there are two ways of living the Christian life. One in a hyperactive way and the other in a contemplative way. In the Bible there are two women who illustrate these two types of life. One of them was named Martha, who was a woman…

Have you ever gone on vacation or visited a historical site and needed a guide? I think we should all make use of a guide, although I must admit that I am a bit stubborn and independent. In fact, I prefer to explore places on my own. Humbly, I must also admit that sometimes I…

Have you ever stopped to consider how interesting plants called sunflowers are? According to biologists, the youngest sunflowers move according to the movement of the sun during the day. It is a process called heliotropism. Every dawn they head east, to stay warmer and attract the bees that pollinate them. However, as sunflowers get older…