ARS

Here, ARS is neither about the Agriculture Research Services nor the Advanced Record System. It is the abbreviation I have chosen for Attachments, Regrets, and Suffering and the word «ars» means «burnt» in Romanian.

Those feelings, Attachments, Regrets, and Suffering, can lead us to «burn» emotionally, similar to how we can burn physically because of fire or as we are told that we will burn after death. However, throughout life, we may experience things that make us feel like we are burning (emotionally).

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Who is Right?

by Manuela Timofte

Often, during our arguments with others, and in the comments made on social media networks, we hear and/or see expressions like: «You’re stupid», «you don’t know», «you have no idea», or «You’re not right». How does one know what is the righteousness of another? Whose justice are we talking about? The listeners? The speaker’s? Are we talking about the righteousness that the rational mind seeks or the righteousness of the heart? Are we talking about the righteousness that we believe in from what we see, or the righteousness of the unseen, but known from what we have experienced, because it comes from within us?

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Safety or False Safety?

by Manuela Timofte

I have written many times about my return to the country after working abroad for many years (Happiness Recipe — 5 Common Ingredients). Since returning, it has happened to me many times, that different people who know me, give me advice to return to work as a teacher. I understand that their advice comes from their desire to do me a favour and it sounds something like this: «Go back to education, because you have a job and a secure income».

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The Bindweed of Selfishness

In life, we all encounter both good and bad, just like the beautiful flowers and the pesky weeds in a garden. Sometimes, we only focus on the positive side of tough situations long after they occur, or perhaps we never do.

It’s similar to how we view weeds in a garden. While many weeds have their benefits, we overlook them as we only think about the harm they cause to the plants we want to cultivate. Take the bindweed, for example. After dealing with it extensively this summer, I realized how much it mirrors human selfishness.

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