My grandfather’s secrets for dealing with life. — My grandfather was the most spiritual person I have ever met. His spirituality was practical. And his faith makes him survive a childhood full of hunger, the Spanish civil war, the second world war, 36 years of dictatorship, and the digital age :-) His faith made him prosper, but above…

#3. Stop Using your Facebook to affirm your addiction to insecurity. — Alejandro Jodorowsky once said, "Don't be angry about having to help others because when you help someone else, you are helping yourself." And it's true because selfishness breeds ignorance. And ignorance is dangerous. In the words of Oscar Wilde, "The real folly, which the gods scoff at or play with…

#1. F*ck the monk mode. — If I could write to my past self, I would quote Oscar Wilde, “You must read this letter from the first letter to the last, though every word penetrates you like fire, or like a surgeon’s scalpel.” And then, I’d detail a list of 10 essential survival lessons. But since…

Learn from one of the most toxic relationships in the history of literature. — “After a long and fruitless wait I have decided to write to you, for it disgusts me to think that I have spent two interminable years in prison without having received a single line from you.”— Oscar Wilde This is how Oscar Wilde begins his famous and extensive letter “De…

Real wisdom for real life. — Two years ago, I started tipping a beggar every Friday. Not that I’m Mother Teresa or rich, but I believe in sowing seeds of gratitude right from the start (when you have little or nothing). Little by little, the beggar we’ll call “Jhon” (although it’s not his real name) and…

#3 — False Lucky Encounters. — Many times we become obsessed and think we see signs everywhere. And it’s a problem because we can get completely off the right path and go backward in our spiritual progress. It has happened to me so many times that I want to share three false signs so that what…

People need help, not fake kindness. — Adults don’t go to work; they go to war. They try to defend that trench called home, which is bombarded weekly with bills by banks and creditors. Children self-medicate with sugar to swallow the bitter reality. People don’t travel on airplanes because they have nowhere to go. They are already…

You are so much more than the low blows you receive. — Sometimes you get news so bad that you don’t believe it, and every day you wake up thinking it was just a nightmare. But it wasn’t, and the world came crashing down on you. But even from the worst of nightmares, you can get something good out of it. It’s…

Whatever the thorn in your heart, until you remove it, the pain will not stop. — “Why am I hurting myself?” “Why am I doing it?” “Where is all this taking me?” These are unsexy questions that no one wants to face. But life has shown me repeatedly that those questions you resist answering are the ones that help you progress the most. Why don’t I quit [Insert your favorite addiction here]? I’ve been addicted…