Madalina Serban

निर्वाण (Quieted)

We won’t see our signs out there, in the confusion and dust of all chases. Our being quieted shall allow for connecting to the wisdom of our hearts. Continue reading →

The world goes on, regardless. We don’t

You see, there’s this immediate urging of today’s factual existance that requires your full presence. Yesterday doesn’t need, nor requires, your rioting. Tomorrow hasn’t happened yet, therefore refrain yourself from fretting about it. Continue reading →

Life After Facebook (Or A Military Withdrawal)

5 days after having deactivated my Facebook account, days feel 5 times longer. Thoughts gain weight. Stuff that matters gets done. A sense of quietness fills the days up. […]

Love this trial. No fuss, no riot. No hanging on the noise. No WASTED time. Tons of wasted time… No scattered emotions, disturbed and disturbing ado. Facebook, you’re so not missed. Continue reading →

Red Wine Dark Chocolate Truffles (When Christmas is Right)

It tastes like red wine dark chocolate truffles. It’s flavoured and giddy. It’s bitter-sweet. It’s red and fervid. It’s all but rush. It’s a time for laughter with tears and red lips. It’s silk and velvet little black dresses and stories of what love could be. It’s friends and hand-made paper decorations. It’s a fluffy … Continue reading →

Scattered

Funny that I thought only bad, law, dark feelings  could get one feeling scattered. Intense positive emotions do that, too.

Okay

Notice your gaze whilst you walk down the street. Do your eyes reach for the blue sky, or do they get drained by the heavy pavement, always at your feet? Because eventually the blue sky will look back into your blue eyes and say: “Okay, I’ll have you.”

I couldn’t quite see it

I couldn’t quite see it when it started. I would have bet on the contrary few months into it, in fact. And then I remembered. I believe is steady successes. I believe in hard work and crazy determination. I don’t buy into instant gratification, of any kind. Nor do I look for it. I know what … Continue reading →

Beautiful nervousness

The random thoughts of a random morning. Or maybe it is all, but random. Our eyes perceive only 8% of the spectrum of light, we only use 15% of our brain and 60,000 thoughts run through our head every single day. So he seems to come back into her life, over and over, only to … Continue reading →

Cast away, she’d been

Something about that evening told her the world was simply at her fingertips. She could not believe it yet. How can you be so sure of something you’re so not sure of? She was. Totally sure of it. And totally unsure. It’s been months and months and months since all she wanted was to be … Continue reading →

Live true to your heart.

Fear & Fail Conference Talk, 24 September 2014 Vienna Have you ever found yourself telling a friend: “I could serve tables in a coffee shop or sweep the floors, if I had to?” I hope you have. I hope you have had that feeling, that certainty that who you are is far more than your mere … Continue reading →