Would You Trade for Another’s Life If You Had the Chance? 

by Guillermo Vidal | Nov 11, 2019 | Spiritual Development

Jim Nolan was my best friend from college. He died in his early fifties from cancer of the esophagus. Jim was a dear friend and the two of us shared many experiences that brought us closer. We graduated from the same civil Engineering Class at the University of...

Nothing in the Universe Goes Backward, You Included 

by Guillermo Vidal | Nov 6, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

Historians credit author Thomas Wolfe for coming up with the expression, “You can’t go home again”. Although this was the title of his book, many people have used this idiom to describe the notion that you cannot return to the way things were. I am positive Wolfe...

Friends Are like Family Members You Get to Choose

by Guillermo Vidal | Nov 4, 2019 | Aging Well

Our society teaches us that family always comes first. This is so ingrained in us we are shocked when some of the people next to us behave like scumbags. Unfortunately, this is a fact of life, for we didn’t get to choose our family members. As author Harper Lee aptly...

You Were Not Meant for Everybody Nor Was Everyone Meant for You 

by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 30, 2019 | Aging Well

It is very difficult for people pleasers, like me, to accept the concept we were not meant for everyone nor was everyone meant for us. The reason for this is that people pleasers get our sense of worth from the approval of others. I learned, however, that, no matter...

Your Purpose is Not Defined by Titles and Achievements

by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 28, 2019 | Aging Well

Even if you assume we are just one of countless microcosms in the Universe, nature shows you daily that even the smallest organism has a purpose. Let’s take the human body as an example. Scientist have proven that your body replaces every cell roughly every seven...