“It might sound cliché, but I believe in love”, she said. I asked her what kind of love she believed in. Romantic love? Love as a universal principle? The love for a particular activity, object or being? “I believe in some sort of connection, love as connection. A net between us humans, like the root system of trees. Trees communicate via their root system with each other. Similarly, I picture the connection between us human beings. What would we be without this connection? Would we even be...

“I believe in my guiding light, my gut instinct, my intuition. I believe that if I take decisions following it, everything will be fine.” Just the day before, we had a long talk about this, collecting examples from our lives where following the gut instinct would have been wise in retrospect – or when we got rewarded by life following it. “I've used this a lot in my life, but I didn't have the name for it before. For example, I still remember the time between my bachelor's and my master's...

“I believe in the power of connection. I think a person can change another person. You get very motivated to get better when you feel warmth toward someone”, Rebeca said. “Do you have an example that you would like to share?”, I asked. “There was a person in my life, a long time ago. There was one thing I really appreciated about him and I still sometimes try to channel this into myself. The thing was: He never judged, accused or pointed a finger. He just did his own thing in the best way he...