John Zavaglia

We go through life with the knowledge that some things are inevitable. We are creatures of happiness, yet we will become sad. We yearn for wealth, though some will remain poor. We aspire for health, yet in time we will grow ill. If there is one certainty in life, it...

We spend our lives forever searching for things that amuse and titillate us. We need not look far, for what we yearn for is often just a search away. Yet there is one thing that demands our utmost attention, one we constantly adore: our love of animals. We see animals...

IT occurs constantly.  We will call it a sordid act; there is though no person in existence who could say they have never been guilty of it.  It is how we judge people.  If we think about it, to make judgement is something that is inherently human, we will judge...

If you think about everything in life, the more we achieve the more we desire, it is part of our nature. So, it seems inevitable we will always be envious of someone because of it.  In every conversation we are constantly reminded of the achievements of others, who has a...

Do we ever think of the benefit of simply believing?  It seems almost too simple to fathom.  Our relationship with belief is something that evolves through life, a bond that we savour, and a bond that we constantly question.  Believing is one of the hardest things to fathom, as our...

WE always think about how we can build our careers, make more money, become fulfilled through our relationships. What is then the core need among all these things? It is of course, our happiness. After all, we live in a world where success and happiness are possible for us all....

Often at home or at our work we are sometimes told that “you’re in a mood!”, or it’s something we realise within ourselves.  The truth is, we all have our moods.  It is one of the finite aspects of being human. For a lot of us they come without notice...

Christmas has landed upon us again so quickly.   For some Christmas means family, companionship, gratitude and generosity.  It has an emotional and spiritual significance, and of course there are the gifts.  When we ask the question of what Christmas means to us, it uncovers a word that is the...

We often talk about resilience as being a tool to aid us when we feel weak.   To be resilient though means so much more than just being strong.  It’s a mental journey that asks us many questions to discover who we are.  Let us go back to the mere...

What is one of our emotions that constantly hounds us?  It is our propensity to “feel guilty”.  Guilt is a begrudging sense of responsibility centred around the actions of one thing: ourselves. You could even say it is a “backward thought” where we ruminate into our deeds of the past. ...