Valerio Albisetti - Il viaggio della Vita

There is a time for everything under the sun: a time to plant and a time to harvest; a time to be silent and a time to speak. Today is the time to jump in and take action. “The global powers now live in their gilded worlds – completely cut off from the multitudes of individuals who are continually in search of precarious employment, which will allow them to survive. The idealogies of the last century have now disappeared, and with their disappearance, their...

In the books I have had published by Ed.Paoline within the last 25 years (more innocent times), I have pointed out that the earth was created to be our companion and friend, with which human beings are called to collaborate – meaning, not controlling and exploiting it, but cooperating with and respecting it. Just like any rapport among human beings, rapport with the earth shouldn’t be one of superiority or inferiority, but of reciprocity and creativity. Work...

The resignation of Benedict XVI, which I reported in real time on Twitter (@Albisetti), confirmed a choice I made, in my small world, to interrupt my work as a successful psychotherapist to dedicate myself wholly to silence, isolation, meditation, prayer and to witness my faith with books. I write two books a year, published by the Paulines in Italy. His resignation confirmed what I’ve been saying and writing for the past 25 years: The relationship with God is personal and...

We know from science that the healthiest sleep is that which occurs before midnight. But few of us accept this, because unsatisfied with the day, we seek to evade and have from the night that which we did not get during the day. In general we watch TV, but the images of the screen have nothing to do with the depth of our interior images. I advise, in this regard, to return to the peasant society when people went to bed early and they let their souls go dreaming of the world...

Many, even Christians, believe that prayer and meditation are privileges of the few and that salvation can be obtained even without experiencing transcendence. Of faith. In God. But today we know that prayer and meditation are accessible to everyone and that the truth is in our hearts. Since always. Many human beings live sleeping and they wake up only when they are about to die. At that point they realize that have never lived and they have lost the opportunity of life....