This is what I will write: some thoughts, some stories, some of myself. The way I see the way of life. It is just me, my views, my opinions, my way of saying, my way of writing. My spirit, my fire, my love and the freedom of being myself.

Best wishes 2014

Monday, December 16, 2013

Milena and Driek are wishing you


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Christmas wishes

Thursday, December 22, 2011





I wish you all a wonderful Christmas time.

May the blessing of the Lord bring you peace and gentleness of the heart 

and may the acceptance of whatever is 

flower in your soul.

May the light of the new born Jesus shine on your path in life.




A Merry Christmas for you all from the "Amsterdam Vocals", the choir of my beloved husband Driek



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Christmas wishes

Saturday, December 25, 2010

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The Golden Wedding of my parents

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Today 15 december 2010 I am happy to celebrate the 50th Wedding Anniversary 
of my beloved parents.

May God bless your union.

Vittorio e Mariacarla Callovini - Scanzoni

Here is a poem I wrote for them in Italian.

 Camminando insieme

Mano nella mano per mezzo secolo
50 anni sono tanti
ma forse anche pochi
se si contano i capelli bianchi

Dei sorrisi, delle lacrime
la vita di coppia
è come il seguirsi delle stagioni
a volte il tempo è turbolento
altre sereno come il volo degli aquiloni

È bello voltarsi,
a guardare cosa è stato
e ancora ritrovarsi
camminando su di un prato
dove le foglie ormai ingialliscono
senza perdere il loro splendore
anzi tutte sorridono
al pensiero del lontano ardore

Che li ha guidati fino ad ora
con pazienza e amore
a festeggiare con tutti i cari
la gioia della loro unione

(Milena 2010)

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Natales grate numeras?

Monday, September 27, 2010

Natales grate numeras?
Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?
(Horace)

I do.

And certainly yesterday was a day like this, silently invoking the grace of God and gratefully thanking Him for the gift of being in this body.
I had no desire for party, for seeing friends and receive present to which you have to smile although you don't really need any of them. I just wanted to review my life in the light of my "achievement" specially the depth of my inner world. So I open my little booklet which is full of little gems, "Imitatio Christi"  allegedly from Thomas Kempis (XV century) and read:

"My Lord, give me vigor with the grace of the Holy Spirit; let my inner strength increase; let my heart be free from any vain and anguished torment; without being seduced from many wishes of material things, whether cheap or precious; let me look at all things as momentary and me with them equally fleeting, because nothing stays the same under the sun, here where everything is vanity and affliction of the Spirit."
"Give me the prudence to know how to move away from who is flattering me; give me the patience to endure who is against me." T. Kempis

Because here lays great wisdom, in staying centered and in true peace despite the futile words you may hear and the seducing call of the siren ready to lure in a world of lies.

So "true peace" is my present to all of you  family, friends and not. Peace not because nothing is bothering you and everything works out with no obstacle as you wished. But peace, real peace despite the discomfort, pain and difficulty, where you can always drop in and rest inside, even when everything is against you.
St. Francis called it "The perfect Joy". Buddha called it "Mindfulness": the ability to watch your mind heart and body undisturbed by anything.
That is what I call "true peace" and that is my wish for you on my birthday.
Zakinthos ancient olive's grove. Sept 2010

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Glorius Easter to everyone

Saturday, April 03, 2010

Splendor and glory to the risen One,
his face is luminous of thousand candles
blessed be those who feel his sweet love

a caress, kind, generous into your soul
the certainty and tranquility of His gentle presence
the serendipity of an immense treasure
a richness of within

once you found this love
you will never be the same
and
you will never be afraid

your flight will take you where you need

and

I am gratefully 
still flying.


Milena 3 April 2010

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For the women of the past, present and future

Monday, March 08, 2010

Dedicated to every woman.

These wonderful poems were written by women of the past, and yet they are still a source of profound reflection, courage, beauty in the time we live now. They are timeless.
May they inspire you to love yourself as you are and be grateful in who you are.
May you let the message through these saintly women' s words reach deep into your heart, and sooth gently the pains and the joy of being a woman in this modern age.

Marylin Monroe's famous quote: " I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it."
So let us be, dear women.

For the women who wants to exist, live, be.

Always keep in mind that the skin wrinkles, the hairs turn white, days are transforming in years.
But what is truly important does not change; your strength and your conviction have no age.
Your spirit is the glue of any spider web.
Beyond every arrival line there is a new departure
Beyond every success there is another disappointment.
While you are alive feel alive.
If you miss what you used to do start doing it again.
Don't live out of yellowed pictures
keep going even though everybody expects you to give up.
Don't let the iron in you become rusty
See that, instead of pity they give you respect
When because of your years you can't run, walk fast.
When you can't walk fast, walk.
When you can't walk use the stick
but never restrain yourself!

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Your hair, your face

What is it
you want to change?
Your hair, your face, your body?
Why?

For God
is in love with all those things
and He might weep
when they are gone.

St. Catherina of Siena

I would cease to be

God
dissolved my mind-my separation.
I cannot describe now my intimacy with Him.
How dependent is your body's life on water and food and air?
I said to God: "I will always be unless you cease to Be,"
and my Beloved replied,
" And I would cease to Be if you died."

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I found completeness when each breath
began to silently say the name of my Lord.

St. Teresa of Avila

My own poem of last year

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I am grateful

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Livigno Italy 01-01-2009
I am grateful for this year 2009.

I started the 2009 with a feeling of immeasurable deep joy for the longing in my soul residing lovingly in His arms.
I continued by facing courageously the challenges of life. And there were many.
My dear friend Virendra passed peacefully away the end of January. I was fortunate to be a witness and support in his last weeks of his life breathing with him his last breath of life. Through his death I found a new friend, his wife Prerna ever so "dearly crazy". She and Valeria have been precious friends, in many ways we shared the same joys and losses.

I continue throughout the year to converse via email with my friend T while he was in prison. I opened up through him to the pain of the incarcerate. A minority who lives a life deprived of many basic human rights. Only this makes me mad. In getting to know the abuse that goes on in prison, I discovered a way to share the love that knows no steel bars but that is stronger then any limitations. I grew deeply and sank more deep into the well of my soul recognizing the smallness of my being. Yet in His presence I feel I am everything I can be. And a flower opens inside.

The incredible treks in my mountains built the strength in me to face any fear so that I could arrive at the "cross" on the top of the mountain, with an amazing feeling of worthiness and gratitude for the single grace to be here and tell my story. A story that continues into next year with a sense of wonder what will come my way.
I only know one thing that as long as I live I will always remember to breathe in and calm my body and my mind and breathe out and smile.
Smile at any circumstance that may tear your heart apart like it happened in summer when T. exiting his imprisonment turned his back to me and disappeared.

I always smiled maybe not so obviously on the outside but my meditation is to mindfully watching my breathing and mindfully watching and feeling my heart pierce through to let nothing else in then the fire of love.

Jesus, sweet Jesus has been a constant presence and a gentle companion to carry me in comfort and with him I cried so many loving sweet and salty tears.

What more can I ask then keep walking on with a gratitude for everything that this journey of life brings to us, blessed both the roses and the thorns.
Mount Macaion summer 2009

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My Christmas wishes to you all

Monday, December 21, 2009

To all my readers
family and friends
with gratitude

My altar

I wish you for this Christmas time:

Buddha to cultivate peace of mind and happiness on the Way
Sufi Dervish to remind you of the sacred dance with the Beloved
Bodhisattva Tara to feel compassion
Ganesh to face any obstacle and remain playful
St Francis to deepen the way of prayers
Angels, always around, to guide you and comfort you along the way.

The divine presence of Holy Mary and sweet Lord Jesus to celebrate the Light into this world

A burning candle to inspire the flame of love residing in your heart
and to dispel any darkness.


May you all have a wonderful 2010

Buddha on canvas. Milena '09

Always remembering breathing in I calm my body and my mind.
Breathing out I smile and care for this body and mind and everything else in between and beyond.

White Amsterdam, Damsquare 20-Dec-09

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"We will marry in a fever hotter then a pepper sprout"

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Yes, me and my darling Driek will marry in the coming September in the pure ecstasy of the mountain of my place of birth.

I love you Driek,
my friend,
my lover,
sweet angel by my side.
And much more then I can tell.

Il tuo sorriso.
Il tuo sorriso dona
leggerezza al mio sguardo
il cuore s'infonde
di pace
e gli orizzonti vanno
al di là delle montagne.
Your smile
gives lightness
to my eyes
the heart is infused
with peace
and the horizons expand beyond
the mountains top.




All the photos in my blog are from Driek. A part from the "Osho" series or the one I take of him.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/driek/

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