Surprised by a timid knock at the door, on the morning of March 1st, I opened the door and was greeted by a smiling little boy who wished me a beautiful spring and handed me a ”mărțișor”(traditional Romanian spring charm). I thought it was a lovely gesture, so I gave him a hug to thank him, and he cheerfully went off to knock on another door to give another ”mărțișor”. That morning, I kept thinking about the little boy... how he chose to share joy, despite his familiy having

How many of us have wanted to do everything just right, to be the best at everything we do... to be perfect? Since childhood, many of us may have been driven by our parents' or our own desire to be better than our peers, than our brothers or sisters... Having a child with straight A's was a source of pride for many parents, while having low grades was shameful, and this is just one example. Many people grew up believing that they are only valuable when they do everything perf