SLOVENIA'S 5 CORE VALUES

When she came to herself, she didn't know what to do with herself. She was not yet OK enough to fly around, and not too sick to lie in bed all day. When she joked that she was going to start stretching to get through these dark and sleepless days, her friend Mojca, or her mother, came to her rescue. Dora took pity on Mojca's mother, because she knows all too well what loneliness is. Age problems prevent her from threading her needles, but she still has some wool from the good old days. the stricture times. She was happy to give it to a pregnant and tired Dora to help her get through the lonely and long days of her recovery.

Summer has arrived. As you already know, Mojca's mother is an elderly lady, so unfortunately she can't be as active as she used to be. Oh, she used to fly around. She was quick as an arrow and full of ideas of where to go and what to do. Every year she used to pick St John's wort. She made an oil from it and gently anointed herself with it every summer evening. Mrs Mum loves the sun and so soaks up every moment she can get. Her skin loves to be rubbed with homemade St John's wort oil after sunbathing. But what if Mum is now too weak to go out into nature on her own to find St John's wort. 

One beautiful summer day, Mojca visits her friend Dora, who lives in Stary Top. When Dora, now as healthy as a dog, hears about Mojca's mother's plight, she doesn't hesitate for a moment. There are many St John's wort trees around her beautiful home in the beautiful countryside. She immediately goes to hunting. She returns in a few minutes with a beautiful bouquet. She and Mojca name it St. John of God. 

Dora recalled how Mojca's mother had helped her during her convalescence in the winter and had given her wool so that she could spend her long, sick days stitching. Dora was immensely grateful to her at the time. So now she did not hesitate for a moment and went to get a bunch of St John's Wort so that her mother could prepare her own St John's Wort oil and anoint herself, as she had done for all those years.

Mrs Mum was a bundle St. John of God immensely happy. She made her own healing St John's wort oil. But even more than oil, good wishes, good thoughts and mutual help are ultimately healing. Also a sense of security. Someone to help you when you can't do it on your own. To not feel that others have forgotten about you. To know that someone will always be there for you. My mother is overwhelmed with feelings of gratitude and happiness during her daily evening anointing with the oil. It is then that she realises that, despite her loneliness, she is not alone.

Good comes back with good. Mutual help - that's power!

Mojca Guzelj, 4 Sep 2025