The Plight of Old Age
Does it ever happen to you? To be nostalgic, to think of old memories, just to remind yourself of the good, but also the bad moments that made up your life to this point. Well,…
Life Lessons
Your Parents Are Humans, Too
As a child, I never realized that my parents were people first, with their strengths and their flaws. I idealized and idolized them, thinking that they knew everything, that they made the best decisions. My…
Poems
Taste the Pain
You were so focused on the results that you forgot about the process, the journey. You forgot to taste the pain, to appreciate the effort, to revel in the suffering because, in the end, the destination is the…
Travel
You Now Hold a Piece of My Memory
I believe in the beauty and the connectedness of people. Today, I spent time talking, sharing, and opening myself to complete strangers who now hold a piece of my memory. I met Douglas, a bartender.…
Spirituality
Why Being Curious is a Good Thing
Don’t be scared to push through, to go past the envelope, to go beyond the superficial, and dig deeper. I walked a little further down the beach, towards the rock. I was curious, so I…
Travel
What I learned from Bhumibol Adulyadej’s death commemoration in Thailand
I came to Thailand during the commemoration of the death of the former Thai King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, and one thing I noticed was that they loved him very much. It was a unified feeling, the…