“There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars — Tapping away on my keyboard one work-from-home Tuesday afternoon, I took a rich sip …
a vacation from life
“To be, or not to be: that is the question” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet — i wonder if one can take a break from being alive a vacation from existence a mere moment to not …
what is self worth?
“Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart — I’ve been thinking about self-worth and what quantifies …
smell of summer rain
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — the steamy air worms through narrow pine needles perching one drop at …
loneliness
“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre — do i feel lonely? with my mother oceans away my father mountains of continents away and my brother in …
my first racist interaction
“Our true nationality is mankind.” ― H.G. Wells — It happened today. For the first time. Left me shocked and bewildered. I was on the bus. Listening to stories about Costa Rica and plant …
goodbye my friend
Here is an unsent goodbye letter, that I wrote to a friend. My beautiful friend is okay and doing awesome. I wish she could stay close to me forever, but life happened differently to us …
an evening swing
“It is the evening that questions thus from within me.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra — spring evening the sun sits low almost kissing the horizon its blinding glow leaks into the …
self-love to narcissism
“I don’t care what you think unless it is about me.” ― Kurt Cobain — I am scared, scared that if I practice self-love, I will manifest narcissism. The question sprouts in my mind, when …
once, on an early morning…
“The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.” ― Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin — I woke up before 6 am only once, and wrote …