July 2011
8 posts
Beware of the Root of Bitterness
People have two choices on how to move on after a major crisis: bitterness or acceptance. In the midst of true tragedy, be it a grievous loss or a natural disaster, we hardly have the time for self-reflection.
The shock wears off. Suddenly regret and relief hit us in an eerie way.
Analysis Paralysis.
How do we move past the fork of bitterness and acceptance? If we are not careful to fully...
“Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure;
Men love in haste, but they detest...”
– LORD BYRON, Don Juan
Can't Afford to Travel? Be A Tourist in Your Own...
Five dollars and some change got my friend Maejae and I into the downtown flower market here in LA. We rode the Metro and the Bus. We got a $4 dollar coffee, and paid a dollar to get into the wonderful world of strange flowers: The LA Flower Mart.
If you’re broke, I encourage you to find out if you have free or inexpensive activities to fill your mind with magic. I like to photo document...
5 Reasons To Travel After Graduation
All women have wings some have roots, many have both. If you have a list of countries to visit from when you were small, you may have wings.
Conversely, if you have already planned your wedding from that same age, you might have roots. If you know you want that “one day,” you may have caught the infectious disease: Wanderlust.
If you’re on the fence, I’d like to gently push you...
Not Just Here, Here for a Purpose
You’re not just here, but here for a purpose.
I have had the opportunity to speak with women, young and old, whom believe that they have no purpose or hope. While I think they are crazy, possessing skills and wisdom that is unique to who they are, they believe they’ve missed out on something.
This conversation has happened so frequently, I am starting to realize it’s an...
maggie and milly and molly and may
by E. E. Cummings
maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach(to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and
milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and
may came home with a smooth round stone as...
