Tag: growth

  • Life: You cannot compare & be happy

    Life: You cannot compare & be happy

    I have (for one reason or another) met people from all walks of life. Call it fate or call it something else, our paths crossed. Professions of many kinds. Even an ex special ops who taught me about box breathing. (I wonder why it’s called box breathing?) Anyway … who knew I needed to learn…

  • With a thankful heart: To all my readers of this blog …

    With a thankful heart: To all my readers of this blog …

    This is a thank you post to all my readers. You have helped me reach a small, but significant milestone that I never thought I could reach. With that said; a thankful heart.

  • A thought piece: The thing about perspective is …

    A thought piece: The thing about perspective is …

    Perception shapes our perspective, and therefore – shapes our happiness.

  • What’s something most people don’t understand?

    What’s something most people don’t understand?

    That kindness and empathy does not come for free. Someone had to go through darkness, pushing through their own fears and insecurities, to come out the other side in one piece. For words are cheap and goodwill actions are the true character of a person whose character got broken down by life, in order for…

  • Trying to catch a Bream is like chasing a dream

    Trying to catch a Bream is like chasing a dream

    This is an anecdote about reverse engineering our thoughts to achieve the dreams we wish to achieve. _______________________ There can be no growth, no innovative thoughts or creativity when we choose to have fixated thinking. For static thinking relies on our past disappointment or success to confirm our present and future outcomes.  Placing expectations on…

  • What would you do if you weren’t afraid. A tale of courage

    What would you do if you weren’t afraid. A tale of courage

    What would you do if you weren’t afraid?  Do that. That’s your calling.  Don’t look around to see what others are doing. A footstep in the sand is never the same. It has a unique pattern, just like our spirits.  Sometimes, it takes a long time to play ourselves.  There is no manual on how…

  • A floral installation: A short tale about hope & growth

    A floral installation: A short tale about hope & growth

    A flower does not bloom over night. Their beauty also came with many struggles. They had to fight the darkness in order to find the sun, the source of nourishment. The flower never gave up because she couldn’t see the light. She has faith. Pushing one sprout at a time. She never gave up until…

  • What experience helped me grow the most?

    What experience helped me grow the most?

    Kindness. Because, genuine kindness showed me the other side of humanity and gives hope for a better world. To know that there are people who have been hard and gone through their own trials to know that – sometimes, another human needs a helping hand without (potentially) benefitting from you. This is grace, I don’t…

  • Does keeping the peace, really bring the harmony we seek?

    Does keeping the peace, really bring the harmony we seek?

    This post is about family and keeping the peace.  The mind and the body are more closely connected than we care to believe. The body does not truly  forget about the past.                     ___________________________ I come from a culture and country where keeping the peace is taken to the enth degree, putting the UN to shame.…

  • Stay present: Don’t worry about the past. And – The future is not here yet.

    Stay present: Don’t worry about the past. And – The future is not here yet.

    Stay present. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. The future doesn’t matter. It’s not even here yet. Why worry about something that is in the distant future? Does the God of this earth even look that far ahead? Or is it just me wanting to play a bad form of the deity? Why add more worries to…