People are like plants. We start as seeds, and grow into saplings. We don’t really know much other than the want and need to grow; to survive; to explore the soil we are planted in, and to reach for the sun. As we evolve, we experience the world. We get…

Today is Saturday. Another day. Lawns to mow, errands to run. Washing to do. Work to finish. Places to be, and people to see. We’re all busy. Slammed. Hectic. And yet, this Saturday is the only one of its kind that you’ll ever get. Today will never occur again. Perhaps…

My grandparents were fundamental in raising me from a young age. I was named after my grandfather Paul, in honor for the little boy they lost in childbirth, and for being the first male born after having four daughters, and a granddaughter. …

Life has so much to offer. Opportunities, ideas, relationships, challenges, destinations, skills, creativity, flavours, sounds, experiences, and discoveries. In between the pursuit of being, doing, and knowing enough, we fill our lives with things, experiences, and people, in the hope that we may find fulfillment and happiness. …

I don’t want to be sad vs I want to be happy. I don’t want to be lied to vs I want honesty. I don’t want to be tired vs I want to be energized. I don’t want to fail vs I want to succeed. I don’t want to suffer vs I want to…

Heaven versus hell. Right versus wrong. Honesty versus dishonesty. Love versus hate. Good people versus bad people. Left versus right. Helping versus hindering. Success versus failure. Pain versus pleasure. Laziness versus ambition. Respect versus disrespect. Today versus next year. Yesterday versus tomorrow. Life versus death. Fun versus boring. Kind versus…

“See me as I am.” The things we will endure to make these five words come true. When I ask people about ‘love’, they often use words like sacrifice, surrender, giving, acceptance, and appreciation. However, nothing is more common than the word, ‘unconditional’. They refer to unconditional love as a…

We treat others like a piece of fruit. Standards, ideals, and rules of perfection. Quick to forget that it is a natural organism; it’s flawed by design. A blemish or a mark is worthy of immediate rejection for they represent work, displeasure, and failure. …

Society treats all relationships like catching a bird, and putting it in a cage. The belief that if we contain and possess what we love, it will bring us endless happiness, safety, and comfort. A limited kind of love, found in possessive externality. What we fail to miss, is that…