Jul 2, 2021My Dead Father Visited Me in a Dream“You mustn’t be afraid of the things you can’t see.” When Paul McCartney was 14, his mom passed away from breast cancer. Nearly 10 years later, during a difficult and tense time in his life, McCartney’s mother Mary visited him in a dream, letting him know that everything was going…Death2 min readDeath2 min read
Sep 27, 2020FlowersDeath dances in thick air It chokes all who breathe it in Yet a scent deceives An air of acceptance A desire to pretend all is well The moment is something it’s not We ignore the consequence of life How paralyzing it is If we stopped resisting And gave into life’s current We would realize the meaning of power And understand its opposite We wouldn’t be swept away We would struggle for a moment Only to swim to shorePoetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 23, 2020This AFI Music Video Perfectly Depicts the Effect Your Suffering Has on the World around YouThis AFI Music Video Perfectly Depicts the Effect Your Suffering Has on the World around You Your choice isn’t whether or not you will have an impact. Your choice is what that impact will be. As ‘spooky season’ officially falls on us, many button up their flannels, head to the…Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Jul 1, 2020How the Death of my Father became the Most Meaningful and Transcendent Experience of my LifeThe story of how I channeled tragedy and sorrow into positive action and achieved the greatest peace of my life. “Tyler, it’s happening right now. You need to come to the hospital.” The words pierced my heart like an arrow and fell in my gut like a ball of lead. …Death7 min readDeath7 min read
Apr 23, 2020A Pandemic of KindnessCOVID-19 impacted millions of people in a matter of months. Who’s to say the act of choosing kindness can’t produce the same result? With each passing week, the news media and experts have a new problem to address in regards to the novel coronavirus crisis: “Should we shut down the…Covid-194 min readCovid-194 min read
Mar 17, 2020Timon and Pumbaa Represent the Confusion between Stoicism and HedonismThe writers of The Lion King portrayed Timon and Pumbaa as practitioners of Stoicism, when in fact they are really practitioners of Hedonism, and this represents the essential confusion of the two philosophies. The Lion King In the timeless classic, The Lion King, we are presented with an allegory for what might be…Philosophy5 min readPhilosophy5 min read
Aug 26, 2019“Why Me?” Is the Wrong Question to Ask Yourself, Ask This InsteadMany times in life, I have asked myself, “Why me?” When experiencing tragedy and hardship in a world where it seems like you suffer more than others, this is an easy question to ask. It comes to the mind just as easy as basic arithmetic. However, after trying hard to…Psychology3 min readPsychology3 min read
Aug 26, 2019In Defense of Writing LettersThere’s no hiding the fact that we live in a time that’s oversaturated with information. It seems as if everything and everybody is always competing for our attention. …Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Aug 26, 2019The Birth of EmpathyThis has been on my mind for quite some time now. It’s something most people are aware of intuitively but doesn’t surface in waking interaction. It’s something that can help you connect quickly to other humans. What I’m thinking of, is the idea that each individual has one or two…Love3 min readLove3 min read
