My brother is writing college essays this week, and, as I not-so-fondly remember, Stanford has a question that reads “What matters to you, and why?”
It’s ironic, because I think that this is a question that people, especially at…
The Quarter Life Crisis
(Disclaimer: Relatable only to Gen Y and later generations)
This is the first post I’ve read on Medium and I think downloading this App is the best decision I’ve ever made.
This article is beautiful on so many levels. Thank you for this wonderful post.
Don’t date a man who reads because he’ll send you text messages that will ruin all other men for you. He’ll…
Questioning is a lost art. Millions of us study. A rare few ever learn.
What’s even more saddening is that only a handful realise this fact. Nobody questions anything they’re taught or what they’re taught they should learn. They’re turned into zombies…
Originally published at lmt-lss.com on December 23, 2015.
Never worry about growing old because you’re only as old as you feel.
A woman’s dating life can never be complete without dating at least a few of them.
Hello. My name is Renee and (gulp)…I’m a new blogger. I can almost hear the resounding “Hiiii Renee” said almost in unison across the…
Plastic has made its presence important in our daily lives. It is used for a large number of purposes, and if you ask the Plastic resin suppliers, the advancements in its manufacturing process will only allow it to dig deeper roots in our lives. However, do you…
I have learned to love the quiet time after everyone has gone to bed even more than ever. My afghan…
A poem by Jessica Semaan
I compared my wealth
Until I felt poor
I compared my health
Until I felt ill
It’s been a month and 2 weeks since my wife and I moved to Seattle.
The view from Fieldhouse Kitchen this year…
I did a little “research” on what Medium writers are talking about. The research…
It’s been 12 months since I was in Thailand with a bunch of amazing, like minded people. Even though I was surrounded by 100 people, I look back and remember feeling so alone. I cried for 5 of the 7 days. I had experienced a breakthrough like no other…
Giving in to the thread of which you are woven is such a liberating experience. If the…
You have been part of my life for a very long time. There have been many time that I’ve taken you for granted, but the older I get and the more I experience I see how steadfast and supportive you’ve truly been.When I was at some of my lowest points, you were comforting me. On cold days you’d be close…
In 2014, I was a speaker at an event in TKM Engineering College, Kollam. I was handling a session with some of my life stories to a 150 member crowd from different engineering colleges. I had also invited my close…
by Yann Girard
At one point in our lives we stop asking ourselves one of the most important questions out there.
We stop asking ourselves „what’s next“?
A Poem for the one you can’t get over..
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From the first time I saw you
It’s funny how people — in my age group — nurture a sense of pride for having moved away from our comfort zones…
We all have that fear to face humiliation, insult and embarrassment in any situation of life. We feel uncomfortable when someone humiliate and insult us in alone or in front of others. To avoid that we do not face such place or situation…
Thoughts After Memorial Service *
When my mom told me about Pastor Chen’s passing over the phone, I expressed my sadness but carried on with my work day. Surrounded…
People inspire me. ALL THE TIME.
Humans are remarkable. And I’m lucky to know a few who really teach the rest of us how it’s done.
By sheer chance, I connected with these inspiring people throughout the course of regular life. We have…
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前2％的人是怎么想的呢。讲真。
“Like the birds adore flying high, I fly with my passion, my dreams and my vision. I don’t believe in any limitations and I know that impossible only exists in our illusions. I see the beautiful tomorrow lies there, in the eyes of my loved ones, in the…
Мы попросили Виктора Киншова рассказать нам о том, зачем он сорвался жить в Таиланд и перестать постить в свой…
Despite the fact that I am only 14 years old, I have lots of experience in life. I have experience of actually working for money and paying a monthly bill. In the world today, us teenagers have lots of desires, like me. However, we can’t depend on…
Waiting is not a passive enterprise.
There is a meaningful purpose to be found in waiting. The prolonged period of gestation from idea to realization or hope to dream fulfilled carries with it a special significance: it is a fertile bed for personal…
“Just be held.”
If anyone knows me, even a little bit, they know that I am not a physical touch person. I have been doing my best to get into it, but it usually makes me very uncomfortable. Only with the dearest friends and family will I…
A quote from my book Considerations, and a concept worth remembering.
The twilight and the stars, the vast beauty in the dark sky. A million flowers, a thousand hearts all covered in the…
Central Elementary
I remember dad walking us up the steps, my brother, my sister, and me. We had moved from Canada and everything was new. Everything is…
It was one of those rare evenings when I got to travel alongside a young beautiful girl. Generally, traveling agencies in India do not allocate you the seat beside a female traveler. Fortunately, that day, they made a mistake or something. But, for young solo travelers…
It is not about the destination; it is about the journey. It is about exploring.
A cup of coffee with your favourite book on a chilly drizzling evening -What else can sum up to a perfect combination than this!!
Nothing can be so entangling as a hectic day of work schedule which has become a monotonous routine for many of us. Amidst all the creepy…
From the day she steps out from her comfort zone, monsters are ready to grab her. The weeps and cries of this little girl remain unheard in the sarcastic laughters of monsters! The splendiferous moments of her life comes to a standstill when she leaves her parents hand and step out to discover…
It’s been 129 days. The equivalent of eighteen weeks and 3 days; 185,760 minutes. Yesterday your life insurance check came in the mail. It’s not a princely sum by many standards but by individually relative ones it’s far more than I’m used to seeing…
Aiming for perfection is one of the worst things I aim for. It usually turns out that my best work comes out of doing the exact opposite. In fact, the work that I get paid for is imperfect, raw, and full of mistakes, but for some reason my side…
“Believe that there is something good in everyday”
Christmas and New Year are seasons seasons of retrospect. I look back and review what have I accomplished throughout the year. This year, I did a lot of things that I haven’t done. I have been open towards new experiences and…
Hello there. I am currently decked in full pajama glory, sitting on a recycled aluminium chair in the fairy-lit communal garden of a ship container hostel in the Brazilian state of Paraná. The fresh smell of petrichor lingers in the air, along with the rapid spouting of languages I fail to recognize — not to mention the surprisingly refreshing…
Tonight’s comic wants to know if you have any holiday plans:http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/3964
Surface; crumbling crust
Beneath lie the viscera:
Dear friends, I am watching Shahrukh Khan on ‘The Anupam Kher Show’ while I write this post today. And right now I cannot think of any other source of huge inspiration than Shahrukh’s journey from a middle class boy to Second Richest Entertainer of the world. I always wondered about how…
My love, I cannot walk with you, for your path is clear. Your path has been laid out. But I am a wanderer, I have no home. I have few belongings, that continue to grow fewer still. I have no destination. Uncertainty is the only certainty. I wonder sometimes why everyone’s running. Running through their days…
We are so blessed that we get to live in such privileged times…
Second to none
I compete with no one except myself. Now that’s a statement that took its time to evolve…lessons, repeated lessons as if I were playing a song over and over until I learnt its words . The song became an anthem, it came to life with a mixture of feelings ,thoughts and images: united. The lesson than became an…
I have been trying not to think about it. I can forget everything else, but this, this just keeps on cycling round and…
Your existence matters to more people than you will ever know. Let me share my favorite quote with you. I hope it helps you as much as it helped me.
“You are a piece of the puzzle of someone else’s life. You may never know where you fit, but others will fill the…
There are so many thoughts that ramble through any given individual’s brain. The trick is to turn the rambles in to gold, but caveat: the gold comes out in rambles. For everyone. You need to turn that goddamn awful prose into gold. These are all just platitudes. So how do you get…
For most of my youth — okay, life — I thought Advent was a clever way to ration 25 days’ worth of holiday chocolates leading up to Christmas…
Very true…
Am sitting , think about my future. But the thing is, i want so many things out of it and is this really realistic? I think…
It ends like that? ,, aargh! Is there more to this story?..
Very thoughtful..!!
The only regrets that I’m afraid of having are the things in life I didn’t try.
It would crush me if I found myself on my death bed thinking about what I could’ve seen, what I could’ve done, and what I could have been.
I have been caring for my mother for the past 9 years. It’s been a roller coaster ride filled with joy, frustration, love and a closeness I could have never had, had I not spent these years with her.
Because I might understand this article differently.
If it’s about Life and living, I would agree about “the purpose of life” you have explained. I think, everyone needs purpose(s) for life. But then again, I assured myself happiness can only happen after you were in the state of unhappy (sad, angry, etc). You get sad, and…
Arge inovasyon drsteginde kira yerine islik secebiliyorsunuz. Kosgeb tekmer denilen merkezler ofis alani sagliyor.
IQ 160 — Same as Einstein & Stephen HawkingHow about Love? Compassion?Can you be off the charts too?
I’ve read and recommended How To Win Friends And Influence People to my wife and her world changed for the better like it did for me. Indeed, I am hard to please.
I feared that this tendency in personality lead to be eternally unsatisfied. It does in fact but if it is the price one has to pay for self realize then one has to accept it. And be proud of it, I guess.
Except that race is only one of thousands of qualities of human beings. And yet just coincidence that you chose to focus on it, right?
There is a certain duality in the nature of my love for you. One that I haven’t been able to reconcile in these 8 or so years that I’ve known you. At any given time and circumstance, my conviction in one side of this duality has been so strong that I have, depending on the time and circumstance, deemed one an…
Here’s to New Year’s list of things that would make you a better you.
This is one of my favorite parts of the holiday season when you get to take time for yourself only even among others. You get to take time to reflect upon the time of the passing year, making…
食べてみた。
が、想定内の味っつーか、もうちょい突き抜けてもよかったんじゃないかな〜。
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, known in other parts of the world as Thursday. On this day, kitchens…
só pra lembrar os desavisados.
HA! Wave your mystical magical wand… bibity-bobity-boo. Must see TV…
Ugh, that was awesome. Really, really lovely. Good job transmuting a year where words were hard or nonexistent into some words. I suppose that’s what writers do, huh?
Life is not a T shaped balance sheet that we compare the achievements and the mishaps like assets and liabilities…it is an experience to be enjoyed..learning from past mistakes ..preparing for the future but living in the present moment.!
Getting sick is a fairly effective event for putting things in perspective. Even when the sickness isn’t severe or life-threatening, there’s nothing like a little taste of your own mortality to make you question the way you’ve been living your life.
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How can you determine what is best for your grown child. I have a 21 yr old son. He is an only child and to this day i swear resents me for his life not turning out the way he hoped. I only have done what i felt was best …. And or advised his in the same fashion. Back in his mid -early teens we had a pretty alright relationship, however things have…
An endless cycle in constant motionCraving for the thirst of changeDesiring positivity after a long day of pessimismI guess the bad and the good balance themselvesLike a scale; because of my highs and lowsAn unquenchable strive for rebirthRecovery. Revival.I’ll finally heal when the sands…
Boy notices another boy
“I wish”
Girl gets confused
“What do you wish?” Girl then notices the other boy
Boy looks at the girl staring at the other guy
“I wish.”
Wow, i now want a man…who reads!😄
God, please return my dad. That’s not who visits me.
It’s the the golden rule about how to stop disappointing people around you.
The Coward
I cannot recall the days anymore
life is slowly collapsing internally
I’m reading the book The Evolving Self: Psychology for the Third Millennium which is by one of my heroes, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. You may remember him for his pioneering research into the “flow” state of mind. This book is a bit different, as it takes a look at the human psyche from an…
23 December 2015
Man, deciding to eat popcorn is a real commitment. It could turn out well like usual, but it could also end with you getting that weird shell piece stuck in your throat and debating your existence for the rest of eternity…
Funny how that works. When everything is going well, you don’t question it and you certainly don’t stop to think about what could be next if it all goes south (as often happens in life). But, the hardest time to figure out “what’s next” is right in the middle of a crisis, when you’ve lost your job, or you’ve lost everything. It is so much easier to…
Pulling away in a Caribou from the white silver sands where stands my youth
Clutching a green beret in my innocent hands
Pieces of that puzzle all over our hidden floor
This goes to show that most people are assholes. Feelings are part of being human. It seems corporate America forgot what it was like to be human. A very sad tragedy in this country really. I am a feeler, too. We should stick to healthcare where we truly shine.
Ноw tо Ѕроt а Gооd Ноusе fоr Ѕаlе іn Рuуаlluр
Тwо реорlе lооkіng аt аn оbјесt mау sее іt dіffеrеntlу. Оnе mау соnsіdеr іt bеаutіful, thе оthеr mау nоt. Веаutу lіеs іn thе еуе оf thе bеhоldеr. Тhіs іs еsресіаllу truе whеn іt соmеs tо buуіng а hоusе fоr sаlе іn Рuуаlluр. Іf уоu аrе lооkіng tо gеt а hоusе іn Рuуаlluр, hоw mау…
I actually disagree with this. I think we over complicate things way to often. A lot of problems do indeed have simple solutions. It’s just a matter of finding them.
What nonsense!! Is this
Beautiful poem Miss. Jessica
The angry tirades of tyrants do not reach me, it is just chattering breezes blowing by. The hot air blowing out of their faces when they contort their words to a fevered pitch of indignation and spite.
No one said it would be easy. No one said anything would be right.
I am just thankful that i know how to cry.
我在这里…中国
