By Pilar Olave
“Aytekin! This is why you need to write shopping…
I want this to be my story of hope because I know life is worth fighting for.
Everyone makes mistakes. That is life’s way of teaching us lessons, and sometimes, they come in hard ways. That is why we oftentimes say, every mistake is a lesson. But how many of…
В марте я решил писать по одному посту каждый рабочий день. Сначала это были лонгриды в фейсбуке. Но потом отсутствие…
All right. If you’re just crazy enough to believe this, then you’re not going to want to read this article, so…
I’m an actress who frequently auditions for parts in movies, plays and TV shows.
豚バラ肉の味噌漬け焼き。これは僕の大学時代の青春の料理です。当時の彼女がオーブンで焼くバージョンを作ってくれてわっしゃわっしゃと食べておりました。
You can always find hope in a dog’s eyes.
Holy smokes that title makes my knees go weak. So does writing my first blog.
There are 15 words above. I know that because all I’ve done for the past 15 minutes is stare at them, and at a rate of 1 word per minute I think I might fail at my new life as a kitesurfing…
I have several accomplished, successful friends who are secretly frustrated with their failure to meet their life’s goals.
After 4 years of my engineering course, I knew I couldn’t work in that field as I wanted to do…
FMost of us would probably prefer a life where the emotion and feeling of Anger just didn’t exist. Unfortunately that…
hidup yang tak pernah dipertaruhkan takkan pernah dimenangkan — Sutan Sjahrir.
Few days back I was reading about parenting and found this beautiful quote by Angela Schwindt — “While we try…
"There’s a lot more to life than how fat or…
Moving to university is scary business for most. It’s most people’s first time away from home, but after the initial nerves being a fresher is fun. We’ve got five tips on how to enjoy it and make friends who will last a lifetime.
There has been so much change in my life in the last 8 months. I went from starting a company to leaving that…
Story Seven
You ever make a choice that keeps haunting you forever and ever and ever, and you start to think that maybe it’s mutated into a ghost you’ll never escape? I have spent the last 448 days attempting to outrun one of those choices.
Look. I also don’t like these kinds of list posts. But I’ve done most of the things on this list recently. So I didn’t feel very creative today. And the only idea I had today was to write down the 10 things that kill my creativity. As some sort of reminder to myself…
Slaughterhouse 5, a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut, documents the life of Vonnegut in World War II through the protagonist Billy Pilgrim, a soldier who fought in World War II. Billy Pilgrim is a conscripted soldier who is captured by German forces, and is taken around labour…
One night when I was ten or eleven, my mom told me that the vet needed a feces sample from Bridgette, our little Bichon Frise dog. She…
Expectations — they are normal and we all have them.
“You are never too…
I promised to be real and authentic right out of the gates! I am going to live up to that for all…
in actuality, i’ve had quite a week. from the police station to two flat tires to other odd instances, this week has been more eventful than i would have liked. regardless, i truly feel God’s protection and so many things happened in an eerily orchestrated manner that helped me receive…
At only 23, I have an amazing network of close friends. People who are incredibly talented, ambitious, intelligent…
What a start to the morning.
Sounds corny to say, but you have got to put your brain on a diet now. Just stop consuming all those thoughts. Really, they are…
Your people’s ‘why’…
“I think I would know, I went to…
I’ve never written about this experience in my life before. Not even in my Diaries after it happen. Or about…
“The unexamined life is not worth living”. Socrates
Money buys freedom.
But there’s even more freedom in not having or needing money. To have money is to live in constant fear of losing it. But you can’t lose what you don’t have. I spent 22 years in jail, where I got paid $40 a week — the highest wage in the jail. But there was nothing to spend it on — except junk food…
I think I have reached a new level of zen.
I don’t careIf we will be lovers;I am fineIf we could be friends;Because thenI will have hopeFor the future;In any caseI just want you in my life
Haha, no no, cookies don’t make me happy! Ohh, maybe they do?! ;) But in another sense.. you’ll get it later! So…
It was a really sunny Sunday morning when my ojek (an Indonesian motorbike taxi) driver asked me ‘Kak, what do you want to be when you grow up?’ My driver was a really friendly women and during our rides we always talk about her kids or my work, but I was surprised when she asked me this…
Essa de pensar próximos passos a partir do que queremos hoje desmistifica os grandes planos para o futuro e empodera decisões corriqueiras como parte de algo que ainda não vemos por inteiro. Observar o presente e ponderar opções que são palpáveis agora nos faz mais atuantes na nossa rotina e derruba as muralhas que…
falling in graceat your unseen visage
We the generation living in hectic days, with daily scheduled brains, thinking what and how to manage in the every single day, forget that there is some part of “ourselves” waiting to get noticed by our ownselves too.
“It is time for a whole new garden in your life…
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In your 20s…
Little girl, crying in the ladies room,Was crying in the shower.Water gently pounding in a hot-cold…
So the Montreal, Canada “vacation” is over and I am back to Tunis, an environment that started to be less and…
“Not all heroes were capes. Some were scrubs and lab jackets; working sometimes in deplorable conditions. Yet they do keep one thing alive; their…
After dabbling in the stoic philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, co-incidentally, my next…
My Search For Tranquility-ended here.
In this hustle bustle world,
Yesterday, I decided to stop hating my brain for the endless unpleasant thoughts that crop up in my head. This was probably because yesterday, for the first time, I actually had the capacity to follow through with such a herculean feat. I don’t…
It had been three days since they last spoke- No four, but the conversation was less a conversation and more a question — it had been weeks since they had a conversation.
You hesitate before you send a text. Write and rewrite before you send “how are you doing?” You wonder if you should have added doing? Is it too much?
I thought I had a life. Marriage, job, kids. That’s a life right? A job alone, from commute to working hours takes a good…
I always hear people say to “Live life without regrets,” as if you can’t live a happy or…
Your best bet to hedge against change that could crush you is to get involved in the very same thing that’s causing that change.
This of course is very intuitive.
But the reality looks quite different…
A few years ago, I was feeling stuck in my career. I was told that I was doing everything right, and to…
One of my favorite people to follow on Instagram and YouTube is a music producer named…
Here’s your round-up of the top stories from the past week in the FIA World Rally Championship…
A veces la forma en que conocemos a las personas más importantes en nuestra vida es muy curiosa, algo inesperado o quizás accidental. Personas que sin buscarlas llegaron a nosotros. Sin duda, algunas historias son para no creerse y otras para morir de risa cada que vienen a nuestra mente. Pero puede que…
त्यो रुख आज ढलेको छ एकै रातमा हुँदो रैछ है कत्रो परिवर्तनहिजो सम्म रुख ठाडो उभिएको थियो !आज रुख ढलेको छ !
California sun beat hard against the white vertical shutters on the bedroom window. Light slipped through the cracks and the slats swayed from the warm breeze outside. We forgot to shut the window last night and any cool air inside had gone. It was afternoon now and I woke…
A long road amidst nothingness, where the word ‘desolate’ finds itself short of expressing the full…
Don’t fathom how I think of you,You’ll have to travel for aeons !Only a speck I talk about now,Not even the whole of what I feel…
We just finished our first video shoot for daughters. with my personal trainer Lara Karapetian at the personal training studio she…
A time comes when we feel that something is wrong in our life, something needs to change.We feel that we are not happy; a feeling or an intuition that something is wrong. At this time we ignore facing the cause of our inner trouble and use escapism for reducing frustration…
We all know what we want to hear, don’t we? We cry out to God in prayer, seek counsel from those we trust, and we sit and wonder why God is keeping us in this silent forest.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle has an effect on the totality of Man’s thinking. You have a high possibility to think as you choose to live. The mindset is that brain…
Looking back at the mirror again
Indeed. If you knew how much time other people spent worrying about what you might think of them; you’d never spend any time worrying about what other people might think of you.
WHAT’s up Medium!?
once upon a time,I read about myselfin verse 27 of Genesis 49.it said,Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.
As a parent of a child diagnosed with autism, I had to adjust to my son’s interests and not my own. It took a…
這幾個禮拜，我的狀態沉浸在過去與未來之間的停損點。
Inner Frustrations and Punchlines
They say I’m black royalty, give black support
I personally find the idea of imagination fascinating. I really like the fact that I can accomplish things in my mind that I haven’t…
So began Bill Clinton’s tender, rambling speech last night at the Democratic National Convention, a speech in which he described his wife Hillary as a natural leader, an excellent mother, and “the best change maker” he’d ever met. “I married my best friend,” he…
Some tools are better than others.
Remember when we didn’t have cell phones and we carried little books with phone numbers or small folded pieces of paper in our wallets…
I am currently working in customer service.
Yes, this is a sentence. Whether you take it to mean an actual sentence, or a jail sentence, it works on both levels.
I deal with the general public when they’re at their lowest points in life. They…
Un par de días atrás en Laboratoria terminaron los talleres de soft skill y cerraron con una dinámica que nos hizo pensar en…
If that’s not justice, I don’t know what is
As mothers of young children, we know that parenting is a 24x7 job. Including when we are behind closed doors using the toilet.
You’re not seeing the bigger picture. The real problem for ordinary folks in the US is that they’re being outcompeted by ordinary folks in Asia. The wealth gap within countries may be increasing, but the wealth gap between countries is decreasing (if you don’t believe me, google Hans Rosling). And it’s got nothing to do with Capitalism being broken —…
Happiness, like anything else in life, needs to be nurtured. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness…
A grueling trip between central Colorado and deep East Texas…11pm and still 3 hours to go…this trip is hard, my…
EPIC is a word coined out of the following keywords:
The time i made myself look a fool infront of my entire year group.
It was early this year i was shouted up in assembly for reading 1 million words (my school use a program in the first 2 years where you read a book and have to quiz on it if you pass you get more words ) and my school have stairs leading up to certain rows…
The metaphor of money ( not ) growing on trees is a favorite with Indian parents, especially middle class parents.
But the situation is changing. In nuclear families with disposable income, children have developed an entitlement mindset. They get what they demand ( high end smartphones, for example ). Thrift is no longer…
I’m not saying you have to put off being happy for another 14 years or so. But I can almost guarrantee that in another 14 years you will be happier, because life does get easier as you get older. You know this already; but I know it even more, because I’ve lived longer. Life gets better in such small increments you don’t even notice it happening, but…
I feel like a big mistake that people in their 20’s make — and I’m certainly no exception — is confusing apathy for happiness/fulfillment. You see it everywhere, and it makes sense, because on the outside, apathy and inner spiritual fulfillment can look a lot…
It is a trend nowadays to shun off people that talk and say that “we don’t want much talking, but more doing”, “we wanna see results”. This is a truth in itself, but then again, how much harm has doing caused than talking? Don’t get me wrong, I know how much that…
I’m up thinking…Thinking about too much.So much so that I’m not even sure what I’m thinking. Sounds weird, I know.But I can’t be the only one…
From August 8, 2018
WHAT’S THE RUSH?
“Faster, faster says the brain of man!.” Who are we in a race with? Time? Seems like it!
I have been living in dorm #307 which is in the dormitory #4 for about two months. The dormitory #4, which is on the opposite…
The agitator of the machine spun at its throttle. Spinning and moving the clothes, changing their relative…
Even if this voice keeps on
Telling me to move on
No one will be like you
I can’t move on (maybe I should)
Sorry for everything
Mereka berkata aku terlihat lelah dan tak bergairah. Terlihat jelas dari seretan langkah kaki yang hampir tak terdengar di gang-gang jalan yang gelap pekat. Aku bagai jiwa yang tak bertuan namun menghembuskan nafas yang bahkan tak terdengar hentakan semangatnya. Suara dentum jantungku tak lagi setegas dahulu yang…
Lost in a fog
Meandering in my thoughts
Wrestling with my feelings
“Would you like to go out with me?”
“Sorry but no.”
“Are you seeing someone?”
“No, I am not”.
“Then, why not?”
I finally succeeded.
Seeing through life
Hi reader! This is my first blog post and I’m glad to have finally gotten the time and content to write something on. I’m just another techie in the valley working for a startup on its data platform. Working for a startup is a ride in itself and has helped me grow professionally and personally. I worked…
Not all human beings were born with the same abilities. Some are better at athletic activities, others might be better at artistic endeavors, while other might be better more comfortable in the scientific fields. Similarly, not everyone has the same degree of ability in their own areas of…
15 months in,Still waiting to feel at home.Maybe a visit from my familyCan help me feel less alone.
We all have our own image of prom in our head. It may be derived from popular teen movies such as…
Xavier Erotica — Very very true! Gotta say the whole act of giving, licking, slurping and satisfying is just so delightful and I end up wearing that same damn smirk. Thank you for the comment and I’m working on some more too! 😉
You’re about to read a pretentious, GOOP-Y article that college stoners have discussed for decades. But so have Marcus Aurelius, and Jack Kerouac, along with Franz Kafka. The question is, why is it that society and technology and typical lifestyle so antithetical to…
Congratulations, Joren, you’re a loser like me! If you really want to know what that means, you’ll just have to read The Loser’s Guide to Happiness Part 1.
Trust me, I’m not insulting you by calling you a Loser, because the whole subject of that blog is how Losers are really Winners. I’m proud of being a Loser, and I…
This was called “people watching”
Based on these photos from 7th ave (or is it Fashion?)
Psalms 52:8–9 (KJV)But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
I’ve had puppyitis for quite awhile now, spending way too much time looking at available dogs…
Hey everyone,
Announcements
Thank you for all the birthday wishes. Glad to be back in the Valley. Since I’ll be starting work pretty soon, I am probably going to move the newsletter to Saturday mornings. Sorry lol
Your soul communicates too
I can’t get away. I can’t get away from people who want to deny my reality. Deny my story. I’m here to tell you my truth and my story, to share it in hopes that I may heal. I have to use a pen name in order to remain anonymous because otherwise, I won’t feel safe to say the…
Psalms 49:6–9 (KJV)They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)That he should…
Today, I had a chat with one of my summer interns. They were asking all kinds of great questions like what it’s like starting a new job right after college, what my career path and trajectory had been like so far…
So I’ve taken a few weeks off and haven’t written in a little while. I’m new to this whole writing on Medium…
The other day I heard that stress is just another form of fear. Interesting. Because I feel like a person who faces their…
What I’ve found to be the most helpful in my relationships is doing the opposite of what comes naturally to me. If I tend to be the one to talk…
A significant way to bring peace and increase productivity in life.
Nature has wired basic functions of all living beings in body-mind mechanism, almost 98% of which…
While in a Graduate School of Banking class on Effective Use of Technology, I discussed the…
I’ve got —
We are suggested to sleep till 6 am in the morning because just after 7:00 am your body stops secreting melatonin hormone which is responsible for sleep. Our body is working according to nature. Like sleep, every task has its…
There is this place we must run
towards an ending plumb,
a shifted space.
We sit in awe, deepening
into a dirty spot, numb,
fighting to erase.
Note…
A while ago, I pondered the idea that life is essentially about creating a formula, your formula that creates, or equates to, what you want out of life.
I was here. This is what happened.
‘Je m’appelle Christiane. Je suis née à Calais le 11 juin, 1905…’
We were all made equal
A story we have to be reminded of as we’re in a 50 year sequel
The stage is set high upon the clouds. I’m waiting patiently for you to appear on top of them. I know I let you down but I’m trying to…
Bent Not Broken
C.C.O image from Pixabay!
You can make
Me
I am the one…
One of my favorites songs, as of late, is “Reckless Love” by Cory Asbury. The words are powerful…Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless…
We as a society often talk about how much we are going to accomplish or how successful we will become in the future but most of us have…
Playing strings of theoryReality is the rhymeIn tune and sung well enoughTo marry Space and Time
Sing the strings of theoryExistence what we playHarmonizing with space and timeuntil there…
“Not Just Stories Told- Memories Lived”
I always wondered if it was tough to start a day writing. You know, when cobwebs are still in your head and the last traces of that dream you had still linger at the back of your mind.
So, here I am, giving the experiment a go.
yes, Medium’s editing game is flop. However if you visit my poems, you’ll see blank spaces in between lines; you can just copy paste those spaces in your poems, and it’ll work fine. On app, it’ll still break the lines at unwanted places; you can tell your readers to rotate their phone screens by 90° to read the poem in its intended form:-)
We get pleasure in three processes:- In thinking about any action or something.-In doing any action and- In end of some work or action performed.Here we will talk about first kind, in thinking about any action or we can say we will talk about…
I observed that we can’t live simple and monotonous life. We all wants thrills in our life and we don’t like easy going life irrespective of happiness.
We are curious and we want new things every time, we want things that give excitation and a little violence.
Great read! Thanks for sharing:)
