Bert: You know, begging you pardon, but the one who my heart goes out for is your father. There he is in that cold, heartless bank day after day…
Pulling into the curve of the driveway last week, after teaching my yoga class, I was met by my gardener, Tomas, before I…
“The compression of time is not a matter…
Stay here. Stay here, or you’ll forget. Sway slowly, don’t jerk. Hold back your sneeze. Breathe with her. Don’t move except to sway, to…
The Difference Between a Weakness and a Wickedness
Never spoil an apology with a justification. You either apologise and you don’t justify what you did, or you justify what you did and you don’t apologise. But you should not do both at the same time. It spoils the apology and makes nonsense of the justification. If you are…
Twice a day I get a quick reminder. It used to be a real gut punch, but time, ironically, has passed and with it that feeling too.
Today I am here with a thought to discuss a wish which I have heard multiple times and I too have had it sometimes! And I am…
Here are 10 things. Take the challenge and tell the world 10 things about yourself.
I journeyed the world.
A quest for fulfillment. Attempting to enrich my life and eliminate this aching…
Waking time: 3 am
Maybe ‘forgetting things’ became my habit over a period of time.
I felt the joyAnd the happinessOf being in love with youBut thenSorrow cameFrom realizingThat we can’t be togetherThe way I needAnd wantDespite all the loveOr could we?
I was broke, Lost, WeakUnable to sleepDon’t know what to do with my life,It was 8 years ago.Even I was not sure, “Was…
夫妻相處之道經典語錄：「床頭打交床尾和」，但如果床頭喺東涌，床尾喺鰂魚涌，點和啊？話說上個禮拜喺香港01睇咗篇訪問關於一對夫婦，好強，小強嗰隻強。佢哋結婚大半年，唔買樓，唔租屋，唔同老爺奶奶住，咁住邊呀？生活拮据，每個星期都拖住個喼去唔同酒店「渡假」，築起短暫式蝸居！近年夫妻二人不能同一屋檐…
What's the empirical value of a death?
No. Please. This isn’t about colonics.
There are roadsto richeshard timeswith stitchespulling you back aroundcome to groundfix all those itches
這週五晚上開著車，和小組同工一起去探訪住在宜蘭的小組員。因為一次的談話和分享，想要到她一個人住的家去看看，她養了一隻狗、一隻貓，我們先逛了東門夜市等她下班，再載她一起去看夜景，最後住了一個晚上，我們一起回台北。
I don’t know what to tell you. STFU in my world means “stand tall for unity.” Okay, I admit it. I completely made that up. And that’s my entire…
For the time being, at least.
I realize out of all the social media platforms I use, that was the one that bothered me most.
I’m starting to realize technology’s hold on me and my life, and I’d like to remedy that.
The storm has finally started to pass, I don’t think I could ever put into words how nice it is to really feel it start to go. Finally whatever it is has thought “fuck it, this taking more effort then usual lets go hibernate.” Its like a weight off your shoulders, the negatives…
Because the only thing that’s going to happen when you get down on your knees and dig for gold in the dirt is that you’re going to get really, really, really dirty…
這篇文章謝謝一些無意影響我的人，寫給自己看，也給與我同輩的朋友們。
最近一位大我幾歲的學長同事L離職了，我被指派暫時支援他負責的地區與工作。同期進公司的同輩曾跟提到次L在剛進來的報告時，就展現突出的能力，我因為當兵較晚入職，沒有見到L本人，腦海中自己畫著著商業競賽中侃侃而談的樣貌，事後想來實在狹隘。
直到主管找我談L離職、要我暫時支援一事，我才開始跟L因交接一事開始有交集。L被分派到的市場屬開發中國家，雖然消費力不高，但因人口眾多，是競爭者兵家必爭之地，操作困難，加上過去幾年失敗的例子，讓客戶難以信任…
Rules From the Road contd. 8.24
Technology can enrich you but can also enslave you
Choose your words for your audience.
We are all ractors in s play — the one we live!
And the one we write — for some of us!!!!
One Rule for Life is a concept to live a life of your own rules. Have you ever wonder, what is that one thing that is stopping…
Look. Here’s the thing. We all read hundreds of blog posts every year. Some of us maybe even every month. And let’s be honest for a second…
On how many of those things did you ever take action? How many things did you implement…
There is a roomwith no namein my house.
New numbers are coming out showing women occupy approx. 70% of jobs in most corporations, including top jobs. The “unequal pay” concept is based on median numbers meaning, if women hold more of the jobs, your pay median numbers go down (broader cross section melding high and low paying occupations). If you take the top earning female CEOs, they make…
The life changing road of traveling
I believe that people who once in their life went out on the road, will never be able to get it off. Because the dust of these roads on our tanned cheeks, trampled corns on our feet and burning eyes on our face is that incredible experience, which human growth is impossible without. This…
(Co-written by my Pet Rock)
The weather is perfect right now. It’s 77 degrees. The sun is still up, but it’s late afternoon on a summer day. The most perfect…
Its kinda crazy- I’ve been holding onto this for a while. You crossed my mind the moment I read it. Its been hiding, in my journal…
“Aim for the sky and you might reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll…
In recent weeks I have recorded my thoughts rather than write. Seems to denote a new season in my life. I am not sure how your week was ( I am happy to hear) but if you are interested here’s how mine has been.
A poem.
She’s beautiful, bold and fiery.
Observing other animals around us, we notice that a major chunk of their life is spent performing actions that…
Look up at the night sky tonight and say aloud what we all uttered as children — “WOW!!” Keep that wonder alive.
Birth in India guarantees one thing that Indians have most likely faced : “Competition”. A simple Google search yields this — “Competition is the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others”. The…
A General Reflection on the Assumptions We Make
We are responsible for ourselves. If I want my life to be a certain way, I have to make it that way. I have to take charge of my actions. I cannot blame others. I cannot drown in self-pity. There is a part of all of us that does not want us to become who we aspire to be. It is…
You’ve had a lot of friends that you went to school with — which is awesome. When you move to a new…
It never failed. If the assignment was a three-page report on puppies, Rosemarie…
You have permission…
On the benefits of minimizing
I have lots of free stuff that must go. Here’s the list:
There’s nothing like working with your hands. (I’m novice I’ll admit). Something about it has always fascinated…
Because Someone Ate It.
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What I hear ,I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I know! — Anonymous
I just couldn’t handle the idea of sitting in that chair, facing all the questions.
Maybe this is where I don't belong...
All the advancement in healthcare yet life expectancy decreasing....
I’m the baby of the family. My parents married in midlife when each already had two kids. 11 months after they…
The news around the block is that being an overthinker is more bad than good.
Take it from someone else than me. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the behavior as spending too much time thinking about or…
My decisions are mine,
Who are you to determine?
What is distracting you?
tonight he played his song for mekilled me with the softness of itand as I…
If you wait until you’re 100% ready, you won’t do it. Being 100% ready never happens. There’s no such thing.
I’ve been trying to write more over the last few months. About Asia. About graduation. About work and cooking…
It’s the end of summer, people are coming back from vacancies. Someone is studying for the exams'…
Are you willing to accept sometimes that you are wrong, if yes, congrats! you have ability to improve…
During tenth grade, we were asked to express our views on a picture that our teachers had given us. This ‘Picture…
I was reading this book called Nine Lives by William Dalrymple and in the book he tells the story of ‘A Guru and his Disciples — Chaitra and Maitra’ as enacted by the Theyyam dancers from Kerala. The story is of a Guru who gives both his disciples Chaitra…
So today an 80-year-old Algerian man sat our table for the Kiddush lunch after synagogue services.
People learn how to be responsible from the once-empty pages others have filled while a writer becomes responsible for the empty page he has to fill
One is unable to control the things that one does get to know; knowledge, quite apart from being good or bad, is…
Imagine one day, you wake up and you’re in the middle of the Sahara Desert. You don’t know how you got there, but it’s real. Screams for…
It doesn’t even matter because you have already took away my heart
You followme aroundI’d be lostwithout youor sunYou remind meto stay honestYou make meaccountable formy existenceI’m reporting…
Lately I have been meeting and interacting with developers from a few countries all over the world — most notably, China, India, and Mexico. It always brightens my day when I see someone from another country invest time and interest in…
You were beautiful,When you were prowling like a little rabbit,Into the ranches of life,
What’s the life called without pain?
Not a writer not a thought brewer , just a learner. Every love and every feeling, every move and the chapters of my life filled with love but agony inside or behind them , laughing faces but eyes shining just waiting for the rain to pour, if they see an isolated dry land. I ask myself…
Take a woman. Make her a housewife for yourself. Take an axe for the big battle. Build a house for you and your family. A home. Eat what you want. Hunt an animal for living. Be a man. Be a hunter. Be some other shits that people thinks and wants from you. We’re just living the life people impose to us in a…
Through a Glass of Champagne …
What do you see through a glass of champagne……
I would like to think I am different from the crowd, But I keep finding I am the same…And I’d like to confirm your originality,Even while finding…
I’ve been a little absent from this blog recently, and I’m working on not letting that…
I love working on the weekend. Nothing feels better than abandoning the family I have worked so hard to build. Nothing feels…
Think about this for a moment.
Something my sister always says is growing truer in my mind every day. “Salvation is in your hands, and in your hands…
BACHELOR I
Let’s just say God traveled and the heavens senior prefect that is in charge forgot to lock the tap. I shouldn’t be worried but I’m concerned…
Auto Ethnography: A Reflective Narrative
It was a narrative of self, a narrative of others and a narrative of the world;
Upstream events that floated downstream was where these stories unfurled.
The dominant narrative of the land has been fraught with fear, stigma and…
姐妹倆總是什麼都可以玩，不論到了什麼環境、什麼場合，即使空間再呆板無聊，場景再單調無趣，她們總是可以找到自己的樂子，而且一定玩著玩著，就吵了起來⋯⋯
母女三人很多的時間，似乎都是在這樣的循環中度過⋯⋯
「姐妹突然玩了起來，忘記了原本要做的事，媽媽睜隻眼閉隻眼等她們回頭，但姐妹倆不但沒有回頭還愈玩愈開心，直到，兩個人開始鬥起嘴，甚至動了手⋯⋯媽媽介入中止這〖走經〗的意外插曲。」
There will always be people who are better than you.
Be it that famous writer.
That prolilic blogger.
That public speaker.
That marketer.
Psychological dysfunction is an inherently subjective concept to categorize. You are the only expert on how you feel. You are in charge of how you think. You can remember the kind of past you’ve had, and you can remind yourself about the repeatable reality you can have…
You have to accept the way life works. The problem is, you have the option not to.
I didn’t feel your absence until you were gone. I didn’t feel you until you were missed. Until, I missed you.
Understand The Problem1. Restate the problem in your own words2. Find the Inputs go into…
This is an amazing story that changed my perception about regular day job.
I can’t believe I actually wrote for a short while on Medium. Stuff that was public and for anybody online to read! Weird. And *I* was so weird (who writes about poop? And talks on and on about finally pooping in public paragraphs for paragraphs? JeEEEzus). I still am weird. But anyway.
At one point you become so good at being lonely, that you like your own company better than the company of others. You give yourself almost all what you need — the attention, the compliments, but also the reality check when needed. You know who you are and why you are. You find happiness in…
— —
Capitalism is not a social construct. It’s an economic one.
The social construct is individualism.
It came about as a result of the Enlightenment.
It ended feudalism.
Individualism has capitalism as its economic tenet.
Well you are that guy lol.
You misunderstand what I am saying. That’s okay bc I will put it better next time.
The unrealistic expectations of social media bombards us with extreme amount of stimuli. This enables reactive thinking more than in real life. We use cognitive shortcuts as the primary way…
Time honored distanceJust as night appearsHowling may be absentNo less present the fears.Skin holds wincingEyes show the shutterLonely’s cold…
Hey Daniel,
This was on point. Thanks for saying what needed to be said. Oddly enough I used a similar analogy about the airplane oxygen masks in a piece I wrote today about mental health. Anyway, I agree — one of the best gifts you can give someone is to actually listen to them— and shut the f**k up.
The leadership session on Friday was an inspiring one. Jackie Ochola talked to us about excellence and she told us that excellence is a habit. From this , I formulated my personal statement that Programming should be a habit in my life and I should set it among my first priorities.In…
Wind and solar are a waste of money.
Build modular 4th generation nuclear reactors everywhere. You don’t need all the transmission lines and you have a reliable, sustainable energy supply.
It’s the only true alternative to fossil fuels.
I was feeling kind of weird and closed off today, so I went to Whole Foods.
It’s a fresh experience, shopping in there, because 1.) It’s been a few years since I’ve had access to a Whole Foods and 2.) I want to buy things I usually don’t like to cook, to see what my…
If I fell on hard times
How would I be received?
What a strange place to beIn the thick of itBut feel not seen
On and on I gosurrounded by beautysome times fast, mostly slowOn and on I gosmiling…
“Our proclivity toward addictive behaviors subsides measurably as we begin to practice reconnecting…
Migration
可以圖為主、文為輔的Instagram最近越來越多人使用，連家族長輩們也紛紛加入行列。怎麼辦？又要換地方發廢文了，不如換來medium吧！簡單、乾淨。
George, this is fantastic! I got so tired of hearing how you HAVE to have a morning routine to be successful. I’m not a morning person, don’t want to be one and never will be one. Nice to have some support for not having a precious morning routine.
This is TRUTH. I use this in my psychotherapy practice with my patients. I remember the day I decided to change the emotional, spiritual and psychological direction I was facing for consultation on my life.
First let me start off with saying I know nothing about blogging. This is my first, but I wanted to start writing and just putting everything out there. I’m hoping this helps me personally but also other people. I hope people can laugh, learn, and cry with me, that’s what life’s all about.
Dreams….
What is a Dream?
A common struggle that many people are bound to be the syndrome called “I will…
In the beginning it was magenta
Then it turned into pale red
unTold, unWritten, unRead, unHeard stories from life…
Normal Conversation 1
A: “How are you?”
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As an observer, I saw people are doing amazing things to help others. Why? Why are they helping others? You ask?Yesterday, I witness something beautiful. I was gonna make a video! But I stay up late trying to do an interview. But we gonna do it on sunday.
Especially if that designation is self-ascribed. I’ve always kind of thought that sounds like talking about power.
If you have to tell somebody you’re powerful, you’re not.
This is a great piece, Jeff, thank you.
What do we really know about love if we are too afraid to make choices in our lives without another person’s approval? Your friend call you and tell you she just saw your man with another female. All running in your head is;
YOU: OMG, now she know my business . “should I leave him because she saw him with another female that…
As invaders, though we think saviors, we believe must believe and do believe that you agree and that we agree on most if not all previous cultural agreements.
We (invaders and invaded or We and you) believe that we share common cultural values.
Live your life!
My apologies. It has been a few days since my last post. It’s been quite the experience the last few days due to hazards…
When enough is enough and morphs into ‘Nuf f— which is the opposite of Fun, perhaps the…
A common struggle that many people are bound to is the syndrome called “I will…
Mình xin tự giới thiệu: Mình là lập trình viên, hoặc đã từng là như vậy :D. Hiện tại mình làm việc như một system analyst hơn là một programmer. Đôi khi mình cũng thèm code lắm :v nhưng mà tính chất công việc không cho phép. Thi thoảng mình có chơi codefight để tạo cảm hứng làm việc…
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Cada vez mais sentia que ali não era seu lugar. Ali, de fato, não era seu lugar.
Não pertencia!
Como dizia Renato: queria sair para ver o mar.
E sempre que lembrava das águas salgadas, lembrava-se dele, e do mergulho que havia dado.
That woman makes me tingle! Her voice is raw and amazing. She seems like a phenomenal soul and great lyrics too. Thank you for sharing!
Chas, I have to thank you for this story. You perfectly rendered the atmosphere of magical years in a magic environment. It’s quite common not to recognize the magic when we are in the middle of it, not only in the childhood. Yet, we are sometimes blessed by it. So sweet and hard is to remember. And sharing is the best tribute.
Currently I have an uncle.
He has a good life. The man is a millionaire. He made his money from a very profitable accounting firm that he started 21 years ago. This business has…
My mother tells me
We start — we finish –In between are stages.
I feel you, sis. I feel you.
All my love ❤️
When we were young
all the laws seem to be in our favor.
Father’s back was our ride,
cotton candy was made from clouds.
😭
The Left never think their Presidents are authoritarian because they like the policies. And the Right don’t whine about everything. The Left are very different. They seem to take everything personal.
Oh. I’d never have anything done with that city. It’s too precious to me, poetically. Would love to visit it some day though!
“Wolf” is a professional level musician that plays at a number of local venues and runs our weekly “jam”.
By John W. Vander Velden
Stayinnnn Aliveeeeee, & Hoping for the best to come.....!!Stayinnnn Aliveeeeee......cut the worries n let the fun beginnnn.....!!Stayinnnn Aliveeeeee.....u r the master of Ur own kingdom......!!Stayinnnn Aliveeeeee.....n loose yourself, Stayinnnn Aliveeeeee n bring yourself…
Since having a soul on fire is often the fuel of forward motion, I suspect ice can also be fuel or at least leader in the balancing…
Thank you Cole, for me, you nailed it.
Loved your opening sentence, and an accurate metaphor too.
We are all craving connection, and when we don’t get it, we seek a substitute, be that drugs, smoking, sex, work, the internet and of course social media. Sadly, none of these ever satisfy the need.
My storage cupboard is full of physical junk and emotional junk. They are one and the same. The Cupboard holds my past shame of being an untidy person and a hoarder. I would binge clean 24 hours before visitors came and throw bin bags of stuff into The Cupboard. The Cupboard holds my arguments…
Options,
We often fail to think of options.
We often are not aware of options.
We often ignore the presence of options.
Life goes on everyday, how can you not make changes for the better? You only love one life. Why not make it your best? The days continuously change, so why can’t you? Don’t ever stay the same especially when the world around you is always changing. Grow into the greatness that you’re destined to be come.
Love? Compassion?Forgiveness? Cooperation?Caring? Helping others?Can you find something that will work for you today?
IMHO, veganism is about respect of life. Humans are superior creatures. We have sense of morals and compassion which animals may not have. Therefore, we must use it together with our intelligence to choose where to get our nourishment.
Thank you for the shout out Robin Klammer. — I am so grateful for you and everyone else in the Medium community! It’s been a game changer for me.
Right now I’m scared of creating an ending for my book. I feel like for the last month or so I’ve been slowly building this…
living differentbut damn it feelsso natural.
You’re going to make it.
Yes, my muscles ached a little when I got out of bed in the morning. But this didn’t stop me from doing my…
A husband and wife team remind you, what’s important in life…
Self trust and finding a few reasons to continue…
August 25, 2018
Today was a day of rest.
I lazed around, watched Crazy Rich Asians, read a book, spent time with my bro and laid down easy.
It was about the end of just 9th cigarette i was smoking in my washroom ,when i had a sudden cough and i spitted so badly in the washbasin that i felt a kind of fear about what just happened to me.
I believe that is true. If you don’t vote Democrat when you are young, you have no heart. If you don’t vote Republican when you are older, you have no brains.
Throughout the years, I have had to learn a lot about myself when it comes to my own particular set of “talents.”…
I sit alone,
With loud music in my car,
Hoping it fills the empty seat next to me…
No matter how loud the music is,
The silence is always louder.
Outstanding advice. I’d just add one thought: sometimes it’s not clear what you should focus on — which means jumping around a bit and trying different things. So maybe that should be Slot #1: do some exploring and experimenting and find your vocation — what you’re being called to do. Then go all in on it. Thanks for sharing.
Today’s self-empowering statement to positively affect yourself:
Repeat with me: I AM SUCCESS EVERY MOMENT!
Ride the respective vessel for it's intended purpose. Life is meant to be lived with intent for the individual.
Without love the heart is simply an organ, but with it, it can cure all the woes of the world.
