personal growth
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A Birthday List From a Girl Who Has Every Thing
What do I ask for when my room piles up with things left unwrapped from last year? Things unneeded–but once upon a time wanted–crowd my closet, my drawers, my shelves. Things and more things. My love asked for a list as if there were empty spaces in our room to…
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I’m Standing at the Edge of the Rest of My Life
I need to learn to stop questioning and start trusting. Sometimes, when I’m faced with big questions (often ones that’ll change my life in some way), I can’t help but to ask whether or not I’m making the right decision. It’s kind of funny to think about given how I…
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The Eternal Foundation: Building Life on God
Sometimes it’s frustrating to read back on old pieces, blog posts, journal entries, whatever. I noticed I’ve been asking the same questions for the last 8 years. Questions like: What will become of my life? and who will I become? What will I do? Where will I go? And all…
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Oh, How I Miss the Mountains So…
It’s funny how the more we get used to things, the more our perception about them changes. When I first moved to the San Gabriel Valley, I would stare at the mountains that were so close to me, imagining my Sensei somewhere out there. The more I hiked those mountains…
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Is Your Soul Starving? Find True Fulfillment
Humans bind themselves to their own drama. We get so attached to our concepts of life, our titles, our trauma, that we begin to define ourselves by it. But who are we truly? I wrote something the other day around the lines of, You may be starving your Soul I…