Yes You Matter

Yes You Matter

My name’s Jolene. I’m 68. For fifteen years, I walked the same route every morning. Out my door at 6:45 a.m., down Elm Street, through the alley behind the Korean grocery, past the elementary school, and back home. Exactly forty-two minutes. Rain or shine....
Life in the Binary

Life in the Binary

We live in an era of digital distance, where the warmth of a gaze or the tilt of a head is lost in the binary. I remember a time when we understood each other through simple, human moments. A lingering glance felt like a quiet promise. A gentle tilt of the head...
Resolve, again

Resolve, again

Resolves and I have a love-hate thing. Like that time I vowed to quit late-night snacking. Monday? I was all in. By midnight, the fridge was practically singing my favorite lullaby, and those biscuits were winning me over with puppy eyes. Motivation on a buzzkill. You...
Life is mostly Grey

Life is mostly Grey

Life is not always black or white, it is mostly Grey There was a time when I believed everything could be divided into neat categories. If I did the right thing, I’d get the right result. If I used enough determination, the road ahead would be straight and simple. I...
Sick and tired of being sick and tired

Sick and tired of being sick and tired

Sick and tired of being sick and tired In my line of work whenever a customer reports a bug in a software, we jokingly say – “it’s working as designed”. That surely doesn’t mean that it’s not going to get fixed. Choosing to move into willingness and being...
Folly, Superstition, Pedantry

Folly, Superstition, Pedantry

A fools brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry They say the mind is a temple. Unfortunately, some people’s temples are built on shaky foundations, more like quicksand, with a leaky roof and an interior designer who got...