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after another journey of transfers and traveling, i made it to the island. i slid the door open and lo and behold, there it was: the silence. and it was loud. so loud i almost didn’t know what to do with myself. happy to have finally made it to the spot id be planted at…
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i woke up realizing i’ve been putting on a show for quite some time. acting for my parents, the public, my coaches, my peers, and even at one point, my partner. i became the best actress. in my relationship i grew to find i avoided hard conversations and in realizing this it showed me that…
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after 20+ hours of flying and standing and walking around with my pack i didn’t realize how much i needed to be horizontal. hunger didn’t strike me the usual way 8pm thailand time/5am cali time should. my eyes are droopy and im jet lagged. i’m ready to fall asleep. i walked around so much and…
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dive in, be here now, i reminded myself. everything you are doing is something you at one point wished for. i encouraged myself as my heart beat a million miles per minute. i took a few slow breaths to ease my embarrassment, the adrenaline, and the pain in the legs. today’s lesson is prepare beforehand.…
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it wouldn’t be a trip made by me if there wasn’t some last minute details that needed tending to. the day has finally arrived and i felt level headed and ready. although i woke up to an unpacked bag… sure, it’s not the best approach, but i make it work. but today felt like anything…
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growth is a funny thing. just as with grief, there are stages. i swayed through stages of anger and acceptance, and i’ve begun to intertwine love between the two. i felt angry at the way people were, the reality they chose to live in, wanting so badly to figure out why and how they became…
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one day, it hit me like a bag of bricks. i finally found the term for it: DOGMA. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out…
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there is a person i aspire to be she is free she is free to be who she wants she is liberated she is liberated from her past programming she is wild she is wild amongst the tame she is herself she is goofy, silly, loud, loving, caring, quirky, and always smiling she is love …
here i am 