I like traveling. Traveling, especially flying, is full of its own adventures—covid tests, packing, staying within the luggage weight limit, going through security checks, airplane food, turbulence, trying to sleep on an eight-hour overnight flight,...
Elijah and Dad watched the chameleon eggs in front of them intently. The minuscule shapes swayed back and forth, a small crack appearing on one. “Oh look! It’s starting to come out!” Elijah gasped....
“Look, I picked up more leaves than you!” boasted Jessica, my five-year-old cousin. “Thanks!” I answered, quickly sweeping up the scattered remains of what had been a nice, tidy pile of leaves. “You did a...
A Lesson Learned While Hiking I took a deep breath and deliberately placed one foot in front of the other. The path was narrow and was surrounded by rocks and bushes. Because the path was...
It was autumn of 2012. My father returned from a business trip to America with terrible back pain. The doctor took x-rays but couldn’t find any problems. “You must have pinched a nerve,” he said....
The Art of Eating “But I don’t want to eat it,” whispered my younger self to my dad who was sitting next to me. On my lap sat a bowl of the later branded ‘chicken...
It was eight o’clock. The sun had set, and streetlights lit the evening sky. Leaving the closing shopping center, I followed the rest of my family back to our car and hopped in the backseat...
Have you ever star-gazed on a clear, cloudless night? The beautiful sky, filled with innumerable stars—doesn’t it make you feel so small and insignificant? Even just thinking about the vastness of space sends shivers down...
Often times we, as humans, get overwhelmed by life. We have family, schooling, jobs, and just life in general. We forget to SLOW DOWN and focus on 𝔾𝕆𝔻.
Greatness. That a single word can carry so much weight in our modern era never ceases to amaze me. Most people want to be great, but what does it mean to be great, exactly? The...
There I was one day, my 13-year-old self, sitting on my couch playing Minecraft when the phone rang. I go over to the phone and answer it. A man is speaking very fast into the...