"As you start to walk on the way, the way appears." -Rumi Life can feel like 4-dimensional chess sometimes. A ton of variables combined with the unpredictability of the world around us, and before we know it, our mind goes tilt at the thought of the next step. "What if they do this?" "What if that happens?" "What if I don't like my decision?" "What if my life falls apart?" It's easy to get buried under a mountain of hypothetical ifs. Ifs are like the mud spinning under your

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "Kind" said the boy -The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse We are surrounded by varying magnitudes of kindness. Small acts include the driver who lets you cut over into the lane at the last second or the person at the check-out counter who lets you go in front of them when you're in a hurry. Larger acts include the coworker who covers your shift at work so you can spend the special occasion with your friend or the family member w

When we waste energy on people or situations that aren't important to us, we sacrifice the energy meant for those we love. How often do we find ourselves talking to the driver in front of us, yelling at the TV over a sporting event (ok, maybe that's just me...), huffing and puffing because the grocery store line is too long, or because we barely missed making it through the longest stoplight in town? These seemingly insignificant moments of resistance impact us more than we m

"Why can't anything go the way it's supposed to?" "Oh, it did. It just didn't go the way you wanted it to. You may be a brave b***h, but you can't control the universe." -The Big C Atlanta is notorious for its bad/reckless/dangerous drivers. Having lived in NYC for three years, I figured, "How much worse could it possibly be," when I moved to the ATL back in 2022. Well, let's just say I was never involved in a hit-and-run in NYC. Luckily, only the front bumper of my car

"The reason why we exist, beyond the rivets, beyond money, beyond color, beyond creed, beyond failure, beyond exams passed, beyond whether you have kids or don't have kids, whether you get married, beyond all aspirations, beyond all of that which leaves us when we're in the ground, is the notion that you are loved unconditionally, permanently, eternally, forever, as you are." Charlie Mackesy I have never really understood why it's called Good Friday. Is it supposed to be good