What’s your purpose in life? Why are you here? What drives you? What keeps you going? Have you ever thought about it? Do you even know the direction you wish to head in? As humans, we need some sort of purpose in order to be truly happy and have a Read more…
Your parents are not superheroes. They never were. They’re imperfect, flawed humans just like everyone else. They have strengths, weaknesses, talents, hang-ups, blind spots and biases. Your parents are not immune to the numerous manifestations of the human plight. They slip up, they make mistakes and they’re not always right Read more…
As humans, we have an insatiable desire for freedom. It’s only natural. Freedom is our essential state and we feel this in the innermost depths of our being. When freedom is blatantly denied, it is an excruciating hindrance and not tolerated for long. However, every great truth is paradoxical from Read more…
In our modern Western culture, the word “surrender” is thought of as negative. The basic definition of surrender is “to yield to the power of another.” It has become synonymous with giving up and viewed as an irrevocable display of weakness. But, contrary to popular belief, the act of surrender Read more…
Traveling alone may be the single best catalyst for personal growth. My solo traveling experiences have created quantum leaps in various areas of my life. And every person I’ve met who has traveled alone has been among the most interesting and awesome people I’ve encountered. Read more about my solo Read more…
“We think that the world is limited and explained by its past. We tend to think that what happened in the past determines what is going to happen next, and we do not see that it is exactly the other way around! What is always the source of the world Read more…
Freedom is a tricky term. It’s a word that has been dragged through the muddy waters of assorted interpretations and biases for some time now. I could write a book philosophizing about what freedom is and what it entails… But instead, I’ll share a simple definition that I found fairly Read more…
Not shaving every day is liberating. It’s an emanci-face-tion proclamation, if you will. That’s why for the past couple of years, I’ve chosen to forego the frustrating folly of frequently scraping my face with a razor. Shaving was a daily practice, that to me, just felt like I was mangling my Read more…