A few weeks ago as a follow-up to a few posts I'd written on being grateful, I asked my friends on Instagram which circumstance was the hardest for them to be grateful in. Unsurprisingly, most said seasons of suffering and/or loss, of which this year has had no shortage. We've lost opportunities, jobs, and in … Continue reading How to Be Grateful No Matter What
Category: Perseverance
The Midnight Mosquito
This post was written as a journal entry in June 2018 and was revised in June 2020. Last night I was exhausted. I still fought sleep, though. I felt like I was seven years old, and my teenage sisters were laughing with their friends while I listened from my bed, sleepless from intense fomo. I … Continue reading The Midnight Mosquito
Mats
This content came from a journal entry dated May 23, 2018 -- a day that I was supposed to both get a cast removed from my leg and fly to Asia for four weeks. "Day 1" I put Day 1 in quotes because today was supposed to be Day 1 of my new adventure in Asia, … Continue reading Mats
Yi Zhi Zou (一直走)
Note: This content is from journal entry dated June 10, 2018, and was revised on July 18, 2019. This morning I woke up at six o’clock to go to a meeting. I’d been to the place where these meetings are held once before, but it was two weeks ago, and my friend showed me the … Continue reading Yi Zhi Zou (一直走)
First Steps
“Alright, your job is to put all these marbles back into this cup,” my physical therapist announced as he spread about twenty marbles out on the floor. “3 times,” he added. You’ve got to be kidding me, I thought. I’ve gotta put these marbles in this cup…with my toes?? Well, he didn’t SAY to use … Continue reading First Steps