When I received the photo for this week’s Photo Inspiration Challenge, I initially drew a blank. Cultural syntax, general linguistic norms, and inspirational quotes all represent growth as a positive aspiration. But what does it mean to grow? And is growth always a positive thing? As I thought more about…
“But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.” – Benjamin Diraeli What is it that makes up the minutes, hours, days, and weeks of our lives? Is it the ordinary or extraordinary moments that count? Or is it neither the ordinary…
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a fascinating blog post by Betsy at Zen Mama that highlighted some of the best Taoist quotes from The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. I had been meaning to read The Tao of Pooh for some time now, and reading this post renewed…
I am proud to have my first featured post today at Provoketive, an online magazine that strives to provide an open and engaging dialogue about life, faith, justice, and culture. There are some truly amazing and inspiring writers associated with Provoketive so I am pleased to be among such wonderful…
“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” — Saint Augustine I was recently granted an awesome opportunity to travel to South Korea for five days. After a fair amount of hemming and hawing about whether I could go and should go, I…
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” ― Gustave Flaubert I have been writing on this blog for two months now and amount of things that I have learned have been monumental. There have been incredible highs like when a post is well-received or I…