You meet someone, a total stranger. Immediately there is attraction on many different levels. You discover there are plenty of commonalities and similarities. There is ease between the two of you. It feels like you’ve known this person for years, if not lifetimes. Your mind races with different thoughts— Is this person a soul […]
Thank you, she said… with her eyes expressing it so clearly that I did not even need to hear the sound of the words. ***** x It had been a pretty good trip to Nepal. Living in Colorado, I am used to 14000 feet peaks, but then my apartment complex and the entire city […]
“Often those that criticize others reveal what he himself lacks.” ― Shannon L. Alder This particular evening, the political mudslinging was on overdrive. The TV news-anchor mentioned a Donald Trump tweet: “If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband, what makes her think she can satisfy America?” I was hoping they would move […]
“You just love until you and the beloved become one.” I recently read this quote on Facebook. This got me thinking. There is a Jewish mantra, Ani L’Dodi,v’Dodi Li —that translates to: “I am My Beloved’s, and My Beloved is Mine.” This is romantic, yet at the same time demonstrates possession and attachment, more […]
Most people know about the “Ball Drop” on Times Square. And if they happen to be there, they take selfies, post pictures on Facebook as proof of their presence. However, there is another event called “dropping the ball;” takes a place within a couple of weeks of New Year’s eve. Yet, no one wants to […]
Epoché (ἐποχή epokhē, meaning “suspension”) An ancient Greek term which, in its philosophical usage, describes the theoretical moment where all judgments about the existence of the external world, and consequently all action in the world, are suspended. (Wikipedia) “Mexican immigrants in the US are drug dealers and rapists” – The talk shows […]
“It has been said that it’s the space between the bars that holds the tiger. And it’s the silence between the notes that makes the music. It is out of the silence, or “the gap,” or that space between our thoughts, that everything is created—including our own bliss.” Dr. Wayne Dyer 1 The gaps […]
John Lennon lied. So did Paul, George and Ringo. Love is NOT all you need. I should know. I’ve been there, experienced the great highs and lows of love’s giddy roller coaster and I’m here to say that love is not all you need. You DEFINITELY need more. Love […]
As the airplane touched down in Addis Ababa Bole International airport, I felt a surge of excitement, enthusiasm and energy. Though this was my first visit to Ethiopia, I was strongly drawn to this country. I had started fantasizing that this will be the third country and culture that I will adopt as my own, […]
With only 24 hours left to spend in Ecuador, I arrived in Cuenca. Landing at the airport, I was beginning to wonder if I had made a mistake in wanting to explore a city 3-4 hours away from my departure airport, Guayaquil, with no logistics of getting back to Guayaquil. The taxi made its way […]