Dec 25, 2022Member-onlyA few things to learn about anger for those afraid of it. (From a recovering angry person)1) anger is environmental- change the environment you are in or the people and suddenly you may realize you are a very calm person. 2) anger is about how we get mistreated. Being angry about the mistreatment won’t change the person or their treatment of you. People treat you based…Justice1 min readJustice1 min read
Dec 24, 2022Member-onlyA Few Things to Learn about Anger for Those Afraid of It (from a recovering angry person)1) anger is environmental- change the environment you are in or the people and suddenly you may realize you are a very calm person. 2) anger is about how we get mistreated. Being angry about the mistreatment won’t change the person or their treatment of you. People treat you based…Relationships1 min readRelationships1 min read
Dec 21, 2022Member-onlyYou Are Entitled to Ask for Pay Back: Here’s one of the many ways to askI have a little secret that I am going to share. No one has ever hurt me significantly, and the Universe did not pay me back in triplets. The secret is this little prayer: “Dear Universe, please deal with those who hurt me to the extent of their own intentions…Forgiveness3 min readForgiveness3 min read
Dec 2, 2022Member-onlyInsomnia, I love You.I hated Insomnia for years, and now I can only pretend that somewhere in my hate, I began to love her. Maybe I still hate her, but I grew to love her predictable patterns. Her patterns repeat with such certainty, I think of her as war. I hated Insomnia for…Sleep6 min readSleep6 min read
Oct 28, 2022Member-onlyDon’t Play The Victim“Stop playing the victim” “How do you always manage to play the victim” “I love that you don’t play the victim” “You are not a victim” You cannot scroll down any social media platform these days without reading all these statements and/ or common comments that are rooted in emotional…Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Aug 2, 2022Member-onlyThe Man & The Apple Tree (Developing Story)“I will never obey such a man. He tortures people.” I declared to my mother as soon as I got out of bed. She immediately asked me in her swift manner of distraction to look outside the window because there was a surprise there for me. …Short Story10 min readShort Story10 min read
Jul 26, 2022Member-onlyThe Dialect SpokeThe Dialect Spoke I love residue, she said. I love what lingers at the bottom of a dialect made of Silk Road remains and hand-stitched fabric of Old Testament spirituality diasporas, People pushed…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readThe Dialect SpokeThe Dialect SpokeI love residue, she said.I love what lingers at the bottom of a dialect made of Silk Road remains and hand-stitched fabric of Old Testament spiritualitydiasporas, People pushed…----1
May 1, 2022Member-onlyUnresolved: Wandering with My Pencil and Pen (Habits of Writing 3)I use a pencil to fiddle with the unexpressed. I use a pen to maintain what remains, the memories loved and the lessons learned. But, to reach a point of resolve and departure, I bend the genres of my writing tools, and I use both a pencil and a pen. …2 min read2 min read
Apr 14, 2022Member-onlySix Obnoxious Tendencies of Monolinguals (Parody)They cannot understand that “correcting” someone else’s language requires verbal consent. So, for example, if a multilingual is telling you a funny story about a life event, don’t stop them mid-sentence to correct their pronunciation or choice of words. Unless you both consent to correct each other, no correction is…Bilingualism4 min readBilingualism4 min read