Year: 2022
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If people in a given time and occasion find the same mind and heart, experiencing real joy is possible. If they choose to harbor disunity, dissension is right at the door.
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I’d like to think we all grew up with mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, either born into or chosen into or, perhaps, your own choosing. And when you’ve been apart from them for a while, seeing them again brings joy that overflows from all the memories you had with them. Sure, we can’t…
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I find it difficult to be hospitable without love. Because if someone would say they can be hospitable without it, they must be play-acting. It takes love to look beyond inconveniences and sacrifices.
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We feel the spirit of celebration, and everyone seems extra friendly these days. With Christmas songs playing in the background, you can’t help but lighten up your mood and surrender to the rhythm of the holidays. It becomes a good excuse to relax what’s been stiff throughout the working days, your thoughts. And like children,…
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After serving my niece her favorite dish, she began to put almost everything on her plate (more than what she could finish), leaving everybody else almost nothing. She is five. It seems that selfishness was the default. But she doesn’t know it. More likely, she doesn’t understand (yet) what it means to share a limited…
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How many childish ways have we lost growing up? Perhaps, our different circumstances molded us and changed us until we became the selves we uphold today. But how fascinating can children evoke emotions we might have forgotten along the way. As my niece keeps dragging me to a calendar we mounted up on the wall…
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What we do at parties
1–2 minutesAt least we could dress up and become what we want to look like when we go to parties. Because at parties, we want to give the impression of our best selves. But after all the dress-ups and preparations, when should we really do at parties? Is it enough to eat the food and exchange…
jessa 