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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

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This is a collection of stories and daily musings.

  • Two years in and we’re still here

    It’s incredible how the two years have passed, and I’m still here; you are. But I’m still missing a lot of blog posts, and I’m still trying to catch up by writing them one by one. How hard is it to build a habit? But one thing I’ve learned throughout these two years of creating… Read more

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  • We barely talk to the people next door and here’s why

    We are increasingly communicating via text message and email rather than face to face, we have hundreds of online “friends” yet we may not know the people next door, and the first place we look for information is Google. Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We… Read more

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  • The gift of wandering on a work week

    Unlike most people I know, I have the liberty of time at work because we are task-based and not time-based. And this is one of the days when we work and simultaneously be in the moment of being a human, enjoying the place and the people. Spending a few days at Hotel Kimberly for our… Read more

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  • Eating at a buffet

    How often do you eat in a buffet? And when you do, how much do you put on your plate? Are you the kind of person who wants to maximize the cost? The kind that takes everything which fancies your eyes and fills your plate until it overflows? Are you the kind of person who… Read more

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  • Goodbye stormy day

    You might be in a bad situation, but it is not all there is. You’ll eventually discover that there’s a sunny side only if you are brave enough to get out there and find a better perspective. Storms are always confined to a specific environment, and perhaps, all you need is to find a new… Read more

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  • Anger prowls at the door, but we can choose not to

    Arriving home after a grocery run today, I realized I’d got a missing item the packer must have missed putting in my shopping bag. And as I thought it through, the benefit of taking back the item from the store still outweighs the cost of returning to the store to get it. It’s true that… Read more

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  • Building a home

    I wonder how our parents made a home without getting broke. Or did they? Indeed, it takes wisdom to build a house, understanding to establish it, and knowledge to fill it. As it says in Proverbs 24:3-4 (CSB): A house is built by wisdom, and it is established by understanding; by knowledge the rooms are… Read more

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