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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • A constant state of wanting

    Paychecks come and go. Or are they supposed to just come and go? Invest, well-meaning people say. But for the gullible, every ad brings a promise of happiness. Buy this, buy that, and your life will never be short of happiness. Look at this fancy bag. You need this. Turn your eyes to this famous pair of shoes. You… Read more

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  • Green office space

    After spending hours in front of our computer screens at work, it’s nice to see greeneries spread across what used to be an empty space in the building, making it a green office space. And it lifted my mood just after seeing it with so many plants when it used to be bleak and lifeless.… Read more

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  • “The Busyness Illusion”

    Here’s a passage most of us from the city can relate to which I quoted from a book i just read, The Cozy Life: Rediscover the Joy of the Simple Things Through the Danish Concept of Hygge by Pia Edberg. As technology advances in our modern world, we find ourselves living in a society that… Read more

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  • When is enough, enough?

    Since we were young, TV ads taught us that having the latest toys would make us happy (just look at those smiling faces of children holding the newest toy in their collection). I want to feel the way those kids feel. So I should tell mom and dad they are buying me that toy. For… Read more

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  • When we pray (doors of opportunities and how to keep them open)

    As long as I can remember, the opportunities I was able to enter were doors opened after I prayed to the Lord of Israel. And from today’s sermon with Pastor David Sumrall, I was reminded that: 1. Doors of opportunities open because we prayed to the Lord. Keep on asking and it will be given… Read more

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  • Getting out in the sun and traveling

    If you had five more minutes under the ruffled sheets, you could have simply brushed the day off in slumber. But if you have set your mind to be somewhere else, then you can push your body to be out on the road even when most of the world sleeps. To be in so many… Read more

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  • “Sometimes, you have to give up to move up”

    While listening to the Career Advice episode of The Minimalist podcast, one of the hosts threw out a quotable phrase that stopped me from what I was doing (and compelled me to write it here and share it with you): “Sometimes, you have to give up to move up” Because there have been so many instances in our lives… Read more

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Everyday Stories, Lived

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