Life
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Late-night musings #22
When my husband agreed to let the stray cat—who chose us as his furr-ever home two weeks ago—live with us, our daily routine changed. Instead of feeling transient since I lived in the metro, having a cat in our marriage home made me feel grounded—the same feeling I have towards my childhood home. And I Read more
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Space trash 🛰️
When you bring the image of Earth to mind, what first comes into your imagination? Do you imagine it like this? If you do, I’d like to tell you that we think the same. But after reading this news about space trash from the Washington Post, I started to rethink what Earth looks like from Read more
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The high price of materialism
The video about “The High Price of Materialism” is one of the resource materials shared in my Learning for a Sustainable Future course. It reminded me of how intrinsic values thwart materialistic urges by realigning your priorities outward instead of inward. I’ve also joined the Bible Project’s Weekly Playlist on the Sermon on the Mount, Read more
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“Never had the opportunity to go far”
One said to another, “I’ve heard you’ve been traveling the world! I’ve always wanted to be in all those wonderful places, but I have never had the opportunity to go far.” But who decides what opportunity comes along your way, anyway? I could remember all the days and nights I spent daydreaming about being “somewhere Read more
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Late-night musings #21
It’s easy to forgo decisions that seem so mundane, like what we eat for breakfast. But when we look closely, as a collective, we can shift from mere consumption to sustainable consumption and push markets to shift from unsustainable to sustainable practices too. Read more
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