Life
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Midlife crisis
Suggested reading: Article — How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be Book — Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler Podcast highlights: From How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be: The (midlife) crisis soon expanded from Jaques’ original definition to include practically any inner strife. You could have one… Read more
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A day in Your courts
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 AMPC The day spent for the Lord replenishes the soul and makes it ready… Read more
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Letter no. 25
Dear reader from the future, After an emotional hurricane that swept us for two weeks, the turmoil finally subsided, and the peace of the Lord prevailed. While the trouble makers finally made their exit out the door and our lives can now continue free from disputes, my body has called it a break. No, my… Read more
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Eventually, you’ll be found out
We’ve been taught how the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart. But I wonder, is there a way around it? Can you pretend to be someone you’re not, and no one will ever find out? Or when will the slip-up happen? Where you cannot keep it in any longer, and your true… Read more
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Old bird
While doing my laundry, I was surprised by how brave a Eurasian tree sparrow is, eating food scraps at an arm’s length. It also kept peculiarly bobbing its head my way, making me wonder if it’s just the bird checking out on me. Was it afraid I’d sneak out on it? Later, I realized why… Read more
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How to live through the day without a phone?
Actually, I never thought about it until my phone failed to boot up one day. It wasn’t like the phone had been showing signs of system failure. No. It just decided to stop working, and there was nothing I could do about it. Okay, perhaps all the accidental drops (like how it fell from six… Read more
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Burdens you carry
They consume you and seep through your thoughts until they are the only thing you can think of. They affect how you relate to people who hurt you, lied to you, and made a fool out of you. It feels like waking up from a bad dream, that you never want to cross paths with… Read more
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