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Everyday Stories, Lived

Relationships

  • Being the foreigner

    Being in a foreign land is exciting, and it feels like all your senses are heightened because you start to hear things you’ve never heard before, like foreign languages. But then, the more you listen in to the words you don’t understand, the more they become muted like white noise until you move on to Read more

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  • Becoming a burst of sunshine

    Being there for somebody else, especially when you help them see a kind of tomorrow they never imagined possible (yet), makes you a burst of sunshine in their lives, revealing a beautiful landscape no one sees in the dark. Read more

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  • Proximity, shared experiences, and fostering relationships

    We often get attracted to people we often spend time with. Why? Because we begin to know them deeply the more we have shared experiences with them. And they will also have the opportunity to know more about us as we interact with one another. The words we say and the things we do reveal Read more

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  • The little sparks before the fire

    If you let the little sparks of annoyance vex you, you can feel how your nose starts to burn. And then your heartbeat picks up its pace. You start to breathe in and out heavily as if the surge of your emotions cannot be contained. Now, you are in a moment of choice: add wood Read more

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  • Hard words break no bones

    Even when you scream the most vile thing you can imagine, those words would only harden someone’s heart against you. But to speak kindly breaks bones. Done right, kind words bring you favor. It’s something I learned from: By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,And a soft tongue breaks the bone.Proverbs 25:15 (NASB1995) Read more

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  • Letting go of an argument

    What good does winning an argument make while somebody else becomes a laughingstock? Winning might make you feel good and deceive you into thinking that putting the other in a bad light makes you better. But no. Only fools would rejoice with you while the rest detests you for doing so. While letting go of Read more

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  • Cheese hotdogs

    When we were out for a grocery run, I was surprised to see my husband take out a pack of cheese hotdogs from the frozen goods section. Why? Because he doesn’t particularly want them like I do. And seeing him grabbing a pack was confusing because you should expect him to get the regular kind, Read more

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