Life

Thanks for Hanging Out

Recently after hanging out with a friend they turned to me and said “thanks for hanging out.” Which is a seemingly harmless statement, which, for some reason, provoked a firework display of thoughts in my brain. The main thing it reminded me of was of myself a year ago when I said that very same […]

Apology

Apologize, but why? I’m not wrong for thinking Having an opinion doesn’t make me wrong Differences are what make us Saying sorry doesn’t make the pain go away The hurt still remains the same If time truly heals all wounds or just causes us to forget It still won’t stop So respect me and I’ll […]

All the world’s a stage.

Shakespeare had it right when he said ” All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players… ”  (Jaques, As You Like It Act 2, scene 7) We are all “characters” in this worlds play. The beauty of it is that we are the writers of our own parts. Each of […]

My God VS Your God

Ok ok, so maybe I’m a few years behind the time but on February 2nd 1996 the rock-star Bono gave the keynote at 54th National Prayer Breakfast. Bono spoke mostly about poverty and his involvement with the ONE Campaign. The keynote was also made into the book On the Move. Religion is something I’ve been […]

Speechless

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about one of life’s little mysteries. Why is it the less you talk to someone the less you have to talk about? This also seems to be true for friends, family members, co-workers pretty much everyone I have in my life. I feel that it’s the day-to-day interactions that […]