Musing

Some people are memories.Some people are lessons.But every now and then… someone becomes a feeling. Not a fleeting crush, not […]

I subscribed to Vivy Yusof’s Substack recently — and today I received one of her newsletters. It was a simple

When a baby first tastes solid food, their reaction is instinctive—they savor what they love and spit out what they

We must first develop an undying love for our people. When I got my first job in Southeast Asia, I

Some people are allowed to break the world when it breaks them.Others are told to fold into the pain, quietly.

“You don’t owe the world your silence just because it’s more convenient than your truth.” Sometimes, our reactions are worse

“I have an announcement,” said Robert Maddox to his children and their spouses around the dinner table. “Vernon can read.”

When Freedom Is Just a Word I recently heard the story of a young woman. She was just 25 years

I came across a quote today that felt like meeting an old friend again: “The mind, once stretched by a