Author: Neha

I mean this as no offense to anyone that believes in a higher power. I myself believe in a higher power. I offer this only as a musing, and as someone currently mourning a mistake. When we say “it was meant to be, it was in God’s control”, do we mean to absolve ourselves of…

I have this annoying tendency, imparted in me due to be privlege problems. Someone will tell me they need something besides food or water or basic shelter, and I’ll scoff inside. “You don’t need anything” I’ll think to myself. I can accept that I need to stay alive, and that’s it. This is such a…

Is it true that it’s hard to be happy? It takes labour to look after yourself. It takes attention and deliberate effort to be kind to yourself. It takes understanding and patience to be okay with being yourself, and self-confidence and security to be yourself to others rather than being a mirror of who is…