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…

It’s very comforting for me to see the same person repeatedly. I’ll get attached to their face, their stance or stature, their mannerisms. I will get to observe from afar the shift in their facial expression and body language when they recognize a friend, or how they react to a mistake or a joke. It’s…