What It Asks You to Erase in Order to Be Tolerated. Assimilation.This is the word being thrown around these days, casually, as if it were harmless. According to the dictionary, assimilation is the process through which a minority adopts the values and culture of a more dominant group. But what does that really mean in […]
On the Little Things I Cannot Stop Noticing
I can be in my own bubble.Very much in my own world.Quiet. Mindful. Doing my thing. But I notice things.Little things. Human things. The small details most people pass over. I’m curious about people. Not in a prying way. I actually hate when people do that to me, especially when we’ve just met. I don’t […]
The Things That Fill the Soul Are Never a Waste of Time
It was a small moment, really.An elevator conversation – one of those accidental pauses between the day’s rush. We discovered we both love baking and crafts, and for a moment, the office walls didn’t feel so gray. She smiled but then said something that lingered with me: “I love doing those things, but sometimes I […]
