Say Hi I was sitting on a bench today. Three benches in a row, each one with a person alone, staring into their own little worlds. None of us spoke. Then a dog passed by. Not rushing anywhere, not caught up in thought — just wagging its tail. It looked at me, slowed down, and […]
The Kindest Memory You Can Keep
She snapped at me yesterday. Not cruelly. Not unfairly. Just… sharply. A flash of frustration. A tone that cut quicker than intended. And for a moment, I felt it rise in me— That old instinct to match energy with energy. To defend. To correct. To sharpen back. But I didn’t. Not because I’m enlightened. Not […]
Remembering Is the Vow
Today I remembered something I used to forget on purpose: How much I learn when I spiral down. It doesn’t feel like progress. It feels like fog. Like shame. Like rereading a paragraph I swore I already understood. But this time, something shifted— Because instead of resisting the spiral, I started tracing its shape. And […]