Tag: thought
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Finding Presence in the Chaos: A Walk Through Dubai Mall
Today, as I walked through the bustling expanse of Dubai Mall with my camera in hand, I couldn’t help but notice the thousands of people moving around me, their bodies present, yet their minds far away. Faces flickered with fleeting emotions—some lost in thought, others distracted by glowing screens or drawn toward dazzling displays. It…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 9/365
Good morning, Some days like today, when the mind feels very busy like it is working overtime, thoughts flying here and there without any apparent rhyme or reason, I stop. Stopping is not as simple as it sounds. I remember as a 21 year old, taking a trip alone to India with a the sole…
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Day Three Hundred Twenty Two, December 10, 2011
Imagine going through life with a light heart, having wings fashioned from humor, lifting off on a breeze made of hope, floating on a cloud of good intentions, swimming in an ocean of clarity. Imagine…
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Day Two Hundred, August 10, 2011
Someone once said: “you are born alone, and you die alone” True words that cannot be argued. We arrive here alone, fragile, bewildered. We depend on our parents our caregivers to help us get through the first years, we search for companions along the journey to take away our loneliness and in the very end…
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Day One Hundred Ninety Eight, August 8, 2011
Being near the ocean can often cause a process of self reflection. It can slow one down into a state of calm allowing thoughts to float to the surface that were otherwise buried deep within. And good decision can be born of inspiration, an inspiration born out of rhythm, of repeating steps on the sand…
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Day One Hundred Sixty Four, July 5, 2011
“when it is dark enough, you can see the stars” ~ Persian proverb So simple, so true. Light a candle in the sunlight and you see nothing, light it on a dark night and it can illuminate you way. On a very grey, hot, humid day in Shanghai, I was walking the streets as usual…
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Day One Hundred Fifty Six, June 27, 2011
It’s a funny thing our perception of size. When we are young we perceive our parents to be bigger than life, our homes and gardens to be a large domain where we build our memories and our planet to be out of this world huge. Then we grow up, and we go back to visit…
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Day One Hundred Twenty, May 22, 2011
There are times in our speedy and hectic lives when we feel drained, exhausted, worn out, a bit lost, dispersed, spent… On such days the recharging and healing can only come from one place. We are gifted with a pot of gold, it is part of our package deal. It has never failed me yet…
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Day One Hundred Seven, May 9, 2011
We are born into this life with a huge credit, a grace period, a fuel of high energy to kick start our young life. In our young days, we are full of energy, full of enthusiasm, of a feeling of power, feeling almost immortal. We are also given free choice of what to do with…