Sonder (n.) The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
"What is happiness?" I replied with a grin, "Happiness is when you make other people smile. Actually, it's when you see them smiling and enjoy it, even if you're not the reason behind it. Happiness is helping someone, directly or indirectly, and seeing that person's mood change to the better after you've helped. Happiness is … Continue reading The Wiseman
"There's something about you," he said. "You know," he continued, "There's something about you as a person that I love, but I can't figure it out. You're special." "I am not special," I said, "In fact, I have so many flaws I don't even know what interests you in me, when there's plenty of other … Continue reading Smile.
I fear there will come a day where you'll be gone, and the taste of my morning coffee will be numbed, like the taste of your lips I once had engraved, like permanent ink, on mine. I fear there will come a day where pills and alcohol will be the only poisonous friends I'll have, … Continue reading I Fear There Will Come a Day Where
Every day, I passed by a little shop down the street and saw an old man sitting in his rocking chair next to the shop door. He was always there, whether morning, noon, or in the evening. Sometimes the shop was closed, but he was there, observing. However, one day I was passing by and … Continue reading Old Man
Found a New Home 