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Flamingo
Felt a little bit off this morning, even people’s normal behavior seems irritating, decided to jog it off. Even jogging seems a little off, my breathing is out of rhythm with my steps. I really need to concentrate on getting myself back on track. I tried to loosen up, looked around, in a front yard…
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Everything Is Happening
Iris are blooming in the warm spring sun, their delicate petals shiver with the breeze. It’s Friday afternoon, the little breeze is just enough to spread the orange blossoms’ fragrance, filling up the yard. It’s kind of sweet, rich and continuous, like ripples of water, layer after layer. It’s as if the orange tree is…
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Aurora Moment
It’s 5 o’clock in the morning, I woke up feeling a kind of joy, delightful for no reason, just feeling happily alive. Normally, when I wake up, I always come immediately to reality, which day of the week is this, what’s on my to do list, etc.. But for the first time, I awoke just…
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Go Life, Go
In my morning meditation: feel life going through me, like my Iris in the garden stretching in the sun. We are no different from the plant, only we have a mind, we just feel as if superior. Breathe, embrace, thrive in your own space, enjoy life implementing through you. We giggle, we shed tears, we…
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A Human Moment
On my way down the mountain, just rounded a curve and met a dramatic sun-blast face: sunlight is penetrating through a dark cloud band. Its resilience shines through, hovering over a piece of the world down under. I wonder what it is like for the people directly under the sun while looking up? A reminder…
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A Date with Spring
Friday night, there’s still light outside, daylight is getting longer, and it’s warmer. Rarely, I am caught up on all the things on my to-do list, and decided to sit in the yard. For a moment, I felt guilty, even grabbed a book to read. As if I’m wasting time if do nothing, just sit…
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Making Sourdough
While watching the Blue Zone documentary, I got inspired for baking my own Ikaria sourdough. Then I watched Saana Vaara, a Finland girl baking her own sourdough in a cozy room during the polar night, a frozen dark world outside, warm and cozy inside. I decided to learn how to bake my own sourdough. I…
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Christmas in the Hospital
Adversity introduces a man to himself. Holidays in the hospital, is a good reset for the chaotic mind. When things boil down, the shimmer of lights shines through. Looking outside the window, holiday lights decorating buildings of different heights, looks like a toy snow globe down below. So close yet so far. It’s a different…
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A Moment in Glory
When the mind is in turmoil, contemplate on one thing. I looked outside our window, the Chinese Toon tree has already turned yellow, morning sun peeking through the golden leaves, next to the red bird feeder. Birds casually come and go. A moment of stillness cracks in with sunshine, what a beautiful sight! Everything is…
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Smiling Face
While cooking an omelet this morning, a pair of bubbles popped up so perfect, like a pair of blinking eyes smiling at me. I carved the smiling mouth to finish. That completed the smiling face in my heart as well. I’m glad I still have eyes to find the smiling face and the heart to…