Last week, walking past a shop window, I glimpsed someone I didn’t immediately recognize—gray-haired, lined, slightly stooped. It took a second to realize I was looking at myself. That stranger looked older than the person I see each morning.
Welcome back to our “All About You” series. Today’s focus: What daily practice genuinely changed your life? Not the Instagram-worthy routines or productivity guru recommendations. The real stuff. That one thing you started doing that actually stuck and helped you…
This morning, after working hard on the farm, I came home feeling completely balanced. Physically tired but mentally clear, ready to blog without restlessness. It got me thinking: we often know what helps us feel centered, but how often do we actually protect those things?
Most of us spent our first 50 years mastering a complicated juggling act—family, career, finances, social obligations. But what if balance in the second half of life isn’t about keeping all the plates spinning? Here are some thoughts on finding your own balance in this chapter…
Is your comfort actually avoidance? I thought I was serving well in Japan, but a growing spiritual tension is forcing me to ask: When does easy service become a selfish way to dodge a harder, truer calling?
I’ve been studying Japanese for 505 consecutive days without feeling passionate about it. Turns out, competence builds its own momentum—passion isn’t required before you start.
Strip away the bills and financial pressure—what remains? This isn’t about lottery fantasies, but the honest dreams that reveal who we really are when survival isn’t part of the equation. What Would You Do If Money Wasn’t an Issue?
During a recent conversation with Claude (an AI assistant), I asked what I thought to be a grammar question, but received a life journey summary as part of a detailed answer. What came back surprised me, prompting me to write this post and ask you the same question…
I’m starting to wonder if some people are actually… there. Not physically—they’re standing right in front of you—but emotionally, mentally, spiritually. Last week, I asked someone close to me for a simple favor that takes 30 seconds. The response? Nothing. Just radio silence…
This is our first guest post from a woman, and Tomoko’s story embodies everything this community stands for—raw honesty on life’s challenges. At 58, she’s spent five years navigating breast cancer, from a diagnosis that came with no warning signs to learning that “survival” really…