• Epiphanies

    People and their (our) problems (with them)

    Something I’ve realized is, you cannot change people. You cannot force them to grow, the same way you cannot hold them back when they do. Constantly telling a woman who isn’t ready to chase her dreams that she should be is the same as reprimanding an independent woman for grinding in the office everyday Asking a friend who cannot read the room or register your emotions to be there for you is the same as telling a deep friend to keep it light. Telling a fun parent to be harder on their child is the same as telling an overprotective one to let go more. And yet, we continue to…

  • Epiphanies

    An opportunity

    I could see the train from a mile away, and I could hear it soon too. Its lights sparkled like stars, its eyes, and the little window at its front was so blurred I could only make out the outline of someone sitting on the other side of it. All I knew was that it was loud and slow. And winding down a long long track from a long long way away. It was almost near me now, I was on the platform, peeking at it like a curious kid, as rain pounded on its top, drenching the monster. Now I could see the bald man in the neon green…