Marie

Our dog, Adou, passed away today. She was with us for thirteen years. Last night, it was as if she already knew. She sat quietly, looking at our home, for a long while. Then she slowly came over to my...

I have known a friend of mine for more than ten years. I am a little ashamed to say that for all those years, my feeling toward her stayed faint. Not fondness, not dislike, just an ordinary friend. But this...

Slowly I have come to feel that words are not so important after all. What truly matters is the feeling a person gives you. There are people who, when you watch them work, are doing it with love. That love,...

I am someone who grew up a little short of love. For years, I think I was searching, somewhere beneath the surface, for a kind of unconditional love that understands my needs. A love that would love me as I...

Over these years, in learning how to be with myself, I seem to have slowly walked through three stages. Once, I was easily trapped by things. When something upsetting happened, my mind would not stop, turning it over and over....

These past couple of days, because of something in my life, my heart has been heavy, and unhappy. As if a cloud were pressing on it, one that would not lift, no matter what. All day long, that cloud stayed....

Slowly I have come to see that within each of us, there seem to be two parts. One part is light. It is kindness, and beauty, and that warmth that can feel love, and wants to give love too. The...

Lately, with the pressure of work, my heart has been a little anxious. I am afraid that if I do not work hard enough, I will fall behind this era, afraid that one day, I will be left behind by...

The first time I walked into the Gordon Gu art museum, something in my heart suddenly stirred. It drew out of me so many things. Some thoughts about life, that I cannot quite put into words. And the kindness, the...