motivational

  • Choose Your Hard

    What is the last thing you learned? I had always believed that being alone was a valid choice. Not building a home was just as valid as being in a relationship and starting a family. My wish to be alone… Continue reading

    Choose Your Hard
  • You Grow With Every Failure

    How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Maintaining the right attitude is essential, because in life you never truly lose: you either win or you learn. What we often label as failure is, in… Continue reading

    You Grow With Every Failure
  • My Way

    You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? It’d say something like this: They made many attempts, yet they never stop him from living in the only way he knew—his own. Continue reading

    My Way
  • Life, Death and Other Teachers

    What experiences in life helped you grow the most? There are tough experiences in life that make us see things differently. They force us to change course and guide our steps toward better paths. A broken heart, bankruptcy, the life… Continue reading

    Life, Death and Other Teachers
  • No Destiny, But Unfinished Business

    Do you believe in fate/destiny? This is the same cliche question that generations have asked themselves since forever. Some people think that the events in our lives are already predetermined. They believe that our life is like a book someone… Continue reading

    No Destiny, But Unfinished Business
  • Brothers

    Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. With my younger brother, we used to be very close. From a very young age, we shared everything. We had the same room, the same toys, and the… Continue reading

    Brothers
  • Mirror

    If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? At 50 years old, I have no interest in being anyone else—living or dead, real or imaginary. When I first read this question, my immediate… Continue reading

    Mirror
  • Be Smart

    What advice would you give to your teenage self? If I could go back in time and give some advice to my teenage self, I think it would be the next: Listen to your parents; they will always know what… Continue reading

    Be Smart
  • My Family

    Who are your favorite people to be around? At every moment in life, family will always be the favorite people to be around. Friends, enemies, acquaintances, coworkers, and loves come and go. They pass like cars on a busy highway,… Continue reading

    My Family
  • I Love My Homeland

    Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? I love the homeland where I was born. I love my land, my people, and my culture. If believing that I live in the best country in the world makes… Continue reading

    I Love My Homeland