I traveled a breathless eternity to find peace. I have arrived tempered by the desperate scars of a life lived. I am grounded like a thousand-year-old tree. I am finally one with the universe. I let go, like a stream around a small hill. I watch the small pools of water turning dark from the mud. The dam of the Earth is broken, and my soul is set free. It feels like a street corner carnival ride, spinning in earnest towards the balanced center of everything. ...

I don’t know how to start. I’m adding a few more bytes to the Internet. We humans have come a long way since the early hard drives of the 80s to the 1 million exabytes stored on the Internet at large. There are 4.4 million blog posts made per day. What makes anyone think that adding another post will make any difference? What Is Purpose? I like to start with a definition. It grounds me and fills me with purpose. ...

The meaninglessness of social media has reached a tipping point. Mark Zuckerberg’s extremist view has created a monster, and we’re all paying the price. People sharing more - even if just with their close friends or families - creates a more open culture and leads to a better understanding of the lives and perspectives of others. We believe that this creates a greater number of stronger relationships between people and that it helps people get exposed to a greater number of diverse perspectives. ...

Sometimes I wonder about where I’ve been and what I have overcome. I’ve put myself through the wringer a lot. Heck, I’m still putting myself through the wringer, but not with the same things I did in the past. Self Unawareness Most of my life could aptly be described as blissful ignorance. Only in the past few years did I truly turn inward to understand myself and therefore the world I live in. I spent the required amount of time studying my actions, but nothing more. I would self correct when I made small mistakes, but the results of my big mistakes lingered. ...

Learning a language is a monumental task. All languages are not created equal so some are harder than others. The only difference between learning an easy language vs. a difficult language is the amount of time it will take to master it. More often than not we start learning a language out of necessity rather than desire. According to a 2016 survey conducted by Babbel most people want to learn a language so they can communicate better while traveling. ...