People seek to solve problems. Big problems, small problems, it doesn’t matter. We define ourselves and what we’re capable of based on our solutions. The ever-repetitive problem is simple for the young adult: what is love, and who do we love?
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I Will Not Underestimate You.
If I underestimate you, I put myself at a massive disadvantage. Suppose that I go ahead and underestimate you. I might assume that you’re a loser who will never go places in life because you’re simply NOT GOOD at one aspect of your life. Well that’s just great for me, because one of two possibilitiesContinue reading “I Will Not Underestimate You.”
A houseplant is dying. Tell it why it needs to live.
Dear houseplant of mine: Life is better than death, that’s for sure. If there’s a chance that you can muster up your plant willpower and restore your health, you should. There’s always a risk that life has value. And you know that, otherwise you would have already let yourself wilt by now, correct? Oh IContinue reading “A houseplant is dying. Tell it why it needs to live.”
What Happens As Time Passes
Coupons expire. Food molds. Hair grows. Tea gets cold. A song ends, and a new one starts. Children grow up. People age. Dust gathers. Seasons change. Paint dries, and Paint chips. Records are broken, Goals accomplished. A pen runs out of ink, The earth revolves around the sun. People fall in and out of love,Continue reading “What Happens As Time Passes”
Getting Older
I’m getting old. Wow, 16? Where have the years gone? The transition from trick or treating and getting tired at 11 PM to never sleeping before midnight and having my backpack weigh 70 pounds has been shaky, to say the least. My innocence slipped out the door in seventh grade when I asked my friendsContinue reading “Getting Older”
Cat Zhang 