“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Commonly (and probably incorrectly) attributed to Albert Einstein Travel has a…
At 12:58pm, more than 400,000 people went silent. Two minutes later, a wave of vocal energy exploded 20 blocks behind us and made its way to us, through us, and onto those who marched ahead of us. For the first…
Happy Birthday, Aaron! Another year has passed and what a year it was! Every year I wonder what to “give” you that would really and truly celebrate another year lived. This year I could think of no better gift than…
As we celebrate six months of nomadic travel, I am contemplating the pace of change and the impermanence of the world as it is right now. You see, we are visiting a city that I first visited seven years ago,…
With the New Year just a few short hours away, I thought it time to start thinking about my intentions for the year and beyond. When I get right down to it, I really only have one… I intend, with…
Most boys grow up idolizing superheroes but I wasn’t one of them. Don’t get me wrong, I donned the occasional Batman outfit for Halloween and I definitely had an imagination… just not for Superman, Spiderman, or any other heroic-Man. But…
There is a an old folktale that turtles cry when they bury their eggs. I can see why people who have seen a mother turtle lay her eggs, bury them, and leave them to the universe to take care of…
Ghandi is famously quoted as saying “be the change you wish to see in the world”. In fact, this bumper sticker quote was probably extracted from the following verifiable quote from Ghandi… “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in…
Who was I to insist that any parent send their young child hours away, to schools without proper infrastructure, often to be raised by someone else (when boarding was necessary due to limited options)? Who was I to tell a…
We walk almost 3km when the familiar understanding that time and distance do not have concrete meaning in India, hits me. I don’t know why I am ever surprised by this fact. Any utterance of “it’s not very far” while…