Category Archives: Uncategorized

Yesterday I was able to rediscover — or rather, once again express and give resonance to — an important part of myself: the more extrovert, playful part of me who wants (and even needs) to just share simple fun. I’m neither fully an introvert nor really an extrovert, I’m somewhere in between, needing a lotContinue reading “Shared fun!”

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” [Victor Hugo] Last week I was having a conversation with a person to whom I’ve grown close in some weird ways and hadn’t seen since before my amazing trip this summer, so weContinue reading “Coming into myself and out to the world”

I don’t know exactly what is going on with me but I feel like I’m on the top of a mountain or edge of a cliff: high up, having reached a high point and achieved some wonderful goals, but also in an extremely precarious situation and unstable equilibrium. There are days, or even just briefContinue reading “Unstable equilibrium”

Courage to me means owning my emotions: acknowledging my own feelings to myself, admitting what I feel, allowing myself to feel that way and, if necessary, telling people around me who might be involved/connected/affected by my emotions.  Courage to me yesterday meant walking back into a full classroom, after being away from campus for aContinue reading “Courage today”

Just a few days ago, I saw this sticker I really liked at my climbing gym: a rainbow flag with the words “Courage is different for each of us” written on it. And Wednesday’s conversation with the boulderer (which reminded me in many ways of some other conversations I had in the past few yeasContinue reading ““Courage is different for each of us””

I did it! I had that long-needed conversation with the boulderer! And it’s such a relief — a triple relief! First of all, because I was in such a good place myself so I could actually have that conversation in the first place (which I hadn’t been until now and that’s mainly why I hadContinue reading “Yet another step!”

Tuesdays are, for the moment, my double-workout days: last Tuesday I went for a 30-min run and then rope-climbed at the gym for a couple hours with my new buddies from the Lead climbing course; yesterday, I swam a couple km and then did some rope-climbing with the same buddies again. And today, just likeContinue reading “Another step further”

This past weekend was also very empowering for me, for smaller reasons as well as deeper ones.  Lots of small things contributed to this feeling of empowerment: grilling dinner for my cousins & me; organizing the outing to go see the Perseid shower (my cousins relied on me since they’re new in the area); beingContinue reading “This fire in me”

I had a lovely weekend, both healing and empowering [I will mostly write about the healing part here — the empowering part in another post].  One of my cousins from the East Coast (who is also one of my best friends) has very recently moved to California and now, after having lived all our livesContinue reading “Weekend Warmth”

Yesterday evening Arys went climbing with their new buddies from the “Lead Climbing” class.  Last week it was very cold when they took the class together, so Arys bundled up in two or three layers of long-sleeved T-shirts throughout the course. Yesterday, instead, the weather was warm again, so Arys wore one of their usualContinue reading “Hymn to the Body”