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"The water that Rises"

The Water That Rises Nobody stops to notice the quiet miracle beneath their feet. They stare upward for rain, watch clouds like prophets reading signs, waiting for heaven to fall. Yet the secret is already here. The water does not fall from the sky. It climbs. It moves upward in... read more

Life a River of Change: Change is the only constant

In Hermann Hesse’s famous book Siddhartha, there is a character named Vasudeva. Vasudeva says to Siddhartha, the main character, “I have learned from the river; you too should learn from the river. The river teaches everything.” What does Vasudeva mean by learning from the river? Please... (edited) read more

recharging my energy

water flows in rivers wide, moving softly like a ride.

I got bored between calls this morning—so I wrote a decasyllabic multi-metered poem in the structure of a sonnet.

The breathless breath of a fallen star's glow; When I saw her, I found her—and I saw A winter's rain fall on summer sun's snow, On the earth, as steady as comets crawl. And what is one to think when Fall meets Spring? Leaping like a bird—from a leafless tree To fly through a blue sky, on moonlit... read more

Ujung Kulon National Park🐊🌳

One of the most beautiful rivers I’ve ever visited💚

My country won 11 gold medals!

We're a small country with only 18M people, we have no mountains for skiing or snowboarding, nowadays it's uncommon for our rivers and lakes to freeze to ice skate, and we still manage to get 11 Olympic gold medals so far. This is crazy, we're 3rd of the entire world, behind a very impressive... read more