One side purely blameless and another purely guilty? Unlikely. Both sides splashed with drops of guilt and innocence? Likely. Each side plays across a range; it is rarely restricted to just the aggressor or just the victim.
Ashtanga Yoga
No need to go to the circus; hit up your local yoga studio for some Ashtanga yoga to witness insane flexibility. Support your entire body on one arm? No problem. Hold a plank while bringing one knee to your chest? Become one with the sweat. Equally intense to the moves is the dedication of the…
Five Lessons From My First Week Of Teaching English
1. The attention span of a child in the afternoon is a fraction of what it is in the morning. 2. If you give a child a sticker early on in class they are distracted and less engaged the rest of the class, especially for younger students. 3. The smaller the kid the, generally, harder…
Street Food
Who knew that learning Vietnamese drinking chants would come in handy when buying street food! One of the many saints of the sidewalk operating their heavenly food stations on my walk home from the gym have plastic tables and chairs scattered about for patrons. Those chairs are occupied by a different crowd in the evenings…
Two Sides
Every story has two sides. The sooner you can acknowledge the other side the sooner you can reach common ground and a peaceful understanding. Even in a situation where at no fault of your own you’ve been hit by a car. Or a driver takes so many wrong turns you show up at your destination…