You hear from your loved one about their struggle and you’ve tried to be there for them the best way you know how. Your loved one may not live so close to you. Distance makes the barrier higher for you to traverse. You don’t feel like you’re making headway. You wonder if only it weren’t […]
Sitting at the table, you listen to everyone’s chatter floating around you. You are fully engaged in the conversation, but either you don’t know what to say or how to say it. You don’t want to be the odd person out. Yet, you have some trepidation with speaking to others comfortably about what is going […]
You’ve applied to a million jobs and all you can hear is the sound of crickets in the background. You question everything on your resume. You second think your education from back home and ask, is that acceptable enough? Your work history is not in the United States, would they be willing to take the […]
It’s the second after you feel the elation of accomplishment or the closure that you have finally reached your milestone when you start to feel vacant. What do I do now? It should have felt like more. Did I do something wrong? Was this really what I wanted in the first place? You worked so […]
You feel like the world is on your shoulders. You worry all the time that what you have done is just not enough. Your family is stable but they don’t understand the pressure you are under. According to them, everything you have attained is luck. Your situation seems precarious and you keep trying to get […]
You have always been the one held responsible and were never allowed to make a mistake like anyone else in your family. You do what your suppose to do by going to work, paying your bills, and then sending money to your family. Without that money, you believe that your family will not be able […]
At night it always feels quieter without your loved one by your side. It becomes harder to sleep knowing how long you both shall be separated. You tell yourself that every second that passes you will be closer to being together again. Yet, so many more seconds need to pass and the thought of that […]
It has become easy to show a happy face to everyone. But there will always be that sensitive spot that you would rather keep hidden from the world outside around you. You have achieved so much in your life and have done so much good but it doesn’t seem to matter. The guilt and shame […]
“I hate people,” you say to yourself when you get up in the morning before work. When you are at work, you drink your coffee and think about why things aren’t going your way. “Why do people not like me?” you say to yourself again and again. When someone says hello, you mumble a response […]
Its been 10 years and so much has happened. You have done what most people can only dream to accomplish. You created a new home in a new land and even though at times you felt like everything was against you, you succeeded. It has taken a lot of work and a lot time. And […]