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Human Connection. An Everyday Challenge

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There are people all around us. People are one of the few things we cannot escape from in this world. Of course, self-isolation is an option, but it seems like a pretty grim existence. After all, our greatest accomplishments in life really become significant when they are shared with someone who cares enough to stop and notice. I am slowly realizing that no matter how happy I am, all of it slowly fades away without being able to share your joy as well as disappointment with another person. Take my current neighbor for example. Oad is an older Thai man who lives by himself with his cats and dogs to keep him company. They seem to be his life at the moment since his children have grown up and scattered all over the world, leaving him alone. He pours his heart out to his animals and to the lucky strangers, as myself, who get to enjoy his kindness and unconditional warmth. One morning he made me pad thai and another, he brought some proper English tea which he got as a present from his ...

Day Two: So hard!!

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I have never been so sore as I am today. That is only after two yoga classes. Parts of my body are hurting that I didn't even know existed. Although part of it is probably due to food poisoning that I got yesterday. Not sure what caused it but it hit me pretty hard. I feel better today but the yoga and all the classes are really weighing down on me. I will survive though :) It's not the end of the world, but rather a small bump in the road. I tried doing a headstand today for the first time which is quite difficult. I am learning though. My goal before the course ends is to properly do one without the help of the wall. Please hold me to it! I will be practicing everyday :) This girl is tired though and with taking the antibiotics, it definitely isn't the best day for me. But I should be back to normal in a day or two (I hope!!). Still looking forward to the rest of the knowledge I hope I will gain and to pushing my mind and body to do some things it has never done be...