Trapped Soul by Sagar MakhechaThe Weight of the Small
Epictetus often reminded his students that we are like actors in a play, and it is not our task to choose the role, but to play the assigned part well. We are frequently preoccupied with the grand stage, the sweeping narrative, or the perceived…
Yosemite Cliffside by Jack HoyeThe Persistence of Granite
Lichen grows at a rate of less than a millimeter per year, slowly etching its way into the surface of bare stone, turning solid rock into the first thin layer of soil. It is a patient, silent occupation, a biological persistence that ignores…
Yosemite Cliffside by Jack HoyeThe Edge of Everything
Dear traveler, I have been thinking about the way we stand at the threshold of things. We spend so much of our lives walking toward a destination, convinced that the point of the journey is the arrival. But there is a particular kind of silence…