Why Scripts Feel Like Theft

Why Scripts Feel Like Theft

I finally got clarity on why I absolutely hate calling customer support. It’s not the wait times. It’s not even the bad hold music. It’s that every interaction feels like a theft of my time. I value authenticity above all else—so when I’m met with a rehearsed script,...
The Heart’s Color, the Mind’s Story

The Heart’s Color, the Mind’s Story

I often wonder—how do we really get people to step into another’s shoes? To not just imagine, but feel what it’s like to live behind someone else’s eyes? Through my own journey, I’ve come to see the heart and mind as two storytellers. The heart has its own rhythm, its...
The Human Case for a Two-State Solution

The Human Case for a Two-State Solution

When we strip away the politics, the military strategies, and the endless “peace talks,” what remains at the heart of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is something profoundly simple: human beings yearning for dignity, security, and home. Palestinians have a right to...
What’s the Point of International Law?

What’s the Point of International Law?

If international law is supposed to protect the most basic right—the right to live—then why does it so often feel powerless when lives are in the hands of powers that don’t value them? We have treaties, conventions, and declarations written with noble intentions, yet...
Misunderstood, Yet Becoming

Misunderstood, Yet Becoming

We live in a world that craves neat definitions — empath, intellect, giver, taker, strong, fragile. But what if you are all of them at once? What if your contradictions are not flaws to fix but truths to hold? Being human often means living in paradox. You can be...
The Weight of Intellectual Loneliness

The Weight of Intellectual Loneliness

Most of life feels like a performance. Smiles, scripts, small talk. Safe answers. But once your mind stretches past the surface, you can’t go back — shallow waters feel suffocating. I keep my circle small now. Only people who think. Who don’t answer from fear. Who...