Grateful

Christmas Eve in Harbin (just visiting).

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a God who kept me well.

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a God who gave me peace.

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a God who restored my will to live.

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a new job (through something which I didn’t think was possible, mind you).

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a new roof over my head.

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a new circle of friends and community in an unfamiliar place.

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a family who dropped everything when I was at my lowest.

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a family who sustained me through trying times.

This Christmas, I’m grateful for a family who helped found pathways where I thought there were none.

This Christmas, I’m grateful for this life.

Halfway

Up in the air at the crack of dawn.

It’s been years since I had the passion to blog routinely back in high school. College came and went, and I settled with maybe one post every month, or maybe every other month. 2022 and 2023 were quite emotional years for me personally, though with all the travels and experiences I continue to capture during that time, I can’t stop blogging forever.

Fortunately, things have gotten better this year so far. Better prospects at work and more favourable government regulations allow me to plan better while living in a foreign country, and with the new friends and social circles I’ve discovered through various volunteering efforts, it’s been fun talking and sharing my life with even more people.

The back-half of this year should be just as fun. Still have a few trips already planned out, cool projects at work, major moves determining where I’d be living for the next few years, with more entertaining anime coming out for the slow moments in-between. 2024 looks bright.

Oh, and more blogging. 🙂

Tattoos for Life

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Normal

Response to the Daily Prompt.

I never felt normal, both socially and intra-personally. I find it hard to make real friends outside of my close community, I have trouble talking to people outside, though apparently I have no trouble communicating freely on the Internet.

However, I feel like ‘not feeling normal’ has been trying to move me outside my comfort zone. No usual ‘in the crowd’ days, just working hard trying to get by. I’d say that not being normal, while it is challenging, makes every day of my life an adventure, and I’m proud of living such life.

Normal’s good!

If Life Was Math

Unreliable?
Reliable?

Image submitted by Camillo C. to Cheezburger.