Sacrifice or Love?

When I was little, I somehow mistakenly thought that when you love someone you’ll sacrifice anything for that person. I understood love as something grand and beautiful, but ultimately sad. When I believed myself to be in love later on, I would always sacrifice whatever was asked of me because that was how I understood love. Every time love failed, …

My Life These Days – July

It’s been quite a year, hasn’t it? It’s already summer again and the pandemic is still causing so much pain. Not only that, it seems nature too is creating chaos as global warming starts to affect all of our lives in different ways. The world is filled with strife and suffering. It’s not all that there is, though. It can …

Loss of Taste and Smell

When I say I lost my sense of smell and taste, it would not entirely true. I mean that it is almost entirely lost and whatever little bit is left doesn’t taste or smell like anything I can recall. I can really only taste sour things, but none of the sour things taste like sour used to. Lemons, for example, …