I feel like I've been kicked around for a bit ( Read more... )

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Every time I try to stay silent, I end up on the brink of wanting to explode ( Read more... )

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I wake up drenched in milky sunlight, blanket unconsciously shoved aside some time during the night. It’s 6:30 in the morning. My body is used to being gently nudged into wakefulness by a susurrating, Steve Jobs-approved melody. Gone are the jangly alarm clocks of my childhood, the ones with glow-in-the-dark numbers. These days, I wake up with the ( Read more... )

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Balance doesn't mean that the negative aspects of things disappear magically. It simply means that you learn to recognize the "now" for what it is: the only important thing, your breath filtering through your nose.

I'm alive! I feel joy. I feel pain. I have been carrying myself all through these years. I am alive. I am now. 

It’s overwhelming to get a peek into a person’s inner life-to see an emotional ecosystem propped up by personal fears, buffeted by small victories, and pockmarked with anxieties and barely articulated hopes. There’s a very thin line between talking with someone and suddenly finding yourself staring at who they are: a unique composition, in shades ( Read more... )

As fans, how are we ever going to live up to you as an idol, J?


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This year feels like it’s going to be amazingly different ( Read more... )