Five steps are too long. One is enough.

One thing I learned about happiness is that I can anticipate it. Once I apply a set of “seed” conditions and continue them on daily basis, such as waking up early, say I love you to people I care, write during the morning, or eat at my favorite café, happiness grows...

Protection vs. filtering

I am sitting in an awesome guesthouse in Tainan, which is actually an apartment rented by a friend of mine. I sit on the sofa and look out through the big open front entrance. I see the playground of a nearby school, with some girls prepping up for morning exercises....

Microscope, telescope, 3D

I used to slouch forward, a lot. Maybe it came from years of taking sitting posture in office environment. Maybe it came from my childhood survival mechanism to duck my head and get away with whatever troubles in present. I had been slouching so hard my lower backbone...