"Is it 2017 yet?!" I know it souds funny, but as I sit back and read through the current events or watch the news, I can only imagine the countless number of individuals in the world feeling that way. Wanting to run away from a life of pain, heartache or disappointments; believing a new year will bring about a new life or a change. At times, I too feel like running away seems like a better solution than facing whatever troubles I may be going through - it's human nature to ha

Around this time into the new year, many of us are already evaluating where we are with our so called resolutions. Perhaps already beating ourselves up for what we have started to slack on or forget. I personally didn't make any resolutions...in fact I simply deicide to leave some of my lifelong, self-destructive habits in 2015; the competitive "I have to get it now or there will be none left" thoughts, the down talk, the shame of not always being 'perfect", and the inability

The Merriam-Webster's definition of 'joy' is; the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires. Just as well, triumph, glory, nirvana and heaven are all related to the word joy. I was not given the name Joy, haphazardly. My mother reminded me often growing up, that moment as she lay in the birthing room having complications, on the South Korean naval base of Pyeongtaek - fearing for her life, I was her 'bundle of joy