PERSPECTIVE

Sometimes I wonder why certain things have to unfold, why bad things happen to good people and why we can't just all immediately get what our hearts desire. Getting to where I want to be often appears so fraught with challenges and obstacles that dwarf me with how insurmountable they seem; makes a girl want to just throw in the towel without even half-trying. 

AM I REALLY LIVING?

It's when you're chest-deep in emails, chasing after deadlines that keep popping up like unrelenting crocodile heads you have to smack down in that famous arcade game, and deskbound in a 9-to-6 (or 7-to-4 in my case), that you really start thinking about the meaning of life.  

Or rather, you start asking yourself: Am I really living?