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I CAN do it...

Nothing compares to the feeling of having set a goal and accomplishing it! Nothing... Today, June 30th, is my final day “on the mountain”...

Faith has always been about things unseen for me. Absent of any concrete evidence to support one’s dream, there is this steadfast belief...

Listening to Bobby McFerrin, Irma Thomas, Gregory Porter, and Betty Carter from my playlist. It's a bright, sunny, and mildly breezy...

Day 2 (Sunday, 18 March) We arrived in Hsinchu mid-morning and wandered around the city center where the Hsinchu City God Temple (新竹城隍廟)...

On March 15th, 2018, our graduation trip to Taiwan began promptly at 4:30am. After Dr. Yang eliminated all other possible drivers for...

I didn't purposefully plan to write a Post to coincide with the one from last year this time, but here it is--eleven weeks remaining in...

I used to be enthusiastic about writing this blog. I used to be enthusiastic about the program, about being here, about training. Much of...

As of today, there remain 15 weeks in this semester, in this second year of training at the Retreat Center. The time has seemingly flown...

Today marks the first day of my 68th year living on the planet...I was blessed with phone calls and text messages from family and...

I'm still here... and preparing to leave "the mountain" once again. For all intents and purposes, this first semester is done. The day...