From Ashes to Bloom: An Introspective Soul’s Undertaking
What I learned from growing pains
2 min readJan 18, 2021
Halfway through our hiking excursion, on a quiet-chilled afternoon,
he pleasantly emitted: “why is it that you seem so Zen-like?”
A communal reoccurrence of my many cherished conversations with strangers on my hiking escapades. I quickly shrugged my shoulders…