Author: thepathtoworthy

I used to think that I had thin skin. I crafted this narrative whereas I highlighted my exaggerated sensitivity. I proclaimed the world normal and labeled myself abnormal. I resolved to accept all kinds and forms of abuse under the guise of fighting against my naturally weak disposition. I approached my sensitive nature the same… Continue reading Press Pause.

Everyone has heard the expression ‘why buy the milk if you can get the cow for free’, right? I have always completely understood this sentiment and yet also been entirely mystified by it. We can incorporate logic on both sides of the fence when examining this phrase and that is exactly my intention. I’ve often… Continue reading Who Needs a Cow Anyway?

I was distracting myself with an utterly ridiculous video on social media a week or so ago (you know, one of those mildly stupid but totally adorable baby animal compilations that has you utterly riveted for its 3-4 minute duration?!).  I found myself feeling jealous of one of those super cute baby animals while mindlessly… Continue reading Protect Yo’ Self

Have you ever heard the term brutal honesty? Of course, you have. We all have, under a variety of circumstances, from sundry sources, with totally different implications. Sometimes the people who care about us (purportedly or actually) disclaimer with that phrase before they reveal something that might be hard to hear. You know what that… Continue reading An Unnecessarily Painful Truth

I went out for drinks with a new girlfriend a couple of weeks ago. Before I eased into the evening, I was flooded with feelings that were simultaneously familiar and foreign. The familiarity of my reaction was clearly a result of age-old societal doctrine. The thought that I was swimming through uncharted territory emerged from… Continue reading Too Cool for School.

I was speaking with a friend recently about an injury he had whereas he advised me that it was mostly scar tissue “holding him together” in that particular area of his body. Since I analyze and overthink nearly everything, this sentiment really resonated with me. I thought how most people are held together by scar… Continue reading Scars: Friend or Foe?

I have been having nightmares over the last few weeks. Well, I am calling them nightmares because they were disturbing thoughts plaguing my sleep that have woken me from slumber. If I am being totally real, I find them to be less on the bad dream spectrum and more on the ‘purging negative thoughts that… Continue reading What a Nightmare…

This lead-in is a familiar one because I am at heart a book worm, and therefore, truly delighted and inspired by the written words of others. So it should come as no shock that I was pretty inspired recently after finishing (drum roll….) a book. Interestingly, this particular novel described one woman’s experience surviving a… Continue reading Getting Through “It” 101

I was recently sent an article to read that near instantly inspired this week’s post. Interestingly, the article was about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, not relationships and self-reflection. Before you get crazy, thinking I’m taking a turn for the political, let me assure you that I’m not. Just bear with me… Continue reading Quiet Like A…

It was December 2001 and I had graduated from college a few months earlier than my compatriots with the intention of pursuing time abroad. Given that it was just a few short months after the horrifying and tragic nightmare that was 9-11, the airport was pretty quiet; particularly the international terminal. As a bit of… Continue reading Traveling Intelligently