Tag: resilience

monk planting a sapling with a tree on either side

The Monk Who Planted Trees During the War

How quiet devotion became a living legacy of peace. During the war, while the world was busy breaking, a monk planted trees. He had no name anyone remembered. He wore a threadbare robe, carried no possessions but a burlap sack of saplings and a...

flower growing out of concrete

Things Only Get Better: A Quiet Rebellion Against Fear

I had an epiphany one quiet morning that hit me like a whisper from somewhere deeper. It came uninvited but undeniable, and it went like this: Things never get worse. They only get better. At first, it sounded absurd. Delusional, even. How could...