“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.” ― Veronica Roth , Divergent I just finished reading the first two books in a young adult series akin to the "Hunger Games" trilogy called "Divergent." It is about a post apocalyptic world where groups are divided by the values they believe in. There are 5 groups and they represent courage, kindness, honesty, knowledge and selflessness. The driving idea behind the book is that even though the world has been divided into factions, no one is ever truly one thing. Some people may embody more qualities of one value over another but everyone has elements of all of them inside. We may connect more strongly with one over the others but we should never be forced to be so one dimensional because it is just in our nature to do so. In the book, war breaks out because of this very idea. It got me thinking about which one of these values I connect more c...
The fabulously eccentric non conformist, poet Allen Ginsberg said, "“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.” This blog is not to gain followers or to show off my writing skills, but instead to express my thoughts and feelings about the world through words. I believe words have the power to change and move people and through writing them, change oneself. This is what I am doing in this blog...changing myself one word at a time.