About "A lotus and some..."
In Buddhism, a lotus flower has quite a few different symbolic meanings. The first is of fortune. The second is of purification. The third of faithfulness. It is a symbol of rebirth, which in itself can be symbolic of a change of ideas, the dawn after one's darkest day, a renaissance of beliefs or the ability to see past wrongs.
I used to blog in the early 2000s. Then something called life got in the way and had me shift my focus on to other things. Somewhere along the way, I got distracted by life and forgot about all the things that brought me personal joy in life -- my love for the performing arts, my desire to be creative, and my love for writing. After having gone through some heavy personal and professional life changes, I struggled to rediscover who I was, while also trying to grow into the person I was becoming. Some people understood it, some people didn't. I started thinking about all the things that I used to do that gave me personal satisfaction, including blog-writing. And I wondered whether I should return to it, and whether it would help me to obtain what I have been looking for -- personal gratification. So I would sit and reflect and think about it. Whether I had something to share with the world that was worth sharing. If it would take me to where I need to be.
And one night, I got an affirmation that I should return to blogging. But at that time, I was still very hesitant for many reasons, including the fact that I had no idea what I would blog about. My first blog was about random stuff that I was going through in my early 20s. Stuff, that when I look back at, was so trivial and had no real impact on anything. So this time around, I didn't want it to be another one of those. I wanted to start something that had a purpose behind it. Something that people would read and actually want to come back to read because it actually was of some use to them. So it took me about another few weeks to think about about the direction I wanted to take this in.
Then one day it hit me. One of the many things I've always been good at was about finding ways to live "the good life" at discounted rates. I had so much knowledge about where to get good deals or be able to do awesome things for close to nothing. But I didn't always know that that's what I was good at. I only came to the realization that this was a hidden talent of mine when I lived with two girls visiting New York City from North Carolina for the summer. I would share with them ways for them to enjoy the city for as much of a discounted price as possible, as well as some stuff they could enjoy when they returned back to North Carolina.
That's what A lotus and some... is about. To the public eye, it's about sharing with the world my "awesome finds" -- sort of like my version of a "rage page". But for me, this is something much more personal than that. It's my personal rebirth and personal retransformation. This is my dawn after my darkest days.
So thanks for visiting A lotus and some... I hope you find it to be as resourceful, or at least entertaining, as I aim for it to be.
I used to blog in the early 2000s. Then something called life got in the way and had me shift my focus on to other things. Somewhere along the way, I got distracted by life and forgot about all the things that brought me personal joy in life -- my love for the performing arts, my desire to be creative, and my love for writing. After having gone through some heavy personal and professional life changes, I struggled to rediscover who I was, while also trying to grow into the person I was becoming. Some people understood it, some people didn't. I started thinking about all the things that I used to do that gave me personal satisfaction, including blog-writing. And I wondered whether I should return to it, and whether it would help me to obtain what I have been looking for -- personal gratification. So I would sit and reflect and think about it. Whether I had something to share with the world that was worth sharing. If it would take me to where I need to be.
And one night, I got an affirmation that I should return to blogging. But at that time, I was still very hesitant for many reasons, including the fact that I had no idea what I would blog about. My first blog was about random stuff that I was going through in my early 20s. Stuff, that when I look back at, was so trivial and had no real impact on anything. So this time around, I didn't want it to be another one of those. I wanted to start something that had a purpose behind it. Something that people would read and actually want to come back to read because it actually was of some use to them. So it took me about another few weeks to think about about the direction I wanted to take this in.
Then one day it hit me. One of the many things I've always been good at was about finding ways to live "the good life" at discounted rates. I had so much knowledge about where to get good deals or be able to do awesome things for close to nothing. But I didn't always know that that's what I was good at. I only came to the realization that this was a hidden talent of mine when I lived with two girls visiting New York City from North Carolina for the summer. I would share with them ways for them to enjoy the city for as much of a discounted price as possible, as well as some stuff they could enjoy when they returned back to North Carolina.
That's what A lotus and some... is about. To the public eye, it's about sharing with the world my "awesome finds" -- sort of like my version of a "rage page". But for me, this is something much more personal than that. It's my personal rebirth and personal retransformation. This is my dawn after my darkest days.
So thanks for visiting A lotus and some... I hope you find it to be as resourceful, or at least entertaining, as I aim for it to be.