By: Gabriela Yareliz I typically avoid tourists. Most New Yorkers do. We don’t have time for slow walkers or people who take up the entire walkway with their tour group. Today, I was walking through an area that attracts a high volume of tourists. Central Park. As I was walking, some food cart was blastingContinue reading “Ricky”
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A Starbucks Monolgoue
“You have to pay a price for your distinctiveness, and it’s worth it.” Jeff Bezos By: Gabriela Yareliz I stopped at Starbucks this morning for a boost of energy; matcha. I felt a lot of desperate energy from the staff. Businesses— they lose their soul through rapid expansion, technological advances, being sold, having a changeContinue reading “A Starbucks Monolgoue”
Recent Thoughts on Truth
“My dear, the real truth always sounds improbable, do you know that? To make truth sound probable you must always mix in some falsehood with it. Men have always done so.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons
Different
“If you want something different, you are going to have to do something different.”Jack Canfield By: Gabriela Yareliz This may be one of the hardest lessons life offers us. Hard because ‘different’ requires courage. It requires risk. It often requires uncertainty and the unknown. It requires sitting down and doing the hard work of tryingContinue reading “Different”
In the Dark
“Ironically, though light can be scarce at night, the darkness can often bring clarity.” Richard Christensen By: Gabriela Yareliz We often talk about the clarity light brings us. We rarely talk about the clarity found in darkness. The truth is, some of the darkest moments in life clarify things for us. We see things notContinue reading “In the Dark”
Ideas for NYC: Open Letter #2
By: Gabriela Yareliz Dear Eric Adams (Mayor): Public things require courteous and considerate users. Absent that, they are destroyed. Public libraries (which we should talk about because funding is being cut, and they barely function pre-cut), public pools, public parks— but let’s talk about public transport. Public transport is the pool everyone is peeing in.Continue reading “Ideas for NYC: Open Letter #2”
Mario Joseph
By: Gabriela Yareliz Today, I cried when I heard of the passing of Mario Joseph. Mario was a Haitian human rights attorney that I worked extensively with through BAI for my asylum cases. It was a thrill to meet him in-person at the Center for Constitutional Rights Social Justice Conference in summer of 2014, afterContinue reading “Mario Joseph”
Self-Narration
I have been currently reflecting on the following: “We become the stories we tell ourselves.” Michael Cunningham
Go Sports
By: Gabriela Yareliz It’s a big week in sports! This past weekend, Alexander Ovechkin surpassed Gretzky’s goal record. The 895 was reached. So wild. History was made. In NCAA news— last night, The University of Florida men’s basketball team became the National Champions! It’s a great day to be a Florida Gator! I loved watchingContinue reading “Go Sports”
The Same Voices
By: Gabriela Yareliz I read this quote, and it has stayed swirling in my mind— “The same voices who told you to question everything don’t want you asking who funds them, who protects them, who profits from your blind allegiance. Because the real question isn’t who’s lying—it’s who benefits from what you believe.” Emilie Hagen,Continue reading “The Same Voices”
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