Tag: meant

2 months in Bangkok meant 2 months without publishing

The time when I used to devote hours a day to selecting my best photos and writing articles about faraway places or experiences in them seems so far away now. But it is only been two months after all. Those who followed me until then will know that I moved to Bangkok for a new job. The first p...

AYS Daily Digest 20/4/21: With every step, proof that people are not meant to settle, feel at home, or ‘integrate’

It has come to our attention that people staying at the reception centre in Spuž are not being supported to practice their religious fasting during the Muslim month of Ramadan. According to a contact AYS spoke to, as well as several other sources, the director of the reception centre in Spuž, loca...

Paris Is Meant to Be Seen On Foot

Paris in the springtime sounds oh so romantic. But if you ask me, fantasy is better than reality. Millions of people have the same idea every year and every year the city is packed cheek to jowl with tourists. And the weather isn’t really all that great in the springtime either. It rains&nb...

Sorry, But Australia Isn’t Meant To Be On Fire

I stood motionless at my hotel room window, gazing out at the Australian landscape. A thick plume of smoke rose from nearby trees and shrouded the landscape in a hazy veil. At first, I thought the smoke came from a barbecue. Tourists have always enjoyed putting shrimp on the barbie...

1 Way to Tell if You Are Meant to Be a Healer

As a Reiki Master, part of my job is to train others in Reiki. I want to help fellow Masters spread this wonderful modality throughout the world. I want to help people discover Reiki and what it can do for them. In my endeavor to reach students, I asked myself what it means to be a healer and wha...

1 Way to Tell if You Are Meant to Be a Healer

Where Pottery Meant Survival — Korond II.

János Józsa had run away from home three times before the age of 9. As one of six orphaned children brought up by his aunt and uncle, he never knew a real home. And in the cruel post-World War II poverty, the kids were just an extra mouth to feed. The young János dutifully suffe...