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Book Review: My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

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Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a father whose violent crime rocked her small town, Aysel is ready to turn her potential energy into nothingness. There’s only one problem: she’s not sure she has the courage to do it alone. But once she discovers a website with a section called Suicide Partners, Aysel’s convinced she’s found her solution: a teen boy with the username FrozenRobot (aka Roman) who’s haunted by a family tragedy is looking for a partner.  Even though Aysel and Roman have nothing in common, they slowly start to fill in each other’s broken lives. But as their suicide pact becomes more concrete, Aysel begins to question whether she really wants to go through with it. Ultimately, she must choose between wanting to die or trying to convince Roman to live so they can discover the potential of their energy toge...

What Does It Take To Be Great & How To Embrace Your Own Greatness

What is greatness? Greatness for others, or in at least in the eyes of the society is being   better   on something than everyone else, or simply being the best. If that was greatness for you, then you must’ve already lost sight and your thoughts were already been manipulated by how the society wants you to think it is. What do you think about those people who chose the road not taken? Who chose to be themselves in spite of what the society calls them, a   weirdo with no lives and a loser.   They -- at least for me, is the epitome of being great. Because being great for me is doing what you love despite of whatever they may say about you. First, it all starts with the decision to grow. And for a person to grow, you need to let go. How and what to let go? Let go the fears and let in courage. May look and sound hard and actually take time but it will be worth it. Don’t just   go   with the flow. You are the captain of your own ship -- lead it ...

The Road That Should Be Taken

Don’t you just feel so drained sometimes? Like you just feel so fed up with the world? Like nothing’s ever changing? Like the world was never in your favor? Everything’s a mess and you just sat there thinking what was wrong? Or where did things go wrong? We were all searching for a place in this world. Teenage years are years of discovery. Being a college student was never easy; you would constantly as yourself, “Am I taking the right path?” But do you? What is the right path for you? Is there really a right and wrong paths to cross? Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road would get you there”. The thing is, we shouldn’t concentrate on whatever the paths we may cross. We should concentrate more on where we wanted to be. It’s not the road that takes us there but our mindset and willingness. Willing to take risks and willing to fail. Whatever problems you are facing today were just a phase. You will encounter tons o...