by vanissadrar | Aug 10, 2026 | JOURNALISM
I’ve come to realize that not everything is meant to be understood. Sometimes there is simply nothing to understand. We often believe that every painful experience, every sudden change, or every disappointing action must have a hidden reason waiting to be...
by vanissadrar | Aug 10, 2026 | JOURNALISM
There comes a point where forgiveness ceases to be a virtue and becomes a lesson we unknowingly teach others. Excessive forgiveness, offered without boundaries or consequences, does not always cultivate gratitude or transformation. More often, it reshapes perception....
by vanissadrar | Aug 10, 2026 | JOURNALISM
Few acts require more courage than assuming complete responsibility for one’s own actions. It is not difficult to admit success, but it is profoundly difficult to acknowledge that our own choices, weaknesses, and blind spots have participated in creating the...
by vanissadrar | Aug 10, 2026 | JOURNALISM
There are people who move through life as though every ending were merely an interruption, convinced that the world can always be returned to its original settings. As if the past were nothing more than a page that can be rewritten by the person holding the pen....
by vanissadrar | Aug 8, 2026 | JOURNALISM
We are living in an age where privacy and respect for personal boundaries are disappearing day by day. Thanks to smartphones and social media, anyone can become an unwilling subject of public attention in a matter of seconds. Imagine that something unexpected happens...
by vanissadrar | Aug 7, 2026 | JOURNALISM
One of the defining characteristics of contemporary life is our growing obsession with social acceptance. Many people no longer experience life primarily for themselves; they experience it for an audience. The smartphone camera has become an almost permanent...
by vanissadrar | Aug 1, 2026 | JOURNALISM
Filters are a new fashion that I have never really understood. I have always thought that the purpose of taking a picture was to preserve a memory—a small souvenir of who we were at a particular moment in our lives. A photograph allows us, years later, to look back...
by vanissadrar | Jul 31, 2026 | JOURNALISM
At some point in life, you realise that you have to leave your childhood toys behind—not because someone tells you that you are too old to play with them, but because life begins to ask something different of you. Growing up is not simply a matter of accumulating...
by vanissadrar | Jul 25, 2026 | JOURNALISM
It has been Three Thousand One Hundred and Seventy-Six. days. When we look at a number like this, it is easy to see only a quantity: days accumulated, months passed, years completed. But time is never merely a number. It is also experience. Every day becomes part of...
by vanissadrar | Jul 23, 2026 | JOURNALISM
Degrees do not make you a person. You have to be a person before the degree—and remain one after it. A degree can add to your qualifications. It can open doors, demonstrate discipline, and represent years of effort. There is nothing wrong with being proud of what you...