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Author Archives: scottytang
Take Care
Living life with a stutter, there are certain things that people like me just have to get used to. Once I begin stuttering in a conversation, usually with people I am talking to for the first time, it is not … Continue reading
Peace
I recently went backpacking in Humboldt County, sleeping on the beach in some of the most beautiful and remote places along the Northern California coast. Lots of tall rock, lush green cliffs along the beaches that are incredible. One problem … Continue reading
Posted in Memoirs
Tagged backpacking, beach, california adventure, fighting with nature, mental health, nature, norcal, Peace, redwoods, wilderness
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Where Does My Worth Come From
Where does our sense of worth come from? For me, which can’t be healthy, has often come from the things I create. For a large part of my life it was making skateboard videos, now it is landscape photography, writing … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged improve self esteem, improve self worth, inspiration, inspire, mental health, Overcoming, self esteem, self worth
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Storms… They Pass
I recently spent a couple days backpacking in the mountains, and something that’s always in the back of my mind every time I decide to do this is, “what if I get stormed on?” This particular time, it’s getting late … Continue reading
That Old Familiar Tune
Grief often feels like a broken record. The same song plays over and over again, and it’s not just any song. It’s a song that evokes feelings and past hurts that I thought I buried and had moved past, but … Continue reading
Posted in Memoirs, Miscellaneous
Tagged grief, how to deal with grief, hurts, record, sunshine, wounds
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It Will Be Ok
There is something about being in the mountains that brings some kind of clarity. On July 4th, just a couple weeks ago, I had to work in the morning till about 2 or 3, and all day at the coffee … Continue reading
Posted in Memoirs
Tagged Depression, Down and out, God, Healing, Hiking, It will be ok, Mountains, nature, Reflection
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Irony in the Wilderness
I think all of us wrestle with feeling like we have a lack of people around us. Whether that be family, friends, community, etc. Most of us, if not all struggle with feeling alone in the world without a solid … Continue reading
Posted in Memoirs, Miscellaneous
Tagged alone, feeling alone, nature, people, reflections, thoughts, wilderness
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Look What We Overcame
Life has a way of never going the way we thought it would. We thought we would be married with kids, own a home, have a good career, be living out some dream job or dream life. Only to be … Continue reading
Letting Go of Purpose
There are a lot of people in the world that think a lot about purpose. There was a survey once that asked millennials what their biggest fear was, and the majority answer was living a life without purpose. We want … Continue reading
Posted in Theology/Philosphy
Tagged Calling, Destiny, freedom, Letting Go, Meaning of life, Purpose, Purpose in life
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We Did Our Best
It’s hard not to live without some regret in this world. We tell ourselves often, “if I could do it all over again, I would have done it a lot differently.” Parents and children deal with this a lot. Parents … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged abandonment, being hard on ourselves, bitterness, coping, forgiveness, grace, Healing, issues, Parents, regret, remorse, resentment, working through family issues
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