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To Each Their Own Journey
By Rajvi Khanjan for KidSpirit's Fulfillment Issue
"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."
— Zen proverb
I remember the first day of ballet very c…
On Reading
These past weeks we have been shelving in our library the books we reviewed in 2016 and organizing the ones that have come in for review in 2017. So the subject of how reading helps us find meaning …
My Safe Harbor
by Celie Johnson for Kidspirit's Numbers & Symbols Issue.
The world is irrelevant. All focus is on one thing: the present; every aspect and every physical thing, feeling, or emotion that creates …
How Zen, Whitehead, and Jesus Ruined Me
I was told that the most important thing in life is to be rich, powerful, and famous. What happened?
Zen and Whitehead ruined me. Zen taught me to measure my life in terms of moments of expe…
Birds With Broken Wings Cannot Fly
Artwork by: Liz Fabiola, age 14
Written by: Lahore Grammar
Who are we without our dreams and desires?
The Crescent and I
By Abdullah Sayed for KidSpirit's Education issue.
Though I live in the middle of the multicultural metropolis of the world, Queens, I find it hard to imagine that any of my non-Muslim friends ar…
Be Bravely Fearful and Anxious!
By Kavya Shah for KidSpirit's Fear and Anxiety issue.
When you stand before what you are most afraid of, chills run down your spine, your teeth chatter, your knees shake, you get goose-bumps, and…
Running Instead of Living
By Milagros Miltos
What isolation made me discover is that I have been running instead of living.
Weaving the Shadow: A Lenten Reflection
Dark Shadows
When I was thirteen, my friend Debra and I would walk to her house after school, plop down on the floor in front of the TV and glue our eyes on the spooky soap opera Dark Shadows.
And All Will Be Better, with Time
Artwork by: Emilia Melville, age 13
Written by: Kavya Shah
Time is the answer to most questions. Just broke up with your boyfriend? Time will heal you.