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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…
Rising Above Borders
By Ammara Mohsin for KidSpirit’s Discovery and Progress issue.
It was with much excitement over the prospect of being able to visit a different country, albeit from afar, that I visited the Ind…
Can Labeling Predetermine Success or Failure?
By Nimai Agarwal for KidSpirit's Human Dignity issue.
Short.
It's often the first thing that comes to mind when people see me. At five feet four inches tall, I'm far below the average height o…
A Ukrainian Sense of Belonging
By Nikita Zinoviev
There are so many countries all over the world and each of them has something unique. We all differ in language, culture, nationality, outlook, climate, territory, and so on. …
The Language of Connection
By Po-Ting (Duke) Lin
Attending activities at local temples, directing prayers to the souls of our ancestors, gathering with family around round tables during the Lunar New Year, and visiting gr…
Birds With Broken Wings Cannot Fly
Artwork by: Liz Fabiola, age 14
Written by: Lahore Grammar
Who are we without our dreams and desires?
A Realization About the Nature of Truth
By Simone Britto
As I rode in the backseat of my cousin’s tiny yellow car through the bustling town of Panjim, India, to my uncle’s house, I gazed out the window and marveled at the differen…
Truly Connecting
By Oscar Luckett
At the very start of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce's fictional alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, reads through an index in the fold of his geography pamphlet.
The Absence Beneath My Skis
By Olivia Bailey in the KidSpirit Resilience issue.
"It’s no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."
— Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
The entranc…