Not long ago, I remember feeling like the person in this photo. On the outside, everything looked normal (hey, maybe even fashionable). But inside, I felt the weight of the world upon my shoulders. In the midst of feeling overwhelmed, my inner stoic surfaced and I carried on. Like many people do. Day after day. Thump-thump-thump. How a poem helped me Then, one afternoon I came across this quote by poet Najwa Zebian: "These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to … [Read more...]