by jorahkai | Aug 6, 2020 | Asia, Blog1, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Thursday, August 6 – Close the Schools, Save the Children By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA Day 199. Herman Cain is dead, long live Herman Cain. His life was large, but his death from COVID-19, coming on the heels of his mask denialism and tied up in the crowded...
by jorahkai | Jul 28, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Tuesday, July 28 – Through the Bullshit, I Endure (A Meditation) By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca Day 184. The stoics knew one thing that all of us could and should be practicing...
by jorahkai | Jul 23, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Blog2, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Wednesday, July 22 – The Pandemic Chugs On and the Steep Fall of Large Men By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA I must be brief, as my time and focus are tight and stretched thin. The business of living is a full-time job. The torn ligaments on my ankle are slowly...
by jorahkai | Jul 9, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Blog2, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Wednesday, July 8 – Legacies and Momento Mori By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA Day 168. I am already dead. It is the end of my life, and I’m working backward. How old am I? Where am I? Was I rich or poor? Will anyone remember me? What mattered to me in my...
by jorahkai | Jun 20, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Blog2, Charmika Monet, Contributors, Tokyo, Japan
Saturday, June 20 – Revolutionary Stoicism: LibertyBy Charmika Monet TOKYO, JAPAN “What is freedom, you ask? It means not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.”...
by jorahkai | Jun 17, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Blog2, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Tuesday, June 16, In the Eye of the Storm (Fracturing Reality) By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA Day 146. I’m in the eye of a storm, looking out with awe, shock, and profound respect. I’m in one of a handful of countries that clamped down on the COVID-19...
