Author: ChihSang

Every story has a turning point.

For me, that turning point wasn’t boarding a plane, blowing a giant bubble, or standing on a theatre stage.

It was much quieter than that.

It was the moment I stopped asking, “How do I heal?“
And started asking, “How do I want to live?“

Those are very different questions. Healing looks backward. It helps us understand where we’ve been and why we hurt. Living looks forward. It asks how we want to spend the days we’ve been given.

For a long time, I believed happiness would arrive after I solved all my problems.
After I healed enough.
After I became wiser.
After life finally settled down.

Now I think I had it backwards. Life has never stopped being unpredictable. There are still difficult days. There are still moments of grief, uncertainty, disappointment, and fear. But there are also morning coffees, conversations with friends, movies that make me think, strangers who become teachers, bubbles that dance unexpectedly in the wind, and quiet moments that remind me how extraordinary ordinary life can be.

Living isn’t about avoiding hardship.
It’s about noticing beauty while hardship exists.
It’s about becoming present enough to appreciate the moments we once rushed past.

As I enter this new chapter, my writing will change too. There will still be stories. There will still be reflections. But they will no longer be about finding my way back.

They will be about what I’ve discovered since I arrived.
About gratitude.
About presence.
About kindness.
About curiosity.
About aging well.
About embracing change.
About living a life that feels deeply and authentically my own.

If My Journey to Healing was about rediscovering ChihSang…
Then Living is about becoming him.

Thank you for walking this far with me.

I hope you’ll join me for the next chapter.

I have a feeling the best stories are still waiting to be written.