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Splash for Fun, Swim for Distance: A Lesson from the Pool

May 10, 2016ByteSize, Travel TalesChildren, daddy, dads, dadsndaughters, daughter, daughterdiaries, destinations, energy, Growth, imagine, instapassport, kids, Learning, Love, Metaphor, mindset, pool, startup, swim, Travel, traveladdict, travelblogger, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, wanderlust, work, workethic

To splash around is pure joy. Water flying, laughter echoing—no real destination, just the thrill of movement.

But splashing doesn’t take you far. To cross the pool, it takes strokes, rhythm, glides, and quiet effort beneath the surface.

Some live life in a series of splashes—all energy, no direction. Others move smoothly, silently, covering distance with precision.

The little miss in the pool isn’t interested in all that. She just wants to splash. And that’s okay.

Because in a kid’s world, the fun is in the splash.

And maybe, just maybe, we should let them have that—before the swimming begins.

(at Bangkok, Thailand)

“Papa, My Legs Are Touching the Sky!”

May 7, 2016ByteSize, Travel Talesairplane, blogger, Blogging, Children, compassion, dadsanddaughters, daughter, daughterdiaries, destinations, empathy, family, flight, heights, imagination, imagine, instapassport, instatravel, kids, kindness, Love, mankind, oneness, socks, Travel, traveladdict, travelblogger, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, wanderlust

The little miss and her imagination take flight long before the plane does.

She plants her legs on the airplane window, eyes wide with wonder.
“Papa, my legs are touching the sky!” she shrieks, her joy lighting up the cabin—or at least our corner of it.

I smile. Because, really, why not?

We spend lifetimes chasing the sky, claiming its vastness for ourselves. But if you ever do, remember this young dreamer who got there first—feet up, heart soaring.

Watch Kids, Learn Life: Curiosity, Play, and Wonder

May 1, 2016ByteSize, Travel Talesblogger, Blogging, Children, destinations, Growth, imagine, instapassport, instatravel, kids, Learning, Love, Metaphor, mimdset, passion, Pattaya, startup, Thailand, Travel, traveladdict, travelblogger, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, wanderlust

If you seek to grow, watch children.

In their curiosity, in their seeking, in their unfiltered joy, they remind us of what we may have forgotten.

I watch them play—effortlessly, freely—with kids of different skin colours, with no hesitation, no barriers. They teach me that at our core, we are all just people reaching out to relate.

I hear their giddy excitement over the simplest things—“Yeahhh, the Sun is back!”—and it nudges me to wonder more, celebrate more, feel more.

And when they discard their shoes to walk barefoot on the sand, I see them connect with the earth, fully present in the moment. It reminds me of the beauty in staying grounded.

Children don’t just grow. They teach us how to.

Watch them. You’ll learn a heap.

(at Pattaya, Thailand)

Flying Beyond Boundaries: Seeing the World as One

April 29, 2016ByteSize, Travel Talesair, blogger, Blogging, compassion, destinations, empathy, flight, heights, imagination, imagine, instapassport, instatravel, kindness, mankind, oneness, river, startup, Travel, traveladdict, travelblogger, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, wanderlust

There’s something about heights—they fascinate. And more importantly, they teach.

From up in the sky, the mighty river becomes a thin thread, the towering cliffs look like half-eaten cookies, and giant houses shrink into tiny squares.

And suddenly, you see it—boundaries don’t exist. The map is not the territory. The sky doesn’t end, the Earth doesn’t begin—they just merge.

Maybe that’s the perspective we need in life and work. To see everything as part of a larger oneness. To see ourselvesas deeply connected.

When you see the world like that, everything becomes easier—kindness, love, compassion, brotherhood, affection.

So take to the skies. If not in body, at least in mind.

Close your eyes.

Fly.