The Yuéliáng Narrative
I write about everything and nothing — and somehow it always means something. This is where my thoughts become your food for thought. So please come back often!
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5 Reminders for When Life Feels Stuck
- Where you are right now is not where you will always be. Seasons change, so will this.
- The delay is not the denial. What’s meant for you is still finding its way to you.
- Look back at December. You have already grown more than you give yourself credit for.
- You are not behind. You are on a timeline that was designed specifically for you.
- Keep your head up on the bridge. You didn’t come this far to stop in the middle.
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Harvesting Stones, Burying Potential: The High Cost of Unexplored Alternatives
Every man for himself. This business is all about survival. No internal or external support. Scratch that, it is not even commercialized, so who cares about us? Those who buy only care about whether the stones are good quality, the right size, and available. If they don’t get that, they drive their trucks somewhere else….
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A state of emergency in all but name
Femicide, rape, kidnappings, and gruesome murders are no longer just social issues, they are an urgent national security crisis. Kenyans have been repeatedly forced to demand basic safety. This shows we have a system that has failed in its most fundamental constitutional duty.Look at our Constitution:Article 26: Right to life.Article 27: Equality and freedom from…
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Black coffee, thank you.
While enjoying this freshly brewed cup of Ethiopian coffee, my mind was wandering somewhere else. If you know me, you know I don’t joke about my coffee. At this point, our relationship is toxic, but in a good way.The sheer velocity of what’s happening in our country and the world lately is enough to give…
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Jesca John is a PR professional and storyteller who writes about the quiet, complicated, and beautiful parts of being human. Through The Yuéliáng Narrative, she documents growth, faith, friendship and all the things that remind us we are not alone in this.
Here are a few of my favorite things
Reading
There is a kind of silence that only happens between the pages of a good book where the world pauses and someone else’s story becomes yours for a little while. I read everything and anything. Give me a book, and I disappear.
Food
Food is my love language. Whether it’s trying a new restaurant, recreating something I ate once and never forgot, or simply sitting down to a meal that hits right, eating is never just eating. It’s an experience, a memory, a whole moment.
Writing
Writing is how I make sense of things, the quiet moments, the big feelings, the ordinary days that turn out to mean something. Every post here starts as a thought I couldn’t shake and ends as words I hope stay with you.
Asian Dramas
There is something about East and South East Asian storytelling that gets under your skin — the slow burns, the unspoken tension, the soundtracks that ruin you. I watch them with snacks, a blanket, and absolutely no regrets.