Islands Within: My Life is an Island
"How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will."
— Albert Einstein
I have lived my life as if answering Einstein’s wish, drawn, again and again, to islands. Pulau Pinang, where I was born. Pulau Jerejak, where I labored and listened. Pulau Duyong, where I reflected. The Aleutian Isles, where I was tested by sea and solitude. And now, I prepare for Pulau Kapas — perhaps my last island, and perhaps the one I’ve been journeying toward all along.
Each Pulau has been more than a place. It has been a mirror of my inner state — sometimes adrift, sometimes anchored, always searching for that imagined island of wisdom and goodwill. Not a utopia. Not perfection. But a space where silence is honored, where healing is natural, and where being human is enough.
But the truth is, my life itself is an island.
I now see that such an island doesn’t need to be found. It must be inhabited — first within, then shared. Pulau Kapas may become that for me: a sanctuary not of escape, but of offering. A place where I no longer seek the wise and kind, but become one among them.
And if I succeed, even in a small way, then perhaps this island will exist—not as Einstein dreamed it, but as life lived fully, truthfully, and without fear.
If Pulau Kapas is to be my final geography, then let it be the reflection of the island within me — a place of stillness, depth, and goodwill.
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