A few turns later, one of the older kids bashes the pinata.

We hear a crack and the insides burst open.

The candy explodes all over the concrete.

We dive like we've never seen candy before.

I have the scrapes on my knees to prove it.

I'm grinning like crazy.

Oklahoma pushes the boundary lines my parents so carefully draw for me.

It's surprisingly beautiful outside these lines. Today's storyteller Stephen Ho grew up in a strict Vietnamese-American household, where the stakes were always high.

He felt an overwhelming pressure to walk the straight line set before him,

a line of overachieving and excellence. As Stephen grew up, he encountered places and circumstances

that catapulted him into a deep curiosity and affection for the world around him.

Stephen began to wonder if there might be more than he could have ever expected,

waiting for him, outside the lines.

In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories,

breathtaking music and mindfulness prompts,

so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's

stories, and that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.

From Wait What, this is meditative story.

I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed.

The body breathing.

Your senses open.

Your mind open.

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