Humanity

My Struggle around Mental Health
Managing your life, time and energy can be difficult at times. I would argue that now in the era of Remote Working for many of us, it has become even more difficult to balance your work and personal life when everything happens in one place.
By Matthew Kennedy4 years ago in Confessions
What Makes Life Worth Living?
A confession before I begin: I am a fan of Woody Allen’s “Manhattan”. Yes, I know that Mr. Allen is probably not the most acceptable figure in the American film industry now - and maybe I should have second thoughts about including him here as an influence in this piece - but you cannot ignore that body of work or the influence he has had on other comic talents. I first saw the film as a kid of the '80s and I really felt that it spoke to me as I got older, had relationships that did not always work out, and finally saw Manhattan (only five years after the film’s release).
By Kendall Defoe 4 years ago in Confessions
Is Faking it Till You Make it True?
I always like to believe that I am the bigger person in every situation in my life. I also have a terrible habit of never admitting I’m wrong (because I never am). This can sometimes cause a conflict in my male-female relationships but hey ho. Who needs a man?
By Terri Allen4 years ago in Confessions
The very emotional trip to Belize
Last year my first girlfriend, Tania Thakur, died in Kanpur, India. When I found out the news I was very shocked. I went to visit her family a few months ago. Her parents wanted me to take some of her ashes and put them in the Mopan river in Belize. In our religion some ashes are put in a river as a homage to the passing of the soul.
By Anshuman Kumar4 years ago in Confessions
Truth Bomb
Hello. My name is not Atlas Thunderbaux and I have started these posts like this so I can link people to the original post explaining why my name is not Atlas Thunderbaux. Oops. Two links, I have now guaranteed I will get double the number of views on that post than I did on the previous one.
By Atlas Thunderbaux4 years ago in Confessions
The Common Framework of Reference
When I was a young boy a DIY project around the house was not an uncommon practice. So common was it that at the weekend we’d be fixing shelves to the walls or installing a new sink that I was shocked to learn upon visiting friends’ houses that their homes were not in a similar disarrayed and homemade fashion as our own.
By Mickey Moylan 4 years ago in Confessions
what we endure, of lines of light and lifted sorrow
To start writing was to cease to be a curious listener, an addressee, and to become instead the horizon point of the family line, the destination for the many-eyed, many-decked ship of family history.”—Maria Stepanova, In Memory of Memory”
By Robert A Black4 years ago in Confessions
To whom it may concern
To who it may concern; I have learned many things in my life and have been through many things in my life. My story varies from others just like everyone else and just like everyone else I lived through it. I know mine is not the worst life or experiences as there are so many who have had worse. I have learned not to think of myself as a victim still but that Yes, I was a victim but now I'm a survivor. Life is learning from your experiences your mistakes the trials and so on and choosing how you do so. I know that life does not owe you anything just living is a gift what and how you deal is your choice. The benefits of parents are that they take their experiences and pass their knowledge gratitude and tools to deal with situations down to their children.
By Tammy Ellingson4 years ago in Confessions
A Love Letter toSelf
Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart, and my life. I am continuously working on myself because I have loads of internal issues that I know I need to fix. I am not perfect, but I still wake up every morning with a smile on my face and a song in my heart. I will turn on my music playlist and get jamming for those days that I don’t hear or feel a peace in my heart. In my life, I have had to deal with not only my knots but the knots of others trying to push their will on me, and this is not good.
By Theresa Evans4 years ago in Confessions
I Don’t Care
This is a great question because for me, I can sit down and think about what I truly care about right now. First of all it is not worrying about things, situations, and people trying to force themselves on me with their dumb-ass mindsets. I mean don’t get me wrong if you have something worthy of me listening to I do not have a problem in pausing what I am doing to listen. However, if all you can say and do is complain about what is wrong with others instead of taking the time to look and see what you can fix for yourself, then don’t expect me to care.
By Theresa Evans4 years ago in Confessions
Welcome to 55
So I have been told I look 42 as well as now in my fifties. Until now, I looked in the mirror and didn't see much wrong with my neck. But I took a selfie not long ago, and OMG, my neck tells my age. It is an awful sight. I can't stand it, so here I am buying firming neck creams and anti-aging devices and doing neck exercises that can't work in any way. All this does not work fast enough! The horrid dips an excess skin the turkey neck going on. I hear embrace getting older while they let their grey grow out, yet i see their beautiful necks and almost flawless faces.
By Tammy Ellingson4 years ago in Confessions
Afraid of Nothing
How can I begin to describe the fear? It takes over your body and doesn’t let you move or breathe. It makes your head spin and brings up every emotion all at once. The fear takes things away from you and says you didn’t want them anyway. You didn’t deserve them anyway. The fear can shapeshift too. It can disguise itself as sadness and make you feel completely alone, shivering in the dampness of the dark. The shadow of fear cast over you is blinding and it muffles your screams, gagging you with thick dread of what lies before you: nothing. Nothing is what you fear most.
By Jonah H4 years ago in Confessions