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Trust
Trust. Something that is often given blindly and received carelessly. Trust is something that is formed in every relationship since birth. Parent to child, sibling to sibling, lover to lover, owner to pet, teacher to student. It’s a factor that plays a part of letting others see your true form; your vulnerabilities, insecurities, and fears.
By Kanoelani Manners8 years ago in Humans
7 Dating Do's & Don’ts You Need to Know
Dating in my thirties has definitely been a memorable experience, one which I would sometimes prefer to forget. If I ever felt like the Christopher Columbus of the dating world, those days were long gone... I've charted more territory than I care to admit, and still I haven't found what I'm looking for. The great Rumi once said, “What you seek is seeking you.” Not since social media became a thing. Clearly he got so caught up in his Instagram feed that he forgot all about seeking anything and I’m out here slaving away serial dating for 2 cause he can’t even carry his own weight. As soon as I find him we’re gonna have to have a little chat about that. In the meantime, please allow me to share the dating Do’s and Don’ts I learned whilst serial dating sweat-shop style.
By Erika Potap8 years ago in Humans
Project Soulmate...NOT
In a world of dating apps and cat fishing, I have grown to understand that dating and finding that “perfect match” is now just a click away—NOT. It’s a complete SH*T SHOW. I am sure I will tell you those dating stories later, but until then, I found myself trying to go along with the conformity of looking for the perfect “man” while swiping through endless pictures of “human looking thingies” that supposedly had great jobs and educational backgrounds (kidding again). Half of them had missing teeth, mommy issues, or weird fetishes (NO! You cannot lick my nostrils!!). Anyway, I was getting nowhere. It was difficult to find someone who can string along three sentences without using an immense amount of “LOL” after every other word (GREAT CONVO).
By Dasha Ilazarova8 years ago in Humans
I Thought You Were Different
Manipulating. How manipulating you are. You pull on every side of me and show me that I am not worth the time of anyone, but feed me words to make me feel whole for a second. I feed off of every ounce of you, every "I love you" that falls off your lips. I have never felt a more empty feeling than I do with you. You make me feel bad for breathing wrong, for breathing in a direction that isn’t yours. You make me feel bad for my anxiety, like I am somebody who is so mentally sick that I need medicine to "fix me." You laugh at me for my anxiety, you laugh at me when I get upset, like my feelings don’t even matter right? You say to me, "You only see your side," but how? How do I only see my side when yours is the only one you will allow me to see? You tell me you won’t say, "I love you," because I didn’t say it when you yelled it to me in the middle of my sentence.
By Kirsten Bishop8 years ago in Humans
Daring to Be Human
I think that a lot of us are scared of facing emotions. Emotions make us vulnerable. Vulnerability opens up the possibility to us getting hurt. No one wants to get hurt. But, I think that this fear is making into emotionless robots by taking away the very things that make us human. We are so afraid of opening up and getting hurt that we shut down every possibility to open up and experience something wonderful.
By Abi Elliott8 years ago in Humans
Mature Love
Have you ever loved someone so much that even after decades of not seeing them, you care about them just as much as you did when you were with them? I unfortunately know that kind of pain. To come across a love that deep is such a beautiful thing, but it’s a painful memory that you can’t scrape away. When we were together, the universe was determined to keep us apart. I now know why. I would have never traveled 2,500 miles and met my husband. My two beautiful girls wouldn’t exist, and my husband would still be living the toxic life he was in.
By Jessica Briggs8 years ago in Humans











