friendship
C.S Lewis got it right: friendship is born when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"
Cultivating Diamonds
There is an African wisdom that waits to be mined. It is delivered roughly, simply. It is for me to discover, as I tumble it in my mind. A mentor of mine delivers diamonds with unaffected timing, and has no idea that she just changed my world through the power of perspective.
By Catherine Lieder Lucarell4 years ago in Humans
The Tale Of You & Me Part 3: Together Again
Dear Greta, Once again, it is time for me to continue telling our story. When we last left off, it was reaching the end of our first time apart. Throughout the years, I have joked every now and again about being the king of self-destructive behavior. While I may have always said it in a joking manner, I wholeheartedly believe that I have the bad habit of sabotaging anything good going for me in my life. It's undoubtedly one of my worse habits and something that I have recently been trying to address. Unfortunately, my self-destructive tendencies applied to our relationship as well. There's no way for me to sugar coat it Greta, I fucked up. I broke your heart and I was absolutely sure that we wouldn't ever be together again after I did. Although, life can have the habit of surprising us, this time the surprise came in the form of a message that I received from you.
By Carlos Guerra4 years ago in Humans
Compassion and kindness
A woman went to the bank of a canal and placed something hidden in her lap on the ground. As soon as the object was placed on the ground, a faint sound came out. Like a baby crying. When the woman bent down to drink water in the canal, her balance could not be maintained and she fell and drifted away.
By basri hasan4 years ago in Humans
YOU
It’s incredible how we are still here, after 16 years that we know each other. Yes, exactly, 16 years, our story starts in kindergarten when we were 3 years old. And from that moments we became best friend, and we still are, obviously in a different way, but that doesn’t matter, because the connection that we have is unique and amazing.
By Lorenzo Ramalli 4 years ago in Humans
Forgiveness? To do what?
Forgiveness? What is the purpose of it? And above all, what does it mean? For years, the word "forgive" was a word that I didn't understand, that I didn't like. It horrified me. For a long time, I associated this word and this concept with a form of cowardice and injustice. I thought that it allowed people who had hurt us to get away with it and even to do it again. And that it represented a gesture of kindness on the part of the victim towards someone who didn't deserve it, and who moreover, often didn't even take the step of asking for forgiveness for the harm he or she had done. I have often thought that this was something useless, and even dangerous for oneself. Because it left us defenseless against potential aggressors and enemies. I heard everywhere and all the time that it was necessary to forgive. So I tried to understand why it was repeated over and over again in many philosophical, spiritual, and religious systems, in books, in the media, in movies. Even the people I met in my life were saying that we should not hold grudges against those who had hurt, betrayed, or humiliated us. So yes, I was told, mechanically it seemed, that God loves those who forgive, that Jesus invited us to turn the other cheek. But I was never told why I should forgive, and also what benefit I would get from it. This lack of a coherent explanation made me even more reluctant. Clearly, to turn the other cheek meant for me to sign one's death warrant and to invite all the unjust of the earth to trample us. It was like carrying a sign that instead of saying "free hugs", would say "free punches". Another striking inconsistency was that very often, not to say almost systematically, those who extolled the virtues of forgiveness did not seem to live by these sacred rules when they found themselves cheated or offended. Had they too been influenced by this doctrine without rational basis or explanation? I even came to consider this morality, although it had noble intentions, but was devoid of pedagogy, as propaganda bordering on the absurd. Instead of calming me down, these words had the opposite effect and increased my anger when I heard them.
By Julian Salvatore4 years ago in Humans
A Hero to my Character
Words can not describe everything you have helped me through. The nights you stayed awake as I cried or the fun arguments you would start, just to see my reaction. I can not say thank you enough! You saw me at my worst and continued to be a friend when I was less than one.
By Missy Kish4 years ago in Humans
Teri Buckalew
Teri Buckalew is a foster manager (previously with Robin's Nest of Indy) and founder of Cuddle Me Cat Rescue. She is instrumental in saving the lives of an incredible number of cats and kittens each year. I could only wish that there were more people like her.
By Sheila Sellinger, Author4 years ago in Humans
The woman who looked at life through Violet glasses
I made it to ninth grade. The year was 1994.. I was a lost child with so much potential and imagination.... I was taking LSD smoking pot and I was in a continuation High School. I was so angry at my parents that I found comfort in music and of course my journal.....
By Andriana Vega 4 years ago in Humans
