humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
The World Will Be Saved by Polymaths
I can see what most other people cannot. I can truly see the big picture in the way that few can. I am not boasting here. It’s simply because I’m a polymath. I have a solid understanding of a lot of topics, which allows me to see a broad picture of how things are and how they should be, as well as how to get there. I see how all parts of the puzzle fit together, though my ability to actually move the pieces around is limited.
By Daniel Goldman5 years ago in Humans
Faces in the Seasons of a Post-COVID Sydney
Michael* “Lovely day, isn’t it?” I met Michael in the first spring after COVID. Sydney came out of lockdown in June 2020, but its residents did not start to relearn human contact until a couple of months later. I was doing my after-lunch walk in the Royal Botanic Garden, temporarily escaping from a job that made every bone inside my body ache. I stopped to read a text message; that was when Michael greeted me with an ear-to-ear grin. He opened with the most standard one-liner, yet I was still caught off guard — we were in Sydney: People don’t simply pause their day and talk to strangers.
By C Cucumber5 years ago in Humans
Fearlessness & Fulfillment
Hi! My name is Kir (it rhymes with “beer”), and I am a Mortician. I say that with a capital ‘M’, because not only am I a funeral director but also an embalmer with licenses in multiple states. Also, I have been to hell and back so many times in the process of becoming the very capable woman in a black suit telling you her story today, that I should have a punch card where the 10th trip is free! But trust me, it has all been so worth it and I would not change a thing.
By Kir the Mortician5 years ago in Humans
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore
I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore (a country boy in a city club) by the ADHD Accountant – Krid Small towns and big dreams are lyrics to a lot of songs. To be fair I moved out of a small town into a good sized city years ago, and am happily planning on moving back to a small town. In between all kinds of new experiences and crazy culture shocks have occurred.
By ADHD Accountant5 years ago in Humans
WE ARE THE UNIVERSE- ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
I am part of nature, and nature is part of me. I am what I am in my communication and communion with all living things. I am an irreducible and coherent whole with the web of life on the planet. Nature, the human community and the universe is connected with the Cosmos. We recognize the deep truth that I am the other. This expresses the concept from contemporary physics of “entanglement”, which is a quantum phenomenon. All atoms, all cells are connected, deeply.” The friendship is the connection we feel for each other, wherever he is, other people, animals, plants, stars. I am part of society, and society is part of me. I am what I am in my communication and communion with my fellow humans. I am an irreducible and coherent whole with the community of humans on the planet.
By alexis karpouzos5 years ago in Humans
Before & After
Brunches, walks with friends, spontaneous trips to a National Park to enjoy a hike in nature. Public transit to get into the city, go to the grocery store at any time, attend festivals, travel, meet for dinner with friends, sit down at a coffee shop to read a book, do some work, or just take a minute in one’s busy day to relax and disconnect from the office or home. Take your pet to the vet with short notice, go to the gym, swim in a public pool, work from the library, visit a museum, or go to the movies when the fancy hits. Go out of your home to just get out and get a change of scenery. Meet people on the street, talk to strangers, gather with more than five people, celebrate your birthday, or a friend’s birthday, or celebrate the promotion of someone you care about. Go out dancing on a crowded dance floor. Attend concerts. Browse books at the bookstore, or at the library. Get a tattoo, a piercing, or change the one you currently have. See a stranger smile at you as you hold the door open for them, or smile at someone who’s done something nice. Go on a date, meet new people, go to networking events. Go ice skating, go rock climbing, play a group sport, or play in a musical group, do martial arts. Hug your mom, your dad, your sister, your brother, your friends…
By Natalia Perez Wahlberg5 years ago in Humans
Childish
"Childish" Isn't that a funny word? No matter what age you are, it can always and will always be applied to you. You'd think "childish" would be a good way to describe someone pure, fun, lively, and kind, but instead, it is used as an insult to describe the irresponsible, crazy, gullible, hyperactive, and people who can't ever seem to take anything seriously or the ones with a lack of focus and interest.
By Parker Marin Velez 5 years ago in Humans
Before the photobomb...
I was somewhere outside of the tweens and into the teens. This is the '90s. I always felt a little different from my peer group in ways that seemed to define my upbringing. Skewing towards shy and sometimes finding comfort in looking at my shoes instead of someone's eyes, I was the girl next door with more nerdy tendencies than popularity votes. The one who would have to find ways to fall in love with who I am without the other loud resounding voices giving me a reason to. This little story is not about one distinct time that I found myself in a position of being not so accepted. But it speaks of being someone who tried so often to shove round pegs into a square hole inside myself. Or just being way too aware that I was sticking out in the crowd. And how to accept that quirky you without breaking into pieces and falling apart before becoming the person you were meant to be.
By Stephanie Marley McMechan5 years ago in Humans
