humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspires me to dream for ‘Zero Harm’ in healthcare by 2030
*Written on 1/19/21 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and a version of this writing is published on Medium As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, I could not let this day go without sharing my dream with you. His ‘I have a dream’ speech is remembered by many, inspires many, and will keep giving hopes to many to dream. His eloquent description of the dream is so powerful, courageous, and meaningful in so many ways.
By Soojin Jun5 years ago in Humans
Hope in New Orleans
Her name was Hope and that was just what I needed her to be. As I drew back the faded chintz curtain to the back room of Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo, I expected to see a crystal ball, a black cat, and Hope sitting on a throne, donning a dark purple gothic robe covered with stars and moons. Instead, she was wearing a dowdy, flower print dress — the kind my grandma used to call a housedress. She looked up and saw me, slipping her Styrofoam plate of Chinese food under the plasticized cardboard table and putting away her Harlequin romance. With her beer belly and unkempt gray hair, she would have looked more at home sitting at a battered kitchen table in a trailer, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes with the soaps blaring and a grandchild howling in a dirty playpen in the corner. If there were spirits from the netherworld here it seemed more likely they were of the trailer park trash variety than the supremely divine. It seemed more likely they might kick my city-girl butt just for fun than offer an aura of spiritual protection.
By Donna L. Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff)5 years ago in Humans
Stuffed full of love
My story begins with my father. Two years ago next week, on June 11, 2019, my father drew his last breath, while I slumbered on a hide-a-bed in his hospital room. He was 80 years old, and was fighting his second bout with cancer. This time, it had spread into his brain and his bones, and there was no winning the fight -- though he had fought valiantly. He left behind a devastated wife, sons, a daughter, grandkids, step-grandkids, great-grandkids, and innumerable friends and acquaintances, all struggling to cope with the idea of a world without this larger-than-life man who had built a life and a legacy out of practically nothing.
By Wendy Wilwert5 years ago in Humans
Translating Emotions 1
Whether conscienscly knowing it or not, we have all had a choice in our lives between being inspired or jealous with the world around us. It is a time in our life were we choose to look at the glass half empty or half full. The universe speaks to us in many ways, and sometimes it talks to us through others successes and downfalls. If we remain open and receptive to the messages we will see them everywhere we go.
By Majesty Ayo5 years ago in Humans
Bryce Diary
I'm an Ultrasound Tech by trade. At the time of this account, my mother had just died and I was feeling pretty raw, emotionally. I had already accepted a 13-week Ultrasound Traveler contract at a hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which I considered getting out of, but I finally decided the change of scenery would do me good. My company put me up in a nice hotel that had a piano in the foyer, which I was particularly glad about, since playing peaceful piano is so calming for me.
By Judy Davis5 years ago in Humans
Morally Grey
In a world where good and bad is not so easily defined, it can get hard when the dice roll and land in the middle. So many things are not black and white anymore that it can be hard to determine what shade you land on. Those shades are determined by the motive of the action.
By Hannah Alexander5 years ago in Humans
For the People
Imagine your home being a place where there is no one that feels out of place. Instead of humans striving to fit in a manufatured role, we create roles manufatured for the individual. And the goal in life was to achieve spiritual growth over material abundance.
By Majesty Ayo5 years ago in Humans
Is Generation Z the New ‘Greatest Generation’?
For an aging Gen-Xer like myself, the results of a just-released survey of thousands of Generation Z young people across Europe made for sobering reading. It wasn’t so much the numbers, though — which are worrying enough — but the personal testimonies of those affected.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in Humans
It's the Rules
It's the rules It's the rules Guaranteed or not It's the rules -The Tragically Hip, “The Rules” There are a number of stereotypes people believe about Canadians. We like hockey. We all say “eh” and pronounce “about” “aboot.” We’re kinder and more peaceful than Americans.
By Grant Patterson5 years ago in Humans
On Journaling
I love starting a new journal. I love these journals. They are the best descriptors of myself that I can think of - better than any qualifier. Qualifier being, an adjective or adverb that comes before a noun or verb that modifies, enhances, or possibly limits one’s understanding of the following said verb or noun. How odd it is... the recognition that you are understood as an object, or rather a direct object that is being described and thus, perceived. One does it all the time, subconsciously or not. Isn't it no different than establishing one’s reputation, or managing others' opinions of you? But nonetheless, how novel of an experience it is to step outside yourself and assess yourself in the third person. That’s what I love about journaling.
By Hermela Yeshak5 years ago in Humans
