humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
Think Like a Dog
Think Like a Dog “Ballet slippers and a lost dog” Once there was a lovely ballet dancer in Russia. Her name was Katrina. People went to see her whenever the Ballet was performing. They came from miles around because Katrina was so graceful and her movements so fluid that people were enthralled. She was the most popular performer in Russia – and she was incredibly beautiful.
By Robert Taylor5 years ago in Humans
Patience
The art of wait is perplexing. The idea of having time pass by without the notion of doing something. The most time wasted is sleep, but it's also the best time needed. We recover our energy, digest what needs to be digested & heal our wounds. This also helps with the mind. Whether you're dreaming or unconscious the mind travels to places unfamiliar to the confines of the brain when awake. Sometimes patience is hard when your life comes to a late beginning. Its not that you waited so long for things to take place, it's that you have been on survival mode most of your life and now that you have some breathing room, its like you're starting over from the beginning. Starting from a place where you have supporters from a distance. Where everyone now has been on their own journey that now you have to start this journey separated from everyone.
By The Kind Quill5 years ago in Humans
The First Theory of Evolution in Religious Studies
Back to the origins The works of Edward Burnett Tylor (1832–1917) are undoubtedly among the first drafts that had a lasting influence on religious studies. Tylor’s first major scientific work entitled “Researches into the Early History of Mankind” was written in the early 1860s, a period in which Darwin’s “Origin of Species” set the framework for the discussion of evolutionary processes in biology, while Spencer’s “System of Synthetic Philosophy” focused on the description and analysis of the social development of mankind. During this time, public interest turned increasingly to ethnological topics. Not only the extremely popular travelogues of Wallace, Darwin, and others and the formulation of the theory of evolution had contributed to this. The rapid growth of ethnographic data, but above all the discovery of the remains of fossil humans and their artifacts, as well as speculations about the possible age of the human race, had drawn the attention of science and the lay public to the question of the origins of cultures.
By AddictiveWritings5 years ago in Humans
Where the Dead Drink
Eddie doesn’t know how long he’s been sitting on this hard metal bench. His arse is numb, so it’s been a while, but time is meaningless. He has a vague memory of something other than the sullen suspension in which he now draws breath. A long deep drag on a cigarette. An absent scratch of his neck. There’s a scar there, but he can’t remember how he got it. As he exhales, a puff of hot wind carries the carcinogenic smoke into the air and away from him. Eddie stares at it, notices its lingering thickness before it dissipates.
By D.A. Cairns5 years ago in Humans
Bikinis, Hair Dye, Paint, and Depression.
While attempting to recall some of the various instagram products I purchased over the course of this 104 degree, fever-dream of a year, I had a difficult time recalling any of them. Not because I showed any kind of restraint when it came to my social media spending, (I truly did no such thing and it #haunts me ;)), rather, because I bought SO much SO randomly. At least, that’s what I thought. I decided to take a look at my spending history over the last 12 months to try and get a sense of what I was ordering off Instagram, and when. Diving into my Wells Fargo app to assess a years worth of financial damage remains to be one of the scariest things I’ve ever done. Yet to my great surprise, it turned into an incredible exercise of self-reflection. I came to realize that my purchases were much less random than I thought. Most of my social media spending spikes occurred during the most difficult stretches of this year. They were an easy, feel-good, burst of serotonin that would give me something to look forward to. Now let me be clear, I’m not knocking all social media spending. That would be entirely unfair. You see, my Instagram purchases were ultimately what led me to discover a skillset I never knew I had, and that skillset has turned into a steady source of income.
By Anna Gillcrist5 years ago in Humans
Red Light Stranger
About six years ago on my way to work, I came to a stop at a red light and happened to look over to the car that pulled up next to me. It was a young woman that was crying and had wiped away a tear. 14,000,605 different scenarios quickly flooded my brain, trying to think of what had happened and what caused her to be so sad.
By Daniel Silva5 years ago in Humans
Laces ...
When I first laced up my first set of hockey goalie pads, there were actual laces to tie around my legs. Thinking back to those memories, you kind of get nostalgic and often come to the conclusion that, we were quite blessed as youngsters to be born during a time when things would come to us relatively easy and free of charge, we made do with what was given as long as we were willing to search for it, and with a little imagination we always managed to make it work.
By CR. Phoenix 5 years ago in Humans
