humanity

For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.

Is regret ever a good thing?
Now I'm sure all of us have at least one moment or specific act in our past that makes us shivver when we relive it in our heads. It may be something you said or did, or didn't say or didn't do that just makes our heart sink. It may have been a moment that lead to intense pain or the slightly lesser feeling of embarassment. Whatever it is, it sets itself up as an ugly pothole in the otherwise smooth and pleasant road that is our past and in our memories. While undoubtedly uncomfortable, are these moments ever a good thing?
By Charlie5 years ago in Humans
Best Job Title for the Coming Years? Community Creator, Steward & Cradler
Community is possible. Village life is possible. Earnest connection with each other? It’s possible. Being invited to take care of blessed land – possible. Sacredness everyday, even in our exchanges is possible. All of this beautifully together, it’s possible. And doesn’t it sound great?
By Celesdina Devi5 years ago in Humans
Say It Loud
At eighty-one, Charlie Williams is still going. These days, his pace is much slower steadied with the help of a cane. His broad shoulders, rounded by the hands of time, no longer look like that of a cheeky boxer. Yet, Charlie’s sight remains nearly undimmed, his hearing is still sound, and glimmers of his belief in what black people can achieve remains untouched. That is because pride is a tricky thing. No doubt, it precedes a fall, yet it is awfully difficult to wake up and face each day head-on without it.
By Tiffany Williams5 years ago in Humans
A Pretty Prize
I clung to a life that was devoid of meaning… for how long, I do not know. My perception of time had been abstract. If my pages were left blank I would not have noticed its passing at all. I was unseeing, incognizant… and dying.
By Jacquelyn Bujtas5 years ago in Humans
The Rise of Jakiya Brown Thiaw
On a typical day, you can find Jakiya Brown Thiaw hard at work at her desk in her beautiful apartment overlooking the ocean in Dakar.
By Kristy Davis5 years ago in Humans
UnCommon Knowledge
I took a break from writing. A brief break to breathe. Also to take care of my responsibilities, ya know? Like a human being should. It is important to take care of yourself as well as the people you love. That’s not what’s uncommon though. What’s uncommon knowledge is the fact that we have to put ourselves first sometimes in order to continue our duties. But even more than that, I have to be myself everyday so the people whom I love will continue to give me reasons to love them. As a man. As a human. It is uncommon to be ourselves.
By JahSmoov5 years ago in Humans
Judged & Defamation Without Reason
I’m not too sure how or why it even happened or got started... but from the moment I walked into a bar in a small town in highland, Illinois things were bad for me. I’ve lived in that town off and on since 2004, though I was also born there. My family recently moved back to the area from Granite City. Anyways, I was just getting into promoting and working with bands in local bars in the surrounding areas. I had just got back from California and had worked on several game and reality shows. My mom had told me about a bar called the Corner Keg, that they had bands and such. She had also suggested checking out a place called the 501 Blues.
By Mary Louise Edwards5 years ago in Humans
Beatrice Mae
This has to be a mistake. It reminded me of the viral posts of receipts when celebrities leave two-thousand-dollar tips for their waiter “out of the goodness of their heart.”
By Sarah Smith5 years ago in Humans
Namaste - I See You
Big Bang A long time ago, there lived an entity whom we shall call No-thing because words cannot express that entity's essence. No-thing was the only thing that existed. Humans, planets, aliens, universe, sun, birds, microbes, animals - whatever you can think of did not exist. To look at it another way, No-thing was every-thing too.
By Anu Sundaram5 years ago in Humans
MY HERO
Don't meet your heroes, they say. Why? What are they afraid of, the discovery that they too are humans just like us or that they are nothing like us? I understand the wariness of bursting that bubble but who wouldn't want to take the bet on that risk? I met one of my heroes before he'd become one and little did I know that some of our conversations would predicate the actions that I would come to admire about him.
By HenRoc5 years ago in Humans
Fraud
Why did I pull that fire alarm? Was it because Riley and the others dared me to do it? Was it because I wanted them to think I was cool? That I was tough? Was it because I hated myself? Yes to all. But the real question is: how did this all happen? It was no coincident that it happened right when, or before or after I pulled it. All I know is that I’m not really a hero. It just seems that way. It seems that way because someone through a lit cigarette in the washroom trash can, and a four-eyed freshmen, Neil Parker, was still in the washroom stall when the fire alarm went on, and he ran into the wall when he was panicking to get out, becoming unconscious. It seems that way because everyone in the school could have ended up like Parker if I didn’t pull that alarm.
By Ryan Leger5 years ago in Humans
My Horrific 2020
Last year was crazy! When I say crazy, I mean crazy. I know it was crazy for everyone, but our 2020 was just the icing on the top! Covid-19 wasn’t the beginning of our problems! Our problems started the very first day of 2020! It was a normal day at first, but later ended with a BANG, Literally. My husband had to get up and go to work. He picks up an Amish co-worker, and then heads out to their job sight. My husband and the guy he works for (James) are Timber/ Lumber Jacks (Loggers).
By Kristina Steffy5 years ago in Humans