humanity

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

Small Needs, Good Deeds
When you grow up surrounded by love, it takes time to appreciate how fortunate you are. Broken people from broken homes are everywhere. Our world is broken.
By D.H. Dyer5 years ago in Humans
30s. Female. Single. No Kids.
I’ve always pictured myself to be a mother. Since I was a little girl, I've imagined having two boys, but regardless of the gender or quantity, I just knew that my destiny would lead to motherhood. Everyone tells me that I would make a good mother and I have those natural motherly instincts. I have always felt through my intuition that there’s a little soul inside my heart waiting to meet me as insane as that may sound. But when you know, you know.
By Tawnie J. Oviedo5 years ago in Humans
Good Deeds: A Sustainable Community Health Model. Second Place in Good Deeds Challenge. Top Story - January 2021.
Most of the time people react to the “I’ve been living in NYC” response with passive, aggressive or assuming remarks about New Yorker’s rough exteriors. The once safe icebreaker question now warrants an awkward, juggling response... see, while I expect to be slammed with cab doors while bike riding, triple slapped by weather, relationships and train times on the same day, I’ve been stunned by more “did that just happen, people are so beautiful” moments.
By Carly F. J.5 years ago in Humans
One Kind Gesture
My mom taught us that one act of kindness can brighten a person’s day. “You never know what a kind gesture can mean to someone. Even something as simple as a smile or a ‘Hello’ can change someone’s entire day.” What she did not teach us was that a kind gesture can change someone’s entire life, maybe even save it.
By Stephanie Bañuelos5 years ago in Humans
The White and Black of it
My story takes its first puff in the charmingly seedy, Reno, Nevada, the biggest little city. The bulb lit, blinking arch reads just that, passing through downtown on Lake street. I often did, pass through, as after the long and grueling college classes at UNR I ambled my way downtown to the local coffee shop, Java Jungle. On that particular night at the open mic, I, an androgynous little man with cheese pizza cheeks, warm cookie eyes, a sharp jawline asked a seemingly inconspicuous man, dressed in black and confined to a wheelchair, for a cigarette.
By Advat5 years ago in Humans
Heartwarming Insignificance of the Rough Journey Home
I was in college when the thought of wanting to live in a big city struck my mind; I don’t know whether it is out of genuine curiosity of a born and raised rural person, unrealistic daydreams of the life out there, or just the romanticized aspect of it in social media, nonetheless, when an opportunity rises, I would like to live in one.
By Arung5 years ago in Humans
A Good Deed I will never forget.
As I waited at the stop light, I began to open the envelope slowly dreading what I was about to read. I knew this day would come and I would have to suffer the consequences of not taking care of business. I didn’t have the remaining money that was owed to catch up on my past due balance but I thought they would at least give me a pass considering that I covered about 50 percent of my past due balance just a couple months ago.
By Vinny B5 years ago in Humans
Right to Receive
Calvin was always late and always had a story. Last April, covered in mud, he had explained to his teacher that he had seen a red-eyed tree frog and decided to follow it so he could share it with the class. When Ms. Ruth asked him how a red-eyed tree frog had found its way from its tropical habitat to an Illinois farm town, Calvin shrugged.
By Charlie5 years ago in Humans
Hind Sighted
2020 was a rough year for most, from riots to pandemics. From battling oppression and adversity, to battering each other just to have a fresh square to "un-soil" yourself in times of need. Everyone had an opinion as to how we should all carry ourselves in the midst of such a shortage, "one roll per family", "one packet per household" and so on... The phrase comes to mind "opinions are like arseholes, we've all got one!" ironically in this case both of those aspects would contribute to the problem.
By Kyle Goddard5 years ago in Humans
Cloudy Days In Charleston
I'd been in Charleston, WV for work for about a week. It was my first real job after college, not counting the sales job in which I made zero dollars. This job didn't pay much, but it paid something, and I got to see a lot of the country. Actually, seeing the country was my job. Let me explain.
By Colleen Williams5 years ago in Humans
A Detour on Christmas Eve
I figured out why no one likes me. There’s a phenomenon called the Ben Franklin Effect: if you ask someone for a favor, they’re apt to like you, even more so than if you do something to help them. I don’t ask for favors. It’s uncomfortable. It makes me feel weak.
By Samantha Marin5 years ago in Humans
Slip Up
It is currently the peak of the winter season. Endlessly cold days followed by even colder nights, barely any sunlight and freezing temperatures. Not exactly everyone’s favourite. What winters cold, brutal weather also brings is ice, slush and snow. An abundance of this weather makes driving conditions very dangerous, hence why the number of road accidents rises in winter.
By Danielle C5 years ago in Humans