humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
His name is 2020
For most of this year, I've been in an abusive relationship. His name is 2020. 2019 and I had ended our slightly rocky relationship amicably but, on the first of this year, 2020 came in no holds barred hitting me in the heart with the passing of my father. That's ok. One smack at the start of the year. A few weeks later he slapped me with losing my job. This is where things started to get a little messy. But I wasn't covering up bruises. Not yet. I was still fighting back. Then we all got sucker punched. Forced, for good reason, to stay in our homes for three months. I had grown accustomed to being on my own but this is where things get difficult. This is when 2020 decided to move in. This is where 2020 handed me the bottle and said "you think you have demons now?”
By Emily DeBias5 years ago in Humans
Is being faithful equivalent to being obedient?
The title itself is a controversial because many will think how faith and obedience are different. Due to faith, there is obedience and being obedient is a good thing and there can be nothing wrong with that. But there is very thin line between faith and obedience which differentiate its consequences. If you think deeply then you will find that faith comes from heart whereas obedience comes from mind. Hence we always refers to say that ‘he/she is faithful to god’ and ‘he/she is obedient to superiors’ not like ‘he/she is obedient to god’ and ‘he/she is faithful to superiors’.
By Blake Hunt5 years ago in Humans
A Leanfulness Way of Thinking
As I write this letter of hope, I am pondering over the precarious reality across the globe. Such a reality is unprecedented in modern times. In short, I'll attempt to describe the unique nature of our current situation as I see it. For example, think about what you’ve heard or personally felt about globalization. In my experience, globalization has elicited feelings of angst and increasing uncertainty. It's hard to imagine what the next five or ten years will look like for our societies and business infrastructures. On the other hand, globalization has demonstrated the remarkable ability to link almost every facet of personal, professional, and national interests. Therefore, I would like to present a positive result that globalization is having in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic. The purpose of this essay is to suggest that we can spend too much time worrying about the elephant in the room and miss the beauty of the resilient human spirit that occurs only in an environment of extraordinary unity.
By Christopher Boasso5 years ago in Humans
Wait Until The Light Changes
Traffic. For as far as the eyes could see, the amber colored taillights of the cars were the stars of the show. They participated in a coordinated dance, and this mid-day traffic jam was their stage. Some lights bowed out while others would excitedly jump on. This liaise looked almost rehearsed. But, wait until the light changes.
By Travis Patton Sr.5 years ago in Humans
Communicate with me!
To me, communication is SO important. But I get it. It can be so damn hard. Especially those times, where you need to be clearly communicating, it seems that all you can do is focus on not exploding, or not saying the wrong thing, or not starting to ball your eyes out... But this, this is the communication that we all need. We need it with our partners and lovers, our siblings, and friends and of course (the most difficult one I think) our parents.
By Lana Sheer5 years ago in Humans
Breastfeeding in public should be outlawed
Want a big dose of irony? People always have their breasts out for the world to see. Everyone compliments on how empowered they are for showing off their naked breasts. People all want to see them and gloat about having a better set than someone else. People literally pay money to see breasts. They comment on pictures of them. Save pictures to their phones. Stare at them in public. They think they're great... until you're using them to do what they were intended for and feeding a baby. Then it's considered indecent. Anyone else see a flaw in this logic?
By Sara Wilson5 years ago in Humans
The Kindness Test
Jesse smiles listening to her ten-year-old daughter talking to her friends, nodding she thought to herself, “she was much smarter and I when I was her age,” as she turns to go back upstairs these words stopped her, “I don’t care how smart he is, he is dirty, poor and shouldn’t be in our school. I don’t want him to be apart of our project.” She eased closer and listened.
By Annelise Lords 5 years ago in Humans
A Letter To 2021
Date:31st December 2020 To, 2021. Subject: Getting to know more. Hello 2021, How are you? (Kinda) Glad to meet you. Just met your cousin aka '2020' and frankly speaking, he was horrible and was more worse than what we expected. What am I talking about?! Well, I know you just arrived but you should have seen the news, the articles, the blogs and I am pretty sure you would have gone crazy after seeing all that and you probably would have understood what am I talking about.
By AV AnyVays5 years ago in Humans
