humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
We are all orphans
We are all orphans. All of us. It's a bold claim, but one that I think can explain our collective feeling of having a deep sense of not belonging, well, anywhere. I guess, with the exception of royal families across the globe, who have thousands of years of ancestry mapped alongside detailed biographies, the rest of us have scattered histories with unknown endings. People move and have done for thousands of years.
By Alyssa Curtayne5 years ago in Humans
The Ongoing Battle To Keep Our Hearts Open
As most of us have already acknowledged through a variety of cliche sayings such as the famous “life is a Merri-go-round”, life is in fact a series of extremely emotional up and down events. Some inspire true joy and happiness while others incur the lower vibrational emotions such as anger, grief, sorrow, regret and so on. I’m here to explain that it is these events that cause these lower vibrational emotions that act as, let’s just say, hurdles in our own personal journey toward long term fulfillment. Long term emotional, physical, spiritual and financial freedom. What if I told you that everything “wrong” in your life, whether done to you or through an extension of you, something or someone you love, was purposely designed to cause you to give up. Or in a more thorough term, to cause you to close your heart. Thus blocking you from the pure magical guidance that your heart provides. Also known as intuition. You are then only acting from your mind. Which is not a bad thing if you have complete control over your mind and can easily center it, however it takes an open heart to be able to do so. Most people here on earth are solely basing their decisions and actions off of a mind that is completely engulfed by memories of past mistakes, trauma, sadness, pain, and anything that ever hurt. They use these past experiences as an excuse to no longer act from a place of having an open heart but fail to realize that the abilitily to still be able to do so, is the one general mission of this life here on earth.
By Jayden Sweeten 👑5 years ago in Humans
Not That Different
I know this is a big ask, but for a brief moment in time, step outside your moral convictions or religious beliefs. In this post, I want you to judge a relationship on your experience. Over the next few paragraphs, I want you to judge my relationship by your relationship. Judge us by what popular culture has taught you. Judge us by what you know to be true about all that is necessary for a healthy relationship to prosper. As we weave our way through this exercise, know that tolerance of something you cannot morally accept, but are willing to celebrate from a distance is not my goal. In the end, I want you to understand we are not that different.
By Nathan Box5 years ago in Humans
Perfect Couples
The brilliant idea I’m about to share is such a simple concept, it just reassures me exactly what I’ve known since I was 5 yrs old. Most of the people inhabiting the world are idiots. I mean idiots when it comes to relationships, choosing a spouse, & marriage. The Statistics definitely back me up completely, we all know them! 51% of marriages currently end in divorce. This happens simply because people are groomed since birth to follow a pattern, go to school, get a job, get married, have kids, hate themselves, hate each other, learn to act happy in front of everyone, then either cheat, mentally decline, ignore everyone you’re supposed to love, become consumed by anger, aggression , or just fly away from the nest, never to return. Or better known as a divorce.
By Smiles Through All Darkness5 years ago in Humans
What A Day
This evenings shower has finally relaxed me enough to begin my first story with today’s adventures. I woke up at 4:07am to leave from my lovers home (he has to work early, it’s not a thing), we talked, had a little tequila, spent time with the family, indulged in some gorilla glue, looked in each other’s eyes and made love all night. This wonderful night happening last night was possibly the worst time that it could happen. I made arrangements with my roommate and we were to spend some time together (time I didn’t agree to), he still sleeping at 4, I decided to go wash my clothes. Watching the sun rise around 6:30 and texting my lover, I thought of all the excuses I could make for not showing up to this “bedroom appointment”. I thought of nothing. Around 7am, I received a text stating that I needed to move all of my belongings out of the room by 10pm. Never truly stressing over events like this except, I literally do not have my own place yet! In his message he informed me not to respond. I continued my day as if I never saw the message. Thinking of all the things me and this scorpion did last night, I couldn’t get him off my mind. We become more and more in sync with each other as the seconds pass. We love it so passionately that we dare not disrespect either of our beings. Clearly my focus is not on this roommate. I run a few errands today, resulting in a workout, a suitcase too big to fit as a carry on, and a lot of Mediterranean food. As the evening came, I was able to take two naps, broken down to about an hour each, still feeling groggy, I decided to indulge in another round of gorilla glue and some other strains I have no idea what their names are. I turned on my Postmates and got an immediate delivery. On the way to drop the food off, don’t look down by Ryan Harris comes on from my playlist. I begin to think of all the things that have occurred and one of my dearest friends Smiles comes to mind. Overwhelmed with concern and sadness for his number 1 love, his grandmother who passed away not too long ago. The tears started to fall as the lyrics sang “don’t you dare look down, don’t you dare look down, and if it gets hard to focus when your traveling almost at the speed of sound, feeling no where bound, remember what I told you and don’t you dare look down”.
By Angel Plummer5 years ago in Humans
Reach Out in a Time of Isolation
We are in ‘lock-down.’ And it's impossible to say how much longer we'll remain confined to our homes. As an Englishman, I am proud of the freedom, and liberties we all have on this fair isle. But, despite the advice regarding social isolation, we just didn't listen. So, a few weeks ago, Boris grounded us all once more, and temporarily curtailed those freedoms, and liberties. Again.
By Christopher Donovan5 years ago in Humans
why do people cheat
lots of people have asked themselves this question for years. i'm sure everyone ones opinion is different and this is very much my own. when i was 16 i met a senior angle that went to my school. we were friends for a little bit and just hung out but he asked me out and we dated for 3 years. i would call the first 3 years happy or at least comfortable like every couple we fought. but i like to think i know exactly at what point we fall distant. after 3 years he had graduated and i was now a senior. as he became an adult he settled into who he was into having a job into having his own place and unfortanutly into having some controlling behavior. it was my senior year and as you know there are a lot of fun things in ones senior year.
By rebekah schreiber5 years ago in Humans
Black Women: The Introvert
Everyday we experience some form of life on our own. We laugh, we cry, we sing, we dance, and there aren't always people watching. If you ask an introvert like myself, we prefer if our days were spent in solitude and often have a hard time opening up. The discomfort that comes with expected verbal expression can become too much and I enjoy myself being a very quiet person.
By Sam Martin5 years ago in Humans
Gossip is Dangerous..
Gossip is dangerous and let me tell you why.. How many times have you heard this, that and the other about a person, then met that person and realised that the person wasn't so bad after all?! The gossip that you heard about that person was not true! In fact the gossip was so far away from the truth that it was actually quite unbelievable! I'm sure we've all been in that situation, where a part of our brain believed the gossip and found out just how wrong that gossip was, often the gossip was complete fiction. This is where gossip becomes dangerous.
By Hayley Dodwell5 years ago in Humans
