humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
A Money Spider Takes Shelter from the Rain
Rain streaks the window in wet, ugly drops. There's something oddly intriguing about watching a car drive along a road. There are tens of thousands of them, all in pursuit of different destinations. Some surge down motorways, packed with people and their belongings. Others carry a single driver, and trudge lazily through thick, black forests while moonlight glints through the canopies.
By Helaina Wood6 years ago in Humans
Manic Pixie Dream Girl-ed
We’re all familiar with the Manic Pixie Dream Girl character, but have you ever been Manic Pixie Dream Girl-ed? As in someone makes you into a MPDG in their mind and you can tell they’re doing it and you feel like a cartoon character of yourself and you hate it and it is lame.
By Shannon Popov6 years ago in Humans
The Gut Feeling - Part 1
It was a cold December day. My children and I decorated the tree and played board games while their father was away on business. He was coming home late that night. He never wanted to decorate for Christmas with us. Late that night he came home and went right to bed. No talking about the trip or how the kids were while he was gone. Nothing. So I stayed up watching a movie and texting a friend while browsing the internet as was my usual late night plan.
By Jane Elizabeth 6 years ago in Humans
What it Means to be a Heartbreaker
People use the term "Heartbreaker" to depict someone attractive, desirable, charming, smart, and funny. Basically someone who's got the "whole package". Someone who anyone would want. Someone who will have boys and/or girls drooling at their feet, longing for their attention, lining up to get their hearts broken by this one person. But why is the term "heartbreaker" used so lightly? Almost as if it was a positive thing.
By Letters from Juliette6 years ago in Humans
How To Build A Community. Top Story - July 2020.
A year ago, I published a video called ‘If You Decide To Love Someone’, and currently, it has 2 million views. I believe this brought a lot of people together because the vulnerability that was expressed, and it is this vulnerability that connects us all as human beings. This is a good foundation to build a community on, because you will only ever be expected to be who you are. It also invites others to do the same.
By Miles Carter6 years ago in Humans
Escaping Nashville
Do not get me wrong. I love Nashville Tennessee with all of my heart. I’ve always wanted to be a musician, but I never wanted to live in Nashville. Music City USA! Yes, New York and Los Angeles are phenomenal, and they are way better than Nashville in my opinion. The music business though is centered in Nashville Tennessee. Not just country. Even though the amount of pop country made with all the snap/claps makes me want to stick a cowboy boot up my own ass.
By IV Elmendorf6 years ago in Humans
The beauty of being yourself
We are only humans. Life is all we've been granted but yet we don't make the most of it. We follow the desires of life , the temptations that we come across and the obsticles we come across. Love one of life's desires. I crave to be loved and to be treated like a Cinderella fairy tale. I want to meet my knight and shinny armor.I have flesh just like everyone else but yet i can't seem to find love. Is there something wrong with me. The heartbreak that comes out of all this is painful. I don't think that love is meant for me. Can someone just seem me for who i am. I don't want to be like the kids at school who pretend to be people they not. I wanna fall in love the most natural way and feel like I am the only woman in the world. I wanna be loved for being the loud , opinionated and crazy person I am. I want him to embrace my imperfect perfections that would me happy. I want him to give me the attention in class without the teacher noticing. I want to bring him lunch during break without the cool kids calling me a nerd. I want him to notice me for being the smart girl who everyone calls four eyes in class because I wear glasses. Little things matter, isn't? Is that hard to ask for? I am not the type that loves beauty product. I prefer being natural like washing my face with a green bar. I embrace myself but in the real world that doesn't find you love. I wish I could be like the girls at school who seek attention from the hot guys who everyone wants especially the guy who sits by the corner , the captain of our first team soccer. He is so damn good looking but yet he doesn't even know I exist. He gives the girls who call their original pictures which have no filter crusty and their filtered pictures as original. I want to fit in so badly but I don't want to change myself in the process. Society only cares about what image they want us to be created in. They want to control us. I want everyone to embrace their true selves , wouldn't the world be a better place? We need to earn how to stop judging others. I'm tired of being judged for not wearing make-up and putting on fake hair , that's not me. I'm proud to be who I am but at times I feel ashamed of the way I look. Girls at school make us feel so small and try to lower our self esteems. That's not right. So that perfect guy I want will never want me because of the way i look and dress. Can someone clarify why this is happening to me. Why am i different to others? Can't I be that perfect girl that every guy wants? I'm considering buying beauty products so that I fit in with the girls at school. Why was I born with a high IQ level though? I am confused , I don't know if I still want to be myself anymore. I want to change myself for love , for someone who will notice me as soon as I change the way I look. I would be a dream girl even the cool kids would want to sit me during breaks. Maybe life wants me to be lonely. I just wish I could be like the girls at school they seem to fit in everywhere they go. Love is in the air , that's what they all say. Yet i don't see it? My life is just too simply and i'm not sure if I still want to keep it that way.......
By Zinhle Sutho6 years ago in Humans
