humanity

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

I met my son at Subway
I met a child living on the street today and I told him I loved him. You can walk by countless people in your experience who would kill for what you have. You can have all the things they want and somehow still feel lack. We all want abundance, but never truly understand what a blessing it is to have. We all want sympathy, but never understand what it is to be without.
By Dios Mac6 years ago in Humans
Pay Attention...
In just under 2 weeks, life as everyone knows it, has changed. Things are closed that no one ever thought they would have to go without. People are fighting over food, toilet paper, baby formula, etc. I saw yesterday where a Class A RV was stolen by a drunk man. He almost ran us over. There were street racers flying down highways, drug dealers not even trying to hide anymore. Addicts passing out. I was followed through the store by a man "watching" me and no, he didn't work there. He was a shopper. The only people out yesterday, for the most part, were thieves, drug dealers, and "unusual" people like me.
By LilithV6 years ago in Humans
Life In Isolation
I'm moving in with my girlfriend in May. Been in isolation at her place to keep her safe. Before the chaos of the coronavirus hit Montreal I had college classes going on last semester I was in anthropology, film studies, and humanities. I thought if I go to college even if It's night classes I can earn my way into the film world. I got lucky to be in 2 ads one about depression and another about diversity. I had a goal I was working to someday work to even have an unfinished script called Triple-A Beaver. This semester was psychology. I don't come from a smart background I come from hard-working and motivated and work even when odds stacked against your type of family.
By TechNOGeek Reviews6 years ago in Humans
What the World needs now
What a strange and unusual time we all find ourselves in. I wonder how you are coping with this unprecedented time. Have you resorted to panic buying, maybe hoarding toilet rolls or just berating those that have? Are you self-isolating? Or going about life as usual?
By Mel Newman6 years ago in Humans
make choices
At the moment with my mental health so bad this worldwide lockdown and virus hasn't really registered to highly with me. its more something to add to the growing list of crap going on around me. Also as a support worker for disabled adults I cant really lock down anyway unless I get ill. I have to make choices on how to keep going for the people that need me in more or less one piece.
By ASHLEY SMITH6 years ago in Humans
Ikea, The Stars, and a Dying Dream.
Let me preface this by saying when you get out of a bad breakup, have a huge job change and overall are in a bad place, DO NOT GO TO IKEA.
By Sarah Beattie6 years ago in Humans
There Are Really Only Two Ways to Respond to this Crisis: Love or Fear.
Walking into Safeway at 6:30am this morning was surreal. It was dark outside and my headlights were on. The parking lot was nearly full and carts were strewn about the pavement. As I entered the store, I saw a sign pleading with customers to avoid shopping between the hours of 7 and 9am, as this is the time they are doing their best to stock the store.
By Alexandra Rizzi6 years ago in Humans
"You Can't Be Racist to an Asian" . Top Story - March 2020.
On the day that this picture was taken, I flipped off a black homeless man. He was sitting on the sidewalk, and had a dirty red blanket around his shoulders. In his hand was a rattling plastic cup containing a few coins. Anyone who might have seen this insensitive gesture would probably think of me as a cold, heartless bitch.
By Wendy6 years ago in Humans
Standing In the Rain
You are outside in the rain, standing beneath a street lamp wearing a trench coat. The year is 1941. War rages on in another country. You are a woman. You light a cigarette. You are alone. The streets are painted with shadows. You drag heavily on the cigarette. You can feel the cancer entering your lungs — the cancer of being alone. You dread the thought that one day, he will not return. That one day, you will truly be alone. Or worse. You will know it. At least for the moment, you can feel the heat of the cigarette. You can feel what you do to yourself. Then, in that moment, the rain suddenly stops. The street light flickers, making an electric sound — the most electricity in your life for a long while. You toss the cancer to the concrete — you’ve puffed the last ring of smoke. The remaining light extinguishes. There is pitch darkness, but at least its on pitch. You take off your coat. It drops to the floor and you are naked.
By Cameron Thorpe6 years ago in Humans
Ghost-town world: Coronavirus and the new abnormal
As we confront the velocity of the Wuhan novel coronavirus into modern life, there’s been a timed-release shutdown of the events and gathering places that are sites of our intersectionality as fans and worshippers and citizens — as human beings.
By Michael Eric Ross6 years ago in Humans
Behind your back
Why I Hate Gossip “Did you hear Margaret from accounting is sleeping with her boss?” “Did you hear Brittany's parents got a divorce?” “Y’know Father Mark was married before he was ordained?” Gossip has been around since the stone age amongst cavemen to determine a tribe's leaders and determine thieves amongst other tribes (Black, 2009). It is now used to make conversation and bond with others. With this bond comes the underlying pain and deceit brought to others within this means of casual conversation. According to Dr. Nicholas Emler, professor of psychology at the University of London, states that 80% of conversations, amongst both men and women, are used to discuss people and their habits, regardless of good or bad intent. But the question remains to be asked, why? Why do we feel the unnecessary need to have gossip implemented in our day-to- day conversations? This essay will argue the negative effects of gossip and rumors and how it affects the workplace, social interactions and the moods of those being discussed.
By bubba marquez6 years ago in Humans
Star-Spangled Banner
Attorney Francis Scott Key watched hopelessly from the US President September of 1814 as the British forces bombed Fort McHenry. A location that was not an actual war base but rather a base for the families of the military.
By Lara Everett6 years ago in Humans