love
All you need is Love, and Love is all you need.
We Were Young
We went abroad to a summer language course. We met there, by 'chance'. We fell in love with each other , and we both thought we had won the great price, Both of us were young people. We fell in love and it was so easy! At the same time it was very difficult.
By Albert Sundve4 years ago in Humans
A Profound Ability to Love and Be Loved
"Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind." Brandon Lee This open letter of appreciation is to John Netzel. In 2013, he founded Peaceful Fields Sanctuary in Winchester, Virginia with the goal of "blending Jewish ideals of repairing the world and avoiding animal cruelty with the vegan concern for the rights of farmed animals." He has helped save 125 animals and is often called in after local and state law enforcement officials have conducted raids. Many of the animals experienced emotional or physical trauma, especially the kapparot survivors – the chickens used in this ritual are swung over their heads to symbolically transfer sins, often injuring the animal in the process. Netzel has a degree in microbiology and worked as a facilities manager for office buildings before he became an animal rescuer.
By Jennifer Christiansen4 years ago in Humans
Gone Tomorrow
Dear Cousin, I never thought of how precious time is and how often it’s wasted holding grudges and not speaking to one another. It slips through our fingers like sand in an hourglass. I did not know that yesterday would be the last time I heard your voice or the enthusiasm behind it. I did not know that losing you would hurt this bad. I didn’t get the chance to say how I feel about you. I didn’t get the chance to say a proper goodbye. It makes me think of the times you reached out to me and I completely ignored you because I thought we’d have more time. I thought that you’d be around a lot longer than tomorrow. They say time heals all wounds yet, it has been six months and it still feels like only yesterday that we were all video chatting. I remember writing a paper on you many years ago when I was a child, it spoke of how you inspired me and how you were my hero. I want you to know that, that feeling has never gone away, I just grew older and didn’t know how to express myself without looking like a creep. As I just wrote that, I was smiling. I remember how much of a go-getter you have always been, like when you wanted to open a daycare, you went and opened that daycare. I remember how you wanted to become a foster parent for the special needs children and you went and became that. I remember the time when you reached out to me because you must’ve had a feeling that I had been going through a lot, I missed your call and was too self conscious to video chat with you so I lied, telling you that the chromebook wouldn’t allow me to video chat. You replied “Okay, I was checking on you.” It wasn’t until a few days ago that I went into my messenger and saw that text and it broke me, cousin. I remember how all those people were being rude to me over facebook and you told me to ignore them and unfriend them. I did, and it made a big difference, thank you. I remember the time when I was a small child and fell off of the yellow chair and I’d been laying sprawled on the bathroom floor for a few minutes, I suppose. It was you who found me and helped me up even after I had been mean to you just days before. I remember all the times that you wanted a hug from me and I told you no when I was a child and the one time I told you yeah, you were concerned, lol. Sounds crazy but it's true. It was good to be because that was when I had a life threatening condition. I remember just last year, you called me just to tell me you loved me and that I should have children to expand the family, it really makes me smile. I’ve never really been the sentimental kind of person but that truly did touch my heart. Thinking of it today, I’m crying. I remember always being by your house as a child because you were more fun than my parents, you know it meant a lot to me. I’ve always known you were my cousin but I viewed you as an aunt. Of course I didn’t call you aunt because then that would have meant that I was softening up and you know in this family you have no choice but to be hardcore. I remember I went by your house to write a paper for school and you took out your time to help me type it. Did you know that I’d gotten a 100% on that paper? Everytime I have talked to you, I have never heard you speak bad about anyone. You’ve always been neutral in every conversation and honestly I used to get mad off of it. I wanted feedback, the unfiltered feedback, but that wasn’t your style. I see now that you wanted family unity. I see now that you just wanted peace. Sometimes, I get the feeling that you felt alone and just wanted that bond and close knit family life like anybody with a small family would want. I guess I’m saying, in more ways than one, you were my hero. You were a listening ear and an advice giver. You were a person who would give her last just to see someone else smile. You were an independent quiet storm who will always hold a place in my heart. I wish I could rewind time and just hold on to it so that you’d still be here. I wish that I’d taken out more time to just talk to you, get to know you better, and just love you the way family should love one another. Oh, how easy it is to let a grudge or disagreement keep us from communicating as often as we should. Looking at those things today is trivial. I now know to say everything that I need to while we’re around one another and to stop putting things off for tomorrow because we can be right here, right now today but gone tomorrow.
By Laydee B Writes4 years ago in Humans
What is a person's most attractive feature?
It has always been in the case that what we explicitly see determine who we really are but what is hidden in us are always been surprised because we fear unleashing ourselves, with the imperishable quality of a gentle, which is precious. The kind heart reflects the true beauty from inside. What do you think is a person's most attractive feature? It's either beauty or soul, depending on your point of view.
By FRED ABANKWA4 years ago in Humans
Two years.
Two years. I had a crush on someone for two years. I saw them every day at work. I spent all my time trying to find things to say, anything to get a conversation going. I tried to be working on the same things they were, anything to be standing next to them. For two years.
By Lex T. Barnett4 years ago in Humans
That ‘90s Girl
I met Melanie in grade seven. My family had recently moved to a new city so I was the new kid in school. I guess you can say she was the first girl I ever met there. When the time came for the teacher to assign me a seat, the spot next to her was the only one available. The seating in the classroom was arranged so that students were either in groups of three or four with one exception: for some reason, my seating arrangement with Melanie was the only one that was in a group of two. So we ended up sitting together, just the two of us, with our desks joined, facing each other, on my first day of school, while everyone else sat in groups of three or four, and it stayed that way for a while. I don’t quite remember my first words to her nor her first words to me, but I do remember her catching me trying to copy off her. I was surprised when her reaction was to lean back so I could see her work, especially when we barely knew one another. I might’ve said thanks quietly and there might have been a quiet acknowledgement on her part. It was so simple, the way it began, and before we knew it, it would grow into something more.
By Ghostface Writer4 years ago in Humans
Types of Love
“What is love to you?” Even now I ponder that, sitting in a coffee shop spinning a straw through the foam of my cocoa. I smile into the cup as I lift it to my lips closing my eyes and enjoying the warmth flowing through me. This is one type of love, of course. The love of a food or a taste, the warming sensation that brings a smile to your face without your awareness. The alluring scent that brings a flush to your face after the biting cold redness has gone away. But, I don’t think that’s love to me.
By Crystal Ayers4 years ago in Humans
Twin Flame Relationships
The topic of Twin Flames is a very popular one yet there is some confusion over what a twin actually is and isn’t. The idea of lifelong true love is a prevalent one, it can often be over-romanticized so it is important to know a few things about twin flame relationships.
By Jocelyn Joy Thomas4 years ago in Humans
February 14th — a day to hide under the covers?
Ok so I know it sounds like I’m being a misery but if you’re not in love and you don’t have a significant other who brings light to your life, this day only serves to remind us we are once again not part of the celebrations doesn’t it?
By Liz Murphy4 years ago in Humans
