Stream of Consciousness
Nothing Happened, and That’s the Problem
Nothing happened that day. At least, nothing that would make a report sound urgent. There was no shouting. No alarms. No visible mistake. The building stayed open. The phones were answered. The process moved forward exactly as designed.
By Megan Stroup19 days ago in Humans
They Called It Procedure
The room went quiet in a way that didn’t feel respectful. It felt practiced. Someone cleared their throat. Someone else folded a piece of paper they hadn’t been reading. A sentence was delivered carefully, like it had been rehearsed in front of a mirror.
By Megan Stroup19 days ago in Humans
How to Win Anyone Without Losing Yourself
Have you ever tried to impress someone and later felt like you weren’t being yourself at all? Whether it’s in friendships, relationships, the workplace, or social situations, many people believe that “winning others” requires changing who they are. The truth is far more empowering: you can win people over without sacrificing your values, personality, or self-respect.
By John Smith19 days ago in Humans
A Christmas I Didn’t Plan, But Needed
If you had asked me a few years ago what my perfect Christmas looked like, I would have pictured a loud house. Family would be talking all at once, food would take ages to cook and disappear in minutes, and laughter would fill every corner. I would have talked about the comfort of being understood without needing to explain myself.
By Lori A. A.19 days ago in Humans
We’re Not As Divided As We’re Told
Spend enough time online, and you’d think the country is permanently at war with itself. Every feed scrolls with outrage, every headline screams conflict, every trending topic seems designed to pit one group against another. Opinions are treated like battlefields, and nuance feels like a weakness.
By Megan Stroup20 days ago in Humans
The Silence That Followed the Sirens
They always do. At first, there was noise—red and blue lights bouncing off windows, radios crackling with clipped urgency, voices overlapping in practiced chaos. A flurry of movement, uniforms, and words that barely had time to land. Then, almost abruptly, it was gone. The street returned to itself. Doors closed. Curtains shifted. Someone somewhere went back to making dinner. Life, it seemed, picked up where it had left off, as if nothing had happened at all.
By Megan Stroup20 days ago in Humans
The World Through Different Eyes
We often believe that reality is fixed, that the world exists exactly as we perceive it. But the truth is, reality is much more flexible than we realize. It’s shaped by our thoughts, our experiences, and the lens through which we choose to view life.
By Yasir khan21 days ago in Humans
Integration and Application
When we take in new knowledge it is very important to take the time to integrate that which is learned before continuing down the path of compulsively taking in more knowledge. When you allow yourself the time to integrate that which you learn, and come to fully understand that knowledge through it's application in your daily life, it becomes part of you. I have been studying spiritual principles that pertain to the elevation of conscious awareness, and the utilization of different levels of energetic shadow work into my daily routine, to better myself in an all encompassing way.
By Kaylon Forsyth21 days ago in Humans
The Foundation for Order in a Collapsing Culture
This is a systems-level framework, not a polemic or a list of opinions. It lays out a sequence of foundational truths about how societies maintain order, how that order erodes, and why collapse follows when truth, accountability, and consequence are selectively suspended. Each point builds on the last, tracing a logical path from epistemology and moral agency to politics, institutions, and cultural outcomes.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast21 days ago in Humans
Iran And Israel War (When the Middle East Shook Again)
When the Middle East Shook Again On the night of 29 December, the world once again held its breath. News screens glowed in dark rooms, radios whispered urgent updates, and phones vibrated with breaking alerts. The words were heavy and frightening: Iran and Israel—conflict begins again.
By Wings of Time 24 days ago in Humans
My 3-Year Experiment in Passive Income: What Actually Worked
Three years ago, I hit a wall. It wasn’t a dramatic financial crash or a job loss. It was a slow, creeping exhaustion—the kind that comes from trading every waking hour for a paycheck and having nothing left over at the end of the month but anxiety. I was stuck in the hamster wheel, and the internet was screaming at me that the only escape was something called “passive income.”
By noor ul amin25 days ago in Humans
