humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
What a Friendship with a Homeless Man Taught Me About Life
It was a cold blustery day when I first met Rafferty. He was sitting outside a shop, in a rather derelict part of town. He looked in his 50s, but could have been 35 for all I knew. He was smiling and saying good morning to all who passed him.
By Trisha Dunbar4 years ago in Journal
Donating Time to Assist Tornado Victims
Relief Comes in More than One Way The Mission of Samaritan's Purse International Relief An organization rooted in North Carolina has started to make a big impact on the communities around them. Samaritan's Purse International Relief was founded by Bob Pierce in 1970. After meeting Korean children that were in need, he began Samaritan's Purse International Relief with the intensions to use the organization to assist people in crisis situations.
By Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue4 years ago in Journal
The Game of Life
I have a little bit of a board game obsession. It stems back from my childhood. I used to play a lot of board games with my aunties and uncles. Even throughout the years, when my mom's family celebrated Christmas, we always enjoyed a new board game to play together as a family. One of my favourite games happens to be The Game of Life. During elementary school, we used to play card games at recess. That was important to me back during those elementary school days. We used to play Spoons with markers and pencils. It got violent of course. My elementary school years are what inspired me to write as an adult. Thinking about playing those card games at recess brings me joy because I was always really bad at those games with my classmates.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹4 years ago in Journal
Uniquely Me
Everyone wants to fit in and be accepted but sometimes it’s hard. I have been on Earth for quit some time. I know the pressures of trying to fit in; of trying to fit a mold. Even growing up in my family I was different and trying to fit in for instance I have red hair and freckles. Being different from my siblings also contributed to trying to break a mold they created in school. My siblings were trouble makers and older than me so going to the same school after them the teachers assumed I was a trouble maker too. I had to prove I was different while still trying to fit in and this was just elementary school.
By Rebecca Hackney4 years ago in Journal
2022 Business Planning
Well, somewhat ironically, since my last post my admin position with my team will be coming to an end as 2021 ends. I'm not really surprised. While it has been a fun experience the need for my position has calmed down greatly. While it would have been nice for it to last a bit longer, it will also allow me to focus more on my own networking and sphere. Thus, I go into 2022 with a greater sense of excitement and nervousness.
By Rose Short4 years ago in Journal
The Future History of Corpo-Tech
I am going to recount the future history of Corpo-Tech. If you want some background on this story please read my story titled: The Year 2100. Now it is 2130 and many all Tech companies and Corporations as well as military contractors are united into one organization called Corpo-Tech. They now run the governments of the world as decide what people can think. Due to people having less children and the population collapse, Corpo-Tech genetically engineers and grows people in vats. They are engineered to not to think or question their masters and to handle the new world of pollution, toxic waste, radiation and limited food.
By Ferrari King4 years ago in Journal
Can We Please Stop Calling Our Jobs (Or Side Jobs) Hustles?
I appreciate the ever evolving nature of our language as much as anyone. In fact I have written frequently about language including not one but two articles specifically on the topic of precision in language, and why it is so important. In those articles I go out of my way to note that language is not some static affair and that meanings of words do shift and change with time. So, I get it that the word hustle has somewhat recently come to be applied to just about anything someone does to make money. On the one hand I can appreciate the association of the word with work. It suggest an aggressive attitude, a let’s get it done quickly approach, etc. On the other hand it brings a lot of negative baggage along for the ride. First, it suggests a lack of seriousness about whatever endeavor it is being applied to describe. A hustle is more like a hobby that makes money then a job. Thus, like a hobby, one’s dedication to it might change in intensity over time. It is transient or temporary. As an example, just like collecting baseball cards used to be your passionate hobby, writing is your hobby now, but who knows what it might be next week? Why would I want to pay someone money if that is the attitude they take toward the job I am paying them to do? Even if writing really is a hobby for you, and you don’t really take it all that seriously, yet you have the temerity to expect people to pay you for it, why rub it in their face? A great question I surely would have no idea about.
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in Journal
How The Pandemic Made Me Aware of Who I Really Am
Hello, Do you feel like you today and you two years ago are different versions? I certainly do. I'm a better version of myself today than I ever was. If you feel the same way, I want to take a moment to appreciate our growth. It's important to acknowledge those little victories we have in our lives.
By Margo Waterfall4 years ago in Journal
E m P a T h S (1)
I have never found more of myself relating to almost anyone or anything in this world like I have with the book, The Happy Empath's Workbook written by Stephanie Jameson. I've always felt misunderstood and judged and never fully accepted. I spent a lot of time on my own. As practically an only child, practically only because I have four siblings that I didn't grow up with, except for the first few years of my life. Only one in the same household apx. 15 yrs. my senior. It was often lonely and sorting through emotions was difficult. I was considered "too sensitive" as a child, was told to have a thicker skin and stronger backbone, as a result I learned to keep a lot to myself. I learned to bottle up my emotions and not express them. Later on in life when I did slightly express how I felt, it became "You overanalyze things." So I began to internalize everything. It was painful but I learned to swallow my feelings. Over the years in exploring my spiritual journey I've realized I've been an empath. So many things made sense.
By Karimah Peart4 years ago in Journal
Insights From an Ice Storm 25 Years Ago & Random Acts of Kindness
From July 1993 through June 1995, I was living in Pittsburgh doing a surgical oncology fellowship while my wife was living in Philadelphia in a maternal and fetal medicine fellowship. This meant living apart for the first three years of marriage and so I took many long trips down the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to spend time with my wife.
By James Goydos, MD4 years ago in Journal
