healing
How to heal fully and properly.
be kind and create, or stay quiet
a TOOL : // || : One of the tools that we lack is how to adapt to changes and how to let go of our pain and suffering. For decades the ways of handling emotions were separated by genders. Men weren't allowed to show emotions because it was promoted that no man cries and emotions meant you weren't a man. Opening up and expressing emotions have always been looked down upon on. Whereas women were seen as hysterical and emotional beings. It's like gender has something to do with how we should handle or show emotions. When reality it doesn't matter what gender you identify as. It doesn't change the fact that you're able to feel emotions.
By Merichel Sanchez6 years ago in Motivation
Just A Start
About a year before I graduated high school, I realised I would probably lose contact with all the people around me in the few years ahead. My brother and sister had both lost their friends after they graduated and I knew it would happen to me. Everyone was promising to stay in touch but they wouldn’t.
By Lyndsay Charlton6 years ago in Motivation
Today I breathe....and pass out
It was hard to wake up today. I had all night a set of perfectly shaped, 3.5 year old feet kicking me in the head and chest. My son has mastered sleeping horizontal, and it seems to only affect him when he sleeps in my bed. He never sleeps in his own yet for the record, so I'm not really sure if he has a preference depending on which bed. So needless to say I chickened out on starting today.
By Nina Parslow6 years ago in Motivation
Recovering from recovery
A decade ago, there was a big focus on children and orphans infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. There was so much death and tens of thousands of children were emotionally, physically, socially and economically displaced. People were facing discrimination from being directly and indirectly being affected. I remember when a close relative died of AIDS and the rest of the family was too scared to tell anyone the truth. But one day I was giving a television interview and told our story and my poor sister called saying people at work may now treat her as if she has it. I know right! The ignorance, but it was the reality then.
By TanYah Global6 years ago in Motivation
Identity in the wilderness
Ahh the wilderness. What a tragic place to be in. There are various definitions of the wilderness but for simplicity sake, I will focus on one. Merriam webster’s dictionary provided the following explanations of the wilderness; “a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings”; and my personal favorite, “a bewildering situation”; how apt. Essentially its a sucky place that sucks to the highest heavens. For better understanding, the wilderness in question here is a metaphor for the point in time where all that lays before you and behind you is emptiness and the oasis you so thirst for has fucked off somewhere. Most people lovingly call this, the transition phase where there are little to no positive discernable and stable features of reality to grab a hold onto.
By Njideka Kingsley6 years ago in Motivation
Lake Walks: A Journey of Healing
Writing, kept me alive during high school. I lived through a traumatic and unconventional childhood and I was already fragile when these challenging years came to be. Penning poetry, and stories, provided me with a powerful outlet for expressing myself. Back then, I constantly said that I would write a book when I grew up.
By Danielle Dahl6 years ago in Motivation
You are not a runner!
No one ever tells that one day you will wake up and you suddenly become 'target practice'. Please know that this new person you have transformed into will be not be a foreigner to those around you. Your loved ones will automatically recognize this new person, friends will greet them with open arms, lovers will touch them with familiarity. The only person who will be hesitant to bring this person into the fold will be you. See what had happened was you got older. Now allow me to quickly inform you that is all you did, you got older; you are not 'target practice'.
By Nikki A. Higgins6 years ago in Motivation
A Gift of Wisdom: Journey of an Awakening Soul
A child's first Christmas tree is most often remembered by the parents who took the pictures; pictures that went in a photo album no one ever sees. But, that bright moment stands out in the memories of children around the world. A happy memory. A memory filled with tassel, strung-pop-corn, shiny ornaments, and if we were good little girls and boys, a gift from Santa on Christmas morning. It's a memory filled with magic and wonder. Eyes bright and shining, reflecting the winking lights embedded in the prickly pine, hips jiving to and fro with the beat of the holiday music jamming on the radio. For the child, it is probably one of the brightest and oldest memories she has as her mother or father, grandmother or grandfather, brother or sister, or any other numerous combination of family members handed out the hot coco topped with marshmallow or whipped cream, take your pick; maybe even both!
By Amber J Lash6 years ago in Motivation
