Gratitude
Love, Hurt, and Self-Worth
For you, love and hurt are intertwined. You constantly crave affection, only to be scarred in return. So, you learn to remain silent, no longer expressing yourself, and no longer listening to your inner voice. You gradually lose touch with your emotions—both afraid of intimacy and yearning for an embrace. You become distant, wavering between approaching and retreating.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing3 months ago in Poets
Shopping is like Hunting
I don't know if it was Rabbit Season or Duck Season or Deer Season, but I hunted for about five years for three specific things: A Job, a Shoppe Space, and/or a home. My bipolar attitude of "find your own joy" had me hunting in every town I could get to from Florida to Georgia to Alabama to the Carolinas to Virginia even all the way to New Jersey. The mind is a terrible thing to waste, and when fear and pride are an individual's leaders, time and money get wasted on fruitless searches like a machine gun spraying bullet ammo aimlessly. I may have lost my tank and machine gun, but from those five years of hunting, I think I got two out of three. No job, but home is good and the shoppe space online is sufficient. I'll not buy another tank or machine gun for Duck Season, Rabbit Season or Deer Season. I've decided to give those up like vegetarians and Hindus give up Cow. I still have credit cards and some cash to go shopping with and the internet is still showing me lots of great "targets" of acquisition, so I'll just shoot for cans when I can.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman3 months ago in Poets
Journey to Happiness: Encounters and Departures
Not all companionship is a result of love; sometimes, it's simply a way to combat loneliness. Similarly, not all departures are malicious. People who leave also desire and pursue their own happiness.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing3 months ago in Poets
