Humanity
Starr Theory
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Well I am one to disagree personally; when you realize what space is you will be rushed with the feeling of euphoria beyond belief. I’ve had much fear of death recently after hardship and loss, and I went to the deepest and darkest depths of my soul. I was lost in this world and I think we all feel the same. The yearning for more, the need for validation, the desire for love, the list could go on for years. We all feel it and we all receive these gifts differently. However, it’s not just gifts we receive, and sometimes we feel hopeless. We kill ourselves slowly with cigarettes or quickly with a bullet to the dome. These experiences are all fully necessary in life as they are all different. They are all unique paths with unique stories to tell and they should be shared.
By Connor starr4 years ago in Confessions
Jesus is Real
Any person who says, “I don’t have to do what my parents say, I’m eighteen,” has probably never had their mother utilize her sandal as a tool of public humiliation in the middle of a low-priced grocery store. I grew up in a mixed-race household that fulfilled the stereotype for both Mexicans and Irish individuals. It began as Catholic and became non-denominational Christian, which meant that while we attended normal church and experienced communion, we did not have ‘Mass’. Because of the nature of my family, hearing sentences like “my mom will totally beat my ass,” always held different connotations than what most people would think. The saying doesn’t mean “I am a victim of abuse” as much as it means “my parents weren’t afraid to spank me as a child.” With all of this said, there was a moment in my life in which I was sure my mother was going to beat my ass in front of all my friends—the time I dropped the communion juice in Church. Through this disaster of an event, I came to realize that Jesus was real, and he saved me from an ass whooping.
By Kai Jeffreys4 years ago in Confessions
Good Luck
I was twenty-one years old when my dad died. It was sudden—unexpected—and it gutted me like a saber slicing through my liver. Mom cried—no, she sobbed—and I doubt those pained screams of horror, begging for the news to not be true, will ever leave my memory. My knees gave out and the asphalt bit into my skin, granting me scars that would never surmount to the scar left on my heart. The hiccupped heaves clawed their way out of my mother’s throat, her voice unidentifiable as each cry pierced my spirit—my very being—as if a javelin had been thrust into my lungs. He was just here—what went wrong?
By Kai Jeffreys4 years ago in Confessions
Stripped Down and Built Back Better. Top Story - August 2022.
For the longest time I assumed that the fabled biological clock just skipped right over me, but a few years back - mere months before the pandemic struck, when the world was still 'normal' - I was standing in our empty guest room and it suddenly hit me that we could totally put a baby in that room. It would be a great nursery.
By Apple Dainty4 years ago in Confessions
Realism of Life . Top Story - August 2022.
Life is a matter of the living and the dead. Those who are still kicking and those who have kicked the bucket. Life boils down to money and how much of it you have. When it comes down to the actual core of things, no one really cares about you. It’s about what you can bring to the table. If you don’t have anything you can render, you’re useless to others. Society stresses the importance of money and what it can buy. You can’t do anything without it. And if you don’t have it, you’re as good as dead.
By BigSteff SA4 years ago in Confessions
My story
Lately, I've been focusing my attention on how to be more successful and have more money in my pockets. I've spent hours and hours on Youtube trying to find inspiration and I did find it. The only problem was that I couldn't get myself to actually start. Why do you ask? My fears and insecurities took over because I didn't want to fail or lose money or time in the process. This is ironic because being stagnant made me lose both money and time. I thought that the best thing to do was to know everything before starting. Again, ironic because it is almost impossible to know everything before starting something. Mistakes are the best ways to learn and you shouldn't try to avoid doing mistakes. Well, it turned out I always had a new question that popped in my head, so it was a never-ending cycle that was leading me to nothing. To this day I still have over a thousand videos about various topics in the "Watch Later" section of Youtube, so clearly, I could have decided to let my fears take control of my life for many more years. While I'm happy about what I learned, I started to notice the pattern and started to get annoyed by my lack of action. While I still recommend Youtube for any basic knowledge about a topic, say investing or starting a business, at some point, you need to start moving in some direction, otherwise, you may stay stuck for a while the way I did.
By Chloé Lebel4 years ago in Confessions
Syria is the future of Ukraine?
Many elements of similarity were noted between the Syrian and Ukrainian issues, including that the strategies of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, both military and political, are almost identical to the strategies practiced by the Russian forces on Syrian soil since the Russian intervention in 2015 until now.
By Abd elrhmen4 years ago in Confessions
Dating in the 2020's
Dating. The pasttime that we love to hate. It is stressful, confusing, and expensive. I'm not even sure why we do it. I'm currently single and not looking and I've never been happier in my life. Take that into consideration when reading this.
By Susan Eileen 4 years ago in Confessions
The King of Nightmares
You were just a child, a person like me. Stupid and clueless with a world for you to be free. I was in hiding while you were experiencing, bad and good you explored a world that became your FREE; DOMinating others with your strength and ignorance, your confidence has built while you grew distant from me. Separate from life, you played house, I became caretaker while the word “husband” was in your mouth. Never been loved while you experienced it pure, still, we were apart, while you experienced love more. Spent most of my 20s away from wedding bells, while I struggled for money and saved a mother from hell.
By The Kind Quill4 years ago in Confessions
