humanity

For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.

L.G.A.
When learning about yourself, there may be some things you realize about yourself that you may and may not like. But it’s not having these traits that is the problem, it’s more so learning to live with them and yourself. At the end of the day, living with yourself is all that matters. You can’t expect others to put up with you if you can’t even put up with yourself. In the story, Yours Truly, after a young girl lost her grandfather, she went through a couple phases of grief. When you’re grieving, you go into a depressive state where you begin to find a source to channel how you’re feeling. You may also eat a lot more or a lot less. Or, in some cases, neglect personal responsibilities.
By DeAngello williams7 years ago in Humans
The Act of Paying It Forward
Over the course of a lifetime, you can acquire knowledge, resources, and perspective from having lived longer and experienced more than perhaps your peers and more so than those people younger than yourself. Hopefully, although this is not always the case, you will have gained ideas, maturity, and wisdom, which you can impart on those who will come after you. Now, while I am not directly referencing mentorship or being a mentor to others, I encourage those who have the knowledge and skills handed down to them or learned through their own efforts to pass that wisdom down to the next generation.
By Ben W7 years ago in Humans
Dealing with the Bull
Hi, folks! Before you start reading this, I just want to let you off the hook. This article is NOT about pretty women or basketball. So, if you looked at this picture and said "YES," understand that you may be slightly misguided by the photo.
By Maurice Bernier7 years ago in Humans
The Old Woman
The old woman was walking in front of me. Her step has not lost its determination, scarves gracefully wind round a neck shrouded in web-like grey. Life goes on, it begins and it ends. You can only hold on to what you gain while it's going. That determination, one foot in front of the other. It is learnt, it is conditioned and maintained. She marches gracefully on and I try to match her step as I follow behind. All too soon, I see I must be left behind. She walks on and I halt at my stop. At a door with a building sense of dread before I make that final step inside.
By Nessy Writer7 years ago in Humans
Ontology of Silence: Discomfort in an Age of Autonomy
“Everything about you helps me sleep,” he mumbled. I had just finished reciting some of my earlier literary works, a selection of written correspondence between myself and my journal from the beginnings of my first semester as a graduate student. Maybe slowness is a gift only received once you’ve crossed the threshold of a specific age. I like to think of the elderly as reflective sages with a warehouse of knowledge that they are just now starting to catalogue. They create a dewey decimal system for their experiences towards the middle and end of their lives. They study and drink tea. They are afforded time to read a newspaper. Perhaps, slowness is an ignorance to responsibility or a freeing from social constraints.
By Alyssa Maurer7 years ago in Humans
Don't Tell Me Who to Be!
People say that I am difficult. I have been told this ever since I was a child, and in every single relationship that I have. I find this interesting, because every time I have a bad mood, speak my mind, or get a little worked up, it is attributed to the mental health problems I was diagnosed with, or me being nasty. However, when others do this to me, then I am supposed to sit silently and accept it. If I speak out against it, then I am deemed "mentally ill." This has happened across most of my relationships, but how much of that is because we have been incompatible? And how much of it, is down to the fact that I attract all the wrong people.
By Carol Ann Townend7 years ago in Humans
Jealousy, the Crippling Emotion
What causes jealousy? Is it lack of self-esteem? Many would agree that lack of confidence is a big part of jealousy. When you don't feel very worthwhile or attractive, it's easy to become insanely jealous, especially if you fear you are going to lose someone you love. Below are some symptoms of jealousy and what the outcome of that emotion usually brings.
By Denise Willis7 years ago in Humans
My Brain Thinks It's a Mind-Reader
According to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mind-reading is a type of cognitive distortion that involves the belief that we know what others are thinking. This isn't in a psychic, ESP kind of sense, but more along the lines of thinking that we can tell from the situation or their behaviour that person A must be thinking X, and then jumping to the conclusion that it's a fact with 100 percent certainty that person A is thinking X.
By Ashley L. Peterson7 years ago in Humans
Pathway to Self-Sufficiency
This is an announcement of a new project created by Hope Station USA that will be a huge benefit to the homeless as well as the communities in which they live. It is called Pathway to Self-Sufficiency which will be a little community or village, if you will, that the homeless will live in. it will be a community of tiny houses in a fenced-in community with a six-month program.
By Brandi Payne7 years ago in Humans
“We don’t need no man”
This is for women. Women that are struggling to see what they need or what they want, but most importantly, what they deserve. “We don’t need no man”. That’s right, we don’t. We don’t need a relationship. But some of us still want someone there, someone by our side. We need someone that we can depend on, but not someone we depend on, not someone that depends on us. A relationship should be a factor in our lives that amplifies our happiness, not one that completes it. Please try to remember that when your parter keeps causing you pain. When they blame it all on you- don’t believe it. Don’t let anybody manipulate you into thinking less of yourself. It’s never wrong to work on yourself and a healthy relationship usually aids you in doing so naturally. It’s not easy to let people go that you love, so please don’t ignore the red flags. Don’t ignore the intuitive feeling that lets you know something’s not right. Because you don’t need anybody but yourself. You don’t need them to complete you- it might hurt, but you will be better off in the end. And it will end, sooner or later, and we can all agree that sooner is better than later.
By Amira .7 years ago in Humans
Crushes
We all get crushes on people we know, people we don't, be it celebrities or professionals, but is this okay? I think it depends on an individual opinion, values, and beliefs. The saying, "You can look but not touch," is true, especially if you're taken, but then if you're not, that depends on your views, morals, and beliefs.
By Carol Ann Townend7 years ago in Humans
The Key of Manipulation
If you think that I just read a book and now I feel like I know everything... you’re also right. But! I also tested this in a real life and it works like a magic.
By Anna Dvorakova7 years ago in Humans