humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
Anecdotes and Antidotes
The definition of Repose means "a state of rest, sleep, and tranquility." These are words that I am longing to feel consistently. I am a fighter without a doubt, whether it comes to fighting my own spirit that wants to hide from my health problems, inner struggles to stay quiet and inside, or just to walk outside and catch the sun to deal with my social anxiety. Social anxiety sufferers can empathize with me. Daily tasks take so much energy for us empaths and introverts. We seem to give away so much of our energy and others do not receive us and remain comfortably absent from our lives. Being a giver is isolating.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Humans
Let's Take a Gaze
Years ago, it seemed quite impossible at times to find happiness quite easily, but today I found out why these moments meant the world to me. True happiness is when there is no effort in smiling, when you can laugh at the smallest thing and know it’s okay, you don’t have to be sorry for eating a whole plate of food, or two donuts. But the story I’m about to tell you, the place I’m about to take you with my words will show you true happiness.
By Chyann Jane7 years ago in Humans
Your Voice Matters; Especially To Other People
I stand in a coffee shop. Unbranded, unattractive, unoriginal. It has no outward appeal, except that it's in a convenient spot on the high street. Attracting the masses. When in this particular coffee shop, I lay into my observancy. Being an art and political law student, trained to observe and analyse the world around me, I watch.
By Paige A'court7 years ago in Humans
Life Lesson
People talk about the temporary things in life all the time, but what about the things that are constant? Or the things that decipher us from children to adults? Somethings are never discussed until we get to be a certain age, but why? These lessons we learn in life are meant to lead us to the destination in which Earth believes is right for us. But sometimes we need to take a second to take in all the lessons and just see what makes us different then others in this world that is trying to uniform us. The questions and theories we discuss, and don’t discuss, lead us to the lessons we’re supposed to learn growing up, but what happens if we miss one along the road? What’s in store for us then?
By Chyann Jane7 years ago in Humans
Angels in America
No, I am not talking about Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America, even though it’s one of the greatest plays ever written. I am talking about the Angels I encounter on the streets of Los Angeles. The dark and the dreary images of these helpless and trapped souls are frightening yet there’s something peaceful about them. As I walk down the streets of Downtown L.A from Wednesday to Sunday on my way to work, I have acquainted myself to some of these unnamed bodies. One I call the “bleeding footman." Underneath the squalor, grubbiness and filth lies the face of a young man in his early twenties whose eyes are shrouded with anguish but with a glimmer of hope, his face tangled with untamed beard yet I see a twitch of smile. He is lost but not lost in despair and discouragement but in his own happiness. Picking at his dry wound on his foot which looked like it’s eternally bleeding but at the same time finding it’s own way to heal. Life is full of contradictions and ironies.
By Faith The Blogger7 years ago in Humans
The Forgotten Hurricane
Originally Published on April 16, 2017 With all of the bad weather talk and scares going on here in the great state of Alabama, it brings me back to a weather emergency that I experienced. I thought I’d share my recollection of events. The rest of the country loves to talk about Hurricane Katrina, nobody seems to remember the one that affected some of our lives in Lake Charles, Cameron, and Sulphur the most though… which were equally as terrible, just a different type of destruction. Some of you know which one I’m talking about, the forgotten hurricane… Rita. Which by the way, was only a few weeks after Katrina, and affected the Katrina victims that had fled to our town. (Double doozie.) Every time people find out where I’m from, they automatically assume that I must have been affected by Katrina and they love to talk about it. I always get a little annoyed. There is more to Louisiana than the wonderful city of New Orleans. There have been way more natural disasters than the one. I’m not saying that it wasn’t a horrific event, because it most certainly was. I’m just saying that for some of us, we experienced something similar that was not as publicized.
By Just Another Pretty Face7 years ago in Humans
What Is This Agonizing Place?
There was a pure disgust present in the air. I was about to leave social security administration building. Everyone inside and around was clearly frustrated. Even the security at the entrance seemed like they just don’t want to see another human face.
By Toni Koraza7 years ago in Humans
It's Not Okay
I'll start by telling you a little about us. I was an 18-year-old high school track athlete with an extremely popular boyfriend. Everyone was a fan of his, no matter how much of a jerk he could be. We had been together for about two years, off and on, of course. Our families didn't like the fact that we were seeing each other, due to the fact that we would always choose each other over anything else. We both mentally hurt eachother, mainly with our words. However, he would use actions too, such as cheating and lying. We were high school kids who thought we were in love.
By Ashley Sulak7 years ago in Humans
