marriage
Marriage is not so much a word as it is a sentence–a life sentence.
It's Beautiful Here
She's out there, somewhere. I tell myself I had no choice, but the remorse is too hard to bear. Perhaps it wouldn't have been as catastrophic as I thought. Maybe there was another way to avoid being found out. Though my mind reels and my heart aches, I know there was no alternative.
By Dana Crandell3 months ago in Humans
The Truth Reflected Through Another Lens
For more than a century, photographs have stood as the gold standard for what is real, serving as the world’s collective proof of authenticity. A camera was the vessel through which truth was captured, a silent witness to time. Yet the rise of artificial intelligence has disrupted that assumption, not by erasing reality, but by reframing it. When we see an AI-generated image, our instinct is often to dismiss it as fake. We assume that because a camera was not involved, the image cannot be trusted. But that confuses process with meaning. The truth of an image does not depend on the tool that created it. It depends on who or what it represents.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Love We Forgot to Water
The Love We Forgot to Water The peace lily on our kitchen windowsill used to bloom twice a year. When we first bought it, I remember how proud I was to keep something alive together — a symbol of our new marriage. You’d joke that if the plant thrived, we’d thrive too. For the first couple of years, it did. The leaves were glossy, the blooms white as promise.
By Abdul Muhammad 3 months ago in Humans
The Letter That Arrived 20 Years Late
By Kashif Safi --- The morning began like any other. Margaret sat by her window, a cup of tea in hand, watching the soft drizzle fall over her small garden. At seventy-one, her days had grown quiet, filled with slow walks, old photographs, and the soft hum of the radio that never changed stations.
By Muhammad Kashif 3 months ago in Humans
Stop Blaming Women for Men’s Choices
“I will not water what is dead; I will walk in the garden that grows with light, abundance, and care freely given.” There’s a dangerous narrative circulating online, masquerading as “relationship advice,” that subtly shifts responsibility for a man’s behaviour onto women. You may have seen posts that say things like: “He does less because you accepted less. He does less because you trained him. Because you clap for crumbs. Because you stay.” These messages are everywhere, disguised as wisdom, but what they really do is blame women for the choices men make. Let me be crystal clear: this is victim-blaming. And it is fundamentally wrong.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Humans
When ‘Almost’ Broke My Heart
There is a special kind of pain in almost. Almost is that space between hope and heartbreak, between possibility and reality, where your heart hangs in the balance and sometimes, just sometimes, it shatters. I know because I have been there. I have loved someone in a way that made me believe in forever, only to realize that forever wasn’t mine to keep. Almost broke my heart, and it took time, tears, and courage to learn how to survive it.
By Kashif Wazir3 months ago in Humans
The Text That Ended Everything
It arrived on a quiet afternoon, a notification that seemed harmless at first. I didn’t know it then, but that single text would change everything. The words were short, precise, and final — the kind that leaves no room for argument, no space for negotiation, no hope for repair. It felt like a punch I couldn’t see coming, a sudden storm that tore through the calm I had built around myself. That message didn’t just break my day — it broke a world I thought was unshakable.
By Kashif Wazir3 months ago in Humans
How It Feels to Love Someone Who’s Already Gone
Loving someone who’s already gone is a strange kind of pain. It’s not sudden or loud, like an argument or a broken promise. It’s quiet, constant, and it settles in your chest like a weight you can’t lift. Their absence is everywhere — in the empty chair at dinner, in the silence of your phone, in the little habits that no longer match with anyone else. Loving someone who’s gone means living with memories that sting and comfort at the same time.
By Kashif Wazir3 months ago in Humans
When Forever Lasted Only a Season
There was a time I believed in forever. The word itself felt like a promise, soft and unbreakable. It rolled off our tongues so easily, like we were spelling out a destiny written just for us. We said “forever” in text messages, whispered it under moonlight, carved it into the backs of our memories like it could hold time still. But forever, I learned, sometimes only lasts a season. And when that season ends, it leaves behind both the warmth of what was and the chill of what will never be again.
By Kashif Wazir3 months ago in Humans
Why do women cheat? 6 facts no one will tell you
It’s still a widely held stereotype that men cheat more often than women. But they are not as innocent as we previously thought because women want sex too. Good sex. While they prefer to enjoy it with their partner, that doesn’t mean they cheat any less than we men.
By Tarek Rakhiess4 months ago in Humans
Tobacco is projected to kill 1 billion people in the next century.. AI-Generated.
The Staggering Projection: Why Tobacco is Poised to Kill One Billion People This Century Imagine a single habit wiping out one billion lives over the next hundred years. That's the grim forecast for tobacco use. Each year, smoking claims about eight million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. If nothing changes, those numbers stack up fast into a century-long nightmare.
By Story silver book 4 months ago in Humans
Signs of a Toxic Relationship: How to Recognize the Danger Before It’s Too Late. AI-Generated.
Physically as well as emotionally and psychologically, a toxic relationship can be quite damaging. Many people wait until it's too late to see the warning signs. Toxic relationships can occasionally turn into severe abuse that can even be lethal. This article explains why toxic relationships are harmful, outlines the warning signs of one, and offers advice on what to do if you or someone you know is in one.
By Diana Crooks4 months ago in Humans
