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Epic love stories and relationships as depicted in pop culture, though it rarely turns out like that in real life.
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
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
Incentivized Abandonment
Marriage was once a covenant that joined two lives in responsibility and perseverance. It required sacrifice from both, patience from both, and accountability from both. Today, marriage has been redefined by culture and rewritten by law. The covenant has been reduced to a contract, and the contract now rewards abandonment more than endurance. People no longer ask what it takes to stay. They ask what they can gain by leaving.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
Taught to Expect, Not to Honor
Modern society has trained women to expect everything and to honor nothing. They are raised to know what they want but not to know what they owe. They are told to list their standards but never to build the strength required to meet someone else’s. The result is a generation fluent in demands but illiterate in duty. Love cannot survive when one side learns only to expect while the other learns only to give.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The One-Way Street of Modern Love
Modern relationships were supposed to be built on equality, but what we call equality has become one-sided. Men are taught to give, to serve, to protect, and to love unconditionally. Women are taught to expect those things and to measure a man’s worth by how perfectly he provides them. Men are conditioned to earn love. Women are conditioned to receive it. The result is not partnership but imbalance—a one-way street where the traffic of sacrifice flows in only one direction.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
Subtitle: The Unbreakable Vase: A Story of Kintsugi and the Courage to be Whole
Have you ever felt broken? I don't just mean having a bad day. I mean a deep-down, soul-level shattering. The kind that comes from a failure so public it makes your cheeks burn years later, or a loss that carves a hollow space inside you, or a dream that disintegrates right in your hands, leaving only dust.
By noor ul amin4 months ago in Humans
Less Furious, More Curious
It feels like the world’s gone mad — egos on parade, empathy in short supply, decency downgraded to weakness. But here’s the secret: peace isn’t found by escaping the chaos. It’s found by standing in the middle of it, clear-eyed and unshakable, while everyone else spins.
By THE HONED CRONE4 months ago in Humans
Fiction as Fast Fashion
Once upon a time, self-publishing was a wonderland. It was the promise that anyone who had a story could bring it to light. The dream was to wrench open the gates that were slammed shut by publishers. It was meant to give voice to those who were deemed “not enough” by the literary elites, not because of the quality of their voice and their writing, but because of their circumstances.
By Autumn Stew4 months ago in Humans
SoftlyWished Brings Smiles
In today’s fast-moving digital world, most messages are typed, sent, and forgotten within seconds. But behind every text and emoji, there’s still a desire for something real — a way to make people feel truly appreciated. That’s exactly why SoftlyWished was created ,to bring warmth back into digital communication through personalized video wishes made with heart. Whether it’s a birthday, wedding, anniversary, graduation, or a simple thank-you, SoftlyWished turns your kind words into an emotional, professional-quality video. Each wish is made with care, designed to make someone smile and feel special.
By SoftlyWished4 months ago in Humans
My Winter Ritual of Lights
See my garden. The garden is my ritual de la habitual all year long. I've been tending this garden since 2021. I absolutely love this garden and I love everything about gardening. Winter is no different to me than the other seasons. All four seasons are equal to me. In my garden, I pay homage to each season with different sections of my garden. I designed it that way from day one. Winter has its very own section, which I have shown you in the photograph above.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman4 months ago in Humans
