Romance
The Stoic's Guide: Why You Shouldn't Try to Chase Love
What if we told you that this relentless pursuit of Love is more of a hindrance than a help in achieving true happiness and contentment? Do you ever feel that Love is the missing piece that would finally complete your life? Society frequently presents Love as the ultimate goal, the pinnacle of human experience, and the magical solution to all our problems. Hello, and welcome to our in-depth look at a viewpoint that might contradict all you've learned about Love. We will go back to today and examine the stoics' ancient wisdom. Stoicism, a philosophical movement that originated in the third century BC, asserted that knowledge is the foundation of virtue, that the wise live following the Divine Reason that controls nature, and that wisdom is the highest good. The stoics had some wise things to say about our emotions, especially regarding Love. They held that we should understand and control our emotions rather than let them control us. What relevance might this have to our world? Attempts at Love. Stay tuned as we dissect the stoics' philosophy and investigate their reasoning that we should not pursue Love.
By Ian Sankan2 years ago in Chapters
15 Psychological facts that will blow your mind
Psychology delves into the science of the mind and behavior, and its exploration has been ongoing for decades, with more revelations awaiting in the future. The realm of human psychology holds numerous captivating findings, and in this article, we'll unveil 15 fascinating psychological facts that might shed light on your own behaviors and those around you.
By priyanka balu2 years ago in Chapters
Peter and His Mysterious Lover, Lia
1: The Enigmatic Thorn wood Manor Introducing the mysterious Thorn wood Manor in Raven brook village. In the affection of the bizarre apple of Raven brook, nestled below a close of the brume that lingered alike on the brightest days, there stood an age-old abode accepted to locals as the Thorn Wood Manor.
By carla-mimi3 years ago in Chapters
A Knight at the Inn (2/3)
A/N: This three-part story is inspired by an old Vocal prompt where writers were asked to select 3 words from a word search to include within a piece. I decided to challenge myself further with 10 random words from an online generator and include them within a fictional story. There are as follows: Exile Stomach Panel Owner Institution Rider Remark Draw Summit Ambition When they appear - they are highlighted in bold. Enjoy!
By ThatWriterWoman3 years ago in Chapters
Bette On It: Weird Adolescence
Continued from Senior Year June 1, 2004 The evening of graduation and Bette had taken a nap in the afternoon before she got her cap and gown ready. The school used to rent nice ones, but in the last few years, they switched to ones that were basically disposable. That night Bette wore a sleeveless teal V-neck blouse, a denim knee skirt with her black leather belt, and Mary Jane shoes. She stuck a white-out pen in her pocket before she left her bedroom that day. She prepped her backpack with a change of clothes for the all night graduation party that would immediately follow the graduation ceremony. All the students would board buses and go to the event center and get locked in and have food and sodas and get to enjoy the place all night with games, fun, and entertainment. The same event center Bette and Ozzy went on for their first date. Before leaving, Bette and her family had dinner at the house. It was a simple dinner of tacos, fruit salad, and flan for dessert. Bette's grandmothers and grandfather came from out of town for the dinner and ceremony. There were lots of pictures taken in the yard of the house. When John and Lorna took Bette to the ceremony, they let her know that they would leave Lorna's car at the event center for after the all night graduation party and Bette could take it home. John and Lorna volunteered to do clean up at the party and hadn't told Bette about it until the drive to graduation. She wouldn't have talked them out of it, she wouldn't have been embarrassed by them, but she was surprised all the same. She just thought she was going to get picked up by John in the morning. The car was a last minute surprise if she wanted to go out and get breakfast with her friends or anything like that. They gave her the car keys and she stuck them in her backpack. They dropped her off at the local college gymnasium where the graduation was held before parking the car. Public North's auditorium didn't have big enough accommodations for the graduating class, families, faculty, and band; weather was always too iffy to have it outside. As soon as Bette was dropped off, she took out the white out pen from her pocket and got to work on her cap. She wrote on the black cap "❤ MOM & DAD." Where her parents were up on the gymnasium bleachers, she knew they would see it.
By Tinka Boudit She/Her5 years ago in Chapters
Bette On It: Weird Adolescence. Content Warning.
WARNING: Depicts graphic sex Senior Year 2003-2004 Bette was sad to miss the first day of school. She spent the morning getting discharged from the hospital and picking up prescriptions with John. She looked through the other mail that her parents didn't bring to her including her class schedule. Now that she was a senior, she had nearly all her required credits to graduate. She had to take enough classes to make her transcript look good and she could take a couple interesting classes and arrange to not have a last class period again like she had last year. She didn't need to take a math or science. She was required to take Government 12, and for her English class, she choose the creative writing course. Everything else was open. She signed up for psychology and sociology which were each a semester course. She signed up for the life skills class that spent half the year teaching them to cook and the other half of the year teaching taxes, budgeting, resume building, and other things she would actually need to know after graduating. She also signed up for photography. She was never artistic with her hands, but she knew what she thought was beautiful, and she hoped she would learn how to better capture it.
By Tinka Boudit She/Her5 years ago in Chapters
Bette On It: Weird Adolescence
7th Grade 1998-1999 Bette was determined to start the school year different than the year before. She had grown a bit over the summer and wasn't wearing clothes from the kids section of the store anymore. It was fun to actually develop a sense of taste in clothes. For her first day of school, she picked out a pair of designer jeans from the second hand store and a V-neck olive green shirt, a grey zip up hooded sweatshirt, and her hair out of her face in a headband. "Why don't you kids dress up for the first day anymore?" Bette's mother Lorna asked. "It's new Mom. New is nice." Lorna hadn't bothered to try picking Bette's clothes for her since second grade, and they were both grateful for not having to worry about the other. Lorna took the customary first day of school pictures of her daughter and sent her off to the bus stop.
By Tinka Boudit She/Her5 years ago in Chapters
