friendship
C.S Lewis got it right: friendship is born when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"
Love In Digital Times Feels Lonely Despite Endless Romantic Online Options
There would never be a time when love is as readily available as it is now. Using Smartphones, dating applications, social networks, and instant messaging, one can meet and communicate with someone on any part of the globe. A new conversation, match or message is just a click away at any given time. This digital era seems to present unlimited romantic opportunities on the surface. But most individuals are more lonely than ever toward love. The unlimited possibilities that are offered to connect people exhaust them emotionally, make them uncertain, and unconnected. Rather than feeling satisfied a lot are left wondering why love has become so far off in an apparently united world.
By Olivia Smith17 days ago in Humans
Lifestyle & Human Interests: Stories That Inspire, Shock, and Change Lives
Ordinary people live extraordinary lives everyday. Others are full of hope, some are full of heartbreak and some are full of things that totally change the way an individual perceives the world. Lifestyle and human interest stories embrace the uncooked feelings of the real life and helps us to remember that every person has his hardships, dreams, and twists. These are not mere entertaining stories. They are courageous, build empathy and in most cases astonish us to look at life differently. In an age which is fast and seems to get detached, human stories get us to the real meaning of life.
By Olivia Smith17 days ago in Humans
True Friendship
Friendship is a five-letter word, yet it contains countless secrets that are revealed only to those who practice true friendship. True friendship is considered a pure relationship—one that can be higher than relationships like brother and sister, parents and children. When the feeling of sincere friendship exists in the heart, even the most difficult tasks become easy.
By Sudais Zakwan17 days ago in Humans
What Kills Long-Distance Relationships Faster Than Cheating
Long-distance relationships put most couples' emotional strength to the test in unexpected ways. While we often blame adultery for breakups, we consistently observe that many long-distance relationships end before infidelity occurs. The true damage is frequently caused by quieter difficulties that develop over time and gradually erode trust, connection, and emotional safety.
By Relationship Guide17 days ago in Humans
Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality
The Failure of Reduction and the Need for Synthesis There is a persistent failure in many modern attempts to explain what a human being is. Some frameworks reduce the person entirely to matter, insisting that identity, consciousness, morality, and meaning are nothing more than emergent properties of physical processes. Other frameworks move in the opposite direction, detaching spirit from reason and grounding belief in intuition alone, often at the cost of coherence or accountability. Both approaches fail because both misunderstand essence. One denies that essence exists at all. The other treats it as something vague and undefinable.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast18 days ago in Humans
A Very Wicked Man
You told me I was worth my weight in gold, a priceless diamond. Yet behind those words, the beatings I endured spoke a different truth. The comments you made cut deep, leaving me shattered. I hid my bruises from my dad, covering the pain that echoed in fractured bones. My brother would have fought you, would have killed you if he had only known.
By Marie381Uk 18 days ago in Humans
Quarrel or Love
Idrees Ahmed and Lateef are two brothers. Idrees Ahmed is three years younger than Lateef and two grades behind him in school. Lateef studies in the seventh grade. Although they are brothers, their personalities are completely different. Despite being younger, Lateef prefers solitude and speaks very little, while Idrees Ahmed is so mischievous that the entire household is often exhausted by his pranks.
By Sudais Zakwan18 days ago in Humans
My Old Friend
My Friend (Chinese Folktale) This is a traditional Chinese folktale. Long ago, animals resembling today’s black-and-white pandas did not exist. Instead, deep in China’s bamboo forests lived white bears with soft, shining fur, as bright as freshly fallen snow. These bears were called Bai Xiang, meaning “white bears.”
By Sudais Zakwan18 days ago in Humans
Resistance Is Not the Enemy
Iron sharpens iron. Brakes save lives. Friction preserves form. Modern culture treats resistance as failure. Anything that slows momentum is framed as obstruction, anything that introduces friction is assumed to be opposition, and anything that interrupts progress is labeled a setback. But this instinct misunderstands how both physical systems and human growth actually work. Resistance is not inherently hostile. In many cases, it is the only thing preventing collapse.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast18 days ago in Humans
The Refiner’s Fire Is Not the Whetstone
There is a difference between being sharpened and being transformed, and confusing the two leads to frustration when growth does not feel productive. Sharpening implies refinement of existing form. Fire implies change in composition. Both processes are uncomfortable, but they operate on different levels and for different purposes. When people expect sharpening and receive fire instead, they often assume something has gone wrong, when in reality something deeper is taking place.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast18 days ago in Humans
