humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
Better to Have Lived Than to Have Done Nothing
I never thought something like this could happen to me. I'm a confident person, someone who does not fear death. I've been through hell and back; therefore what could be worse in life than that? Until I met her, that is.
By Daniel Trujillo Teran8 years ago in Humans
Untitled Chapters 3 & 4
Chapter Three The rest of the day kind of flew by, which I was very grateful for. I rushed home as always, just so I could be in the comfort of my own room. Like always as soon as I get home I am forced to socialize with my mother and father. Don’t get me wrong, I love them more than anything on this earth, but they always ask the same questions and I always give them the same answers. I think they are hoping one day I will come home and tell them it’s all been fake this entire time, and that I made it all up in my head. But it’s never going to happen that way. Same shit different day is what I always say.
By Bobbi Combs8 years ago in Humans
Missing
I don't quite know where else to start other than... I miss you. You were a piece of my heart that seemed to chip off and disappear. I feel irritated by your absence, I'm not quite sure what to do with myself, I don't know whether to hide under the covers and bury myself from the world or keep myself busy to the point of combustion. I never realised how much I needed you until you were gone. I took you for granted and now look where I am.
By Jumbled Order8 years ago in Humans
The Bible Doesn't Make Me Good
Goodness isn't contained within the two covers of the Christian bible. The act of being a good person doesn't belong to any religion. There are both good and bad Christians, just like there are good and bad Muslims, or good and bad Jews, or even good and bad Buddhists. There are simply good and bad people, and the notion that one has to live a life according to the bible if they want to have a meaningful, moral, and good life is lost with me.
By Darien Walsh-Levi8 years ago in Humans
Connections
I am a difficult person to get along with. I know this. I understand this. I realize my faults and shortcomings. I am not naïve or ignorant to the fact that I have issues connecting with people. Yet, at the age of 41, why do I keep falling into the same trap repeatedly? I acknowledge I have issues. In my mind, I run scenarios on how to break my old habits and start anew, do things differently—all to no avail. I keep resorting to what I have always done, act how I always acted, and say what I have always said. I want to change. I want to behave differently, but my fresh look on life never seems to last, much less begin. I realize now that, at my age, opportunities to meet people and make sustaining friendships are fleeting. I would love to imagine I have lived a life that had a significant impact on other people, and while I do interact with a few people occasionally, I yearn for something more. Something to validate my journey through life.
By James Roller8 years ago in Humans
What is Good and Bad?
Before you actually start reading this, I need you to truly ask yourself are you a good person or a bad person? Don't worry, take your time because the only way you can really appreciate this is if you answer that question first. Now, most of you probably said you're a good person and others might say that they think they're a pretty shitty person. Now I want you to take that word good and, bad whatever you characterize yourself as, and throw it the fuck out the window. Honestly, many people believe they are a great person and I agree there are great people, but everyone has a trait in them, some sort of characteristics that makes them shitty, and the same goes for people who are seen as bad; they too have something about them that is good. In saying that, I'm not talking about all the truly evil people. I'm talking about the school bully or the asshole who cut in line at the Starbucks. Was it a shitty thing for the guy to cut in front of you — of course but is this guy a bad guy just because of this one action?
By Robin Toope8 years ago in Humans
All Lives Have a Story to Tell
Sondern. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk. ---The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
By Acasia Tucker8 years ago in Humans
When Grief Moved In
It's finals week. I just transferred to a new school. This is my first semester there, and my exam is tomorrow. I need to be taking notes on the Crusades and Medieval Spain, but the black on my index cards are doodles of her name. Sketches of her face. Two years ago today, she had 12 days left on this earth and we didn't know, or maybe we did, but we didn't believe it. I didn't believe it. Our heroes are not supposed to die and our best friends aren't supposed to leave. She was both to me, and she died.
By Mac Kapala8 years ago in Humans
