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What you need to navigate your love life; advice about dating, healthy relationships and dealing with your overbearing mother-in-law.

A Mind That Won’t Let You Rest
Overthinking rarely announces itself as a problem. It disguises itself as intelligence. As self-awareness. As “just trying to understand.” You tell yourself you’re analyzing situations because you care. Because you want to make the right choice. Because you don’t want to repeat mistakes.
By mike4 days ago in Humans
Silence: The Space Where Truth Finally Speaks
We live in the loudest era in human history. Not loud in sound alone — loud in information, opinions, notifications, expectations.
By mike4 days ago in Humans
Love Between Two Enemies Part Two
Lines Drawn in Blood --- PART TWO – LINES DRAWN IN BLOOD Some wars were loud. They came with shouting, gunfire, headlines splashed across newspapers. Others were quieter—waged in boardrooms, whispered threats, contracts signed in ink that carried more poison than blood.
By Ahmed aldeabella4 days ago in Humans
The Illusion of “Someday”
Many people live as if their real life is waiting somewhere in the future. They tell themselves that things will begin after they get more money, after they become more confident, after they fix their flaws, after everything makes sense. Until then, they exist in preparation mode. Surviving. Enduring. Passing time.
By mike4 days ago in Humans
The Moment You Wake Up to Your Own Life
Most people don’t choose their lives. They slide into them. Not because they’re careless. Not because they don’t care. But because drifting is easier than deciding. You follow routines that slowly form around you. You wake up. You check your phone. You go where you’re supposed to go. You do what’s expected. Days blur together, and before you realize it, years pass.
By mike4 days ago in Humans
The Exhaustion of Becoming
There is a kind of tiredness that comes from growth itself. Not physical exhaustion. Not mental burnout from work. But the deeper fatigue that comes from constantly realizing you cannot stay who you used to be. You look at your life and feel the weight of everything that no longer fits. Old habits. Old relationships. Old dreams. Old versions of yourself that once made sense but now feel heavy.
By mike4 days ago in Humans
The Wound That Changes How You See People
Betrayal doesn’t always arrive loudly. Sometimes it doesn’t come with screaming, confrontation, or dramatic exits. Often, it shows up quietly. In a sentence that feels off. In a choice someone makes behind your back. In a truth you discover later that rewrites your entire understanding of a relationship. One moment you believe you’re standing on solid ground. The next, you realize the floor has been unstable the whole time.
By mike5 days ago in Humans
Surrounded, Yet Empty
Loneliness is often misunderstood. People imagine it as physical isolation, like sitting alone in a dark room with no one to talk to. But the most painful form of loneliness doesn’t come from being alone. It comes from feeling unseen. You can be surrounded by people, have conversations every day, exchange jokes, attend gatherings, and still feel deeply disconnected.
By mike5 days ago in Humans
The Quiet Habit That Reveals Our Disconnection
Food waste doesn’t usually look dramatic. It isn’t loud. It doesn’t come with sirens or headlines in everyday life. It happens quietly, in kitchens, restaurants, grocery stores, and trash bins. A half-eaten plate scraped into the garbage. A loaf of bread tossed because it’s slightly stale. Leftovers forgotten in the back of the fridge until they spoil. Small moments that feel insignificant.
By mike5 days ago in Humans
The Life You Don’t Live Still Haunts You
There is a special kind of sadness that doesn’t come from what happened, but from what never did. It’s the quiet awareness that you could have become more. That you could have tried harder. That there was a version of you with bigger courage, sharper discipline, and deeper belief that never fully stepped into the light. This feeling doesn’t scream. It whispers. It shows up late at night, during long drives, or in moments of stillness when distractions fade.
By mike5 days ago in Humans
When You Realize You’ve Outgrown Your Old Self
There comes a quiet moment in many people’s lives when they look at themselves and feel unfamiliar. Not in a dramatic, movie-like way, but in a subtle, unsettling way. You still have the same name. The same face. The same history. Yet something feels different. The things that once excited you no longer hit the same. The conversations you used to enjoy feel empty. The routines you once accepted now feel heavy.
By mike5 days ago in Humans
The Quiet Contract of Asian America and the Architecture of Conditional Belonging
America presents itself as a system built on arrival. Come, contribute, comply and belonging will follow. 😊 The promise is implicit, rarely stated aloud, but reinforced through law, labor markets, education systems, and cultural mythology. For many Asian immigrants and their descendants, this promise has always functioned less as an invitation than as a conditional contract; one that demands output without guaranteeing protection.
By Cadma6 days ago in Humans