humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
The Illusion of Our Separateness
It’s hard to be a human. It really is. It’s easy to be a homo sapien, but it’s hard to be a human. Being a human requires so much more than—sadly—we are often able to give. Being human requires remembering our birth. We probably can’t claim to remember our actual birth... a crying little baby coming into the air of this world and out of the warm womb of our mother longing to be held next to the warmth of the same body in which our human form was created. We can take a moment and use our imaginations to remember our birth...
By Billy Potocnik7 years ago in Humans
New York, Higher Consciousness, and a Slice as Big as Your Head. Top Story - August 2019.
She lowers her copy of 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' and sees I am daunted, lost, nervous, and facing the spiky shrew that is my own pride. She smiles at me. It is the direct look-you-in-the-eyes sort of smile, which, in a single moment says; I see you. I know you.
By Melanie Maure7 years ago in Humans
Why Can't We Just Accept Compliments?
One of the reasons why people don't like their jobs, their relationships, or their lives in general is that they don't feel like they are appreciated. Today's a pretty fast-paced world. We often forget to show our appreciation for people around us. When we do decide to show our appreciation, there can be a bit of awkwardness. Sometimes we don't know how to show our appreciation for others, and then there are times when the receiver of the appreciation doesn't know how to react.
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Humans
The Fallacy of Power
We were all standing around in a circle holding hands about to close out our self help meeting and suddenly I saw the pillar in the center of the room in a new light. I thought about how we all gather around this wood pillar as if it is symbolic. I thought about the guy who does karate chops and kicks on it. I realized how supportive that pillar is and how it allows the upstairs people to live in their apartments and keep us below safe from them falling on top of it. I realized I wanted to have the strength of that pillar.
By Marc Sander7 years ago in Humans
Where Is True Compassion in a Crazy World?
Anyone with even an ounce of integrity would know a thing or two about the challenges that the world faces today. In the so-called Anthropocene age where human activity is a forceful influence on climate and the environment, we are witness to a massive and ballooning global population, rapid and unprecedented global climate change, obscene levels of consumption, production, and waste, the sixth great mass extinction and staggering losses to biodiversity, widescale eradication of cultures and languages and their wisdoms, and the constant threat of warfare between nations, violence within communities, a widening gap between rich and poor wherever you look, and diseases that resist our best efforts.
By Mark Durieux7 years ago in Humans
The Tragikal Tales of the Sometimes Princess
This is based on the first two chapters of my book, a sort of autobiographicall novella published by Lulu. Copyright © 2019 by Chris Sylla. All rights reserved. Illustrated here with photos, mostly from Guinea, but a few from the Gambia and Senegal also. These are the three real West African countries which combine in the story to make the fictional one—The Hot Country/the Other Place. The people in this story, including the princess herself, are loosely based on real people but are fictional constructions, and several actual people have sometimes been ‘collated’ into one character.
By Chris Sylla7 years ago in Humans
Gift Ideas for an INTJ
When gift shopping, it can be difficult to know what to buy someone with an INTJ personality type. However, here is a brief list to help spark some ideas for you if you have either an INTJ spouse, parent, or friend who you are trying to buy for:
By Rowan Finley 7 years ago in Humans
