If the whole world was blind, how many people would you impress?
Two nights ago, you said I had a “stupid grin” on my face. I turned away, feeling suddenly…
When you feel yourself being pulled into someone else’s drama, repeat these words, Not my rodeo. Not my bull. I…
Hi! I am Twisha and my name means bright, light and illuminated.
Yes, it is unique, and I have been complemented numerous times for the same. But then I didn’t know that my life will be as unique as my name until life started throwing curveballs one after another.
There’s always something to worry about. And no, I don’t mean who’s following me on Twitter…
Our culture is a stuck in gear, but does anybody know why?
a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable.
是咁的，我有一種好奇怪嘅性格，既喜歡開始一事件情，同時亦害怕開始一件事情。
Dan has written a lovely post about his mixed feelings about Twitter these days. It says…
There’s a time I pause and think about how many times my heart has beaten this year. I wonder how many thoughts might have occurred in my mind every single second of my life. I’m eager to know how many faces I’ve seen through these eyes. I pause…
Until very recently, only the white, cis, straight, male and privileged made it in to the screenwriting rooms, or on to newspaper staffs, or in to…
We are what we eat, just as we are what we think. We create our own perceptions and…
SO MUCH B.S. Here!!!
A lot of truths here also….
BUT the fundamental premise of the yoga, meditation, self-care, these MOVEMENTs is that, “you cannot Love another…”, “you cannot have a healthy relationship with others”…
— Sometimes I feel so, I don’t know —…
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Equality may refer to economic, political, racial, gender, law, opportunity and so on. I…
I needed this now Kris to make me realize something that is going no now with me loving myself.
I had such a habit of self-sabotage and self-loathing as a teen it just took till my 30s to get out the habit. Self-love should be so easy since it is intrapersonal. You are dealing with you and no one else. It was only when I…
Reading this you’re probably waiting, hoping that something would click. After years of reading self help…
I’m not going to lie, the energies over the next week are so may leave you feeling…
“Just the size has changed.”
This bit jumped out at me because it sounds like it might be an antidote to the despair I experience when I encounter bad-faith arguments, whether in the form of memes or out of the mouths of pundits or in real-life discussions. I still don’t know precisely how to respond, but it helps to be reminded this crazy-making tactic is nothing new. Aside…
YOU are driving a fast carDriving it at top speed on the highway of life
“How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people’s bones…
Majority of the time in our life we are lost in the world of ‘me’ and we are centered in our ideas, beliefs, experiences, stories, perceptions and points of views. Most often in conversations we are eager to share our point across, even when we are supposedly listening if we pay attention we notice…
There’s a storm on the way, although you wouldn’t know it. Maybe a slight pick up in the breeze — nothing…
A Scar,what it is all about? Some thinks it’s just a ugly mark to hide,some says it’s just a lump.
I tell you scientifically a scar means “A growth of tissue marking the spot where skin has healed after an injury” this hit me up hard.
A poem portraying the bond between a mother and son.
When the childhood dream of playing professional sports is interrupted by the heavy blows of reality, you quickly realize that you…
Have you ever entered a situation where you were already feeling defeated? Did you ever go into…
Before I dive into the topic of being in a relationship with others… Disclaimer: if you’ve reached this page without reading part 1 FIRST, I strongly encourage you to as this post builds on the concept of self love before a relationship with someone else. However, if…
The first time was when we were going camping. It was during the car ride to the campsite and I was talking about Ray Bradbury’s book of essays called, “Zen In The Art Of Writing.” I said, “Ray is poetic. He gives useful advice with beautiful language. I’d love to…
“Come on Eric, it’s not going to…
When I came to America in 6th grade I started to crave attention. That leads me to be obsessed with…
The fact that i had to raise my brother and sister growing up made me not really want kids. I don’t have any and i am ok if i never do. It’s hard enough finding a reliable partner let alone add kids to the mix. If by chance i do have a kid they will be treated as an individual and loved. More than likely I’ll have 7 cats and 4 dogs, joking. Kids are…
During her lifetime, I have seen my mother cry profusely
I woke today to a deep voice shouting,“Filthy whore!”down the morning street. Ringing through the place where…
Why ? Because it is how we overcome them that defines us.
I can’t believeThat you might notWant my love;Who doesn’t want love?In any form?From anyone?It’s not absurd
We are born having nothing in this world. We belong to people whom are our parents. We learn the…
Congratulations, John. You deserve this. You’ve fought through hell and found your way out of the darkness. I don’t know you but I’m proud of you =)
Enjoy this moment and all the ones that come from it — including all the salads in your future =)
On August 19th, I decided to stay in all day. I don’t even remember the last time that happened. I honestly thought nothing remarkable would happen that day but never had I been so wrong.
Trying to recall, why I got married at all, much less why three times, perhaps to suffer, replace my mother, or I just lost my mind.
On the off chance that you take an alternate way you pass up a great opportunity for the full involvement, and you overlook the main issue. Try not to be reluctant to invest the effort it takes to get to where you need to…
If you are a weirdo then so am I. I have had people show concern at my “lack of a social life”. By that it meant others version of a social life. For me I need to be stimulated by interactions or it is exhausting. The important people share in my life, are a part of my life and i will undoubtedly show up for them. It means I have more energy for who…
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Hello folks! Is it right to say that you are carrying on with an elusive life from…
It almost happened that Rab was left without a walk. First of all I have considered as I was on vacation with my family not to…
Hi Zat,
Very interesting article.
No argument here about how underestimated and wrongly conceived the skill of solitude is these days.
However, I’m a bit skeptical of these kind of ‘Freudian’ explanations of humans trying to achieve something, linking busyness to…
In my lifetime, I’ve helped people overcome situations they wouldn’t dream they’d ever find themselves in. Thinking…
I haven’t written anything yet, but this one always represents me. This is from The Perks of Being a Wallflower movie, Stephen Chbosky.
It’s much easier not to know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody. I…
Is to embrace it.
There really is no other way.
Change is scary.
And the best hedge against the things you’re scared of is to embrace them.
symphonies compose — when poets make sheet music out of prose
(You are a stranger in a universe. But what universe?)
Every once in a while we come across a person saying ‘I don’t know what strengths…
What would you do if you are not afraid!?
Lately I saw many videos based on this question , many people around the world answered it with many fabulous answers. Like starting a business , travelling the world and many more.
Today is another opportunity to right the wrongs of yesterday. Whatever wrong decisions you feel you might have made in the past…
So, from yesterday…
There’s obviously lots of PHP jobs posted out there.
What happens when your old metrics stop working for you? What happens when the metric you used for all this years to measure your life’s progress shows no progress or worse still, decline?
The trees are swaying back and forth as the wind whisper to my ears. Cold breeze touch my cheeks, freezing my tears.
I feel like environmental wellness would also be the smaller angle of where you live: is it a healthy place to exist? Does it meet your needs? Do you even like living there? And then after that, the bigger stuff.
I had five years of uncomfortable living situations and unhealthy ones, but now I’m in a place I like and I can…
Black, white or rainbow, our gravity universalRelativity special only in theoryRank and file positions for royalty
I had a good job at a growing tech company.
(A response to a love interest who missjudged me)
The moon calls to me.
Day: 106
Cities / Towns Visited: 54
Where are we heading towards in our lives..
What is the most difficult situation a person can face? Well it is that point in our lives when we realise that we’ve grown up and now we need to earn a livelihood for ourselves as this is what our society expects from us after our studies.. They expect us to be a perfect…
My beloved Friends In Writing :)
Misalnya ada sebuah pertanyaan yang di lemparkan kepada lo tentang “Siapa yang berjasa dalam hidup lo?” sebagian besar dari kita pasti akan menjawab bahwa orang tua merekalah yang berjasa dalam hidup mereka. Memang, orang tualah yang paling dekat untuk di gambarkn sebagai sosok yang berjasa, 9…
appeared first in my head
99% of the people never take that first step. It’s an ego thing. I think.
Whenever you take that first step you might be the one to blame. You might be the one who’ll get rejected. And rejection is never easy.
Review sách Homo Demus — Lược sử tương lai của Yuval Noah Harari
Harari mở đầu câu chuyện về tương lai bằng cách nhắc lại những vấn đề mà con người phải đối mặt trong quá khứ, đây là những vấn đề được ông nói đến rất kĩ trong cuốn sách Homo Sapien, một cuốn sách nói về quá khứ.
a call today
to tell me
I don’t think there’s an urgent need for me to spill everything that’s going on in my entire life, but for the sake of relieving myself up, I think I need to do it.
I’ve been one ball full of insecurities. I couldn’t recall the first time it happened, but all I remember was I was never confident of myself and I had (have…
the flowers you gave me… resting on the stand next to my window. representing a world of love and beauty. flowers can wither away, and they can die. but one factor keeps running through my mind. the essence of a flower, the physical being will forever exist. with as much pressure and…
I hope to live to be an old lady but if I don’t here is what I’d suggest happens.
Young
I sensed something palpable, something invisible catching hold of me. Maybe anxiety, maybe the incipient 'mid-life crisis' as they say, or it may be nothing at all. I don’t know. To blow off some steam, to feel sane and also because I felt this strong urge to write something, I wrote a poem. It’s called 'Young’. Hope…
This made me smile.
I remember seeing “Back to School” banners in stores when I was a kid and feeling awful, feeling the same…
Amidst everything going on in August, here are my personal favourite sermons, music, scriptures and book quotes for the month.
Perhaps one of the most underrated skills in life — figuring things out on the go, as you start a new job or a new project; while trying to learn a new language, skill, tool; or when trying to switch careers. It also works when you get lost during traveling or in life. Just figure it out. Most people…
The purpose of lifeis life itself. Rememberto follow your bliss.
This is a bit of sociology meets self affirmation. It is an ode to the magnificent resolve and deific powers of anyone who can live the prison life with optimism and principle.
The Final Voyage
Igniting shadows Burn them to ashes, pleaseSee if they can crawl backOr at least let me watch all those faces, burning And build myself a house with it,My small house of fire With the icy edge of my heartBelieve it or notBut it will work out that wayI will be watching everything escaping from meAs…
Been there? Done that?It didn’t sink in?Isn’t it true that no matter how long it takes…learning is a key to success?Can you practice some patience today?
I have always written about any thing and every thing. Made me realize that I have not written about the one thing that excites me and scares…
I wanna have a talk right now
I don’t need to suffers in same mistakes again
Same mistakes again
Right now I’m a mere passerby
I recently took a part-time job as a courier. I’ve become completely disaffected…
Oh so long ago, I used to be in love with food. You can say I had a passion for it. My husband and I used to make all kinds of new and interesting things. One of our favorite thing to do was to invite friends over and experiment on them with different recipes. Kale salads…
No, I didn’t say that socialism is the ultimate solution. My country was socialist and it didn’t work out. I said socialism has great ideas. But those in power are not Plato, so it can’t work out without modification.Who said France and Sweden are socialist countries? They are countries where great social ideas got implemented into capitalism; so…
Be involved. Up to what’s necessary.
Hello, Medium! It’s been quite a while since I last posted anything of remote value. That being said. I’m not dead — at least not yet anyway. I mean, I still have a pulse, and cognitive thought. So, I’m still alive. Or could I be a…
There is a calmness about this land and about the people that live and travel here. You need less words…
I think I am in the happiest stage of my life at 84. Perhaps contentment is more applicable than happiness. After a long illness I have recovered and after passing thru anger at loss of time and money I have arrived at gratitude. Gratitude is the Attitude GITA.
My things are all scattered on the floor. "What now?" I ask myself. There seems to be an invisible hand preventing me…
That is the question.
Solo una palabra
Manipulación.
Me llamo manipuladora.
This body is a temple
The priestess trapped inside
Solid doors that will not open
Protecting all they hide
There are no brightened windows
You're already incredibly successful Deb. You have achieved the metaphorical summit. You also declare that as comfortable.
Your new path is one of inspiration. It contains your “why”. Your reason for contributing.
This alone will fuel your propensity to succeed. You’ll improve and excel. You’ll…
Technologies Life
The technology life-cycle (TLC) describes the commercial gain of a product through the expense of research and development phase, and the financial return during its “vital life”. Some technologies, such as steel, paper or cement manufacturing, have a long lifespan (with minor variations in technology…
Life is a big equation for all of us and all of us solve it in our own ways. Everyone gives a different meaning to life…
In the ever-increasing pace of our world, we are often forced to make decisions quicker than ever imagined. There are also more leadership and management experts detailing the importance of any leader to be able to quickly make decisions and move to the next phase of growth and development…
From the collection of poems, life in poetry.
Today’s self-empowering statement to positively affect yourself:
Repeat with me: I AM SUCCESS EVERY MOMENT!
Tomorrow TomorrowFull of dreams and aspirationsOf what and how and whereTo be and do…
My Poetic Memoir is now available on Amazon in paperback only.
“Don’t think about making art, just get…
Connecting cycles
Vessels leak sealant,no surprise. A crack is a crack is a crack is a crack... (Repeating )
You find yourself in a steam room saturated with the essence of rose.
Visibility is limited, and an overwhelming desire to stay there forever loosens the heartstrings.
This is the hard truth about why most of us are unsuccessful. Why most of us fail to achieve our dreams. It’s quite simple.
We never try. We don’t start. Deep down we all know what we have to do. But most of us are so stuck in our daily…
Another week closer to Spring, and the energy is all around us. While other people crack into their Spring cleaning, you might be feeling a little lethargic as you look around and see how Winter kind of got the best of you this…
That’s a question I’d been trying to find an answer. So many social media reporting some truth and some lie. How can we tell who’s telling the truth? I’ve been trying to figure that out for quite some time. Some people say they should trust Fox news channel but…
yay! Congrats, Tass, that story was worth it💜
(Tasneem)
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你多久可以回家？
抵達印尼的第一天，在飛機上遇見一位女孩，她一直靜靜坐著，十分客氣。直到飛機即將降落前，她頻頻探頭望向窗外，那一刻忘記自己是第一次來這個國家的客人，大方的問她「想家了嗎？」她說「是啊！我想家，我想念爸爸媽媽和家人」（邊說眼眶漸紅）…
Definately recognise Dave from the photo, he did really well at JLRRA fitted right in from the start and a nice person as well. February 75 I was living in bloody igloo in Norway minus 20 in the day minus 30 at night. As they said if you can’t take a joke you shouldn’t have joined. I was on the same Surveyors T3 course as at the RSA Larkhill as Dave…
I’m trying to write something
that I could let you read.
I would peel off my own skin
for a chance to be
easy.
I feel like I need to keep telling you
Little specimens aqua lab lifewhere willyou gohow willyou feed we haveno ideawhat you eat
~Demise~
Deep down there if I still look today after so many years, yes you are still there.
Hoping that wherever you are in this world, you’ll be happy and in peace.
Saying bye was the hardest thing that I came across, cause you never did and I alone did.
Death has taken you else no one ever could.
Ti began to block me again because I going to London. I cannot explain. That can be too complicated to explain. The issue began before I contacted him. I don’t know how to make up this time because this time is my fault.
I cannot balance my feelings that he cannot understand me. He even misunderstands me again. Even worse…
An organist writing about creativity AND drawing silly comic strips about a piglet and a hedgehog…
Why now?
Why has this discovery occurred now?
So the title’s slightly misleading. I don’t have a global business…yet, but I have every intention of building one. I’ve started a project, a side-gig to run alongside my “regular life” and I’m confident it’s got the attributes to become…
What would it take to awaken to your greatness?
To see the good in you ?
Would you stay true ?
Would you surpass expectations of you?
Tell me what it is like to live on the surface. Tell me what it is like to be living on your knees. You tell me, “I am living in the clouds” or “It can never be done.” I rather live up in the clouds than live on the surface where I will be on my knees. I can see all of the beauty that this world contains from up here. So, tell me why I would want to…
Great ending! it warmed my heart:))Thanks for sharing
We all try to learn so many new things in our life. Among all of those things some of them we are able to learn and some of them we just left in between being it guitar, be it typing etc. well why it happen?
Walk Away from the Human!
G’Day to you,
There are times in Life you know you need to walk away from people and situations.Walking…
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When are we most peaceful and happiest?
There are 4 States of consciousness. The first one is the conscious state. The second one is the dreamy state. The third one is the subconscious state. The fourth one beyond all…
Can we stopsacrificing authenticity for acceptance?
Can we startdiscussing if any jobis really worth it?
Alone is not alone but we r ourselves. To know what I and we .what need and what necessary what action what our reaction everything about our inside which hide for ourselves ist recognise it and than recognise world . Which are made by our self action reactions . That decide our surroundings . To mind in set call it donot mind it only hi remind it…
Who bleeds out of their vagina once a month? Just me? Who experiences craves and cramps like nothing you’ve ever felt? Just me? Who has mood swings where they get really mad or sad or frustrated for no reason and can’t explain it? No, just me? But of course it’s not just me! Don’t be ridiculous!!! Every girl experiences her Uterus wall slipping off…
Moments ago (as I was writing this post’s outline), I posted a listing for this…
👁 Capture the moment every moment. We want to capture the moment, freeze it because it escapes us and it is unbearable to us. We would like to be able to control it, we would like to be able to have a memory as clear as a photo or a video, as in BlackMirror. The moments memories allow us to see and show. «Look, I lived this, look! I am alive «. I…
I truly believe that everything is meant for a reason! I hope everything works out for you:)
Challenge to love.
Tú que te arrepientes de gastar la vida en miradas perdidas e irresistibles besos con la angustia de sentir y no poder más, con la apatía…
I truly believe I’m the power of visualization. You need ton “see” your goals before you can go get them. If not then you loose track of what your chasing. Thanks for sharing:)))
You’re beginning to miss the winterMissing her rosy cheeks, her blue jacketHer boots making noise as she walked
While its a common delusion that awaress relate to perception the premise is fundamentally flawed given the dubious nature of presence, the insipid nature of cognitive dissonance, the preeminence of perspectives constrained by bias or conceived in belief, and…
Sometimes we don’t appreciate the moments we have with those we love until those moments become memories… I feel you. Thank you for sharing:)
This is exactly what I need. Thanks for the tip. Here’s my first story. I hope you’ll check it out. 😊
https://medium.com/@ariannejenellea/the-last-good-bye-14ebd9ea4a5c
Your English is amazing! Keep up the hard work brother and keep writing everyday. I need to take a page from your book as I am struggling to write everyday for my series Minute Snippet. You inspire me:))
Love this! Thanks for sharing:))
I would like to ask one thing if joining a job makes everything change to the extent you can not bear everything that’s happening. The fun, the madness, the freedom, the carefree nature, when we were in our colleges and suddenly everything vanishes…
Very true. I think this has to do with the “small fish in a big pond” phenomenon that occurs with social media. Everybody looks like a “happy” person on social media. Nobody is posting about the shit that’s going on in their lives– it’s all vacations, parties, friends, family, work promotions etc. This has created a false expectation that everyone…
Experiencing dream should be considered as a blessing so that this human figure could achieve its highest potential!
It takes more than a year for me to finally realize my self-worth. It takes more than a year for me to realize that I put a very big effort on a wrong person. This is me, trying to figure everything out.
Day 18
Looking back over the previous days goals and seeing what I did or didn’t do is always a little uncomfortable when you have a strange aversion to finishing stuff. It’s a little too…
Oh, this day was hard for me to do pull-ups!
August 18, 2018
Today was our bi-weekly ‘date’.
We went to a gorgeous café that I picked. It was clear he was like a fish out of water.
