Prarthi Om·15 hours agoDiary of a Magical School Reunion.School reunions should be encouraged in our busy, busy lives for good mental health. Dear Diary, Had a little busy couple of days since I was out of town. I was, in fact, in my hometown attending a reunion of school friends. We all graduated from our catholic school in…Love5 min readLove5 min read
Tebe-Ebiere Egenisuobai·16 hours agoHow I fell inlove with a married manHow I fell inlove with a married man The title of this article sounds like a Nigerian film because it's exactly what happens in Nollywood movies. I am still surprised at how I didn’t know this man was married until a month after. Were there no signs? Was I blinded…Love5 min readLove5 min read
René Sway·14 hours agoGentle On My Mind: 9 Ways to Cultivate Blissful Thoughts (Part 1)In this article, I invite you to join me in exploring a liberating approach to thinking, which I refer to as “soft thoughts.” Often, we approach life and its challenges as if they were a mathematical problem to solve, causing our thoughts to constrict and harden. The demands of our…Love4 min readLove4 min read
byrhee·17 hours agothe guestI never intend to bar the gates. Rather, I seek a secluded path. A lone wolf prefers solitude's balm, conceals peace behind protective walls. Always vigilant, like a fortress tall, guarding the fragile chambers he calls his own. Please don't misconstrue, kind wanderer. Welcoming guests is not my element. When…Love1 min readLove1 min read
Unbecoming·7 hours agoMember-onlyMemorial Day Is Not For MeI sat in a middle pew and rested my hands on my engorged belly. It was a packed church full of my community. The flag-draped coffin hid the ugliness of war. It hid what we didn’t want to see. How could we know it wasn’t empty? I wanted proof. I…Love3 min readLove3 min read
Jason ProvencioinBouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs·15 hours agoMember-onlyI’ve Been Drinking, So Here the Fuck it GoesLet Me Tell You What I’m Thinking Right Now — I’m not going to lie and say I don’t drink that often. Anyone who knows me personally or perhaps even through Mediun knows my affinity for Cabernet. I usually have a decent-sized glass most nights, perhaps even a glass and a half or two. I don’t typically blog when I’ve…Love7 min readLove7 min read
Arpit Pathak·1 day ago“It’s too late to mend my broken heart”“Hello, who is this speaking?” I picked up the call and answered it casually. “How can you cut me off?”, The same voice that used to melt me, but this time it was different. I remember the date, exactly 21 days later you called me. I was about to get…Love5 min readLove5 min read
Gregory SadlerinPractical Rationality·17 hours agoMember-onlyLove and Human Motivation in the Republic (part 1)to figure out who someone is, ask what they love — Reading my way once again through a text I’ve been revisiting for more than two decades, Plato’s Republic , I never fail — any time I read it anew — to be struck by some novel, or perhaps not entirely novel but at least forgotten or passed over, feature of…Love10 min readLove10 min read
Karen SchwartzinCatness·22 hours agoMember-onlyForgive Me, Huey, While I GrieveWhen a new kitten fills a loss. — In January, we fought to cure Skye’s kidney disease, but it came back with a vengeance in April. My husband and I were ill-prepared, losing our eight-year-old cat to an illness that appeared suddenly and without warning. But that first diagnosis alerted us that kidney disease was common in felines…Love4 min readLove4 min read
