humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
A brief introduction to me
Hello. My name is Troy. I'm on the tip of the tail end of my 20's and am currently unemployed. Not because of the corona-virus but because I was sick of working my ass off for 12 hours a day just so I could afford to pay my rent on a flat that was about as roomy as a shoe box in central London. So one day I decided to quite my bar manager job, move back in with my parents and spend some time doing the things I love again. This included activities such as reading books, drawing, playing guitar, going to shows, travel and other such endevours. I even managed to find myself a girlfriend. I'll be honest she sometimes annoys the shit out of me but after a string of bad relationships and shameful one night stands its nice to have something stable that for the most part makes me happy and its an added bonus that she doesn't mind the sight of me naked.
By Troy Anderson6 years ago in Humans
I Am Now Home!!
👋🏾 There, HOW IS IT GOING? ME??? Where do I begin?? The past half a decade has been to say the least a world wind. I had this cray idea💡of trying to share with the real world 🌍, the wonders I was experiencing on the World Wide Web 👨🏾💻. I attacked this journey with a few question ❓running thru my brain 🧠... Why has the world 🌍 not truly embraced this genius creation? Why are people stuck in the ways of the past? Why are they fighting change, especially when the change makes life so much easier than what they’re doing now? I can honestly say, after a five years journey, which rain thru community organizing, hangin out with political people, and countless hours of chats, and fierce confrontations, I am now just as confused 🤷🏾♂️ as I was when I first began.
By Erik DeSean Barrett6 years ago in Humans
Baby boom or doomed for divorce?
This whole self isolation and lock down period has certainly thrown life off balance , in more ways than one causing, uncertainty about the future. This future could potentially be uncertain for anyone in a relationship. Predictions have been made about a baby boom and increased number of divorces. What about couples who had future plans, new relationships and existing ones with flaws?
By Mayapee Chowdhury6 years ago in Humans
Stand In The Place Where You Are.
People often ask me why I do the work I do for the community that I live in. They ask why I care. They ask why I would live with just what I need to survive, when I make enough money to live comfortably. They ask me why I reach my hand out to anyone, when not everyone deserves it. It's simple. At the lowest point in my life, someone cared.
By Phoenixx Fyre Dean6 years ago in Humans
How the coronavirus proves that we are all the same
Racism has never been something that was easy for me to understand. Prejudices fall into the same category. However, I will not sit here and say that I have never judged someone by their outer appearance or their way of speaking, their job title, their status, their bank account. There are so many ways we judge people by.
By happychoice by natalie6 years ago in Humans
Avenues: Ch. 7
All eyes turned towards me when Marissa opened her door and let me into her apartment. While the music lowered, she took my jacket, and I avoided eye contact with everyone in the room except for Susie, who shared her sympathies from the kitchen as she poured herself a drink. From the looks of it, she’d had a few while I had that talk with my father. She can’t say I didn’t warn her. I distinctly remember telling her how awful they had treated my mother when they had found out she was pregnant with me. Being disowned for being a teen mother was the stigma my mother carried within my family until the day she died.
By Sharlene Alba6 years ago in Humans
Counseling
I had always been told that I could try counseling but knowing that my mom was skeptical it was something that was put on the back burner. She’s expressed to me that she was afraid to have us speak to someone at a young age unsure of how we might come away from it; possibly growing up and playing the victim, having pity or feeling sorry for ourselves especially when it came to the difficulties of the relationship we had with our father. She also worried about the possible suggestions of taking medications to help cope with any issues we had. Looking back on it now, I do get the worries that she had with her being a single parent raising three girls. But the older I got, I struggled even more.
By Naya Lovell6 years ago in Humans
Introverts are Hidden Gems
What do Warren Buffett, Eleanor Roosevelt and Gandhi all have in common? Apart from their immensely influential legacies, they identify themselves with the frequently misinterpreted characteristic — introversion. In fact, the term introvert is so misunderstood that it is occasionally synonymous with words such as narcissist, egotist and other demeaning names. Yet, contrary to popular belief, introversion and shyness are not interchangeable. Introverts prefer being on their own, whereas those who are shy may not particularly crave isolation, but instead are intimidated by social interaction. Similarly, introversion and misanthropy are significantly unalike — while introverts enjoy being lone wolves, they are not contemptuous against humankind. Many introverts build deep connections with individuals personally or in small groups.
By Estrella Lo6 years ago in Humans
Your True Love Is Something You Will Never Actually Get
From early age romanticism to each first date held today- love breaks through every narrative of history and seems to hide deep within us. Though, is it held closer to the heart or insecurity? A completion to the soul or just self identity? The magnitude of our magnanimity, or simply put, a byproduct of our biology? It’s clear that as humans love is our magnetic force. The question is, what do we enjoy being drawn to?
By Rachel Sabourin6 years ago in Humans
