humanity

The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.

We Need The Tools To Make It Happen “HOPE”
Hope As the famous Martin Luther King said, “I have a dream “, his dream was for a better world, a better place to live, for everyone to get along, to communicate but most of all, we are all equal”.
By Cathy Deslippe4 years ago in Journal
Nightowl Rehab
Nocturnal behaviors has always been since birth. Dusk to dawn is the perfect time in becoming to work on my daily rehabilitation. We don't know how STRONG we are until being strong is the only choice we have! This quote stated on one of my stroke awareness month t-shirts. Growing up in public housing and Section 8 graduate due to my late mom’s disability. She fought Multiple Sclerosis.
By Shaleita Neal, Ed.S4 years ago in Journal
The Night Owl Has Returned
In the wee hours of the night, when the darkness cloaks the air with the same lightweight comfort of my favorite robe; when the silence is so tangible that it whispers it's own sweet, sweet song; when the faces of my babies are relaxed in the peaceful radiance only cherubs can maintain: I search for my name.
By Marie Koerner4 years ago in Journal
Voice in the Shadow
Voice in the Shadow Faces, both familial and yet still of strangers, fill the room. Their voices boom with joy and laughter. Each joke and turn of phrase is a bitter pill to swallow. The night has been filled with game and merriment, but my heart still aches under the weight of it all. Once again my head begins to spin. The walls are closing in, and the voices grow to a painful roar. I must escape.
By Marc Turull4 years ago in Journal
Show a Little Kindness
There’s an old song that starts something like this: Show a little kindness; give a little kindness; overlook the blindness; of narrow-minded people on their narrow-minded streets
By PJ McLaughlin4 years ago in Journal
The Town of Heros
To our small community, I want to say thank you. Thank you for caring for your neighbors. When Billy’s barn burned down this summer everyone was there to lend a helping hand. Because of that the fire was put out quickly, before spreading to the house.
By PJ McLaughlin4 years ago in Journal
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Avoiding Burnout There are some days where it seems like the work never ends, and if you have a lot of these days then you might be feeling a little burnt out. But how do you avoid feeling this way while still accomplishing your goals? Is there anything that you can do? Though the answers to these questions might be different for everyone, here are a few suggestions.
By Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue4 years ago in Journal
50 Stories Later
50 stories. This is it! I'm finally at story 50. My goal was to hit this by the end of January, and I have. Yay! When I started on Vocal in March of 2021, I wasn't sure what to expect. I wasn't even sure which communities I should publish my work in.
By Jessica Freeborn4 years ago in Journal
Change is Infinite
When I was a child, they told me I could be anything that I wanted to be, and that whatever I decided to do I would be rewarded if I gave it my best effort. Most kids were just spouting out what they heard from their parents. They said they wanted to be things like a fireman or a lawyer. Most of the boys specifically wanted to play *insert sport* professionally, and most little girls wanted to be nurses, doctors, or astronauts. They were all great aspirations because in that moment all of it was true. Children who haven’t experienced the world only know what they’ve seen and heard, and so it was only natural that these kids wanted what their parents wanted for them… to have a decent life. In that brief instance although it was just regurgitated information, they wholeheartedly wanted exactly what their parents expected out of them. However, we all weren’t so lucky in that aspect. My mother was a strong, proud woman who didn’t take kindly to people telling her she couldn’t do things (anything) to be exact. She entered the workforce at the ripe age of twelve, full time and graduated high school, and college while rearing children. My Father was in the same hemisphere and had been working since he was a child on his father’s farm. He also worked full time, and went to school, but had enough of his racist counterparts and superiors and dropped out. This would inevitably push him toward the army so he could leave his small town and go see the world and while exploring the world he met my mother.
By Tetrenius4 years ago in Journal
Beirut
Beeping of car horns break my focus, as I scoot through the narrow lanes between cars, to get to work. The air is filled with despair, a hint of anguish with a whole heap of sorrow added to the mix.
By Nastassja Salt4 years ago in Journal
10 Actions That Indicate You Are a Classy Person
Actions that indicate that you are a classy person. The art of dealing with others is an important topic all over the world, and we find that the West has taken care of this matter and has opened many specialized institutes in the study of social skill and the method that helps the individual to be distinguished by sophistication in one's dealings.
By Yazid4 years ago in Journal
The Girl With the Lotus Tattoo
As the sun began to peak out from the top of her house her toes started to warm and she felt a light gust of air hit her face. Feeling too groggy to move she attempted to go back to her dream. Dream? Did she even remember the motion picture that her mind had just played for her. What was that small gust from anyway? As her brain began to wonder her body started to come to as well. Now I know am not Princess and the Pea but I think I am lying on the gravel outside. She thought. Her eyes began to flutter open as she wondered how the thief of the night had brought her here. Finally, eyes squinted yet open, she makes eye-contact with the creature that disturbed her backyard lullaby.
By - Karaedan -4 years ago in Journal