Making A New Friend

By A Friend on June 24, 2020 / 4,980 views

My son was about 7 when he told me there was a new child in his class. The boy was from Russia and very shy and he did not speak one word of English. My son seemed intrigued, and sad because he sensed that the boy was lonely. He didn't bring it up with me again, and I just assumed that the teacher was getting him the help he needed. About three weeks later I went in my son's room to see that...

Live In The Moment

By Judith Maduhu on June 24, 2020 / 5,402 views

Amy and Susan both live an average life. They have an average house, an average job, and an average partner and average kids. There is really nothing special about their lives, but there is also nothing really negative about their lives. They both lead perfectly normal existences. And while Amy and Susan are both content, it always seems that Amy was happier than...

From The Mouth Of Babes!

By A Friend on June 24, 2020 / 3,074 views

I once worked for nine years at the most entertaining job in the world! My position was titled "Childcare Attendant" and I "toiled away" playing with children all day at a childcare service in a large department store. The store happened to be located in a city that was headquarters for an international company which employed personnel from all parts of the world. So shopping in its aisles...

I Witnessed A Miracle!

By Judith Maduhu on June 22, 2020 / 3,835 views

I was walking home one late afternoon, as I approached my place there was a cute little boy playing just beside a construction site. The site was barricaded using iron sheets, so I smiled down at the little boy and he smiled back shyly as he walked away from the barricades. Just as he moved, the barricade was down right there on the same spot where the kid was playing, I was shocked and hurriedly...

Powerful Things

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 18, 2020 / 4,365 views

After being closed for so long due to the Carona virus, I heard yesterday that the local thrift store will be opening again. I have always enjoyed shopping there not so much for the bargain prices on used clothes and books as for the unique experiences I have had there. One such experience has a special place in my heart, mind, and soul. I was at the store browsing through the book shelves looking...

I'm Finally Getting Better

By A Friend on June 14, 2020 / 2,954 views

So as a small explanation of what I mean, since October of last year my back and left leg slowly started getting worse and worse. By Christmas it got to the point where I could go through my day but the pain would still faintly be there. I succumbed to the pain and decided to lay down all day and night and not do as much physical work. In the next month I gained 10 pounds and lost so much of my...

Comfort In The Storm

By Jess Beckham on June 09, 2020 / 3,567 views

There is the famous poem/song that goes along the lines of: This is a story of a dream I had last night, walking down a sandy path, G-d was at my right. Two sets of footprints were formed in the sand, one set were my very own and the other was G-d's. But only one set were present when troubles did drew near, He stood and watched me suffer, no part of Him was there. But then He said to me,...

My Mother's Teaching: Integrity Leads To A Life Of Honor

By Glory Fu Yu-Liang on June 08, 2020 / 4,170 views

When I was little, I was taught to be a person of integrity. This means that I maintain high moral standards, and do the right thing even when no one is watching. After I grew up, I started applying this principle to every area of my life, but in doing so, I encountered opposition. Whenever I told the truth, I was told, “You take things too seriously.” Whenever I worked hard, others...

Grow!

By Lettie on June 04, 2020 / 3,243 views

My husband and I bought a house when we were in our 50's. One reason the small fixer-upper (which we knew we'd never have money to fix!) was so attractive, was a massive Japanese Red Pine which looked like a giant bonsai in its front yard. For 20 years it was a a beauty to all who passed by, raccoons who climbed its trunk, and squirrels who ate in its branches. It shaded the bright sun over my small...

Greed

By Anjali Mohapatra on June 04, 2020 / 3,503 views

Once, there lived a man who was very foodie. His only interest was, how to eat varities of delicious food. But his problem was - he never liked to spend money. So, he was always in search of a person to whom he could make a fool. He made a time-table of visiting his relatives, including his friends house. One day, he went to one of his friends house. They talked a lot about their childhood days,...

I Used To Be Racist But I'm Changing

By A Friend on June 01, 2020 / 2,979 views

I'm so sorry to the people I automatically looked at and judged. I was raised in a racist household but Im realizing theres no reason to hate every group of people that is different than me. We bleed the same color of blood. I just don't have a reason to hate people I don't know. Most of the problems I have encountered in my life were by my own race. There's literally no reason for...

What Do You Want For Yourself?

By A Friend on May 28, 2020 / 3,647 views

At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job. At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer. At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school. At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare. At age 30, Harrison Ford was...

Your Health Is In Your Own...mind

By Nata Fox on May 28, 2020 / 3,093 views

How to live without any diseases? Choosing good news in the chaos of the Internet is in some way the path to health! The good news is that to protect your health from any viruses and diseases is very easy using this method that Shakuntali Siberia brings to the world. Energy has been prior to everything. Prior to everything on this Earth there was energy. Energy formed a...

To Be Loved

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 26, 2020 / 3,691 views

I was in college and was sleeping deeply in my dorm room bed after a rough day of classes. Suddenly, I heard the door open and light from the hallway streamed in. My best friend and roommate was standing there unsteadily. His girlfriend had broken up with him earlier that day and he had spent the evening downtown in a bar trying to drown his sorrows with 13 whiskey sours. I got up and helped him to climb up...

Age Limit On Success

By Achie Kubhayi on May 23, 2020 / 2,995 views

I am writing this piece after reading a tweet from a celebrity that was encouraging young people to take their lives seriously between the age of 18 and 25 because (as she suggested) at the age of 30, anyone must have something to show as an achievement. I felt the inspiration but I further felt an unnecessary pressure as soon as she brought the 30 years age in tweet, I felt like it is the root...

My Views On Confidence

By Glory Fu Yu-Liang on May 20, 2020 / 3,590 views

What is confidence? Many people define confidence through materialistic images, such as one's job, money, social status, education, or features. My views on confidence have nothing to do with outward appearances. On the contrary, I believe that confidence comes from within. In other words, confidence is a positive attitude within us that makes an outward reflection through our...

Appearances

By Lettie on May 16, 2020 / 3,801 views

I had been retired for five years; the first two years I volunteered a lot; the next two years doing part-time work; and the fifth year I spent completely at home with my husband and dog. No work, no make-up, no schedule! Cosmetics had especially been a "need" of mine (I've been cursed with "allergy shiner"...dark circles under red-rimmed eyes!) Nice clothes and hair styles were also...