Grow!

By Lettie on June 04, 2020 / 3,375 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 / 3,637 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 / 3,064 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 / 3,736 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 / 3,221 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 / 3,797 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 / 3,116 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 / 3,702 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 / 3,947 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...

What Has Really Made Not Only Me Happy, But Also Many Of My Neighbors, Even In Isolation

By Natalie Baker on May 16, 2020 / 3,016 views

My spiritual mentor Shakuntali Siberia once said: "Material things do not give us true happiness." I thought, "Is it really so? I love beautiful and expensive things, and they make me happy". Today I am sharing the good news about what has really made not only me happy, but also many of my neighbors, even in isolation. We live in a new, strange world. My new dress hangs in my...

I Cant Believe I Am Where I Am Now

By A Friend on May 07, 2020 / 3,601 views

I think It would be fair to say that my upbringing has not been the most typical. Without getting in to too much detail I have had A few hills to overcome. Some have been of my own making and some I have just been unlucky. I was the only child of color in the town I grew up In, This was the cause of a significant amount of ostracization and general racism growing up. My biological father was in...

God Had Other Plans

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 05, 2020 / 3,694 views

I was a Sophomore in High School and I dreamed of being a football star. During my Freshman year I had been a skinny and scrawny boy who barely weighed 120 pounds. I had played some but spent most of my time on the bench. But over the Summer I had planned to change that. I had bought a set of free weights and found a special diet that body builders used to bulk up. Drinking a lot of whole milk and lifting...

World Prayer For Healing From Above

By Gladys on May 02, 2020 / 2,787 views

If you let my Love Could Carry you If my love could carry you through, there is no end to what my heart could do. If my hugs could make it all disappear I would hug you forever and take away all your fears. To heal you, to make you well again...

Thumbs Up On The Clouds!

By Judith Maduhu on April 30, 2020 / 3,031 views

It was a familiar hush sound of the ferry men urging people to hurry and be on board. As always, I was among the late ones (still struggling to be on time). So I managed to catch the boat and the journey began. I was from holidays heading back to work in a small beautiful island and it was one of those days when things weren't just going as I expected. I sat in a corner of the boat, cuddled up with my...

A Tale Of Two Dogs

By A Friend on April 30, 2020 / 4,300 views

In 2005 I decided to adopt a dog through my local German Shepherd Rescue. After an official meeting with the host family to see if my family would meet standards set for the adoption, we were allowed to take a beautiful 2-year-old female Shepherd home with us. She was gentle and smart as a whip! However, one day on a walk, a neighbor's dog crossed the street toward us in an aggressive manner and attacked...

Boring

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 30, 2020 / 3,349 views

I was lying in bed yesterday afternoon after a big dinner. The television had nothing on that interested me. The book I was trying to read seemed boring too. Finally I put the book on my chest, closed my eyes, and let myself drift off to sleep. Suddenly, I felt a huge, wet, tongue lick my chin, lips, and nose in one giant slurp. My eyes popped open and I saw our big, white dog, Fluffy standing there looking at...

No Time

By Anjali on April 30, 2020 / 4,633 views

By Anjali on April 30, 2020 / 4,633 views

With a broad smile on her lips, fifteen years old Sirin twisted her feet, waved her hand in dance pose, twirled with joy to show off her new painting to her mom. When she rushed to her mom, her mom raised her eyebrows with eyes wide open, spoke in a hushed tone, 'Shh…honey.. don't shout. Right now I am busy with an important talk. I will see it. Just wait for some time,...