The Egg

By Andy Weir on July 09, 2016 / 5,062 views

You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me. And that’s when you met me. “What… what...

Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do

By Sidthejar99 on July 09, 2016 / 5,583 views

By Sidthejar99 on July 09, 2016 / 5,583 views

This is something my Mom wrote to me, thought I'd share. They don’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves, they don’t give away their power. They don’t allow others to control them, and they don’t give someone else power over them. They don’t say things like, “My boss makes me feel bad,” because they understand that they are in control over...

Stay True To Yourself

By Najwa Zebian on July 06, 2016 / 8,264 views

Stay true to yourself. Don’t worry about what people think of you or about the way they try to make you feel. If people want to see you as a good person, they will. If they want to see you as a bad person, absolutely nothing you do will stop them. Ironically, the more you try to show them your good intentions, the more reason you give them to knock you down if they are commited to misunderstanding you....

When It's Cloudy

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 06, 2016 / 2,712 views

It was a glorious, sunny day. The purple clouds of the morning had given way to golden sunshine that kissed the world with its warmth. Birds were singing in the trees even though Spring was still a few weeks away. The breeze was fresh and clean and just being outside filled me with joy. It was one of those special reward days we get from time to time when both the weather and the world seemed right. I took...

Making Your Day Better

By C M Reddy on July 05, 2016 / 4,849 views

Each and Every day starts in a natural mode, but making the day better or worse lies in our hands. Some people have wrong perception, "all things happen according to our fate". Right from the wake up to till going to bed, the misery or joy depends on how you perceive things around and how you react with them. This is my day to day observation that it is very easy to write or give life...

Forgiveness

By Cloe Mendoza Gerona on July 05, 2016 / 4,407 views

Sometimes, we need to forgive the person who wronged us, regardless if they apologize or not. Because, it is for our own peace of mind and it is like starting a new chapter in our life. We don't need to cling to the wrong things they have done to us. We must be thankful that it happened and we must not cry over it again and again. We need to smile because it happened. Because when you forgive,...

Coming Together

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 05, 2016 / 3,209 views

On a day in late June it started to rain here and didn’t stop for 14 hours. When it was over flash floods had roared through our state destroying homes, businesses, roads, bridges, and towns. Many lives were lost. After it was over people walked through the mud left behind to find what few things they could. Some wept in sorrow at what they had lost. Others wept in joy when they found their loved ones...

Meet The South African Business Woman Who Is Challenging Notions Of Disability

By Stephen on July 05, 2016 / 3,201 views

Sebenzile Matsebula is an exceptional business woman based in South Africa; she has overcome immense challenges as a disabled person who established an IT business known as Motswako Office Systems. Her success is evidence that success can be achieved despite physical limitations. South Africa’s economic climate is very challenging for entrepreneurs and Matsebula is overcoming these challenges and marking...

Six Little Stories

By Sudhir on July 05, 2016 / 13,797 views

1. One day, all the villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That's FAITH. 2. When you throw babies in the air, they laugh because they know you will catch them. That's TRUST. 3. Every night we go to bed without any assurance of being alive the...

You Can Do Anything You Put Your Mind To

By Xyz on July 04, 2016 / 3,667 views

Growing up, my group of "friends" made fun of me a lot for the way I was and acted. Born with Asbergers and anxiety they were the only ones who "liked" me but I digress. They always said I was stupid and not as pretty and good as them, sometimes I would bring homemade food for myself and they all said I could never be a chef or make good food. The usual mean kid stuff, everyone...

Footprints In Her Mind

By Aleem Merchant on July 04, 2016 / 3,270 views

Even before I unlock the door, my family knows I’m back from office because the 300 million olfactory receptors in my pet Labradors nose get activated even before my car drives into the garage, and the vigorous wagging of her tail, gives away my whereabouts. Few feet behind her, is a now four-and-a-half year old Samaira, who’s understood this signal, and is waiting eagerly - not for me,...

To The Family In Red Lobster Who Sat Across From Us Today...

By Maxi Cortez on June 30, 2016 / 1,504 views

By Maxi Cortez on June 30, 2016 / 1,504 views

To the family in red lobster who sat across from us today. You never ask a question, we never spoke a word. Yet you did something for us that we will never forget. When the waitress handed us your note the tears began to fall. To you we looked like just a family of 4 celebrating the most important man in our lives. Little did you know last year we celebrated as a family of 5. You see this past year we lost one...

Happiness

By Sonia Kaur on June 30, 2016 / 5,078 views

First of all what is happiness? Happiness is an inside job. Now how inside job when everything is available outside bunglow, expensive cars, big bank balance, beauty etc. These are materialistic things and for temporary happiness. These things give short term happiness. Foe example I have bought an expensive car whether it is out of my comfort but I am still feeling happy because none of our family...

Something Better

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 30, 2016 / 3,012 views

I can still remember the first moment I saw my first born son. He looked so perfect even with his red face and wrinkled skin. All I could do was sigh with delight. We named him Joseph John or JJ after me. JJ had a very normal infancy but when he hadn’t started talking by the age of two my wife and I grew worried about what might be wrong with him. It took a long time and trips to several doctors before...

Meet Albert

By Adam Beard on June 29, 2016 / 1,637 views

By Adam Beard on June 29, 2016 / 1,637 views

This is Albert, he is one of my customers on my window round. He was out painting his fence. He is 95 years old he's always up to something. He does all his own DIY, walks once a week 1 mile to shopping, carrying his goods back. He cooks nearly everyday a full Sunday lunch for him and his wife. He cares for his ill wife. Takes the locals shopping in his car (still drives) etc He's...

The 7 Lessons 11 Surgeries In 11 Years Taught Me

By Kathy Villar on June 28, 2016 / 3,526 views

1. Accept the Unacceptable I can never be a mother. That dreadful reality chased me since surgery 1 in August 2004 which started with a bilateral dermoid cyst and led to surgical adhesions which had to be repaired repeatedly causing further complications like umbilical hernia on top of the recurring dermoid cyst, endometriosis and myoma vs adenomyoma. I undergo surgery, once,...

A Friend Sent Me This While I Was Having A Tough Time

By Rick on June 26, 2016 / 5,265 views

One time I had an assignment handed to me in a small classroom of unmotivated students. There were a few questions, maybe a front and back on a single sheet of computer paper, meant to be completed in ten minutes or less. But I spent the whole time thinking about the first question. I answered it almost immediately, but I was struck, almost dumbfounded, at how simple it looked on paper. All my life...