Knot At The End Of The Rope

By Rick Ritter on October 16, 2013 / 4,520 views

By Rick Ritter on October 16, 2013 / 4,520 views

I'm not sure when this idea developed but i think it was via osmosis over time - it just percolated into my awareness as i experienced life as a trauma therapist for combat veterans and their families and later in my career working with a wider range of traumatized persons. More often than not it became evident that for many of the people i worked with i was the last stop on the road of attempting to get some...

Not Existing, Living!

By Robin Marvel on October 16, 2013 / 6,781 views

By Robin Marvel on October 16, 2013 / 6,781 views

Life is made of choices. We have all heard this statement at one time or another during our journey of life. This is not just a saying to me it is my way of life. I learned at a very young age that our choices determine the successes that we achieve in our lives. You can not live in a state of blame in the present for the lifestyle you survived as a child. You have the opportunity to remove yourself from a victim to...

To Daddy, With Love

By Harold R. "Scottie" Scott on October 15, 2013 / 4,505 views

By Harold R. "Scottie" Scott on October 15, 2013 / 4,505 views

To Daddy, With Love I wrote this prior to my Daddy's passing, two days after Father's Day, 2013, and in that October is Alzheimers Awareness Month, I felt I wanted to share, as a way to remember him. Alzheimers, Dementia, The Forgetting, all terms used to describe the disease that robs the mind,memory, and lives of so many. It is, and has been a fast growing illness, affecting so many families. My family is one of...

By My Dad's Bedside

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 15, 2013 / 1,640 views

It is hard to write when your heart is breaking, but something deep inside me needs to say this right now. At this moment I am sitting in a chair by my Dad's bedside in the nursing home where he has lived for the past few months. His breathing is slowly getting more labored as he sleeps. Fortunately new medications have eased the pain and seizures he was having, but it is only a matter of time until he leaves this...

Life Is Good No Matter What The Odds

By Ernest Dempsey on October 15, 2013 / 5,043 views

By Ernest Dempsey on October 15, 2013 / 5,043 views

This fall, Special Living Magazine (http://www.specialiving.com/) chose to publish my story about Canadian author and advocate for people with special needs Jewel Kats. And they made it the cover story! Jewel Kats stands out from the crowd of writers due to her devotion to help empower young readers through her uplifting stories. Herself living with permanent physical limitation due to a childhood car accident,...

The Madman On The Mountain

By Curt Struna on October 13, 2013 / 5,626 views

There was a man who was looking for something and he searched the mountaintops. He called out, “Helloooo…” and he would hear the echo call back “Hellooooo…” He ran to the other mountain, thinking that it was what he was looking for only to find nothing. He called out again, “Helloooo…” and heard the echo and ran to the other mountain. Back and forth endlessly, never finding, always looking....

Man In The Moon

By Jodi-Ann E.M. Morgan on October 12, 2013 / 4,668 views

While surfing the net the other day I came upon the TV show, The Torkelsons. As a kid it was one of my favorite shows on the Disney Channel. In it the oldest daughter, Dorothy, would consistently converse with a 'man in the moon.' He served as her confidant, someone who she could turn to for refuge. I could relate to her because many nights as a little girl I would sit by the window and look out at the moon. ...

For I'm Not A Mother ...

By Vivie Liem on October 11, 2013 / 3,899 views

I have married for this 5,8 years and so grateful for my happy marriage. I have kind husband who love me so. We haven't kids yet till now ... sometimes and often the quietness/loneliness has come ... we miss babbles, howl and everything about a baby, kids. Thanks GOD as a couple we never blame each others or fighting because of this. Our spars is less then one hour. I'm a preschool teacher and a person who likes...

Spare Change

By Joe D. on October 10, 2013 / 4,666 views

I pulled into a small gas station in the middle of the desert in New Mexico and realized I had left my wallet at my girlfriends house 5 hours away. I had no money and barely enough gas to make it another mile down the road. The only other person that stopped for gas was a burly looking trucker. I was a bit reluctant, but I asked him for some spare change for gas. Instead he filled my tank and said,...

A Better Person

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 07, 2013 / 2,242 views

As the days ticked down to my 47th birthday this year, I had to admit that I was a little melancholy. I was looking back over the years of my life and remembering every mistake that I had made, every wrong path that I had taken, and every chance for growth that I had turned my back on. It wasn't a pretty sight. When the day finally arrived, though, I was overwhelmed with the love I received from so many. Gifts,...

The Compassionate Young Boy

By Emmanuel Aghado on October 07, 2013 / 7,472 views

Once upon a time, in a small village in Kenya, there lived a young boy with his step family. Due to the scarcity of water in the village, the young boy awoke early every morning, carried his pot and headed for the stream with the aim of fetching water for himself and his step family. Sadly for him, he alone had this task as a routine every morning and evening to fetch water from a distant stream while his step...

My Home-Life Story

By Lainie on October 05, 2013 / 4,602 views

Hi i am Lainie. I am 15. My homelife isnt so great. I have walked into my dad doing drugs and i have been there to see my mom say that she wished i would die. My mom has pulled my hair and slammed me into a wall. My dad has hurt me so bad mentally that no one could ever understand. At school even i get made fun of when all i do is schoolwork. I don't have many friends. I cry myself to sleep almost every night. My...

The Success Will Be Come , When You Change Your Mind.

By Thanh Trung on October 05, 2013 / 5,302 views

My name is Trung. My life was very poor and I felt terrible about my self. I had a very negative attitude towards life. I even considered myself a total failure. I had no goals , no dreams , no hope for the future. My life was really disaster. But when I read a book :" i am gifted so are you ". I began to change. I started to realize that my life had meaning . I could control my future and influence other people....

Enjoy The Moment

By Chris on October 03, 2013 / 1,902 views

By Chris on October 03, 2013 / 1,902 views

This morning I went out for a run with my dog as usual, but on the way back I did something different. I was walking by a small park when this amazing cool breeze stopped me in my tracks. I stood there for a few seconds, closed my eyes and took a deep breath through my nose. When I opened my eyes I noticed a bench just a short distance away so I thought instead of heading back inside and sitting down in front of...

Just One Try And They Will Be With You

By Jay Shukla on October 02, 2013 / 4,114 views

I am sitting in the taxi fighting with my own arrogance and ego. I am extremely angry and lost as If there is no tomorrow. And the one questions kept striking my brain repeatedly that If I have lost her today, Have this obnoxious act of mine is going to end everything today ? and I have lost someone who has given me so many reasons to stay happy. But why I did this ? and that too just for a pity issue. I want to...

In The Closet

By Jodi-Ann E.M. Morgan on October 02, 2013 / 4,808 views

My mother showed me a picture of my high school self in one of my favorite dresses. She then made a bet with me that I could not fit into it anymore. Well, I was able to fit into it again [I may have struggled a bit but what mama doesn’t know won’t hurt her ;-)]. However, that wasn’t what was so wonderful. When I went to retrieve the dress from my closet I had to stop for a moment. That dress means a lot...

Put The Glass Down

By Jay Shukla on October 01, 2013 / 7,642 views

By Jay Shukla on October 01, 2013 / 7,642 views

A Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, "How much do you think this glass weighs?" "50g!" ...."100g!" ..... "125g!" ... the students answered. "I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the professor, "but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?" "Nothing" ......