Humanity
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So I do not have Vocal+ yet but wanted to add my own story for the writing prompt. The prompt was about someone waking up on a train, no ticket, no memory of how they got there and the train is not slowing down. Needs to be between 600 to 5,000 words. Enjoy!
Rachel GrayPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsWhy Me?
Letter to my abuser… It’s really hitting me today. I think it’s taken me literally 20 years to process it. When I start to actually think about it I get up and do something bc I can’t think about it. I was a child. You knew all of the things I went through at home, the abuse, the neglect, you saw it all firsthand. Not because you were a friend of mine on social media bc you randomly added me (msn instant messenger was really all that was available then for many people, and my parents would’ve freaked had I had a “Friendster” profile. I had old school parents, time period right as social media took off) , but because you were a best friend of my dads.
Laura GuyPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsWhat is love? The meaning of love is very broad, can be friendship, affection, love... Perhaps the most interesting of these is love?
What is love? The meaning of love is very broad, can be friendship, affection, love... Perhaps the most interesting of these is love? Then I might as well say love. Love is the most wonderful word, how many people are struggling to pursue, sometimes people put love is more important than life. But what is love? How many people actually have eternal love? How many people spend their whole lives searching? Love may be the feeling of love at first sight, love may be the feeling of marriage, love may be the feeling of life and death together... Love is a never-ending topic. When you fall in love with someone, your heart is scared and uneasy. You don't know how the other person feels. You have to hide your feelings because you are reserved. Maybe you had love is a shadow of your heart, you have to put on a dream of clothes, you revel in the illusion of the dream don't want to wake up, long lingering, travelling, when you know each other's feelings, all have the wind light cloud light, because you have walked out of his shadow, his coat and luxuriant, no longer love you embrace has lost its luster, Your life will be filled with gray. When I have no experience of loving others, I think, "It's really enjoyable to love others." When I am loved, I think, "What happiness is being loved!" But no matter love and be loved, all so let a person sad, because the heart is always so unpredictable, desire is always so things for her, can only pass by. Nothing goes to her heart. Like a decadent and dejected flower, with a desperate gesture but a naive face, smiling at all the cruelty and humiliation. Deep dark green is no tears. Such a flower always open in the dark does not believe in tears, is doomed to loneliness. Often, in the crowded sea of people, feel the extension of many strangers, sound, smell, chaos and noise. And calm down to see, to listen to, to feel difficult to fill, there is love and be loved there is a struggle in the vortex of feelings, there is love and be loved also more in the emotional world of entanglement. The wrong car of love and be loved, the incomprehension of love and be loved, the restriction of love and be loved, the helplessness of love and be loved... The vast earth, for a disappointed world and heart of no love, where is not the same? Always walking on the road, all the love, suddenly will find that there is nothing here. Empty and noiseless. There are many people who have no soul. A mediocre life without a purpose
PhotoPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsDon't assume what others are looking at, just live in your own world
I told my yoga teacher that it was too stressful to practice with the best and I couldn't bear the look of disdain.
An angel with broken wingsPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsThe Curse of Vehicular Mishaps
Nationally, in 2009, an estimated 2.2 million people were injured in vehicular-related accidents, states the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
King-Justice ShawPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsIf you are single, do you really need a partner
Most people in this world have no idea what kind of life they're going to live, let alone who they're going to spend it with. They tend to blame their frustrations on being married, or not. As if if it were not so, it would be possible to gain enlightenment and ascend.
An angel with broken wingsPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsWhat is reading for? Reading for reading's sake?
The question is the same as what people live for. There seemed to be no answer at last, but an answer had to be given. But reading is actually a part of why people live.
gaozhenPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsWhat is the intriguing plot of the Chinese film "The Warlords"?
After watching the movie "The Warlords", I was thinking, thinking has been stuck in some plot of the movie, has been thinking about certain issues, feel that this is a controversial, thought-provoking film. Three brothers in the film, in addition to the eldest brother Pang Qingyun, the other two are veritable heroes of the rough. The three brothers vowed not to kill each other in full view of the public. Three people call brothers and brothers, at the beginning defends the promise that they establish, unite, unite as one, the career that partnership does is flourishing. Arrived later critical moment, however, there was friction between brothers, opinion disagreement, especially old Pang Qingyun and second Zhao Erhu in dealing with the views of some problems, conflict is the biggest. Pang Qingyun in order to achieve great ego, cruel will be in the heart of the second Zhao Erhu killed to get rid of, sweep away the obstacles in his heart, self-righteousness for the interests of the people of the world, and forced to take the strategy. Zhao Erhu is so unclear, in the brother Pang Qingyun's trick, unjustly died. Pang Qingyun got what he wanted when he was a senior official in the imperial court. He stood up and begged the court for a temporary exemption from taxes on behalf of the people, thinking that the people of the world would be relieved from hunger and cold in the near future. However Pang Qingyun's big dream of life will eventually be fragmented, although the world is not a crow general black, but it is not so beautiful in his imagination, cheating, corruption and other ugly quietly in the interpretation. Although Pang Qingyun is an undisputed hero, it seems to me that he has unconsciously lost his humanity. Pang Qingyun already violated original intention, already violated the oath that their 3 siblings set up at the beginning. Give me the feeling, Pang Qingyun is to pick up the watermelon, lost the sesame, forgot the most important thing. Playing a metaphor, his original intention is only to get sesame, watermelon is outside the body, but the result he somehow got the watermelon, give up sesame, away from the theme. Just like the examinee writing a composition, as long as the examinee digress, no matter how good the essay is, it will get a pitiful low score. Originally, the three brothers shared weal and woe and forged a deep friendship. But later Pang Qingyun is ambitious, with killing brother for the price, round his grand plan, its results show that he has lost the human nature, forget the promise, forget the friendship between the brothers. A hero has broken his promise. If the hero is truly virtuous and human, he should spend the rest of his life in a state of guilt. This is not to give yourself an invisible shackles, guilty of their own life. Ridiculous Pang Qingyun thinks his strategy is perfect, but he does not know the truth of the pure official field, will be full of loopholes, a crushing defeat. When he was plotting against others, they were plotting against him behind the scenes. Just as "a mantis catches a cicada after the yellow sparrow", each mountain is higher than the other, and each ring is linked to the other. This kind of artistic conception is like the artistic conception of a poem like this: "When you look at the scenery from the bridge, the scene-beater looks at you from upstairs." It can be seen that Pang Qingyun's abacus will not be fulfilled, and he will eventually accompany his life. Cleverer men had turned their guns on him, and he knew nothing of it. Pang Qingyun, Zhao Erhu, Jiang Wuyang three brothers at the beginning of the promise there is such a "kill brothers, will kill." Pang Qingyun to the heart of the scheme can succeed, secretly sent people killed brother Zhao Erhu. Jiang Wuyang learned the truth, filled with righteous indignation, decided to revenge for the second brother, personally take a knife on the stage and eldest brother Pang Qingyun launched a life-and-death struggle. Even if others did not calculate behind the curtain Pang Qingyun, Pang Qingyun also can brew bitter fruit from oneself, kill each other with once good brother, this is the consequence that Pang Qingyun breaks promise, he already lost humanity actually. A man without humanity, it is impossible to achieve great achievements, more impossible to be loved by others. This is not a comedy, but a harrowing tragedy, in the end three brothers kill each other, no one has the last laugh, no one wins. "The Warlords" this film is not ordinary, it seems to reflect some human truth, I saw it twice, the first time, the whole story shocked me, so that my mind solidifying in a memorable plot. Some time later, I downloaded and watched the film for a second time, trying to understand some of the human nature that I had not understood before.
Ma KevinPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsI give you my "word"
Howdy. My name is Eric. I'm level 41. About to level up again. 42 this July 30th. I was thinking the other day about your "word". When you give someone your word. Back in the day, whole sales were made just based off if one's word. Thousands of dollars of land, machinery, and houses. Heck even in 2006 when I bought my house we got a $122,000 loan from the bank my parents have always banked at. It was a Friday and we were supposed to meet to sign the paperwork but my father couldn't be there. He had cows get out at the last second and couldn't make it. But the guy knew dad so well, he had banked there for so long that he just had me sign and let my dad give his word he would be on Monday. And that was good enough for the loan officer. He gave me a $122,000 check without my father's signature. Of course, my father came in Monday and signed his half. Try that nowadays.
Coolest BeanPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsBe like a glass of water
Life, do not have to be strong as the sun, do not have to towering clouds; Wood show in the forest, the wind will destroy it, the moon hanging, will eventually wither.
黄小二Published 2 years ago in ConfessionsIt takes a lot of effort to live a normal life
I only go shopping on Saturdays or weekends. Buy a week's worth of food. Today, I went to the vegetable market and saw the price of pork rising again. Last week, it was 15 yuan a catty. Today, it's 20 yuan. Do you want to buy it or not? Definitely. Eat some, no matter how expensive it is. I lived alone and didn't eat much, so I bought twelve dollars.
DominicPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsSummer Money
May 27th my school year ended, but another wave of stress rolled over me. How was I going to make money this summer? This is a huge problem I have had throughout the summer. As I have no means of transportation or any accessibility to places of work near me. so I needed to figure out a way to make money from home by myself, ways to create a positive as well as consistent source of income.
James RedPublished 2 years ago in Confessions