Humanity
HAITI MOVED OUT
"Let him stay at your place," the supervisor made a half turn and faced the employee opening the door for patients returning from day-long workshops. "Let me get your workers in and I'll get back with you two in a bit," The woman at the door spoke back over her shoulder straining to look further out along the walkway where a string of people were leaving a central building at the other side of facility grounds. "There's your last two just coming out of the universal building now." It would take a few minutes, five at most, for them to walk over to the residence hall where they lived with six other persons. As she closed the heavy metal door behind the returning four tenants, Janell turned back to face the supervisor and the new employee. Janell was filling in for a short staff load and had been for several days now. "What was that you were saying?" The supervisor spoke again, "This is our new worker... new hire employee. He's in need of someplace to stay for a little while and I can't afford to lose an employee if he moves away to his sister's place in Chicago. She and her husband... their household may not get him here on schedule when he's supposed to be at work. We are short-staffed." The emphasis put on "are" told Janell that this request was something to be considered to be imperative. The supervisor tilted her head forward a bit and locked eyes with Janell staring then whencing before announcing, "Your house has a balanced load of staff workers. I'm going to have you work here through the coming wee while he gets in tune with the routine. You know the run of a day's work at the facility... the all-purpose building... workshop schedules, fitness schedules, and the medication carousel routines for nurse visits or shortages. You work this house for now. Pat will learn the routine and meanwhile, I have time to find at least two new hires for this unit to work here with him." Janell nodded her head, "Fine, what was that other bit you said?" her forehead furrowed, "You want him.. who... at my place?" She screwed her face up and frowned more deeply. It was obvious that she was about to argue against such a lurid suggestion. The supervisor spoke up, "Well, he doesn't have a place to stay. No place to live. Let him stay at your house or," her face drew a frown and pursed lips as well, "...or I'll have to cut corners." Janell straightened her face but tilted her head in question of the new order. "Stay with me?" her voice cracked, "I can't let this guy stay at my home, Lucy. I'm married, I have a teenage daughter and a son. There is no room for a guest... and I am married." Then, "Who is he?... I don't know this guy.. don't know him. Would you move a strange man in on your daughter? What's going to happen when I'm suddenly pulled to work an emergency shift or put on night shift... and he's at my house with my kids alone?" The supervisor snapped back, "Later!... talk about this later. You can work this house until I get the rest of the needed workers... staff, for my house here." She paused to catch a breath. Her mouth went into a straight line across her face, then she added, "I've got to get back to the office to check in over there before next shift." Lucy stepped out of the front door leaving the two co-workers to talk. As Lucy stepped out of the five-bedroom case house she managed, she waived at the last two returning patients and reminded them to prep for dinner. There was a new worker and the visiting staff person pulled from one of the other unit houses to watch over them for the rest of the shift. She sauntered off toward the unit office where she worked. As they entered the door marked 510, Lucy stepped into the main unit building greeting the unit nurse and other office staff.
By CarmenJimersonCross5 years ago in Confessions
Nature has laid out her invaluable treasures here, the war between Russia and Ukraine - what is the matter?
In 1975-76, when I visited a town, I was surprised to find that the head of every family there was familiar with Ukraine. The name of the town was Steel Town which was built in Karachi for the employees of Pakistan Steel Mills. Some of the Russians who came to help during the construction were well aware that some of them belonged to Ukraine in one way or another.
By shakeel ahmad5 years ago in Confessions
There's No Map, But Here Be Dragons
Dear T., We met once in a bookstore. You were in town for a friend's wedding. I hyperventilated when I realized it was you. It's not every day you randomly spot your favorite author in the wild. You were kind enough to wait until I caught my breath, which took longer than I care to admit. You live in Seattle now and only come out with a collection of stories once a decade, and so you're a rare sighting. You don't have social media or a public email. My hyperventilating was somewhat justified as I didn't think we'd ever get to meet, nor would I get to thank you in person.
By Daniel Cohen5 years ago in Confessions
A Mind Can Be An Open World That Can Be Scary
There is one thing that the mind can do is wander very effectively and mine seems to have no problems with that lately. Many people may wonder why a mind wonders and I really have no answers for that one at all. My mind though gets some weird and not so weird thoughts. I thought an article about some of my random thoughts would be fun. Everyone can post there in the comments if they want too. I would love to read them. Here goes my random thoughts that keep creeping into my thoughts.
By Kenneth Watkins5 years ago in Confessions
All Of It
There are limits in this world that we allow people to cross so often. Why? Why do we do that to ourselves? We go from here to there. We lose friendships along the way. Become lost in our own self abyss. Blame others when it is really under our control. Blame ourselves when it is out of our own control. Someone tell me why I feel like I am screaming under water and no one hears me. The thought of you drives me insane. But then again, that is my limit. You are my limit. These feelings will not, are not, going to go away. You turned yours off. You found peace in your environment, I never will.
By Nia Wheat5 years ago in Confessions
HOLDING ON TO A DOLLAR
I ENDED UP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL because I was pregnant, married to the boy that got me pregnant, and no longer allowed to mix with the other students as a state law regulation. New to the neighborhood, I was coached to go over to a neighbor's house and introduce myself and stay there chatting for an hour. I could return home... one house from where I lived with the close of an hour's time. I returned early... raped and whining about the experience. I married that rapist as a result of no longer bearing the option to be a "virgin bride" as required by all morality and religion. The aftermath of that introduction to life in the real world has been a race to escape public welfare. Married and raising the first of two children, I applied to a college matriculated enrollment plan and began studies with BASIC COMPUTER LANGUAGES - 3 credit hours, ENGLISH COMPOSITION - 3 credit hours, and ENGLISH LITERATURE - 3 credit hours. The total limit for pre highschool transcript attendance in any college or university. I was already behind despite my "picket fence mentality" at the onset of life. I was teased by the computer instructor about my flowchart assignment subject matter as presented to him. Its focus was similar to the ladder of life applied to hexagram, rectangle, and squares with connecting lines to follow. He was amused by his 16-year-old enlistee to college. I finished high school through the GED program later on and went full force into college studies as family life, transportation, and later... as my jobs... and I have had many, including military, allowed.
By CarmenJimersonCross5 years ago in Confessions
Confessions Of A 40-Year-Old Tomboy. Top Story - March 2022.
I’m not girly enough. I have always veered toward all things prescribed as male activities. As a child, I loved Lincoln Logs, Matchbox cars, and action figures. I played video games. I wanted to be an archeologist and travel the world digging up dinosaur bones and discovering lost civilizations. I raced with the boys in the neighborhood, easily outrunning them with my long legs. I enjoyed watching football and hockey, often lamenting the fact that when the boys played those sports, I couldn’t play along. They feared I’d get hurt, but I didn’t care. The scars didn’t bother me. Scars were the evidence of a good time, a game well played.
By That Writer Chick5 years ago in Confessions
Between transportation and creativity
And a philosopher who has a point of view in every matter...? I think that the negative answer is not correct.. and if someone replied that Socrates had announced this more than a thousand years ago and made it clear to people that he is ignorant and all he knows is that he does not know anything, then that is a claim he did not believe in in fact, rather it is a method he invented to communicate with His citizens and their education, and to show them the contradiction in their thinking and sayings, and pushed them to adopt other opinions in which they did not believe, as for himself, he was aware that he knew. And likewise what other scholars of thought show of ignorance and confusion in front of the enigma of existence and its vast horizons. They reached him and the knowledge that they absorbed and knew that progress in knowledge and advancement in science increases understanding and broadens perceptions, but at the same time it reveals dimensions that were not visible on the screens of feeling and feeling, and opens the doors to question about phenomena that were hidden behind the curtains, and riddles that did not occur to them, and that between The mind and the absolute truth are a great abyss, which has depth and breadth, which leads them to believe in the fact that the more a person’s knowledge increases, his intellect becomes larger, and his intelligence ignites, the smaller and smaller he becomes in front of the facts and secrets of the universe. What has been said about scholars we say about others..about the general public, their educated and ignorant..Everyone sees that he has a distinguished thought, a broad mind and a powerful vision..I still remember my colleague who announced to us that if a head of state was chosen, he would lead the country towards the paths of progress, happiness and prosperity, and we I know people about the decline in all levels of knowledge and political thought, and they are not far from my view of those personalities who presented themselves as having the ability to assume the position of head of the Egyptian state after the removal of its former president and see success as a sure end to the period they spend in the position, at a time when it seemed Its owners are ordinary and common people, and they have not exercised a political position or obtained an educational certificate that qualifies them for such a position, and they do not appear to have a semblance of distinction and superiority. One of them had a viewpoint that he liked, and he saw that it was a slip of his mind and creativity that others could not come up with. They are not allowed to fight the battles of politics and the debates of its men without knowing that they have entered a difficult battle and fought an unequal battle, as they have no cash to spend, no tools to use, and no wide influence to rely on.. Socrates realized - if I am not wrong - this truth and he knew people's feelings and feelings, and he made it clear that there is no profession but that it has a secret that is unique to it, and whoever wants to practice it must train, learn and stand on it, except for politics, which is the field in which all people, regardless of their differences, see that they are qualified to engage in it. And they have a good viewpoint and a sound opinion that qualifies them to achieve success in it. And the matter still remains true. If it was true in the days of Socrates, then it is true in our days as well, even if later sciences, various experiences, laws, treaties, political history of nations and wars are new in political thought. for them . And what was said is not only true in the field of politics and the leadership of states.. Rather, it is apparent and clarified in matters of thought in general.. And the ignorant (if we do not say the educated in general) lives an overwhelming feeling that rejoices in his heart and is happy with his insight and wide knowledge and clear vision.. There were days when I was reading topics that I loved, and I wrote with the pens of creative writers, who were distinguished by the breadth of knowledge and the ability to raise astonishment, question and reflect on others’ thinking. At a high level of understanding and insight..were it not for the arrogant person who presented to me at that time, the one who asked me to ask him about anything I wanted to know in order to provide me with what satisfies the desire for understanding and illuminates the darkness of the mind, so my first question was about (Karl Marx) and his philosophy. He claimed knowledge and concealed his ignorance of a phrase that was present on the Sunnah by those who joined under the tent of collective thought adopted by society. And I saw myself standing in this ignorant place of ours, and what if someone who has questions asked me about what I have no knowledge or knowledge of.. and I realized the fact that what I had of knowledge (which is really few) were only narrow aspects ofof I think that the negative answer is not correct.. and if someone replied that Socrates had announced this more than a thousand years ago and made it clear to people that he is ignorant and all he knows is that he does not know anything, then that is a claim he did not believe in in fact, rather it is a method he invented to communicate with His citizens and their education, and to show them the contradiction in their thinking and sayings, and pushed them to adopt other opinions in which they did not believe, as for himself, he was aware that he knew. And likewise what other scholars of thought show of ignorance and confusion in front of the enigma of existence and its vast horizons. They reached him and the knowledge that they absorbed and knew that progress in knowledge and advancement in science increases understanding and broadens perceptions, but at the same time it reveals dimensions that were not visible on the screens of feeling and feeling, and opens the doors to question about phenomena that were hidden behind the curtains, and riddles that did not occur to them, and that between The mind and the absolute truth are a great abyss, which has depth and breadth, which leads them to believe in the fact that the more a person’s knowledge increases, his intellect becomes larger, and his intelligence ignites, the smaller and smaller he becomes in front of the facts and secrets of the universe. What has been said about scholars we say about others..about the general public, their educated and ignorant..Everyone sees that he has a distinguished thought, a broad mind and a powerful vision..I still remember my colleague who announced to us that if a head of state was chosen, he would lead the country towards the paths of progress, happiness and prosperity, and we I know people about the decline in all levels of knowledge and political thought, and they are not far from my view of those personalities who presented themselves as having the ability to assume the position of head of the Egyptian state after the removal of its former president and see success as a sure end to the period they spend in the position, at a time when it seemed Its owners are ordinary and common people, and they have not exercised a political position or obtained an educational certificate that qualifies them for such a position, and they do not appear to have a semblance of distinction and superiority. One of them had a viewpoint that he liked, and he saw that it was a slip of his mind and creativity that others could not come up with. They are not allowed to fight the battles of politics and the debates of its men without knowing that they have entered a difficult battle and fought an unequal battle, as they have no cash to spend, no tools to use, and no wide influence to rely on.. Socrates realized - if I am not wrong - this truth and he knew people's feelings and feelings, and he made it clear that there is no profession but that it has a secret that is unique to it, and whoever wants to practice it must train, learn and stand on it, except for politics, which is the field in which all people, regardless of their differences, see that they are qualified to engage in it. And they have a good viewpoint and a sound opinion that qualifies them to achieve success in it. And the matter still remains true. If it was true in the days of Socrates, then it is true in our days as well, even if later sciences, various experiences, laws, treaties, political history of nations and wars are new in political thought. for them . And what was said is not only true in the field of politics and the leadership of states.. Rather, it is apparent and clarified in matters of thought in general.. And the ignorant (if we do not say the educated in general) lives an overwhelming feeling that rejoices in his heart and is happy with his insight and wide knowledge and clear vision.. There were days when I was reading topics that I loved, and I wrote with the pens of creative writers, who were distinguished by the breadth of knowledge and the ability to raise astonishment, question and reflect on others’ thinking. At a high level of understanding and insight..were it not for the arrogant person who presented to me at that time, the one who asked me to ask him about anything I wanted to know in order to provide me with what satisfies the desire for understanding and illuminates the darkness of the mind, so my first question was about (Karl Marx) and his philosophy. He claimed knowledge and concealed his ignorance of a phrase that was present on the Sunnah by those who joined under the tent of collective thought adopted by society. And I saw myself standing in this ignorant place of ours, and what if someone who has questions asked me about what I have no knowledge or knowledge of.. and I realized the fact that what I had of knowledge (which is really few) were only narrow aspects of
By Zernouh.abdo5 years ago in Confessions
Rolly Polly, Broken
As of 19 years of age, i have a job at my parents dairy farm with the herd we are milking at the moment a total of 208 cows, so on the farm i often use a quad bike to get home and out on the farm i use it everyday. So this story is about a quad bike and how it flipped and rolled down a hill.
By finntasha burgess5 years ago in Confessions
Step One: Try
I should start this off saying that I really don’t have a plan or structured instructions on how I want to contribute to this cause. This entry will double as a scientific experiment to help me realize this theory that I am adequate to succeed in whatever I wish to take a shot at. I hope this hypotenuse keeps getting its support too because if it does that would mean I would have my guideline to the 2022 kindness DIY and have some kind of documented and physical tool I can use when it comes to being this to fruition. The most important thing and also hardest for me is to begin. I’m so afraid of failure that I’ve hindered my potential to leave an impact by not giving myself the chance to fail. I found myself only participating in things where I had already done immense homework and scenario trials in my mind so I would avoid any feelings of disappointment or inferiority. All I know is I want widespread and permanent happiness more than anything. To say that my life or journey has been difficult is comical and couldn’t be further from the truth compared to the horrors and injustice that others have had to endure. But that doesn’t mean I dont know what pain feels like. And oddly enough I’m glad I have hurt the way I have. Because by feeling pain, I have learned more than just what it feels like. I know what it looks like. I know what it sounds like. I think I even know what it smells like too. But I’m all senses, it is the absolute worst. It’s more heartbreaking to see it in others than to feel it yourself. It’s brought me to a point where I do anything I can to help anyone avoid it if it’s possible. Ten times out of ten I would hurt and take away other peoples pain if that somehow was an option with any situation. I see this as one of the very few strengths I possess, though it might not even be seen as a strength by most. Ive learned that there might have been an upside or reason as to why I’m a little bit more sensitive to everything and let myself be hurt by things that I shouldn’t have because of what it meant in the grand scheme of the things. It gave me this hidden faith that though I may be currently hurting, it will get better. It will heal. It is temporary. You will learn something from this pain. This is necessary for your life. This is still your path. This was always supposed to happen for you. Don’t lose sight of you. Lee your eyes forward. Time is the absolute most precious thing we have, especially time together. Don’t dwell on what you can’t change. But also don’t ignore your rear view mirror. Look back so you can remember what youve learned from any significant situation in your mind and do what you can to share it with anyone who might find themselves feeling similar or dealing with something similar. Sharing is caring and to love thy neighbor sometimes that’s all it takes. Insignificance is fictitious, the littlest of things can be monumental for others, sometimes a smile is all it takes to save a life. SMILE. That can be part of my dream on how to a build a kinder world. Hey Google, add smile more to my plan.
By Adam Toney5 years ago in Confessions
