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I am not sure how to state the way I feel with the changes happening around me. I am at a point in life where I have to walk carefully. Often, a teacher is held to a higher moral standard in our Native society. I have to walk with my peers and listen to their stories. I have to walk with integrity for the youth is watching and, one day, may become a student. I have to walk the red road to keep me grounded and on track as I assist others navigate all the changes they are experiencing too.
By Sheila L. Chingwa5 months ago in Confessions
The Steady Rhythms of Life in the Colombian Andes
Sometimes I want to pinch myself, unsure if I am still asleep and dreaming or if I truly do live in this beautiful place. Then I wake up with aches and pains, unsure of how they got there or when they will go away, if ever.
By sara burdick5 months ago in Confessions
Confessions of a Dynamically Disabled Academic. Top Story - May 2026.
E is my oldest friend. We reunite at a coffee shop that sits in the shadow of a Costco. We both make ourselves small. She, cross-legged, intent, like a therapist witnessing a breakthrough. I, huddled and fidgety, attempting to mimic sturdiness.
By Erin Latham Shea5 months ago in Confessions
You’re Not Late
Do you feel like everyone else has already gotten somewhere, but you’re still spinning around in circles? That others know what they’re doing, but you’re still sorting out your thoughts. That someone is “ahead” and you are “behind.”
By Tsetsy5 months ago in Confessions
Where Did Your Long Hair Go?. Content Warning.
Where Did Your Long Hair Go? A 1966 poem recovered by the woman who lived through the era that blamed girls and protected boys,
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 5 months ago in Confessions
The Girl Who Edits Other People's Feelings for a Living
I became an editor the way some people become priests, drawn to other people's confessions, quietly certain the grace I offer was never meant for me.
By Yasmine Lagras5 months ago in Confessions
depth of thought. Content Warning.
Everything dark, blank a complete contrast of the life we lived only moments ago. Our minds empty until something tells us otherwise, we have no stimulation, no meaning.
By author_mythical5 months ago in Confessions
Twenty Minutes on the Edge
The day my emotional perimeter collapsed There is a point where emotional turbulence crosses an invisible line, moving from the quiet background of the mind directly into the physical self. I reached that limit.
By Anna K.5 months ago in Confessions
Ways To Nourish The Soul
No one matters. Children or young people out there, you will learn this later, but it's better to learn this now, is self-confidence. It does not matter what anyone thinks of you. What does matter is what your parents think of you, what your best friend only thinks of you, what your siblings think of you, and what you think of yourself. There's maybe like five people on that list. No one matters. Your happiness is in your own hands. You cannot get it from anywhere else. Only you have the power. Remember to be kind. Be the one that is the savior of the bullies. Be the one that is confident to go without makeup somewhere or didn't get time to dress up and go to a party. Enjoy the moment. Don't care about what you're wearing and who thinks what you are because I swear to God when you're older, you'll be like, what was I doing? You have your whole life to be a grown-up. Enjoy being young. Enjoy being silly. Enjoy not getting dressed and makeup. Spend time in nature. Take up a sport. You must play a sport, an instrument, and teach the adults who have missed out on that life because your adults did live that life, but they've also gotten into this Insta life and this like technological life. So you kids remind your parents, hey, come on, let's go to the beach. Let's go to the mountains. Let's do some nature activities. Go spend time in charities. Give your time to charity. Go to SOS village. Go give your time to underprivileged kids. These are all really nourishing for your soul and you will be so happy that you did this because at the end, peace and happiness is all you want. So find that within yourself and never care about what anyone thinks of you. Be kind, be honest, and have fun.
By Ibrahim Shah 5 months ago in Confessions
Behind my Mask (synthesis)
“What I lived through, you may have felt without being able to name it. This book puts words on what you were never able to explain.”
By Dominique Carden5 months ago in Confessions
The Cost of High-Frequency Tolerance II
There is a point in every compromised system where tolerance stops being adaptation and becomes corruption, Not collapse. Corruption.
By Khali Sollis5 months ago in Confessions
The Confession That Changed My Life Forever
There was a time in my life when I believed hiding the truth was easier than facing it. I thought silence could protect me. I thought if nobody knew what I was carrying inside, life would somehow become normal again. But I was wrong.
By AngelFace5 months ago in Confessions