humanity

For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.

Sagittarius Woman and Aries Man Compatibility Score
When a Sagittarius woman meets an Aries man, sparks fly almost instantly. Both are Fire signs, which means they naturally understand each other's enthusiasm, optimism, and desire to experience life to the fullest. Their connection often begins with laughter, adventure, and an irresistible attraction that feels effortless from the start.
By Inspire and Fun3 months ago in Humans
A Hundred Yen and a Flat Tire: What Daiso Taught Me About Living in Japan
I found myself crouched on the asphalt outside my apartment on a Sunday morning, staring at a small plastic packet with yellow rubber tubes spilling out of it. Bicycle Valve & Valve Rubber Set. Made for English valves only, the pink sticker warned, in case I got any ideas about using it on the wrong kind of bike. Two caps, two cap nuts, two valves, eight rubber tubes. All of it, I already knew, would cost me exactly one hundred yen plus tax at Daiso.
By Abu Haniifa3 months ago in Humans
Unapologetically You
One of the greatest freedoms in life is no longer caring about what others think of you. Sometimes, you need to step away from the crowd, breathe some fresh air, and remind yourself: Who am I? What kind of person do I truly want to become?
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing3 months ago in Humans
You Nodded Then: The Script You Chose Before You Were Born
My senior sat across from me. The tea had gone cold. After he said those words, a plane-tree leaf fell outside the window and stuck to the half-open glass, taking a long time to drop off.
By Jin3 months ago in Humans
Happy Birthday and First Date!
Yesterday, a party of three (my friend, her teenage daughter and myself) crashed my son's restaurant while he was working his shift.
By Lana V Lynx3 months ago in Humans
He Didn’t Speak to Me for Twenty Years. Then He Brushed a Leaf Off My Skirt.
I The production team's first lead on the Katayama family came from a plea for help submitted by their son: "I'm twenty-one years old. For as long as I can remember, my father has never spoken a single word in my mother's presence. I thought that was how families worked, until I stayed over at a friend's house and heard his dad call back, 'Coming.'"
By Jin3 months ago in Humans
A Light That Won’t Easily Go Out
We often hear a puzzled complaint: “Society is already full of deceit and survival of the fittest. Why, from such a young age, do we insist on feeding children ideals of truth, goodness, and beauty? Instead of letting them slam into a wall later and be forced to learn the hard way, wouldn’t it be better to teach them to see reality clearly from the start, to adapt to the real law of the jungle?”
By Jin3 months ago in Humans
New Beginnings
I could write several books about everything I have been through, from school bullying, abusive relationships both at home and in my young adult life, to life in a psychiatric hospital, struggling with parenting, violence etc...
By Carol Ann Townend3 months ago in Humans
The Only Rebels in Creation
Look up. The sun does not negotiate with the sky. It rises because it must, sets because it must, and in five billion years it has never once asked why . The moon does not resent its borrowed light. It simply reflects, obedient, silent, exact.
By Aarsh Malik3 months ago in Humans
Valuation Over $12M Before I Open a Dating App
James's desk sat against the window side of the open-plan office, looking out over the rolling rooftops of San Francisco's Financial District and the gray-blue evening sky. Three monitors crowded his desk, but only the center one was lit; the other two sat dark. Along the left monitor's edge, four sticky notes were lined up—two blue ones covered in technical notes, one pink with next week's investor meeting agenda, and a yellow one at the bottom, half-pinned under a coffee mug, revealing only a single blurry character that looked like "val." The mug was a company-branded giveaway, stamped with "SaaS Co." in faded lettering, with about a third of its contents still inside. James couldn't remember when he'd last drunk from it, or whether it had been hot or cold, but he remembered brewing a packet of instant coffee in it at 9:30 that morning. It was the only calorie he'd consumed all day.
By Jin3 months ago in Humans
Lessons That Continue to Be So Important to Me
Authors Note: Many of the following sayings I don't know who originally said them, but they were all helpful to me in my life! My son was born on July 21, 1978. One month later he stopped breathing. He was diagnosed with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). His father and I were struggling in our marriage. We went to a marriage counselor who told us she couldn't help us and she gave us meeting lists and a chemical dependency assessors name and information. She said to work with us would be like pounding our heads against the wall and we wouldn't get anywhere. I started meetings that week. Our son turned 48 this week. In one month, I will have been in recovery for 48 years. My husband went into treatment soon after. During our marriage he went to treatment five times. We divorced; he remarried and had another child. He died from the illness at age 46. Some of the things I learned are below. And like it says above, I am still learning.
By Denise E Lindquist3 months ago in Humans
From Female Pattern Recognition to Empathy
Until recently, my understanding of women was like artificial intelligence. In a documentary I watched recently, AI was described as pattern recognition presenting itself as an intelligent response. Rather than truly understanding language, it recognizes statistical patterns and predicts—or, dare I say, guesses—the most likely word or punctuation mark to come next.
By Jesse Lee3 months ago in Humans