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The one that accomplished nothing
The year is 1993, which means I was 4, my brother was 2 and she was pregnant with my second brother. It was a typical day in paradise. We were eating one of her delicious creations she was serenading us by singing as she usually does when we’re alone with her and my brother and I were playing quietly in the corner as we waited. These moments of peace with the ones I was most grateful for because dad wasn’t home. Dad scared all of us. He was never nice for very long and lost his temper often. I remember this day quite vividly my mother was wearing a green dress I’m cooking on the stove top from a distance due to her being eight months pregnant. I remember wondering if the baby was hot being so close to the oven. This moment of serenity was quickly disturbed by slam of an opening door. Everyone tensed-up, even my two-year-old baby brother. I grabbed him by the hand and carried him to the bedroom where he pretended to sleep in hopes that he would have some compassion for my mom and not yell too loud like he did once.
By Cassandra Boom6 years ago in Motivation
Handwriting Lover
Growing up, I found myself valuing papers. To the point where I found myself in my room with stacks of paper. After years of writing I wanted to do something with all the papers that I have collected. Therefore, I decided to design art pieces with my papers of words. Shortly, I started to take pictures and make small videos. Pretty much, writing allows me to tell stories slightly from the norm. Similar, to creating an unheard of universe and introducing it to the realities of millions. Leading into a new development of art that I refer to as scripted-blue.
By Sheba Bonita 6 years ago in Motivation
Mind Your Thoughts
So, I don't know if you've heard of it, but there's this thing called “sublicide.” Allow me to explain: In the wild, amongst animals, specifically birds, sublicide is a term used to describe the brutal murder of a sibling, for the sole purpose of simply surviving. If there are less mouths to feed, the surviving mouth gets fed more, obviously.
By Ashley Alleyne Van-De-Cruize 6 years ago in Motivation
Time
Time is interchangeable. From the beginning of time to now there hasn't been a way to manipulate it. Of course there's movies like “back to the future” & books like "Erased" that has various depictions of time & concepts like such are used to fill & sulk in knowledge & experience.
By The Kind Quill6 years ago in Motivation
How does teenagers deal with failure?
Most people fail at some point in their lives, it is a very fundamental thing you need to get through. According to the Cambridge Dictionary failure means: the fact of someone or something not succeeding. Everyone wants to succeed and as a teenager it is what we are told to do, when you grow up you need or are going to be someone great, but, what does it stop us to do something great?, How does failure affect teenagers? More importantly, does failure predetermine a teenager’s future?
By Andrea Escudero6 years ago in Motivation
Why Do Some People Step Up In a Crisis When Others Step Back?
It is safe to say that we are living through a time of tremendous uncertainty, battling a faceless enemy who is changing minute to minute. It is the first truly mo dern global crisis, facilitated by the speed and convenience of travel and fed by social media, traditional media, and elected leadership.
By Brian Knowler6 years ago in Motivation
Just a writer.
It all began when my mother brought me my first book ‘’The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’’ when I was 8-9 years old. As I had just learned how to read and becoming accustomed to it, my mother thought that it would help me to not only be better at reading but also to broaden my horizons and engross the brilliant world of literature. As mentioned previously my first book was ‘’The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’’ I still remember how excited my mother was to bring me that book as she was as well a great fan of literature, me being the ordinary young child I started acting unreasonably and getting upset that my mother would make me read my homework again; but when I first took the book in my hands and ran my fingers through the old pages of it, I started getting excited and happy. The story began and my mind and soul was completely focused on Tom Sawyer’s adventures. I managed to finish the book in 2 days since I was so engaged in the plot and when I did finish I was fascinated by so many things. First of all, by my ability to just recreate what I was reading and imagine it, I felt like I was directing my own little movie. Secondly, how attached I had grown to the main character, as when the book finished I got sad and didn’t want to say goodbye to his adventures and his personality that was full of braveness and mischief. Finally, the way that I got jealous of Mark Twain and wondered how he succeeded in writing such a great book that motivated me to start writing. The same evening I took out my little pink notebook, and i started writing short childish stories. I would go around and have this proud smile and tell people ``I am a writer``. Time passed rather quickly, and i found myself nostalgic of how reckless, proud and clueless i was. I started drifting away from writing, I started having this ideas that I was bad at it. Time passed. Until that summer evening... I was walking around in the town of Mykonos without paying attention on where i was going when i came across a small church, in front of it it had a small garden and you could see the whole town and even the old harbor of Mykonos. The view was breathtaking. The majestic orange warm sun positioned in the middle of the sky that was clear from clouds. The sea was calm, you could hear the distant sounds of the waves. The sun was reflecting on the refreshing salty surface,as it started going down as if it wanted to dive in the sea, the sky's orange from the sun started fading and a dark blue started appearing. Before you know it the sun has dissipated and in seconds it was replaced by the full bright moon along with his fellow yellow stars. I could feel the reviving air blow slightly to my face. The sea remained still, i was full of ideas and creativity and I knew then and there that I had to start writing again.
By Kristiana Shkurti6 years ago in Motivation
Curse of the Creatives
Born and bred a romantic; raised on the classics and submerged into a lifestyle where your imagination rules the daily narrative. Being a creative means a life surrounded by ideas, a million things before breakfast that you can only hope to complete. When you attend an art gallery, the first thought; maybe I should start painting again? Further still, pandemic inflicted isolation is leaving a longing in so many to be doing something, well, something more.
By Zoe Mac6 years ago in Motivation
Love is blind
Let’s get this clear it’s not you it’s them. I’m going to talk about this as I have heard a lot from comments from people who blame themselves for this stuff. There are many different things that happen in relationships but when you are dealing first hand with a Nark this will change the game and you need to relies is that you are not dealing with a normal person Narcissists cheat and lie they are masters in manipulation and betrayal it’s what they do. Let’s look a bit deeper here take out the F$#*&in crap and get down to it a Narcissist is selfish they crave attention, validation to be admired that’s why they cheat because they need to always feel wanted, they’re very self-focused right, they only care about themselves, they don’t necessarily even care about their children except to be used as pawns in a cover of some fake life that their leading and to also look as though they care its bullshit. Yep true story peeps, they’re demanding to what they want to do, it’s their time, it’s their schedule. When you get involved with a Narcissist of course you’re got no idea they are a Narcissist because when you meet them the mask is on. But when you get involved with someone that it just seems too good to be true it probably is way too good to be true. You thought that they love you and that’s the real crap part as we put our soul into this stuff. So how could he cheat you? This was the one, this is your soulmate, and this is the man/women of your dreams, Blah, Blah, and Yeah we get it. How could you think that the person you have given your all to could be like this, he’s with me all the time, he’s never with someone else. Well, that isn’t always true. And depending on how skilled your Narcissist is in this cheating and lying game, they may have spent decades hiding what they’ve done. And generally not just with one other person this is generally a pattern of what they do. They can tell you they love you and you think things are great or you may be working on things and a Narcissist will be starting a whole new relationship with another at the same time and with modern technology this has been made even easier with snapchat, Facebook and all the other social media platforms out there. It’s not about you it’s about them they cannot be honest with themselves let alone anyone else and trust me peeps the sooner you step off this rollercoaster turn off the spin cycles and step the f&*$ off the better life will be.
By Mel Bennett6 years ago in Motivation
The Show Goes On
It’s 2pm on a Friday in March, and I’m sitting at my kitchen counter in blue polka dot panties, a sports bra, Uggs, and my mother’s grey cashmere sweater. I’m not putting on makeup, warming up my voice, or practicing new songs for the show tonight. That’s because there is no show tonight. Or tomorrow. Or the next day. For me, and for the rest of the world, the stage is dark.
By Savannah Lynx6 years ago in Motivation
