humanity
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Three Wishes
I don’t believe in wishes. I wish I did and that they were real, but they aren’t. As a child, I believed in the tooth fairy, a wish on a shooting star, and a wish list for Santa. The reality, though, is that you can’t wish anything into existence, and you can’t wish things away. Every time I was told to make a wish as I blew out a birthday candle, it never came true. When I was asked what I wished for as a gift, it never materialized. Really, I don’t understand why people set children up for disappointments like this.
By Alexandra Grantabout 2 hours ago in Psyche
Is Silence Really Power?
We love to say that silence is power. It sounds wise, like something worth remembering. Yet people can spend years holding back what they really think and convince themselves they are being mature. Fear can look a lot like patience from the outside. The difference becomes clear when we understand why someone has chosen to say nothing.
By Annam M Gordon2 days ago in Psyche
Smeared Glasses and Broken Screens
Click play to enjoy or be repulsed by a reading of the piece by me: My Dad wasn't a bad man, not intrinsically. He was a deeply flawed, old-school Glaswegian 70s/80s Dad who was not the most emotionally available. By my late teens, he became a social alcoholic. I resented him for that because I didn't feel a connection beyond blood and recognising he was a hard worker. My go-to thing was to say, "I got my eclectic music taste from my dad." That was it.
By Paul Stewart4 days ago in Psyche
Anger Is for the Young
I see the news every day and listen to conversations people have about just about anything. Most of the time, the tone is angry, confrontational, and divisive. One side is pitted against another, one generation against another, one color against another, one race against another, one lifestyle against another, and so on. I don’t have time to be that angry. I’ve learned I don’t want to waste another minute on anger. Who needs it? It takes your time, does nothing to make the world better, and blows away years in discontent.
By Alexandra Grant7 days ago in Psyche
Mr Mummu and the Urge to Finish Other People's Sentences
Last week my wife started telling me about a conversation she'd had at work. "So then my manager said I should just," she began, and I was already there. "Push back on the deadline," I said, pleased with myself.
By Gautam Atmakuri10 days ago in Psyche
