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One Brave Indian
I was on my way to mail a letter to a friend. It was a depressing letter, hand written or more accurately, scribbled, an obligatory reply to an encouraging communication in the other direction. A ‘thanks, but no thanks’ with all the depressing factors most anyone could concoct from a morose perspective on their lives. I had described all the reasons for my dismal failures of late, blamed everyone I could for every deficit I could account to them, and then concluded with a Psalmic reference to urge the reader to pray and not call the suicide hotline on my behalf. But something turned me aside on my path to the post office.
Larry BergerPublished 2 years ago in FictionMy D.N.A. Genealogy Test Shattered Everything I Thought I Knew About My Life
My DNA Genealogy Test REsults Shattered Everything I Thought I Knew About My Life I sat against the red and brown brick wall outside the police station, knees tucked into my chest. My heavy breaths clouded in front of me as the cold winter air bit at my skin, making my fingers numb, but I didn’t care. The cold air provided me with the only sense of peace that I could find right now. Just yesterday, I was just a normal teenage kid living a normal teenage life with normal parents who loved me. Today, everything I thought I knew about my life was shattered.
R. M. StaniforthPublished 2 years ago in FictionScream
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. This is not quite true. The reality is that screams are short-lived, in the vacuum of space, and only a select few can hear them.
Natasja RosePublished 2 years ago in FictionCome on, Comfort. Show me what you've got.
It happens on the first page - "Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.". Every single memory comes back like a flood, and I welcome it. Hello again, old friend.
Leigh HooperPublished 2 years ago in PoetsWhat Really Causes Inflation Made Easy to Understand
I will keep this short and simple because otherwise, you will not be here for long. Although we should not simplify complex social sciences like economics, to understand what inflation is, what causes it and why we are experiencing it, we must make these concepts more accessible to everyone.
Anton BlackPublished 2 years ago in The Swamp10 Underrated Music Artist Collaborations
We all know and love some of the most iconic artist collaborations that have come out throughout the years. From Beyonce and Jay Z to Nick Minaj and Ariana Grande to Justin Beiber and The Kid Laroi, we have seen various collaborations hit the charts and go viral. However, with as many music artist collaborations that go viral, there are others that get overlooked. Here are 10 of the most underrated music artist collaborations
Alisan KeeseePublished 2 years ago in BeatWhen the Living Bury the Dead
Wake up babe, a new 95 Theses just dropped. For those lucky enough to not have your lives inundated by the relentless hellscape that is Twitter, you may have missed the latest discourse. The microcosm of wokescold-eat-wokescold that is Book Twitter (booktwt for short) has once again proven that reading and being utterly illiterate are not mutually exclusive. At 10:39 pm on August 17, a thread dropped which rendered the general atmosphere of Twitter somewhere between uninhabitable and euphoric. The thread–the poster of which remain unnamed to avoid further harassment of her–started like this:
kit vaillancourtPublished 2 years ago in GeeksPassion is overrated, and it almost cost me my health and career
Almost every startup or business conference attendee has probably heard it countless times: "Follow your passion!" — Or — "Do what makes you happy!" And even if you don't frequent such events, you probably read about them online or hear them from others.
Vibor CipanPublished 2 years ago in MotivationA Playlist for Writers Who Like to Run...or Walk
Before I became sick with COVID last May, I loved to walk and do interval jogging. Fitness has always been a big part of my life. I did it all—aerial yoga, Zumba, dance yoga, HIIT, cardio kickboxing, vinyasa yoga, cheerleading, track, aerobics, Pilates, Peloton, personal training, and of course, the treadmill. Unfortunately, I haven't recovered enough yet to do these intense workouts. I am grateful that I seem to be improving and can go for short walks. Who knows? Full recovery might not be too far off in the distance.
Jennifer M. WardPublished 2 years ago in BeatRepeat After Me "I Don't Know The Answer"
Standing at the front of the class I heard a loud scream from the back row "OWWW HELP" I looked out to see one of my 10th grade students with his arms up protecting his chest as his classmate punches him repeatedly. It's times like these that made me start wondering, how do my students get so off track that they need to act out? In the end the kid was only playing. The student who asked for help begged me not to take his friend to the principals office, he told me they were only doing it for fun and he was never in any real trouble. So in the end they both had to talk it out with the principal.
Conner SkaggsPublished 2 years ago in MotivationThe Hunters Demise
Sanilla Tennessee is the quaint meth ridden town you'd expect it to be. Filled to the brim with southern hostility and maybe five fast food joints. It's the type of town that hold secrets almost as well as it holds water. Considering it floods twice a year and is smack dab right on the Mississippi River, one might be inclined to tell a tale or two.
Divine Architecture
Randos is the known inhabitable world that Elves and Men reside within. It is surrounded by heaven and was laid out in such a way by the architect Elonwye. Here I will try to decipher his plan and explain the cosmology and geography of the divine plane of Randos. ‘Randos’ comes to us from the ancient language used by the spirits of elves and men, the language of the gods called Kermim or “God Speak”. The word in their tongue means “vastness,” or “plane”. It was designed as a flat plane so that the eye of Elonwye, our sun that we call Cyrius, can always watch whats happening on the surface. It’s believed that Randos is a reconfigured space fashioned out of the previous Nine Worlds that came before it, including the world that was inhabited solely by the races of men called Emblar. That world of the previous bygone age was not a flat plane but a round planet. A spherical world that could traversed by going sideways around it.
Braison CyrusPublished 2 years ago in FictionAutumn in the Mountain Country
In October, I took the opportunity of a long vacation to visit my mother in the mountains. On a crisp morning, we set off from Xi'an by car. We heard that the Xiping Expressway was open to traffic, so we got on the expressway with a feeling of appreciation and feeling. After the toll station entrance of Xianyang Airport is the avenue of Xiping Expressway, a flat and new avenue across the second loess plateau of Xianyang, the green belt on both sides of the road can not stop the red and yellow apples hanging on the branches, the glory of the red persimmons, can not stop the corn, pears and dates and various colors of the attractive fragrance of flowers. When walking through Liquan and Yongshou, the fog was so thick that it was hard to see ahead and to the sides, so the car slowed down and moved slowly in the autumn fragrance. Some people say that the sky is against us, not allowing us to feast our eyes, I say that the sky is afraid that we are intoxicated with the beauty of autumn, the fragrance of autumn flowers, and let us focus on the trip. After Bin County into Changwu, the fog slowly dispersed into a line of white clouds floating in the blue sky, the golden sunshine spread the wilderness, the breeze blowing refreshing.
Faygath FyaharhPublished 2 years ago in FictionYou're Destroying Your Relationship By Toxic Ex-Partner Friendships
When we broke up, my ex and I swore we were always going to remain friends. Then one of us got a new partner. Then the other got a new partner. And still, we kept our vow to our ex to keep the friendship intact.
Ellen "Jelly" McRaePublished 2 years ago in HumansAfter 2 years, I finally read my dad’s suicide note.
I took a deep breath to stop the slight shaking in my hand, whispering my affirmation on the exhale, “I’m ready for this, I’m ready,” before sliding the blue-lined notebook paper out from its envelope. It was finally ready to read my dad’s suicide note.
R. M. StaniforthPublished 2 years ago in FictionWhat All The Buzz Is About
August 20th is National Honeybee Day. Though they are no longer considered an endangered species, many still worry about their safety because of the important role they play in agriculture. To better protect them, many have taken up beekeeping as a way of helping the honey bee thrive. Beekeeping is a hobby that dates back to 8,000 BC. Making honey the oldest known food in world history, and beekeeping the second oldest profession. Today, in the US. there are 212,000 beekeepers across the country. Here are some helpful tips you can use if you wish to get started in beekeeping.
M.L. LewisPublished 2 years ago in EarthWhy Cancel Culture Needs to Stay in 2022.
I studied the discipline of literature for five years, and what I value the most from my education is the context. Whether art, literature, music, or film - it has to be viewed in the context of its creation. During critical analysis, you must consider 1. the Context of the text; historical, political, and social. 2. the Purpose, what is the intention? Is there a moral to the story? What was the creator's aim? 3. the Receiver, what effect does it have on you the reader in your contemporary perspective, compared to the effect it had on those who first consumed the text? This is referred to as C.P.R.
Rosie J. SargentPublished 2 years ago in HumansThis Story Will Change Your Life For The Better
This article/story is slightly different from anything I’ve written so far. I am 100% certain that if you read this article your life will change for the better. If you manage to create a habit and do what I say for at least 30 days, 60 days, or 90 days… you will see a positive change in your life.
Juan CienfuegosPublished 2 years ago in MotivationWhy People Crave Connections
Human beings are social creatures. We crave connections and close relationships, feeding off our interactions with others. It’s no surprise that love and belonging comprise the third level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, next up in terms of significance after our physiological and safety needs.
Susan PoolePublished 2 years ago in HumansInside the Mind of a Depressed Soul
Depression isn’t something I would wish on my worst enemy. I get so frustrated with myself at times for my lack of understanding of what is going on inside my OWN head, and I imagine I am not alone in those frustrations.
Annie EdwardsPublished 2 years ago in Psyche