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Bravery is a muscle. Top Story - July 2024.
Los Angeles-USA, 2018. As I watched Reshma Saujani's TED talk about bravery x perfection, her words and insights had a valuable impact on me. If I could be braver, my chances of achieving what I wanted would be higher. That inspired change.
By Dani Wieczorek2 years ago in Humans
The Great Uncoupling of 2229. Top Story - July 2024.
“I realize there are still aspects of humanity that my kind cannot understand or appreciate….” The soft, airy voice resonating from the orb that trailed Teyhx through the hallway of her dorm pleaded with her to see reason. Though, ultimately, the decision was not hers anyways.
By Adam Clost2 years ago in Futurism
Confessions of an Empath. Top Story - July 2024.
The birds are chirping, and the sun is shining in a cloudless July sky. The vibrancy promises a beautiful day, but the cooing of the Mourning Dove perched on the powerlines seems to be more fitting than the lively songs of the robin flitting through the trees. The melancholic calls of the dove cloak the world in a sadness that hangs like tattered drapes.
By Alyssa Musso2 years ago in Confessions
Timothy. Top Story - July 2024. Content Warning.
My fingers inch closer to the keyboard, itching to obliterate a day's worth of work. It's some of my best writing I've done to date, but at what cost? The words seem to bleed, dripping onto my desk. For a millisecond, I'm sitting in front of a crime scene, looking at dead, begging eyes. Why? Why me?
By Alexandria Stanwyck2 years ago in Fiction
His Haibun. Top Story - July 2024.
He does not like poetry; I write it anyway and do not tell him. It's true his face is not a poet's face. It is round and open, youthful; too apt to be compared to the sun. His nose is neat. It is impossible to imagine him smoking a cigarette, terse, full of cheekbones and tension. His warmth burns my fingertips. I am here for his fascinating body, the haphazard freckles I touch one by one; he is here for my eyes, just my eyes. A sunbeam sneaks through the curtains and pierces us both, sizzling the spices of his skin. I inhale and wrap myself in him. He kisses my eyes.
By TheSpinstress 2 years ago in Poets
3:00 AM Challenge Winners
B. A. Durham’s False Memories blends dream and reality in a seamless mix. As his father, afflicted by Alzheimer’s, fades away, the narrator is haunted by a dream that may be a memory, returning to him insistently. The piece is full of wonderful detail (the father touching his lip where once there was a mustache, “but now he is clean-shaven—he has been for years” — and moving in revealing the complexities of a family’s life. A worthy winner which shows the power of dreams to influence us.
By Vocal Curation Team2 years ago in Resources
Mother Nature. Top Story - July 2024.
[CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED - NO MORE ENTRIES ACCEPTED] Hi everyone, My first time doing this, but I'm running an unofficial challenge, because why not? I've enjoyed doing both unofficial and official challenges in the past and it's a great way to get your work out there!
By Liam Storm2 years ago in Writers
Thank You for So Much. Top Story - July 2024.
I am grateful that I passed on the opportunity to _________ because ________. Rupi Kaur’s Gratitude Writing Prompts I am grateful that I passed on the opportunity to have more children because I now have seven. I had two bio children, our first was a daughter and she weighed 8# 15 oz. Our son came 3 years later and weighed 10# 6 oz.
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Writers
Paying Attention To Identity In Leadership. Top Story - July 2024.
Who are you? It seems like a simple question, but it is loaded with a lot more information than most people realize. Information that Leaders Must Understand to Succeed.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM2 years ago in Journal
The Squeeze. Top Story - July 2024.
– The Pricey Luxury Badge vs the Hovering Hulk – Most of us have a problem with car doors putting dents on the sides of our cars; we'd like to take up two spaces but then we'd get key'd out of spite if we did. Currently the 'Compact' spots are occupied by Schlong-Schlinging oversized trucks that have their Tuckus' so far out they block the drive through aisles; I'm probably the only one that's noticed.
By Jay Kantorabout a year ago in Humor
Letter to our Queer & Trans Youth. Top Story - July 2024.
Hey, you. I thought I’d start this letter by telling you a little about myself, just so you know who you’re dealing with. I’m an emotional dad, father to three amazing kids who we met through the foster care system, and whose presence in our lives has really transformed my sense of responsibility to the communities that surround us. The connections we’ve made with one another, with our extended families, and with the communities where we live and look for belonging have catapulted us into this whirlwind of emotional tumult which, while not easy by any stretch of the measure, has also been remarkably healing. I realize ours is really only a one-sided chosen family, since our kids didn’t get to choose to live here, but I’d like to think that they did choose to let us love them, which allowed them to grow to love us. And I think that’s where I want to go with this letter- to a place where you can find belonging and healing- even if the pathway there may be peppered with some emotional tumult.
By F Cade Swanson2 years ago in Pride
