Humanity
How Sweet Is Your Tea?
Whilst what I write here is on the subject of Martial Arts, the advice on offer can apply to all walks of life by people wanting to better themselves and achieve the achievable...because it’s all achievable. There is nothing we can’t do if we will face our ‘Shugyo’.
By Simon Morrell4 years ago in Confessions
Epiphany
This is a story about me and how I ended up where I am right. The prologue leads up to where I am currently. Here I was on New Year's Eve, the last day of 2021. I just turned 22 years old the day prior and was out with a couple of friends. My friend's birthday was in a couple of days, and we were taking turns writing on a card we got him. Everyone was writing their best wishes for him, and it was finally my turn. I didn't know what to write and thought about it for a while. Suddenly words flew through my head, and I quickly jot them down on the card. The words were " Make this year your year. Don't take any moment for granted."
By Mari Gold4 years ago in Confessions
2022: New Year, New Me?
January 1st, 2022 I love new beginnings. A fresh season usually begins with a moment where, whether we choose it or not, something that wasn’t meant to carry on ends and something new takes its place: moving to a new city, starting a new relationship, welcoming a little life into the world, launching your first business, etc. They’re occurrences that are noteworthy enough to effect the trajectory of our lives. And while those events happen sporadically to each of us from time to time, I think there’s something inspiring and rather enticing about being given the opportunity, along with all humanity, to accept the invitation to make this the new year, new me.
By Savannah McKinley4 years ago in Confessions
The Hurt of Not Writing
Yesterday I didn’t write , but I wanted to . This wasn’t writer's block (I have written a piece on how I deal with this here), this was something else. Normally I can write about anything , a piece of junk I found in the street , something I found at the bottom of a rucksack , a person I have met , an album or book I like , or something that happened to me in the past.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Confessions
The Church Robbed me of Motherhood
My unexpected journey of motherhood began about 10 years ago in July of 2011. I never expected to be pregnant. I only took a pregnancy test for the heck of it. I remember that my exact reason for “peeing on the stick” was just to see what it would say.
By Stephy Ellsworth4 years ago in Confessions
What They Don't Tell You
On today's episode of "I didn't want to feel today, but here I am..." I thought to myself as I scrolled through various social media. "Social" being the farthest from the truth to me. I found myself scrolling again through recommended friends on Facebook. It wasn't hard to get lost in the lives of people you used to spend so much time around.
By Arin Blackheart4 years ago in Confessions
A walk with the darkness
I learned years ago not to put all of my thoughts into the digital realm. Especially when I am not in my right mind. It seems when I take drugs another side of me surfaces and many things start to happen at once. The one thing that happens is my thoughts become confusing. I then begin to have dreams every time I close my eyes. Sometimes I feel as though the dreams are visions of a future that is unclear. Other times it is like I am somewhere else completely. There are times when I felt like my eyes were opened while dreaming because I felt awake in the dream itself. I don't remember what I was doing before the dream started and I wake up expecting to be in the same location I was in during the dream but I'm not. It is a strange feeling to have. You wake up disassociated from the reality you last remembered.
By Insanity at its best4 years ago in Confessions
Can We Please Just Get Along?
Does everything really have to be so tense? Here's a scenario that should be completely innocuous: we had our kitchen cabinets painted this week. The painting contractor, a very nice man whose services we’d used several years ago, gave us an estimate that made our eyes pop, but that’s what good work costs these days. And his guys were good. They showed up on time, pretty much, every day, and did their work with care and skill. They treated us, our possessions, and our house with respect.
By Jan M Flynn4 years ago in Confessions
2022 will be my year!
New Year, New Me. Sounds so cliché, I know that. But I feel like 2021 was such a great year (At least the second half of it). And it ended with so many opportunities for me to grab in this new year. Let me tell you why I believe 2022 will be my year.
By Axelle T. Marchesin4 years ago in Confessions
