Reflections: Human understanding 25 Articles

by Donald Z Smith

It was May 3, 1969. We had been in the Ashau Valley somewhere near Khe sanh all of April. The Ashau was a living hell. Most of us caught Malaria, went without food for days and had to fight the NVA for water at a river ...read more

by Debbie Gorsuch

This is meant as a journey through my thoughts at the moment. I'm currently reading The Art of Happiness by His Holiness The Dalai Lama (HH). Just like all the inspirational books I've read lately, this is life changing...read more

by Fallen Leaf

He could look into those eyes for his entire life. Those big, beautiful brown eyes. He often wondered if they were for real or was he still dreaming when he woke up and saw them looking back at him. He forgot the world aro...read more

by PE Savage

Personal Observations. Once you have nothing to offer, you are forgotten Once you have given all you can, you are forgotten Once you've made a mistake, you are shunned Once you no longer strive for attention, you dis...read more

by Mary Bubbins

Human Understanding. Compassion. Caring. They all carry the same definition in my opinion. It is one that we,as human beings,should strive to live by every single day yet somehow we fail to do so. Now maybe to some of you ...read more

by Grace Ryan

By overlooking details in everyday life, we tune out humanity and trivialize aspects of our own life. Being observant is underrated. Though often suppressed by media stereotypes and conformist ideals in society, depth in c...read more

by Elaine Sihera

How Gender Perceptions in Relationships Aggravate Problems In relationships involving the young, it seems that it is the men who try to hold on to their partners. Young women, who mature earlier, tend to be more ruthl...read more

by Lynelle Herndon

What was it about her that made me stare? What was it that made me so curious about her life? She certainly stood out in the small crowd that was gathered at the bus stop. Was it her red hair? Was it the long loaves of...read more

by Steve Marshall

Human understanding must I think really come from us humans. Man is not put on this earth in order to be an angel. He need not be praying in church all day long, nor need he go into the wilderness. He needs only to underst...read more

by Jennifer Vega

Human understanding boils down to what every human being needs to survive in this harsh and often cruel world. These needs are not just the physical, but the emotional and the spiritual as well. This is what sets us apar...read more

by Mirette Osama

Imagine. You are a garbage collector hired by the government. You wake up early, yet grudgingly. You walk or take a bus to your assigned location. You admire the rich neighborhood. Looking at an old lady pauper, you think ...read more

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by Olivia Bredbenner

In the early morning hours,before I knew I was awake,my mind began to fill with thoughts of the coming day. It was dark enough to know, it was too early to get up.But between the cracks of darkness was the shining light. ...read more

by Michele Jackson

Eve may have been deceived by the serpent Satan, but Mary, the sister of Lazarus, was discerning that Jesus Christ is God and worthy of worship. Mary understood that Jesus was going to die, and she acted on her understandi...read more

by Jacqueline Williams

Today I am pondering many thoughts. Today I am thinking about forgiveness.They say that forgiveness is divine...but, I wonder , if "they" ever thought about the forgetting part. Because we always say "I forgive you" and th...read more

by Phenix

Life cannot be relived. The past can only be replayed and put into context. Memories can be learned from and harnessed in order to allow for the change that will bring the self to emerge and live in the present...read more

by Tonny Gomes

The fruition to adapt its compulsive and can be rewarded as an enrichment of life then departed in a more complex level more spiritual than materialized, then reciprocated ourselves into this environmental pastry when we...read more

by Ryan Crook

Understanding is an inherently simple word. It is a concept that began with the first inklings of intelligence in the evolution of our species. It was also a key factor in our ability to rise above the delicate yet unfor...read more

by Olufeyimi Tosin

we are all unconscious are birth when we are born we don,t see our beginning, we arrive this world in an unconscious way as we continue to grow up we become conscious we awake into a conscious world of reality life is comp...read more

by M Ichael Bossons

I like your thesis but it hinges on one of the lack of experience of having been around the countryside...you seek a homogenization of a pluralism that is ephereal and you connect it with culture...to accept an aperception...read more

by James Brown

Why I'm an Alcoholic I'm an alcoholic. I like to sometimes eat chocolate. I am not powerless over chocolate. Once I start to eat chocolate I can stop. Once I start to drink beer, I can't stop until I am passed out....read more