Reflections: Humanity 24 Articles

by Rennea Mills

We Are What is the definition of humanity? Better yet, who is the definition of humanity? As described in the dictionary, humanity is "the quality or state of being human." Humanity is mankind, "the human race." As de...read more

by Mariana Baez

The summer heat, the air conditioning system keeps rattling in the background, the children outside are screaming and yelling. Usually I'll sit out there myself in the blistering heat observing all of the poeple passing by...read more

by Sammy Stevens

That nip in the air. Football on Sundays. Baseball fever as the remaining games all have playoff implications. Yes, summer is done and the crisp days of autumn are once again upon us. With the change of seasons there is...read more

by Trisha Flesner

As a young child, like most others, I thought the world was perfect. Here I was with my perfect mother - father unit and my two brothers. We were a very typical Nebraska farm family. Everything was just peachy until I bega...read more

by Lizzy Fox

Dear Friends: We are only human right. How annoying! If only we held ourselves and others to that standard. One of my greatest frustrations in life has been that I am perpetually misunderstood. I walk the path of life ...read more

by Johnson Padiyara

Our basic faith perception tells us about the equality of human beings and not that human beings are created hierarchically, (namely some race, tribe or caste are high and others are low). This homo hierarchicus, the co...read more

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by Michael Allen Carvell

Humanity is more better described in human life then in any book of knowledge for humanity is each of us who share and live in our world this is the true meaning of humanity. Humanity is not only a part of our life this w...read more

by A. Jill Gaebel

Facing the Holocaust and Its Victims: A Personal Challenge 2008 When I was a teenager, I read "The Diary of Anne Frank". I can't remember all the details of her story. What I remember most is feeling sorrow for...read more

by R Jones

Fade to Black A man stands on a subway during rush hour on a Wednesday afternoon. He stares blankly at the passing walls and wires and thinks to himself. He thinks of his life and achievements, remembers random moments ...read more

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by Cassandra Latisse

I was just sitting here, "on helium", as I like to tell my friends, when it occurred to me that I'd like to write something meaningful, something that people would think about, not just skim over, and then go to the next a...read more

by Nadine Sellers

Pale Memory. Blue haze slowly metamorphoses hills into rosy giants above gray sands. Light becomes alive, enlarges into a faint aura, disarming the ominous mountain range across the valley. The animal within awakens to...read more

by Ray Burke

My Value to Humanity: Everybody adds value to humanity. It is what makes society so fluid and worth living. The big question is how much value is contributed by each person? This includes such factors as interpretations...read more

by JavaQueen2000

Eyes Wide Open-Life as it should have been As I walk along the cliff just outside my childhood home, I see the open space is filled with the gentle ocean spray. The smell of the sea permeated the air. The warmth of th...read more

by Leon Loire

Humans, plants, animals... Everything that lives, breathes, and dies. They all support eachother. The one thing that they dont need though... Is humans. We are the extra strength. And also the extra...read more

by jenny ellen

What is Humanity? Humanity is a term which has different meanings and connotations to different Entities. In the wide sense it refers to as a degree of being humane, kind and benevolent. The attributes, and the qualiti...read more

by Nira Schwartz Woods

Sorry, I found this question hollow. What is the meaning of the word Humanity? Webster's Dictionary says, and I quote: "humanity: the quality or state of being human". Not killing anyone, paying the bills on time, pur...read more

by Mikhail Branson

Don't Know What You've Got Til it's Gone "You don't know what you've got til it's gone"; simple, truthful, insightful. Whoever penned those words was either profoundly intelligent, divinely inspired or on some se...read more

by Jonathan Wensel

The crowd of people that head across the sidewalk each have somewhere to go. Spend time watching each distinctive walk and dress, trying to figure out who they are. It's not as if you know, though, all you can do is specul...read more

by Randall Joines

"Humankind", this should be two words; noun adjective. Mankind, womankind; same thing, more specific, and unnecessary if humankind were two words and literal. The meaning of a well placed space is unbelievable. "Human kind...read more

by Kirsty Upham

The Greatest Gift' or Fledgling' She was hurting, had been hurting for so long. Far away from the relentlessly pacing feet, the endless scream of machinery, the suffocating fumes, a deep pain throbbed. She gasped for ...read more