Essays: Human understanding 29 Articles

by Lori Volheim

I've had this problem lately, of knocking things down. Just the other day, I was shaking a container of coffee at Target, trying to shake out the last of the Decaf Cinnamon Coffee (TM) beans when I accidentally shook loose...read more

by Gina Barr

PRE-REQUISITE FOR SOCIETAL MEMBERS In comparison to an all knowing and powerful entity we call God, human understanding is limited. Limited to our way of doing things and our empirical experiences, save for those who are...read more

by Claire Kaminska

I dreamt once, months or years ago, I can't remember, that I'd lost my words for good. All my words- just gone one morning in the stillness and quiet of our bedroom, watching you sleep almost peacefully, fidgeting now a...read more

by Carol Chapel

English 111 Forever Inspirations Hope and inspiration are two virtues that are hard to find in the modern world. That is why many look to the past for these merits, and there is no better place to find them than...read more

by Quintin Du Plessis

Ships on an ocean. The human body is a vessel used for transportation and lodging for the human soul, weather the body you get is random or preselected is up to personal points of view and is not really valid in this d...read more

by Rachel Bordeaux

A false premium has been placed on the idea that the examined life is the only life worth living. This discourse is concerning how one person changed my perception of the unexamined life. Teachers, pastors, parents, an...read more

by Jeannine Meyers

ADDICTION I woke from a sound sleep thinking that it was one of the usual instances of waking five minutes before the alarm would ring. I was more alert than usual in this case, but still tried stubbornly to cling to sl...read more

by Bryan Cook

Operation Restore Hope, Mogadishu Somalia 1992-3. One cannot understand humanity until your eyes are opened to what you have in life that keeps you human - like health, family, and freedom. One morning, the Company Gun...read more

by Jack Faoni

Mightier Everyday I walk down the street, surprised (and not pleasantly) at what I observe: Stupidity running rampant and ignorance finding asylem in pretty faces. Meaningless song lyrics filling the air-...read more

by Patricia Parker

I wasn't exactly sure how old he was as I'm not all that into the rug rat set but I know that he was old enough to be wise beyond his tender years. Since he and his mom moved in next door a few months ago, I hadn't seen m...read more

by Myrna Writewood

Human understanding, we all try to understand each other as humans and its not easy. When we have addictions in us and through us, its harder to even understand that. We think there is something wrong with us, somethi...read more

by Summayyah Sadiq-Ojibara

Gems Of Life! Finally the hour had come! All the weeks of waiting were finally over, it was time for the great unveiling! It was not the launch of the national carrier into space or the public auction of th...read more

by Michael Bettencourt

HUBBLE ON THE FRONT PORCH For a long time I lived in Manchester, NH, and one of my roostings took me to the predominantly French-Canadian West Side. In this particular apartment, I could sit on my porch three stories a...read more

by Jeev .

My bus was delayed by four hours. It was the biggest bus depot in the state. I sat on one of the benches with my knapsack, watching people. The sky was cloudy-blue, and you could easily lose your thoughts in the hustle th...read more

by Leila Swanson

My eyes have dimmed over the years, faded, eyelids drooping down as if the were too heavy to stay in place. Looking around things appear distorted without my glasses. I'm forever misplacing them after laying them just anyw...read more

by Viona Lam

Bimbo An Exposition An essay is supposed to be structured, as with most other things in life. As such, the writer shall begin the essay with a dictionary definition of what this characterization is. bimbo noun, ...read more

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by Ganelle Davis

When I was young there was a lyric in a song that stated "Aint understanding mellow?" Today I understand after twenty six years of marriage, just how important an understanding is. Every level of understanding is challeng...read more

by Julie Fonda

Transfusion At times, I need a transfusion to funnel the life's blood back into my soul because it gets siphoned out, tapped and, sometimes, completely emptied by a plethora of unworthy parasites. Everyone thinks t...read more

by Elissa Scott

The Rush of Power:- His lightning strikes out and into my body with the rush of power and the thrill of this journey, it all starts to begin. It begins from the top to the bottom with little electric pulses flowing fro...read more

by Vanessa Chattman

People all over the world are getting the concept of health confused with a pear of jeans not fitting anymore and living off of fast food restaurants. Parents don't always teach their kids about nutritional values at home....read more