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What would you say at your own funeral?
It's the opposite approach to life - the most unintuitive, eccentric, or perhaps grim way. It's a practice I'd say you should at least try once, maybe several times if you're up for the challenge. But remember, the goal of this exercise isn't to take a stroll in your journal and have a nice little chit-chat with your ego. It's to dig deep into your roots, and ask yourself: how do I want to die? Or rather, how do I want to be remembered and what do I want to be forgotten by everyone, and swiftly wiped out of history as I draw my last breath? It's a way to find yourself. Discover your goals and...
SHE
When I was a kid I had many friends. Boys and girls. We lived in the same neighbourhood. There was nothing I loved more than playing outside with them. But unless there were other girls with us too, I could not go outside with only the boys. Back then I did not understand how wrong that was. People would say that it was some rule that protected my "reputation", whatever that meant. I really hoped someday something would change. To this day, I think the mistreat of women has not gone away, it has only changed shape. We sometimes fail to comprehend the incredible creation that is women. We are...
Women's Diversity
I'm in love with diversity. I'm in love with how diversity relate to humanity. I'm in love with how diversity was born from genuinity. I'm in love with how diversity create a unity. I'm in love with the dazzling diversity of all the women in this world Dark skin. Eighteen. Blue eyes. Cries. Thick eyebrow. On sorrow. Long haired. Frightened. Writer. Fighter. No matter, Your skin tone, your eye colour, your profession, your circumtances. You're beautiful in diversity. You're georgeous. You're an epiphany. To all the woman in this world. Who are crying. Who are laughing. Who are pleasant. Who are...
The comfort of being uncomfortable
The world wants us to leave it better than we found it, it wants us to be the change, by speaking up and being the first domino. For a line of dominos to fall, one domino has to fall first, which leaves no choice for the others but to fall. For me, being a domino means doing the hardest things, especially when they are needed with the hope that others will follow soon. But let’s put the light on a very important topic, which is fear. Some will say “We are fearless!”, but none of them is unfraid of the consequences of their fall, and few of them are truly willing to be the next domino. Fear has...
Small actions matter! How to change the world one step at a time
True Terror
What is True terror? You may think that it is when a war is declared or a shooting etc. But I think true terror is when it involves yourself. If it doesn't Directly affect YOU then it cannot be described as terror. You may be scared but not in terror. Now terror does not have to be lethal or frightening. It can be as simple as your computer being taken away. And that’s what it was for me. That was the moment that I experienced true terror. We had just moved to Worthington two months ago, and all I did was play on my computer. My dad got fed up and started unplugging the cords powering the...
Yourself
Pink is pink, blue is blue. A monkey is a monkey, an elephant is an elephant. Don’t try to be someone else. You are the most beautiful and amazing person in the world! Don’t only look outside of you. Don’t listen to other people talking you. look inside of you. Don’t listen to others. You are you.
Volunteering while traveling: the 'voluntourist' dilemma
A combination of volunteering and tourism, voluntourism has become a popular form of travel over the past few years. At first glance, volunteering internationally may seem like the perfect opportunity to combine an eagerness to make a positive impact on the world with an exciting global adventure. However, there are many hidden effects associated with voluntourism that must be considered before going on such a trip. When I visited Hermosillo, Mexico, on a voluntourism trip, I was able to learn a great deal about both the positive and negative effects of global volunteering. What is...
The Distance Between Dreams And Reality is ACTION
Success comes from the little seeds we plant every day despite the challenges we face, and no idea will work unless we do the work. We have only one life and we shouldn’t waste it!! The road to success is through commitment, and commitment happens when we take a real ACTIONS. Taking massive action in our lives is the only way that we are going to achieve our goals, dreams, and desires. Wake up every day with the mantra “TAKE ACTION” and watch the results unfold in your life. Your life would be better if you took the action you’ve been avoiding for ages. You should have the courage to stand...
Outstanding People Have One Thing in Common: an Absolute Sense of Mission
Many people think about getting a leadership position, but they don’t think about the mission. It’s the mission that brings you the position. I have come to learn that if you are driven by a mission, everything will come with it including your dream position. So many times I have spoken about how I have tried a lot to be a member in any organization or initiative to gain more experience and knowledge and to find a good and suitable job, and I faced lots of difficulties to achieve this and to join any team or NGO. One day when I was coming back home with many copies of my CV, I asked myself...
Do What You Love and You Will Never Work a Day in Your Life
Where do you want to be in Life? This is a difficult question to deal with: life is full of options and paths, the world seems so large, with so many passions and lifestyles to choose from. Choosing a few avenues to fully explore is not an easy task especially if you’re not prepared ahead of time. Even if people grow up with a clear idea of what they want to be, when they reach that point, they start having doubts if that is what they really want and whether it is right for them, as the world doesn't always work out that way. What seemed so wonderful at the beginning may not be so wonderful at...
becoming love
I learned that human connection is one of our most valuable gifts as human beings. Love is the most beautiful and important feeling in the world. I've come to experience love in another country, I've loved strangers and strangers have loved me. I learned the real value of a smile and I confirmed that kindness is something we should never live without. I think I've never felt as loved as I do today. By God, by my friends back home, by my family, by my new friends of the bateyes and specially by my new rustic family. Let it be remembered that we have to let everyone see through our heart and we...
Light, Darkness and Everything in Between
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic exploded, I’ve been feeling quite confused. Sometimes, I feel extremely grateful because my family and my friends are safe. Other times, I feel heartbroken for the people who are sick, their loved-ones and the ones who are economically affected by the quarantine. When I am disappointed about a trip to see international friends being canceled, I feel a little ashamed for feeling sad about something so “superficial” when other people have it worst. I’ve also heard a lot of things about how people are dealing with this crisis. Some are having anxiety due to...
Hey kids.
We cannot emphasize enough How it’s a problem, too much to bluff. Innocence is swept away, All because the older ones have a say, A say for us girls, and even the boys. However, it’s always the girls that are sensualized toys. At a tender age, be it nine or twenty, you would think they’d leave us be We should be open and not forced Into this over sexualized society where all they see are curves, chest, hips, legs, and the symmetrical face already. They crave beauty. They desire with lust. Well how can we trust? We’re so young, we may not even be ready. For such comments and looks. We still...
Black
"I love the view of sunset. The skin on my skeleton likes to feel the warmth of it. The first thing I like to see is the sight of birds sitting on a mahogany tree just outside my window. They love to wake me up on Sunday mornings. Their chirping is an alarm to my ears. I love the sound that the leaves of a tree make when it's windy. I like to sit on the terrace in the evening when it's about to rain and feel the air rushing against my body, when it tries to push my hair to the other side. I love the fragrance of soil after it rains, petrichor is what it's called, isn't it? I love to go to the...
The Path We Pave
Lockdown
You might be in your room right now underneath your blanket, watching Netflix, chilling, eating the stock you're having right now and if you are empty you went to the only shop opened near your area, unfortunately, I was doing the same but after I came out of the ration shop I saw two hungry children, I was having many packets of snacks so I decided to give one to them. But during the time I was searching for the packet in my bag I saw four more children coming, asking me to give them rice and wheat. I can afford to give two of them but not six, and I am sorry for that. They were screaming...
Keeping our mood up during the coronavirus lockdown period
My name is Kaninica Sengupta and I'm a 7th Grade Learner in Chennai, India. The first two days were really fun. I could sleep in late, wake up late and did not have to worry about going to school. But everything changed in the third day. I was sick of the usual routine. I missed school and I missed my teachers. I was scared of how I was supposed to learn even though our last exams were over. My school teachers started giving us home work, worksheets and audios/videos via our e- mails. That kept me engaged. I am a person who needs to do something different or I get bored really quickly. My mum...
Purpose
Every living soul born to this earth must serve a purpose. Big or small. What is purpose... How should we find it, ours... When we serve a big purpose, it seems easy for us to identify it. We will come out to the surface of the water, visible and identifiable. However, what if we serve a small purpose... We will not come out to the surface of the water, we will might as well be submerged, there will be no momentum to soar high. Invisible and unidentifiable. It is only our existence. Our existence that will touch others'. How would it make a purpose, we might think. It is our existence...