Tag "Happiness"

James' Journal 31 Comments

JAMES’ JOURNAL (Entry 51)

November 7 I’ve been perusing a psychology textbook by John Myers. Social psychology. I’d previously read another one of his textbooks and had immensely enjoyed it. It showed me how

Series (Non-Fiction) 17 Comments

THE QUESTION: CAN YOU BE DIFFERENT AND HAPPY? (Part 2)

“Happiness is the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.” – Sonja Lyubomirsky The happiness question is one

Series (Non-Fiction) 61 Comments

THE QUESTION: CAN YOU BE DIFFERENT AND HAPPY?

This entry should probably begin with a definition of happiness. What is happiness? What do we mean when we say we are happy? What does it mean to be happy?

Our Stories 40 Comments

She Asked: FREEDOM OR A SLIPPERY SLOPE TO MORE?

FOREWORD: My attention was brought to a recent Facebook post updated by a female, Eketi Ette. I read it, and I decided to share. Read and of course, let us

Our Stories 48 Comments

A VERSE TO COMPLAINERS

The following are true stories. On the 26th of May, 2003, Aron Ralston was hiking when a boulder fell on his right hand. He waited four days, and then amputated

Love And Sex In The City 56 Comments

LOVE AND SEX IN THE CITY (Episode 28)

“You skanky bitch!” “I know, right,” I said with a chuckle, missing the venom in Adebola’s voice and misreading good humour in his words. “You scheming little bitch!” he said

Our Stories 57 Comments

The Struggle With Validation

Like every other homosexual person, I had a truckload of esteem related issues. As a child, I always sought validation from my dad, who I never got along with. Looking

Our Stories 40 Comments

The Unfortunate Case Of Leelah Alcorn

Seventeen years ago in Kings Mills, Ohio, a child was born into the Family of Mr. and Mrs. Alcorn. They named him Joshua. As a young child, Joshua was unusual;

Our Stories 96 Comments

SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU JOY

It’s been a couple of years since my parents started nagging me over the issue of marriage. I hadn’t even got a job the first time they brought it up.

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LIVE YOUR LIFE

FOREWORD: Today is World AIDS Day – a day to celebrate the promise of the day when the world will be completely free of new HIV infections, discrimination against HIV