humanity

Advocates, icons, influencers, and more. All about humanity.

Did I have Covid-19?
It was the week of February 10th, 2020. I was scheduled to work on a production show on the 12th and 13th. My boyfriend at the time fell ill. He had a sore throat but dismissed it. One of our roommates fell ill the week prior, we shared a room bunkbed style. She was on the opposite side of the room and she kept to herself while she battled her flu. She used a steam machine of some kind to help her breathe through the congestion. I thought that was a bit much for a flu and she was 22 so I figured maybe she was asthmatic.
By Leah Ella5 years ago in Longevity
Masks for Safety
I am not one to write about myself or anything that I give to anyone. I don’t like getting a lot of thank you’s for something that I’ve given. I don’t know why but it embarrasses me. I know the receiver of what I’ve given only meant to show their appreciation but one ‘thank you’ or ‘I appreciate this’ is enough. Not the constant expression of gratitude everytime I repeat the gesture.
By MiTEKAl5 years ago in Longevity
7 Personal Improvement Traits That Work
You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making. ~Stephen Richards
By Lynda Coker5 years ago in Longevity
Masks . . . but not in the way you think.
Look, I’m going to cut to the chase here. Masks aren’t bad. Masks aren’t the devil's underwear. As someone who works in healthcare, I can genuinely say I don’t mind wearing a mask at all, even though I wear one at least eight hours a day.
By Ember Winters 5 years ago in Longevity
From 2001 A Space Odyssey to 2021 A Spiritual Odyssey
In 2001 a group of men set off to the Moon and discovered a huge black Monolith (stone sculpture) which emitted piercing signals. Unknown to them, this triggered another monolith on Jupiter, the third monolith. There was a first Monolith in prehistoric Africa which catapulted apes into the age of tools.
By Sally H5 years ago in Longevity
Good deeds challenge
There's a quote from the first Captain America movie where Steve Rogers says to Bucky about wanting to join the War; "Bucky, come on! There are men laying down their lives. I got no right to do any less than them. That's what you don't understand". Now granted I haven't done anything that drastic, but the last portion specifically of ".. I got no right to do any less.." has always resonated with me. I was never the most physically or mentally gifted. I wasn't born into a super wealthy family. However, life had privileged me with very good health, two parents who were incredibly hard workers, and the ability to live my life on my terms. Not very many people can say they have those gifts. And who am I to abuse those gifts through negligence, selfishness, and pure laziness. I've done as much charity work as I can, I'm a registered organ donor for when it's my time, I've donated money to various charities over the years. Anything and everything I can do to spread some positivity and warmth to the world. However specifically for this article I'll be talking about blood donations, and more specifically my years donating blood. As well as why you should donate blood too, if you can.
By Dyllon Rodillon5 years ago in Longevity
Unfortunate Safety Measures
2020 has left its mark on the world, there is no doubting that. 2020 has also left a physical mark on those working in health care. With masks being mandatory in many places, health care workers are taking the hardest hit with each new development in personal protective equipment (PPE). As an employee of the health care system, it saddens me to see our employees go home with marks and bruises on their faces after a long 12-hour shift. It hurts me to see my coworkers and my friends continue to struggle to find happiness in a career that they have worked so hard to achieve.
By Grant Lindsey5 years ago in Longevity
Sound and Silence
I’ve always been a city girl. My nights were full of sirens and people, so many people, so many that you sometimes almost missed the skitter of rats across the subway tracks. Pigeons kept to the daylight mostly, squabbling in noisy clashes of feathers on my office windowsill, on the eaves of the subway stop, in the unfortunate architecture of the laundry room entryway. Before I moved I had taken to draping Teddy’s old towel across the clean laundry. Otherwise, the pigeons would sense opportunity and do their damndest to land a bullseye on my clothes.
By Keira5 years ago in Longevity
First Rains
First Rains by Ezra Enns The fire grabbed hold of the strips of birch bark that we had lined up against our fire pile and it strengthened its hold. Slowly the little bit of flame wrapped itself around the logs, and around the 15 stones that we had lain inside. The stones (the grandfathers) turned red-hot.
By Ezra Enns5 years ago in Longevity
I'm being vaccinated for Covid-19
Today I went to a doctor for my routine checkup, and after our pleasantries he asked me if I wanted to be vaccinated for Covid-19. I didn't answer right away because I was surprised they even asked. I wasn't old or anything. So I asked the doctor his opinion. It was...
By .5 years ago in Longevity
Thank you for saving my life
In September 2019 I woke up and my left hand was numb. I thought that I had just slept on it weird. But that wasn't the end of it. Over the course of two weeks my entire body went numb, part by part, limb by limb. My right hand was the last area to go numb. Each day a new finger went numb until, finally, my entire body was numb. I couldn't type, hold my phone, or wear any shoes with heels because my toes were too numb to support me.
By Mo5 years ago in Longevity
Vaccination Day
The call came late Thursday afternoon. “Tomorrow 8am. You’re all on the list.” Words of relief. A culmination of ten months of anxiety, uncertainty, and fear, all waiting for this moment. Filled with high expectations. A sign of the end of worries, and a return to normal life.
By Katie Brozen5 years ago in Longevity