Gratitude is a powerful feeling that transforms our disappointments into hope. Last year, I, Saifa, participated in several competitions, giving my best each time, but my name was never called. Even though it was disappointing, I made a conscious decision to cheer for...

Hello community,I am from Germany and I hope that my English is good enough to share my story. At least, it is time to tell it to the world. There was no specific day when everything changed, but the Corona pandemic definitely had a major influence. At that time I was...

The past year has been nothing short of an emotional rollercoaster. From facing life-altering changes to hitting rock bottom, my journey has become a testament to the power of self-reflection and resilience. Let me take you through the highs and lows, and how I...

To make a very long story a little shorter, from around the middle of 2011 to January 2020 I was psychologically abused by my ex boyfriend's mother and in some ways even by him. When I finally got away, I spent a long time feeling sad and angry about all those years I...

“In a sense, we are all time travelers drifting through our memories, returning to the places where we once lived.” ~Vladimir Nabokov I found it by accident, a grainy image of my childhood bedroom wallpaper. It was tucked in the blurry background of a photo in an old...

‘Techniques, while helpful, can become traps. When we become fixated on perfecting a particular method or measuring our progress in meditation, we can lose sight of the true aim of practice: insight into the nature of reality.’ Everyday Buddhism

Hello, I am here to tell my story in hopes it could help someone else on their life journey. I was actively in addiction for longer than ten years. I have 3 kids. My kids were taken by my mother. Long story short, she did not agree with the man I was seeing, who I had...

I have been homeless and on drugs for the past 20 or more years of my life. In June of 2025, I got a horrible abscess on my neck from shooting drugs. No drug addict wants to put down the drugs and go to the hospital. That is why most of us die. But I knew if I did not...

After fifteen years of a beautiful and loving marriage, I lost my husband, my partner, my anchor, and my best friend. Overnight, life demanded a version of me I had never known before, one that had to be strong, composed, and capable of holding everything together for...