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Today's book

While Jubran Khalil Jubran is internationally known for his book The Prophet, which was written in English, many forget/ignore that he was in fact Lebanese, and his mother language was Arabic. In his collected works in Arabic, both in prose and in verse, we get to know the actual man how life… read more

Which terrorist group did that?!

Sometimes I wonder about the direction of our civilization. 🌍 We live in a world facing enormous challenges: climate change, environmental degradation, rapidly growing populations, and limited resources. These are problems that clearly require cooperation between all of us as humans. Yet we… read more

Reality

People problems; Knowing you have a deep affection for someone that Doesn't know its there to avoid embarrassment you avoid confrontation while also trying to filter something else to be better for the right person

My oldest published poem - I was 14 at the time

It is presented here in an English translation for the very first time: “Under the midnight sun I saw you, daydreaming in my soul. Not even that clear darkness of yours drove me away, Crossing lands and seared mists... Fleeing that faint feeling of freshness, Close to your memory I lived, dying. I… read more

How do you deal with toxic colleagues?

So...I've been dealing with some unpleasant colleagues recently and need some advice. I'm the newest team member (also the youngest) at my job and I've noticed that if anything goes wrong (usually small stuff like misplaced documents etc) it gets blamed on me. I've started to triple check myself… read more

eep

I am drunk and I made a post and someone said something I didn't mean to come off like that and now idk what to do. confrontation is scary dude I panic too easily

Question:

Do yall think confrontation is a key component in a relationship?

People call it “protecting their peace,” but it’s usually just avoiding confrontation.

Forgiving abusers without confrontation is begging for round two.

Steve jobs -The legend whose legacy will always remains

Jobs’ story is often told through the outcome: Apple, Pixar, the iPhone. But the more interesting part happened before that. After leaving Apple, he did not immediately become a better version of himself. He made mistakes. He lost people. He built things that failed. He made decisions that, at… read more

The reason people preach “love yourself” is because self-respect requires confrontation they aren’t ready for.

You only exist to yourself

You are your ego, your personality, you're made up of as a result of your environment. But you only exist to yourself. People do not know what you think and how you feel all the time, and your interactions with everyone cannot be the same. To some you are annoying, to others you are quiet. To… (edited) read more

Is 1 greater than 99?

You would probably wondering why I am saying this? Isn't it obvious? Scientifically prudent? Proven fact? Well if you are seeing through the eyes of mathematical logic then yes this question is stupid. But what if we were talking in perspective of human behaviour? Let's say there's this person… read more

You can’t heal through avoidance; healing begins in confrontation.

Some people call it “protecting energy” when it’s really just fear of confrontation.

Confrontation is fun because what’s going to happen if we all just be honest?

I met a guy so full of himself he thinks a misunderstanding is a breakup 😂

Moral of the story, never be with a guy with no emotional intelligence?❤️‍🩹😕😂. He had zero expression, zero openness, zero honesty... Just cold low effort, vague vibes. What would you have done, cause it seems my confrontation just made him bail...

The Unraveling of the Macabre Manor

As I approached the desolate Macabre Manor, a sense of foreboding gripped my heart. It had been years since I had last visited my childhood friend, Victor Macabre. We had grown up together, exploring the woods and playing in the eerie shadow of his family's ancestral home. Now, I had received a… read more

Why do people leave without confrontation?

So, this is about a conversation where I was talking to someone and till last night we were having good conversations and suddenly that someone left without saying a word..don't know why? Can anyone tell why?

Late Son Part 9

The Boat at Night The river was dark enough that night felt earned. When the boat came, it did not announce itself. No lights. No greeting. It moved against the current, slowly and badly, as though whoever was guiding it had chosen direction over sense. Steven heard it before he saw it—the wrong… read more

[WOMEN STRENGTH DEFINED CLEARLY]

Reality Is Merciless It does not negotiate confusion, fantasy or intention—it deliver consequences with the patience of the rock and precision of a blade. Nature Specializes Utility The axe breaks structure. The crowbar exploits leverage. Neither effective by imitation—but utility of… read more

Advice If You’re Going to Be with a Virgo Man According to People We Meet on Vacation

While watching this gentle, light romantic film, I found myself instinctively placing it in a clear comparison with 500 Days of Summer. A comparison that makes us ask once again: Is love really this complicated? Both works talk about the space between friendship and love, about late confessions and… read more

My western Novel

I'm 3 chapters into my Novel so far. I call it Enemy of Thyself. I have inspiration from a few different western games and movies. Red Dead redemption 2, Call of Juarez and the clint eastwood films. I had to cosplay myself as a cowboy for the front cover. I simply had the beard altered to look more… (edited) read more

Where Lifes Patterns Repeat Themselves: Foundation vs. The Fourth Turning

1. A Universal Measure of Truth They say art imitates life, and equally, life responds by imitating art. But there is a second, darker truth We've learned from history: mankind rarely learns from history. Instead, we seem trapped in a loop, repeating the mistakes of the past constantly and… read more

Just seen this somewhere and I agree

don't date an emotionally intelligent person if you're not ready to hear the truth. you know why? because they're gonna call you out, not to hurt you but to wake you up. they'll see right through your excuses and your patterns. they'll also see those walls you build to protect yourself. they're… read more

Day 499: The Trust is broken

Winter was caught by Diane in the parking lot. A confrontation leads to Winter exposing what he knows; more importantly, the trust is broken, and he does his best to hold back his tears, as the fallout begins. Another pic for the upcoming AOAL chapter

Man in the mirror : do your shadow work

🪞 Look at the shadow to find the light. "You gotta make that change / You know it, you do" When Michael Jackson screams these words on the stage of the legendary Wembley Stadium in 1988, it's not just pop. It's an incantation. A direct confrontation with oneself. There's a lot of talk about… read more

Late Son Part 13

When Force Tests Restraint → The Cost of Clarity → Leaving Without Being Absorbed The road narrowed where the trees leaned in. Eight figures stepped out of cover—not cleanly, not together. Mixed weapons. Uneven spacing. The kind of ambush that relied more on desperation than planning. Steven saw it… read more

Honoring the Infinite Worth of My Daddy

I. The Context: The Ultimate Price of Shame My name is Jasmine. I am the daughter of Daniel, and I am the founder of both the Neuro Axiological Synthesis (NAS) and the Book of Love. Today, I present the story of my father—a man of profound intelligence, the co-author who laid the foundational… read more

All Alone

I was watching the movie inherit the wind at the end The clip of the confrontation attracted me, where the lawyer says to the journalist, “You are poor, you have no dreams.” It attracted me because I actually live without having any dreams.

Being honest with myself and others: a thrilling trilogy

I'm quite proud of myself for being more communicative the last year or so. I've always been someone who hates "confrontation" or admitting when something upsets me or just being honest when I'm not okay with something. Sometimes saying the hard thing is awkward but I remember what my dad always… read more