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Guard Your Battery. Top Story - March 2026.
Why are some people so attractive just by standing there? It’s not because they are "likable," but because they don’t need everyone to like them. I realized later that truly charismatic people allow themselves to be criticized, but they never criticize themselves. They never try to please the world; instead, the world stops to watch them.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing4 days ago in Poets
1 Year Later, And FOUR (4) Months, Or FIVE (5) - I Have Made It In Life - DONE Everything There Is To DO, Seen It All
As a person who made sense, I have carried a bag like this !? As a person who have made sense, I have done this - and that is normal, I've done that !? What exactly am I doing with my life !? I am living this way..... I'can't live another way - but perhaps I could live this way !? What way is that - what way are you living !? I don't know - I just wanted to write today !?
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets
Let's Pretend I Was Born "Today" - Will I Need To Be Proud Of My "Achievments", It Could Be A Good Thing - It Could, Wouldn't It ?
Today, I'm proud that I was out of the womb !? How did you know I was out of the womb !? Was there a sign that said - out of the womb !? Did we have a photo that said out of the WOMB !? How do you know you came from a womb !? Is that what it's called a womb !? Could it be like a ...... I won't say that word !? But you know I came from a WOMB !?
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets
I've Been "Reading", Guess What I Found - A Human "Fingernail" Is Important - What The..... &&&*&**&&(&(
I've seen it short, tall - ugly, fat !? You name it - it's just exactly that !? I've seen it short, tall - pretty and ugly !? You name it - it's exactly that !? Exactly what, that !? That is what a human is - !? A "NAIL" !? A human has a nail, now I gotta start over from "scratch" !
By 365poetry5 days ago in Poets
Stop Knocking, Start Growing
Being single is the best time to love yourself. Don't keep knocking on a door that won't open. If you pour all your emotions into someone who doesn't reciprocate your feelings, the result will only be heartbreak.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing5 days ago in Poets
I Woke Up, Right, And Then I Saw Something Important, Right, And Then I Went Back To Sleep, Right !
I know my own name, and I also know my own face !? I know where I came from, who my life was, and also where I went to school !?
By 365poetry6 days ago in Poets
The Architecture of Belief
If you can remain calm and composed, you are more likely to achieve what you want. There is a profound truth about destiny: the success of any endeavor depends largely on the strength of your belief. In other words, the more you believe in yourself, the closer you are to success.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing6 days ago in Poets
Weight of Becoming
There is a silence that follows growth— not the peaceful kind, but the kind that echoes with everything you had to leave behind.
By Jhon smith6 days ago in Poets
I Am Ending My Marriage - Why The "Sperm" Count Is Low ?
Okay, so like I was talking to my husband last week right !? He said, hunny, when will you reach home !? I said - I still have 5,000 chores to do outside - and yes, I have to literally walk to Mt. Kilamanjaro !? He said, okay you go on - I'll wait for you, I said NO, continue doing what you are doing !? I said: are you sure you can't wait until tomorrow!? He said NO, my mother asked for you today !? I said:::::
By 365poetry7 days ago in Poets
The Crash
No matter how good you are... How talented you are... How much success or power that you have gained... You will get to a point where you crash.
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)7 days ago in Poets
When the Road Gets Long
You don’t need to keep pushing yourself. Allow yourself to have off days; it’s okay to stop and rest. Fortune will turn, pain will eventually pass, growth will remain, and you will become stronger.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing7 days ago in Poets
The Beauty of the Unfinished
Why I Don’t Wish for "Perfection": Imperfection is the Source of Vitality During holidays and festivals, the most common blessings we hear are about things being "perfect" or "complete."
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing8 days ago in Poets