Self-actualization Stories

Avery has been trapped in a tumultuous relationship with her grandpa since she could talk. One she has made all manner of attempts to run away from. Him and her Great Grandma, are the only family she knows. All hell breaks loose once she, Lady Veronica Ray Rose falls to her to death. In an attempt to break free from the shackles of abuse, Avery triggers a ticking bomb that explodes on her, rendering all the doors to her past open. A past she would never have deemed possible to exist. And yet it does. She's left with no option but to venture into a world she has no idea how it runs. It's in this world that they collide. Avery Nikita Rose and Denver King Paris. But Nikita is in no mood to hover in that world. Will she open her heart to a fragment of a past she wants nothing to do with? Or will she let it fade into the distant horizon... I mean, who needs that baggage anyway?

Every young girl dreams of becoming a princess someday, doesn't she? Possibly. But fairy tales also warned that sometimes princesses got trapped in castles. For most of my life, I had only one plan: survive Maria and Luca until I turned eighteen, then disappear. My neglectful "parents" barely seemed to care whether I came home, but one question always haunted me. When the time came, would they actually let me go? Then Maria and Luca were arrested on drug charges. Just when freedom seemed to be within my reach, within hours it was snatched away again as a secret sixteen years in the making became known. Before marrying Luca, Maria had had a whole other life. One that included a husband and kids. Which she had all but erased when she'd fled while pregnant with her last child. Me. Enter Mr. Castellucci and his seven sons. They weren't exactly the dashing princes of a fairy tale. But what they were, were dark, imposing, frightening men who had spent fifteen years searching for the child Maria had run away with, and now that they had found me, they had very definite ideas about what happened next. Before I could decide whether I wanted any part of this supposed long-lost family, I was whisked away across the ocean to begin a new life on a lavish Italian estate with eight strangers who were adamant that I was the missing piece they'd been searching for. I had spent fifteen years wishing someone would notice me, and now that someone had, it was decided I would be the heart of their family. Maybe that was why I didn't notice my dream of freedom slipping away until it was too late. Because I hadn't been the only one dreaming, the Castelluccis had spent fifteen years dreaming too. One where their missing Principessa had finally come home. And now that they had me, they had absolutely no intention of losing me again. ______ My dark and twisted take on the cliché Mafia, Long-Lost Sister/Daughter, and Found Younger Sibling tropes.

This follows Dieko, a Nigerian university student navigating the turbulent waters of newfound independence, friendship, and self-discovery. Will she cling to the safety of what she's been taught, or dare to transform into who she's meant to be?

Kassandra is Vodou witch with various powers. She is content but a bit lonely and the deepest desire of her heart is to find a man with greatest power than her own. Is Anel real man? Well, maybe he has powers but he certainly is irresponsible. And that is a problem!

The sun was setting when these words were written on a record book. I put down everything that I can remember from 1995 until now. It's all about the views of some famous people and some of the good people along with the corrections I have received from older people that I have met. About the smileys, I incorporated them so you will know a bit how I feel about a certain topic. If you have problems or anything else about this work, you can ask me nicely.

The Hunter lurks inside Jayden. The Hunter will let her live, growing more and more powerful with every day that passes. It will inevitably take her over. And, the Hunter doesn't have long to wait.

Born and raised in good old Southern California, RaeLynn's life has been filled with basketball, surfing, and your average high school drama until her mother suddenly becomes engaged to a British gentlemen. Upon moving in with her future step family all the way in the United Kingdom, Ray discovers that her future step-brother and his friends are more than your average British teenage boys. Apparently their unearthly aura wasn't just caused by their apparent good looks and British charm. After befriending them, she soon discovers they've been evoking the Egyptian gods. All was well until they released the god of chaos. Ray now has to work alongside her step-brother and so-called mates on a series of quests in order to bring an end to the madness they have all become entangled in.

A dying boy comes to peace with death after meeting a man who had just lost his immortality.

Claire, a high school junior and a top student became withdrawn ever since her father had gone missing meets Nyre a dragon reincarnated as a transfer student with a plan to save his kingdom from his half-brother. Little do they know that there's more than meets the eye...

Verne has always been a fun-now-worry-later kind of guy. One of those guys that always takes the path of least resistance. It's easy to live that way thanks to loving parents who provided him with a cushy lifestyle. Naiveté comes easy for him, and as a closet romantic he's easily swept off his feet. So he pursues love and leaves behind his sleepy rural hometown when opportunity struck. Yet Verne is forced to return home; to reevaluate his life and plan accordingly. But not everything always goes according to plan. Rekindling old flames snuffed out abruptly back at home is most definitely not part of the plan.

defining the inner self

Here comes part where we all claim ourselves, In ways that don't cast a shadow. Ahh ! Privacy... How I adore your presence and admire your subtlety. How I just want to snuggle in your warm blankets and write odes about myself. As fickle and selfish it may sound, I need your blank sheet to express myself. You guide our filthy habits to solitude and stretch your canvas to things not quite ready for the world. Underrated and cynical beings will haunt you and paint your beautiful familiarity with fallen aspirations and jaded thoughts. But believe in me for I am not a monotonous being of daydreams and hard liquor. Peace.

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This is the story of a spiritual awakening that occurs over the course of walking from one end of a train to the other. Each section of the train brings different elements of life to the forefront of our considerations. The work is deeply spiritual, deeply philosophical and its infrastructure is so complex that I actually feel the need to say that it must have been written into my DNA because I cannot take credit for something that goes so far beyond my own capabilities.

Compilation of 3 Poem Album Collections I wrote way back in 2019.