quotes
Best corporate culture and inspirational quotes from workplace executives, office workers, and everyone in between.
Treading Water
"Lies don't die they grow, and everything you try to hide eventually shows." - MGK "Treading Water." I first began Vocal in 2021, April to be exact. I had just turned 34 that Feburary and I was struggling with sobrity, anxiety and depression. The post is titled "55 days Sober." (its linked if you would like to read it. Its so weird to think that was written almost half a decade ago, so much has changed but so much hasn't. It's almost been two weeks since I turned 39 and I have so many mixed emotions. Thinking back to being 29, about to turn 30 thinking man I'm "old" but also not know the journey that would lay ahead.
By Kimmiekins44 days ago in Journal
The Empty Locker
I didn’t know his name at first. I only knew the silence. It was a Tuesday in October. The high school hallway buzzed with its usual chaos—backpacks slamming, laughter echoing, sneakers squeaking on linoleum. But one locker stayed shut. No one leaned against it. No one dropped off homework. Just a quiet space where a boy should have been.
By KAMRAN AHMAD11 days ago in Journal
The Suitcase in the Hallway
I didn’t pack lightly. The suitcase sat by the door for three days—half-full, then overflowing, then emptied again. I kept adding things I thought I’d need: my favorite coffee mug, the photo from last summer, the sweater that still smelled like home. Then I’d take them out, convinced they were too heavy, too sentimental, too much.
By KAMRAN AHMAD11 days ago in Journal
The Couple We All Watched Grow Up
I didn’t know them. But I felt like I did. For over a decade, they were part of my life—not as celebrities, but as characters in a story I watched unfold in real time. I saw them at seventeen, awkward and bright-eyed on red carpets, fumbling through interviews, hiding smiles behind their hands. I saw them navigate fame, heartbreak, and the slow, steady work of becoming adults—all while the world watched, judged, and claimed ownership of their journey.
By KAMRAN AHMAD11 days ago in Journal
If God Is Not Physically Here, How Are We Supposed to Have a Relationship With Him?
If God is not physically standing in front of us… if we cannot see Him, hear Him audibly, or sit across from Him at a table… then how are we supposed to have a real relationship with Him?
By Sound and Spirit26 days ago in Journal
