My liver’s perfect. My kidneys are divine. My glucose is… a little dramatic. We’re waiting on more tests. And I’m being very brave about it.
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Sometimes I fantasize about disappearing.
Not dying.
Just logging off.
Getting a job no one cares about.
Growing tomatoes.
Writing poems in the margins of a notebook no one reads.
Not as a failure.
But as a kind of freedom.
sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
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When You're Bored, You're Being Shaped.
Boredom isn’t the absence of stimulation. It’s a test. Of what you reach for. Of what you default to.
Do you grab your phone? Or a pen? Do you scroll? Or sit with your thoughts? Do you numb? Or build?
Because what you do when you're bored becomes who you are when you're not.
Boredom is a doorway. To creativity. To clarity. To the things you keep avoiding.
Stop escaping it.
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We live in a time that people are more inclined to obey an unlawful executive order than they are to follow a court order 🤦🏾♀️.
Dictators are created due to cruelty, cowardice, & compliance! IF THEIR ASSES will ignore the Supreme Court, we can definitely IGNORE HIM!
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i think the hardest part about healing is realizing there’s no finish line. no big dramatic moment where everything feels suddenly better. it’s slower than that. it’s quieter. it’s choosing not to text them back. it’s making your bed on a heavy day. it’s being kind to yourself when your mind is cruel. healing is a thousand tiny victories no one else sees.
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Hard to pick a favorite but love the optimism of the Statue of Liberty hugging Lady Justice saying, “it’s not over”.
I’ve been thinking about everything we’ve all been through the past four plus years and it’s become clear to me that “we” have been put here for a reason. I know I’ve complained, a lot, about people that don’t pay attention to things; life just passes them by; they don’t worry as I do; but maybe I have been made to worry so they don’t have to. Maybe more of this burden has been pu…
Very good thought, James. I wish more people would determine to be committed to their marriage for the sake of the innocent children they've brought into the world. I'm reading a book called Pagan America and the author says that the church basically accepted cultural changes, didn't speak up, and then adopted the changes themselves in many cases. We have to start speaking up!
Early in the 20th century the Church was invaded by communists, those advocating Liberation Theology. Their leader was Brazilian archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara, who attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. During this Council (1962-65) he led 40 bishops into the Catacombs of Domitilla outside Rome where they signed a document under the title of the Pact of the Catacombs. They were all from South America except one, from Canada. More Bishops, perhaps 500, added their names. It …
You were right. The priest at my old St. Paschal's parish in Thousand Oaks, CA quit in 1971 after Vatican II started to implement its changes. My Maid of Honor had to find another place to have her wedding once he was gone. She left the church not long after.
I found out ten years ago from YAF that my all girls Catholic high school in that parish stopped some students from having a club with a focus outside of leftist orthodoxy.
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tập - tành #6: mình bắt đầu tập chạy arpeggios ngay lúc về nhà. Đúng thật việc chỉ dùng nốt móc kép mà phải tạo ra một giai điệu có nghĩa thật sự là khó khăn.
Hôm nay tập chạy được 2 vị trí trên đàn rồi. Còn 3 vị trí nữa là mình sẽ làm chủ được turnaround CMaj7 - Am7 - Dm7 - G7.
Việc tìm kiếm được lối đi đúng đắn cho sự luyện tập luôn là điều mình đắn đo mỗi ngày.
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