Looking back on my life and genuinely proud of how much ive grown as a person. Like somehow I grew up with homophobes and racists and all these evil people trying to convince me of evil things and yet I learned how to be better.

I belive most of the reason I was able to do this was because I had people around me that were more friendly with me than I was with the world. I still remember the queer kids in school inviting me to hang out with them even after I had called them the F-slur multiple times and said some other dicy shit. While im sure at least one of them definitely clocked me back then, I know people today who wouldn’t for the life of them speak to someone they even suspected of calling them a slur.

I guess what im trying to get at is to keep trying to get through to those who are lost and doing the evil thing, love to quote Sabbath here but “show the world that love is still alive.” becuse sometimes thats all someone needs to see.

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Midlife-Enigma 💪🤍⚔️🙏👁

Just a regular day in traffic…

I had to drop a lot of people this year cause they were sending me spiteful vibes.

Does it suck sometimes not having “friends”? Sure.

But the peace of mind knowing I’m focused on people and things that actually are worth my attention feels better than being blind in friendships that are really friendshits.

In a garden, leaves fall, they dry, gather on the ground, and eventually we sweep them away.

We don’t do this with anger, neither with resentment, but just as part of tending the space.

We don’t look at the tree and think it betrayed us. We don’t curse it for doing what trees naturally do.

Leaves fall because that’s the season, but when it comes to people, we tend to forget this.

Someone (that someone can be us) disappoints us, someone makes a mistake, and others shed a version of themselves we once knew (or thought we knew), and suddenly we turn the entire tree into the problem.

Zen teachings often remind us that life moves in cycles: Growth, shedding, renewal.

People change. We change. Sometimes what falls away was simply part of a season that has ended. This doesn’t mean we ignore what needs cleaning, as boundaries still matter, and consequences do too. Just like the gardener still sweeps the leaves. But there is a difference between tending what has fallen and carrying bitterness toward the tree.

The idea here is to handle what needs to be handled without letting resentment take root.

Gardens (symbolically representing the psyche in this case) stay healthy not by stopping leaves from falling, but by learning how to care for what the seasons bring.

(Azenstoic)

Midlife-Enigma 💪🤍⚔️🙏👁

ALT

1.] 1Kings 19:11-12When You’re Tired of Waiting ||Atmosphere of Grace#tired

1 Kings 19

i wish everyone peace, sweet dreams, and minimal aching longing on this fine night 🌙✨

Peace in the simple things.✨😊

#peace #littlething #lifeisgood #contentment #enjoy

Happy Monday

Its raining so hard outside

And it makes me think of you

Of a long car ride both so fresh and yet so far away

Windows down, rain falling on both of us

And the sky broke

And it shone just for you

Radiant

I wonder if when it rains

You remember me too

At least for a little while longer

“If they don’t know your dreams, then they can’t shoot ‘em down”

- J Cole

They were willing to pay the ultimate price. Are we willing to uphold the principle?

This powerful message from a historian who holds the hands of heroes is a wake-up call for every American. Their sacrifice demands our vigilance.

Read it. Remember them. And share if you agree. 🇺🇸

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