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As the world keeps spiraling downward with wars and rumors of war, who or what do you turn to for both physical and spiritual strength? Click or tap the link to read more.
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Are you tired of your life plans never coming to fruition or turning out as expected? Why not try life God’s way? Click or tap the link to read more.
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Rewriting the Script: From Sensory Overload to Sovereign Peace
I know life can bring difficult, hard times, and often we don’t want to go through them. There have been so many times in my life where things came up against me and I thought, “There’s no way I can do this. I just can’t"—and yet, somehow, I got through it.
No one explained to me as a kid that I was neurodivergent or that I had sensory issues. I was afraid of most things that other people were not, and I know my parents couldn’t understand me. I was even scared of balloons because when they popped, it shook me every time. I couldn’t handle it as a kid, and I’m still not a big fan even now as an adult! lol.
From the struggles I had in school, to being the family caretaker, to the challenge of getting my GED—which I finally got at 19 years old, but it took me two tries to get it!! Learning to drive a car was also hard for me; I was so scared to wreck. Then in 2017, I ended up in the hospital with a 106-degree fever. The first thing they had to do was give me an IV, and I was terrified of needles. I thought for sure I was going to cry in front of the nurse, and I was so embarrassed. I had to spend four days in that hospital, and they stuck me with needles the entire time! I had no choice but to get comfortable with them.
I realize, being neurodivergent, that I do get overwhelmed very easily with life, but sometimes you can’t escape certain situations; you have to endure and get through them. In 2020, I dealt with burning in my esophagus and my stomach. I had to starve myself because I couldn’t eat, and I randomly lost over 25 pounds within two weeks. That was another scary moment. Then in 2023, I fell outside in my driveway hanging up Christmas lights over my garage door and thought for sure I had broken bones.
Once you have overcome difficult things and start to heal, life begins to actually get a lot easier because you realize that you’re more capable than you thought you were. A good day is simply when nothing bad is happening, you’re taking it easy, and you don’t desire much out of life anymore. I don’t need a fancy house, a fancy car, lots of money, or materialistic things. I don’t need 100 friends or a ton of entertainment. I entertain myself pretty well, and now I am focused on building trust with myself and the world. I’ve been doing this slowly and steadily in 2026.
You must realize that by overcoming hard moments, you gain the endurance you need to keep going. You absolutely are a survivor; you are not a victim. You don’t give yourself enough credit for all that you’ve gone through. I know you beat yourself up for the mistakes you’ve made and for the toxic cycles you were in. I know you’re trying to break them—and you can—but it’s going to take some time and some willpower.
You have to be patient and gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself and stop talking down to yourself. Start looking in the mirror and affirming who you are. Rewire your mind by stopping the old script of trauma and starting a new script. It is possible because I’ve been doing it for the past few months. I’ve seen a major change in my mental health, and I’m very pleased. The journey is not easy, but it’s worth it.
Take it one day at a time. ✨✌🏻
3-10-26 at 8:08 a.m.
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We live in a world that brings many ups and downs, highs and lows, prosperity and poverty. How do we cope with such circumstances? Click or tap the link below to learn more. #afaithfulsower #christianity #Bible #Jesus #dailydevotion
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Total Drama Season based on the Game Show “Endurance”
Has anyone ever thought of how a Total Drama season based on the reality gameshow “Endurance” would be like?
I was thinking it would be something similar with the stuff I listed below, but more extreme.
This season could possibly be titled “Total Drama: The Enduring Tag-Teams”.
The elimination ceremony might be called the “Temple of Shame” instead.
Gameshow objectives and things used in the game (similar to that of “Endurance”):
- Right to Stay Challenge (pre-challenge to stay for the tag-team selection before the main game)
- Tag-Team Selections (each team consisting of a boy and a girl represented by a different spectrum color)
- Temple of Fate Missions (elimination through an elemental rock-paper-scissors game of fire-water-wood)
- Pyramid Piece Collection (items used for the final challenge)
- Samadhi (an item used to handicap a certain team)
- Different challenges that are tests of strength, wit, skill, and cooperation
- “Create Your Own Game” (a challenge for the final 3 tag-teams that they create for themselves)
- Finale where the final 2 tag-teams face off to find a gold pyramid under silver pyramids on a game table
- Special Episode featuring the tag-team who won first place
For those who haven’t heard of the game show Endurance, the wiki and episode playlists links are posted here for more info.
Endurance Season 1 Playlist
Endurance Season 2 Playlist
Endurance Season 3 Playlist
Endurance Season 4 Playlist
Endurance Season 5 Playlist
Endurance Season 6 Playlist
Endurance Season Specials Playlist
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Running With Endurance and Expectation
13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of…
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A lot of kata looks good. Clean lines, crisp turns, strong stances. But then you ask a harder question: would any of it help if someone grabbed you, rushed you, or hit you first?
That gap between pretty kata and useful kata is where the six principles matter. They act like a simple checklist that makes kata feel real, builds skill for bunkai (applications), and improves control under pressure.
In this post, you’ll learn: Ikita (alive kata), Inen (fighting spirit), Chikara no Kyojaku (power changes), Kisoku no Donto (breathing rhythm), Waza no Kankyu (timing changes), and Kinto (balance). Each one comes with practical cues you can use in your next practice.
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I walk 10km per day.
A Marine commando can march 60 km in a single day.
My personal best is 42 km.
I recommend you 5 km to start. Every. Single. Day.
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Another day, another dollar. I did my duty, listened to others, provided more or less valuable input (probably less), made decisions because I had to and pretended that I knew what I was doing.
What will remain of that day? I feel that the things that would have made it special or worthy of remembering, its real impact so to speak, passed me by. I didn’t pay attention to them. The shape of the…
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Joshua 12 lists victories. Joshua 14 shows endurance.
At eighty-five, Caleb still trusts God and asks for the hill country.
Strength isn’t urgency. It’s sustained faith.
This points us to Christ, who perseveres perfectly.
Grace anchors endurance.
Knowing God builds strength that lasts
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Sometimes what we need is to wait.
- Abraham waited for a century before fathering the son of promise.
- Joseph waited for nearly twenty years as a slave and a prisoner before seeing God fulfill his dreams.
- Moses waited for 40 years before God called him out of the desert to lead the children of Israel.
- Joshua waited for 40 years in the wilderness before being appointed leader and leading the nation in the Promised Land.
- David waited for decades after being anointed king before sitting on the throne.
In each of these cases, God shaped his servants while they were waiting.
~ Cindy Matson
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“Suffering, Paul says, brings about endurance, proven character and hope (Rom. 5:3-4). James tells us that through suffering we’ll be made complete (James 1:3-4).”
Cindy Matson
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If you’ve ever felt like you’re “seeing” strikes but still getting hit, you’re not alone. A lot of defence problems come from protecting the wrong space, or chasing hands instead of guarding the lane those hands travel through.
Bisecting line defence is a high-return skill because it solves three problems at once: you stop attacks earlier, you waste less motion, and you keep your balance for counters and exits. When you protect your centreline and control the shared line, the opponent’s cleanest shots disappear.
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Creatine for Endurance: The Secret to Infinite Stamina - Fueling Fitness and Finding Focus
Creatine for Endurance: The Secret to Infinite Stamina - Fueling Fitness and Finding Focus
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Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.
—Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art