The oppressors that want you to be a miserable wage slave and brainwash you into thinking that NOTHING is worth anything unless you SUCCEED at it are liars ...
EVERYTHING you do ... FOR YOU ... to move yourself forward in even a small way is important, powerful, and worth celebrating.
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥. - Epictetus
You should care especially about failures because only in failing do you learn to grow, shift your thinking, and learn resilience. Only when you fail do you understand what you need to do to continue on and not fail again.
CELEBRATE every choice you make to TRY.
CELEBRATE every choice you make to try AGAIN.
CELEBRATE every decision you make to move forward even if you don't succeed at first.
CELEBRATE every forward motion you decide to make.
Every single small step is important.
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The rich white male ceo of the company my friend works for is delivering an annual message to his company with his big glass windows and golf clubs in the background and with his pocket square gleaming and he just said:
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
Let me tell you something ...
YOU SHOULD CARE.
You should care about EVERY moment of trying AND failing.
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I also started using my #weightedblanket again.
I don't usually sleep with it because I sleep quite hot ... as women over 50 tend to do 😜 and while my #bedjet is usually the perfect solution, it requires you to have lighter sheets so the cool air can ripple around and circulate through it and cool you. The weighted blanket makes that impossible.
I decided to sleep hot and try the blanket anyway just for a starting test and the results are amazing...
My #chronicpain is NON-EXISTENT today.
92/91 on a Wednesday and after starting a new, rather rigorous exercise schedule is something even I am impressed with. Not to mention another perfect midpoint. My sleep was extraordinary last night, over optimal.
I don't normally have such high readiness when putting my body through hours of exercise each day. The stress response is usually quite high and it causes my numbers to be off especially heart rate and recovery.
Not anymore I guess 👍🏾
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I was just reminded just now of something I really liked about #Lucifer ... the relationship between Trixie and Maze was something I always really loved. There was a wonderful chemistry between them and perhaps it was the clip of Denzel and Dakota from Man on Fire that reminded me ... Scarlett Estevez was such an wonderful presence on that show and Lesley-Ann Brandt was flawless ❤️ They both deserved better but I will always love their characters.
𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘕𝘌𝘙𝘎𝘠 𝘐𝘕. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘯.
𝘊𝘰𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴; 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵.
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘐𝘚 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 - 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 "𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴".
𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺: 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘉𝘌𝘛𝘛𝘌𝘙 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘌𝘈𝘓𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘌𝘙 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢.
𝘊𝘰𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵.
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𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 "𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘉𝘦" ... 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢.
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 ...
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𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴; 𝘪𝘧, 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺; 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰. - Marcus Aurelius
Fear does more harm than the things you're afraid of and anger does more harm than the people or things that cause it.
Anger is a form of weakness that stems from irrational fears and perceived injuries.
In Stoicism, kindness is a sign of strength.
Being kind takes courage and wisdom, especially when situations or other people's behavior is difficult.
When you are kind, you are showing that you are in control of your emotions.
Emotions are choices.
Anger is merely fear in action.
𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳: 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴. - Seneca
Amazing scene between Denzel and #DakotaFanning in #ManonFire - one of many. Wild to think she was only 9 years old when she did the movie.
Denzel went on to say that he thought there was a 40-year-old woman trapped in her body because she was such a seasoned actress.
I absolutely LOVE #ManOnFire because of their chemistry. Amazing roles, both of them.
#FFXIV has officially launched Patch 7.1: Crossroads to continue the story told by #Dawntrail.
Several buffs and action changes to the Dark Knight, Black Mage, Machinist, and White Mage jobs, the first part of the new #FFXI crossover alliance raid and harder versions of the fight against Sphene and Byakko.
Other high-end content will arrive in subsequent weeks like the new chaotic Cloud of Darkness fight, new role quests, Hildibrand quests, and more.
One of the next cosy crime series to hit our screens will be an adaptation of the Reverend Richard Coles’ best-selling novel, #MurderBeforeEvensong.
Coles, a media personality in the UK (and erstwhile member of The Communards before becoming a Church of England priest), took to writing crime novels, releasing his debut (the aforementioned Murder Before Evensong) in 2022.
The adaptation will be a co-production between Acorn TV and Channel 5
More news as I get it!
There’s a new Mobile Suit Gundam #anime series that’s been announced: Mobile Suit #Gundam : ALC Encounter. The series is described as a “Gundam no one has seen before.”
“A voice draws two destined individuals together for a showdown, awakening 1/12-scale statues of the Nu Gundam and Sazabi, leading to a fierce battle."
The series comes from the team at Bandai Namco Filmworks, and the project is set to be released later this month on November 24th, but it will not be made available globally.
To celebrate five years of streaming, Disney+ shared a new sizzle reel that includes Andor, Skeleton Crew, Ironheart, Daredevil: Born Again, and Chad Powers ...
Lookin good Disney+ 🎉
Artist: BABYMONSTER
Title: DRIP (Live)
I've been hyping BABYMONSTER since well before their debut. I had high hopes for this group of extremely talented girls and I haven't been disappointed. Their live performances scared a lot of people and really lead the push from fans expecting a lot more from idols who only lipsync. BABYMONSTER has always had strong, impressive vocals. DRIP isn't my favorite but this performance is all monster ❤️ 🎉
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