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

𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴; 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. - Seneca

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.

https://youtu.be/T_UMKggEkUI

#CoSoGaming

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+ 🎉

https://youtu.be/gnwpxgR3STE

#RecluseReleases

#CoSoMusic
#RecluseRadio

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 ❤️ 🎉

https://youtu.be/UG05pxLGwzc

Animator Billary Squintin used #AI to vividly re-create scenes from #MadMax : Fury Road with #Muppets in place of the actual actors.

If you're gonna use AI for something 👍🏾 🤣 🔥

I'd absolutely watch this movie 😜

https://youtu.be/BfqOYVco0CM

To show the mix of votes across the country, the Washington Post used a sand pile metaphor.

Each grain of sand represents a vote for red or blue, and more votes create larger piles.

Some piles are more red and some are more blue, but overall, you get a lot of mixed piles.

#FlowingData

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮. 𝘐𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘨𝘰, 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦'𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴. - Delenn (Mira Furlan) #Babylon5

𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. - Delenn (Mira Furlan) #Babylon5

'𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.' 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴. '𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯.' 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳. - Delenn (Mira Furlan) #Babylon5

𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.

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𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴.

- G'Kar (Andreas Katsulas) #Babylon5

𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘺-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘴.

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 - 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰.

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𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵.

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Survival, I learned growing up, is about resolve, patience, knowledge, staying healthy in mind, body, and spirit.

I survived 16+ years of mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse with no way out except to wait ... to be patient ... to grow my mental strength, to recognize the weaknesses of those in power, and to slowly find my tribe for support.

I had no power to change my circumstances growing up, I could only change myself and when it finally came time to rise ... I rose.