I'm a realist so I don't believe in lies of hope or propaganda designed to pull people into delusional realities about the world ... but even in seeing things how they truly are, there are still positive truths beneath it all and within ourselves to focus on.
There are brighter lights, stronger wills, and deeper souls out in the world. They may not be the loudest voices or the most popular bloggers or have the widest reaching podcasts or the greatest number of followers ... but they exist.
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Those who have the darkest intentions and most broken souls often have the loudest voices ... because they are screaming, shouting, barraging the world with all the pain they feel inside constantly. I consider the volume and depth of their negativity to equate to the amount of anguish they must feel every day ...
They feed on everyone else's pain because they need to justify existing in their own. They need to bring people down because they lack the strength to rise up.
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I won't speak such nonsense about their being less of them than others or that there is more good than evil or whatever else. I don't see evidence of that and if it were true the world would be a very, very different place and there would be no reason for me to be writing this thread at all.
The world is what it is ... and the people who make up the majority are the ones capable of doing the most damage to billions of people. Pain ... trauma ... anger ... it's all very viral and cyclical.
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You only need to destroy the soul of one person to see the ripple effects for GENERATIONS.
The only way to stop the wave of Darkness and anger and negativity is to be a wall against it for yourself and for others. The only way to stop the cycles from continuing to destroy others is to build up your light and your positivity and share it with as many people as possible.
Inspire. Teach. Uplift.
Put your mental, physical, and spiritual health first so you can be strong for those who need you.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴: 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. - Marcus Aurelius
𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦; 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. - Seneca
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴… 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵; 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. - Seneca
𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 ...
- Elaine Barlow (2022)
𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 ... 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳, 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰, 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘯 ... 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘥, 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴 ...
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