Stuff and Things

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

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Recently one night I messed up.
I took like 10 steps backwards in a jourey that had see so much forward progression.
I had set myself up for failure and, suprise of all suprises, I failed.
Because that’s what happens.
I wanted to vomit, cry, hide, dissappear.

But I didn’t.

I approached the throne of grace with the conficence that comes with knowing my identity and apologized at the feet of Jesus.
And I…

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They’ll never understand, and that’s a good thing.

They’ll never understand why I check my phone all the time, and that’s a good thing.

They’ll never understand why I immediately play through worst case scenarios, and that’s a good thing.

They’ll never understand why I can speak so fluently in medical jargon, and that’s a good thing.

They’ll never understand why I always know where my people are, and that’s a good thing.

They’ll never understand…

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narnianwanderer
securelyinsecure

Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin Has Won the Miss America Pageant

A classical vocalist whose pageant platform is “advocating for the arts,” Franklin sang an operatic selection from the opera La Boheme.

She won a $50,000 scholarship along with the crown in the first Miss America pageant to be held without a swimsuit competition.

sbrown82

*every black girl across these “united” states:

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beyoncescock

what a time to be alive

narnianwanderer
vampireapologist

I know I told this story before but last year I was having complications with a surgery and I just broke down in a public place and I was trying to gather myself, sitting and leaning on a wall when this girl in cowboy boots approached me and sat down and she asked what was wrong and I told her it was medical issues and she said “I understand, I have to have my foot amputated next week” and it shocked me out of crying and I was like “wow that sucks!” And she said “yeah.” And then she just touched my arm so tenderly and told me “I promise you that this problem will have its place, and everything is going to work out.” And the way she said it just made me really believe her. She said. “We’re just gonna have to cowgirl up.” And then she stood up and walked away and I’d call that a genuine encounter with an angel but the truth is there is a lot of goodness right here on earth in humanity and it’s shining and pure.

rainfallinhell

Okay but “this problem will have its place” is genuinely inspiring

vampireapologist

THAT REALLY STRUCK ME because I’ve always hated the tired rhetoric of “this happened for a reason” and this feels like a more genuine, comforting take on that. Not “it happened for a reason,” but “this will find its spot in your life and your future that it fits into in a way that will eventually work out even though it sucks that it happened.” Love that.