DontBmistaken

Unapologetically liberal observations on news, politics, media, music, philosophy, faith, love, friendship and the future. My friends call me Ray. But you can call me Your Majesty, because I've grown accustomed. ;-)

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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

Malcolm X

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Rules For My Son 1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. 2. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool. The stairs ain’t one. 3. The man at the grill is the closest thing we have to a king. 4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. 5. Act like you’ve been there before. Especially in the end zone. 6. Request the late check-out. 7. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. 8. Hold your heroes to a higher standard. 9. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas. 10. Don’t fill up on bread. 11. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look him in the eye. 12. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be. 13. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point. 14. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her. 15. You marry the girl, you marry her whole family. 16. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath. 17. Experience the serenity of traveling alone. 18. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room. 19. Never turn down a breath mint. 20. In a game of HORSE, sometimes a simple free throw will get ’em. 21. A sport coat is worth 1000 words. 22. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising. 23. Thank a veteran.

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Your healing. Your joy. Your relationships. Your solutions. That job. That desired change. That opportunity. It will come to you–naturally, with ease, in a host of ways. That answer will come. The direction will come. The money, the idea, the energy, the creativity. The path will open itself to you. Trust that, for it has already been planned.

Melody Beattie (via emrepublic)

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Hold on to the word, the prayer, the little bits of trust and faith you can muster. You are not being tested! You are being fortified!

Iyanla Vanzant

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Take the events that happen in your life, and use them to your advantage. Allow for them to shape you in positive ways. Grow, learn, and develope from your experience.

@thepowerwithin (via thepowerwithin)

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A diamond is just a piece of charcoal that handled stress exceptionally well.

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We are living in scary times. They say it’s like we’re watching the rise of Hitler or Mussolini, but in our own backyard. I’m sure that one day, w...

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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

Ronald E. Osborn

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I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.

Susan Cain (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

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The Season

Starting to realize and accept that God had a purpose for this season. #patmos

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You miss me, but you're not doing anything about it.

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Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.

Albert Einstein

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Naked Selfies

Every time I try to take a naked Selfie, Siri says, “Nope,” real loud before my phone shuts down. Weird, right? 

Keep it classy folks.