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[filmografie]

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017), dir. Griffin Dunne

[nayyirahwaheedpoems]

“To be us again.”

— O. Leary (via olearypoetry)

[naturaekos]

“Someone asks me, “What is love?” I say, “Do not look for an explanation. Dissolve into me, and you will know.””

— Rumi

[minuty]

“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.”

— Oscar Wilde (via minuty)

[chewbacca]

Mariah Carey — Breakdown ft. Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone (1998)

[blackontelevision]

“May my teachings fall like rain. May my words descend like dew. Like showers on the green leaves. With love, from us to you.”

 Greenleaf (2016– ) crea. Craig Wright

[afroenby-deactivated20230831]

Bold means debuted in 2018. Italicized means series was announced to be canceled/completed in 2018.

Canceled

Still Star-Crossed (1 Season) - ABC

Rosewood (2 Seasons) - FOX

Rebel (1 Season) - BET

The Quad (2 Seasons + 1 TV Movie) - BET

Superstition (1 Season) - Syfy

Pitch (1 Season) - FOX

Underground (2 Seasons) - WGN

The Get Down (1 Season) - Netflix

Survivor’s Remorse (4 Seasons) - Starz

Crazyhead (1 Season) - Netflix

Completed

Scandal (7 Seasons) - ABC

Seven Seconds (1 Season) - Netflix

Chewing Gum (2 Seasons) - Netflix

Being Mary Jane (4 Seasons + 2 TV Movies) - BET

Ongoing

She’s Gotta Have It (2 Seasons) - Netflix

Greenleaf (4 Seasons) - OWN

Queen Sugar (4 Seasons) - OWN

Power (6 Seasons) - Starz

Empire (5 Seasons) - FOX

Dear White People (3 Seasons) - Netflix

Lethal Weapon (3 Seasons) - FOX

How to Get Away With Murder (5 Seasons) - ABC

Marvel’s Luke Cage (2 Seasons) - Netflix

Black Lightning (2 Seasons) - The CW

The Chi (2 Seasons) - SHOWTIME

Step Up: High Water (2 Seasons) - YouTube: Red

Grown-ish (2 Seasons) - Freeform

Black-ish (5 Seasons) - ABC

Atlanta (3 Seasons) - FX

Snowfall (3 Seasons) - FX

Pose (2 Seasons) - FX

Claws (3 Seasons) - TNT

All American (1 Season) - The CW

Charmed (1 Season) - The CW

Insecure (4 Seasons) - HBO

The Haves and The Have Nots (6 Seasons) - OWN

Star (3 Seasons) - FOX

Unsure of the fate

Mech X4 (3 Seasons) - Disney XD

Cleverman (2 Seasons) - SundanceTV / ABC Indigenous

Non-Black shows with more than one Black character leading:

Canceled

The Shannara Chronicles (2 Seasons) - Spike

Deception (1 Season) - ABC

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (2 Seasons) - BBC America

Completed

Shadowhunters (3 Seasons + 1 TV Movie) - Freeform

Ongoing

American Gods (2 Seasons) - Starz

For The People (2 Seasons) - ABC

Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger (2 Seasons) - Freeform

The Bold Type (3 Seasons) - Freeform

Siren (2 Seasons) - Freeform

Titans (2 Seasons) - DC Universe

The Flash (5 Seasons) - The CW

Supergirl (4 Seasons) - The CW

Arrow (7 Seasons) - The CW

All Night (2 Seasons) - Hulu

Orange is the New Black (7 Seasons) - Netflix

9-1-1 (2 Seasons) - FOX

This is Us (3 Seasons) - NBC

The Walking Dead (9 Seasons) - AMC

Westworld (3 Seasons) - HBO

The 100 (6 Seasons) - The CW

Riverdale (3 Seasons) - The CW

Lucifer (4 Seasons) - Netflix

Marvel’s Runaways (2 Seasons) - Hulu

Unsure of the fate

Into the Badlands (3 Seasons) - AMC

Feel free to add more.

[sunsetquotes]

“We met at the wrong time. That’s what I keep telling myself anyway. Maybe one day years from now, we’ll meet in a coffee shop in a far away city somewhere and we could give it another shot.”

— Unknown

[cobotis]

“This is the real secret of life… To be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now… And instead of calling it work, realize it is play…”

— Alan Watts

[asma-al-husna]

Allah calls Himself Al-Kaafi— The Sufficient— on one occasion in the Quran. Al-Kaafi is the One who is sufficient for His servants. He is the only one who suffices all the needs of the ones who believe and trust in Him, and no one is in need of anything else but Him!  The Sufficient— the one who suffices for all needs Kaafi comes from the root kaaf-faa-yaa, which points to two main meanings. The first meaning is to be sufficient and to be enough. The second main meaning is to be able to protect, shield and save something perfectly. This root appears 33 times in the Quran in two derived forms. Examples of these forms are wa kafaa (“and sufficient”) and yakfihim (“sufficient for them”). Linguistically kaafi refers to the one possessing the attribute of sufficiency, whereas kafaa refers to the verb “to suffice.” Al-Kaafi is the ultimate one to suffice each and every need with great ease and whenever He pleases for His believing and devoted servants. Al-Kaafi Himself says: Is not Allah sufficient for His Servant [Prophet Muhammad]? And [yet], they threaten you with those [they worship] other than Him. And whoever Allah leaves astray – for him there is no guide [Quran, 39:36] and Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers. [Quran, 15:95] Al-Kaafi and other names In the ayaat in which the root kafaa is mentioned, we often find the words wa kafaa bil-laahi (“and sufficient is Allah as …”)  followed by a beautiful name of Allah. We find this combination most often with the names Al-Wakeel (The Disposer of Affairs),  Al-Haseeb (The Accountant, or Reckoner) and Ash-Shaheed (The Witness). Al-Kaafi says: …  And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs [wakeela] [Quran, 33:48]. And:  [Allah praises] those who convey the messages of Allah and fear Him and do not fear anyone but Allah. And sufficient is Allah as Accountant [haseeba] [33:39] and: And sufficient is Allah as Witness [shaheeda] [Quran, 4:166] Most related in meaning is the beautiful name Al-Wakeel. Abu Alsood said: “tawakkal alallah” means to leave everything up to Allah ‘azza wa jall and “kafa allah wakeela” means Allah ‘azza wa jall is sufficient as protector as the one and only whom you leave everything up to [fragment of tafseer of Surah Al-Ahzab by Sheikh Ahmad Musa Jibril] How Can You Live By This Name? 1. Have firm belief. You might claim you believe Allah ‘azza wa jall can suffice all your needs, but do you live by this knowledge? Firm belief in Al-Kaafi and His perfect ability to suffice all your needs means you are not afraid of people and their decisions, nor are you worried about losing worldly possessions. Even when you feel you cannot defend yourself against people’s accusations, know Al-Kaafi will suffice you as a helper: Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers [Quran, 15:95] And Allah is most knowing of your enemies; and sufficient is Allah as an ally, and sufficient is Allah as a helper [Quran, 4:45].So next time you feel anxious or stressed about people or belongings, remind yourself thta Allah is Al-Kaafi; He is the only one to suffice all your needs. 2. Remember the day you will be sufficient as an accountant. [It will be said], Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant [Quran, 17:14]. This means that you have not been treated unjustly and nothing has been recorded against you except what you have done, because you remember everything that you have done, and no one will forget anything that he did. Everyone will be able to read his Book, whether he is literate or illiterate. [Tafseer ibn Katheer] So remember that one day you will be confronted with each deed you do, every step you take and every word you utter. Use this as a motivation to present a book full of good deeds in shaa’Allah. 3. Learn from the past. As a believer you have an extremely important task: to take lessons from the past and specifically from the stories of the former people in the Quran. And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Acquainted and Seeing. [Quran, 17:17] Allah ‘azza wa jall observes how you respond to these stories; do you study them, look at the characteristics of these former groups and their sins so you know what to avoid or do you treat them as “stories from the past” without acting upon them? Kafaa bil-laahi shaheeda– Allah is sufficient as a witness! 4. Be someone who strives to fulfil others’ needs. Even though only Allah is perfect in sufficing each and every need, you can take inspiration from this beautiful attribute by doing your best to fulfil other person’s needs as much as you can. The Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: Allah will aid a servant (of His) so long as the servant aids his brother. [Muslim] 5. Do dhikr with this name. At the end of the day, before you go to sleep say: ‎“الْحَمْدُللهِالَّذِيأَطْعَمَنَاوَسَقَانَا،وَكَفَانَا،وَآوَانَا،فَكَمْمِمَّنْلَاكَافِيَلَهُوَلَامُؤْوي”. Alhamdu lillaahil-lathee ‘at’amanaa wa saqaanaa, wa kafaanaa, wa ‘aawaanaa, fakam mimman laa kaafiya lahu wa laa mu’wiya. Which means: Praise is to Allah Who has provided us with food and with drink , sufficed us and gave us an abode for how many are there with no provision and no home. [Muslim] Wallahu ta’alaa ‘alem. O Allah, Al-Kaafi, we know that You are sufficient for us.  Make us of those who have firm belief in you, trust in You and turn to You with all our affairs, big or small. Make us realize You suffice all our needs, aid us in sending forward good deeds to You and help us to fulfil the needs of others, ameen!

[wnq-writers]

(Lessons I learned in 2017) Well… I’ve been so completely and utterly amazed by all the help I get from people, by how many jump in and offer, by some that check in afterwards… by the fact that I don’t have to do things alone. (1) I’ve learned that if you need help, you should ask for it. Little details that cost you nothing, that are so appreciated by others. A frog figurine for a frog collection, a sugarless sweet for a diabetes patient. It’s incredible how much people seem to appreciate this gestures, the gratefulness I’ve gotten for something that cost me almost no time and money at all. (2) I’ve learned that a little kindness goes a long way. Writing and sharing it. Seeing how it resonates with so many people. (3)I’ve learned that I do not always need to keep myself hidden. Understanding myself. Maybe I’m asexual, maybe I’m simply afraid of intimacy. Sometimes I need people, sometimes I need to be alone. I am not the kind of person to build up gigantic snap chat streaks, I actually like doing some things alone. So why be jealous of a kind of life I’d never even want? (4)I’ve learned that this life is about me. About the things I love, about what I want to do and eat and about what is important to me. (5)I’ve learned that I still need to figure out who I am and that I still need to understand myself. Trauma. Anxiety. I’ve started to accept these as parts of who I am. It is an incredibly slow progress, but there is a little girl inside of me and she is so hurt. She needs me to accept her, and not reject her. Only then will she be able to heal. Only then will she find closure. Being positive. Opening my eyes to my luck. To the people around me. And taking a break when it is going less well. Going to sleep, taking a shower. Being alone, but not necessarily lonely. Most importantly for me: I’ve learned to talk about what is going on in my head, and to seek professional help for it. I’ve given it a name, and called it mine, and I’ve made effort to understand it. I have found a little bit of hope and a little bit of self-care can go a long way. I have not made resolutions, but I almost died this year, this bittersweet 2017 that has taken quite a few persons that still are very dear to me, that took my cat, that almost took me. But this December, I have not made resolutions. I want to enjoy the precious days that remain, and to grow, and I want to remember that each day is a new beginning. A new chance.

shamelesslyradiant,  writing prompt #73: Write about the lessons you learned this year. (via wnq-writers)

[goodreadss]

“But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out, is in.”

Junot Diaz (via goodreadss)

[iamprincec]

.........i'm so very tired!

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Ha.Ha. ♥️

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[iamprincec]

Happy Black History Month + Happy Mother's Day !

[iamprincec]

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