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14.03.2022.

Such is the power of the truth that, like good, it is it’s own propagator.

Annotating books has changed my reading experience and has allowed me to slow down and read with more purpose.

Some might think it is horrible to do this to a book, but I love making it mine by filling it with my thoughts.

astrangerlately

purgawhatory

the unofficial official art for tsoa

By Alice Blake

the-worship-project

The Beatitudes - original typography print from The Worship Project.

“And seeing the multitudes, He (Jesus) went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying…”

I pray that wherever this post finds you, you can take a moment to read this, let it sink deep into your soul and rest in His presence that always surrounds you. Take encouragement! We are a blessed people, those of us called according to His purpose.

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poems-of-madness

“Meet me at the lakes take a walk with me, where every talk is political where every conversation is a secret a confession a cry between friends. I was born in other capitals but I am dying in this one for sure. Like a mermaid dying tragically for love I am dying like that For you. Loving you has always been a luxury when you are as cold as the the swans on the lake in the winter time. Charming ice-sculptures with tiny hearts I try to dance with you on ice but my heart is too hot I melt the whole city and you don’t want me anymore. Even though I want you I want you and once again I am all alone on her bridge standing between two cities in love and at war at the same time.”

— Louise’s Lakes by Royla Asghar

Tondo: An Unconventional Paradise

Crime, gang wars, drugs, and uncultured swines. This are but some of the things people alien to Tondo would often associate to this ancient town where kings and knights once strolled. The Tondo they know is a wasteland --a dung covered, urine smelling, informal settlers-dwelling place: the nesting place of disease and crime.

But for someone who grew up here, Tondo is nothing like they describe it. Tondo is the place that I would most be proud to call home because it is the place that I grew up knowing and loving. It is the place where the people that created a big impact on to who I am now and what I believe in reside.

That is the reason why it hurts me that people believe in such sayings that Tondo is a place where criminals are most likely to be seen, such false words should never be taken seriously, how could people even describe Tondo when they have never been to Tondo, or even lived in Tondo. They generalize a person because of how the palce they live in is described by others, it is quite sad.

Although there is no denying that there are criminals in Tondo, it is not like how others describe it as though each and every person here could cut your throat. On the contrary, people in Tondo are very kind and they make living in Tondo such a paradise. You would often see your neighbours smiling at you, and little children playing traditional games on the streets, you would be serenaded by processions accompanied by marching bands, and the sound of laughter and joy all throughout the day.

I wish those people who always associate my town with such dissent and chaos to visit Tondo, they would be welcomed by smiles and warmth. Not only are the people wonderful, there are even so many beautiful gifts of nooks and crannies that can be seen in Tondo, although it is an bustling town, there are still those wonderful places that I believe still caters to the spiritual side of things, such as the old Sto. Nino de Tondo Church, a beautiful church that is located at the heart of the town, which houses an old image of the Holy Chid, dating back to the time of the Spanish Conquest. This house of prayer possesses a certain type of peace and harmony, its large walls and high ceilings seem to mute the noise outside to bring the faithful inside in communion with the most High.

For me, a person who grew up in Tondo, a person who lives in Tondo, I believe that Tondo is an unconventional paradise. It's a place that people look down upon because of rumors that are not even true, and at best outdated or generalised, those rumors that have made others cower in fear when they hear a person comes from Tondo. As with any other city, there are good sides, and there are bad, one should never just look on one side. Tondo has more good than bad in it, but to see it, one must squint into the smallest spaces and little crannies to see what makes Tondo a true paradise, and why a multitude of Filipinos still choose to call it home.

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wnq-writers

You were my ultimate almost. We were almost everything, I wanted to be your everything, because you were mine, you really were. I told you that you can have my soul, you took it then ran away with it, without looking back, without a second glance at me, i was standing in the pouring rain waiting for you to come back, you never did. You lost yourself along the way and i lost myself in you. You didn’t want to let go of me, but didn’t want to hold me either, you just wanted someone and i always was that someone you needed when things were bad, you wanted me only when it was convenient to you and i loved you so much that i never wanted to admit it. Guess in the end we’re just two lost souls trying to find their way home, but you were my home and now i’ll forever be homeless.

evdokiyas, writing prompt #67: write about an almost relationship, which broke your heart (via wnq-writers)

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have you ever loved someone so much that seeing them happy is your main priority and not your own happiness?

what i asked him one summer night

tahliaapritchard

fyp-philosophy

If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing thing you don’t like doing, which is stupid.

Alan Watts (via fyp-philosophy)