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[sircharlesthepoet]

Black Angel

So you’ve fallen.Your bones growing weakFlesh vividly sick. But moments ago, you were at the peak of the worldDominating altitudes the common thought to be uncommon.You used to rain prideOn the bruised will and spirit You used to matter, my black Angel So you’ve fallen.All your glory has plungedIf failure was the liquid, you’d be the sponge Your wings have explodedAshes of patches and pieces…

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[empoweringmotivationalquotes]

To muster up the courage to say no may be difficult at times. But the rewards you get for putting yourself as the priority and looking after your happiness are well worth the effort 😁

[anamartell13]

We have the POWER to choose your life as to which direction you want it to go. Change things up, make bold moves, take changes and above all be true to YOU. #blessed #faith #afternoonaffirmation #notalwayseasybutworthit #imatter #propertymanager #thisgirlsellsrealestatekwcitylife (at Downtown Union City, Union City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3G13Ippyb7I2nggbhR-zT81vI2ZZjoVCB0RI0/?igshid=1e1ktg7chyh5y

[pamberi]

[bt16-blog]

POSTCARDS FROM MOROCCO 🇲🇦 Our first morning in Morocco was spent walking on the promenade of Tangier. It was before 9am and I've barely had my Starbucks coffee, but I've been hit on, catcalled and invited into strangers' cars countless times already. The disproportionate ratio of men and women on the streets was something I immediately noticed. As a woman I've never felt so uncomfortable and unsafe in my entire life than in Morocco. You can directly feel the gender inequality of the culture and the street harassment is horrific. I've been told to either (a) ignore it or (b) take it as a compliment (c) that I'm too sensitive. (a) you can only ignore kissy noises and "ah so nice" for so long before you want to punch someone in the face. The other day in the Marrakesh medina I was crying from rage. How can it not bother you? (b) being reduced to a sack of meat for the consumption of strange men on the street is not a compliment. It's a power play - I'm defenseless and I'm being disrespected. I'm being denied my freedom, safety, dignity and humanity. (c) Yes, I am aware that I freely chose to visit a Muslim country and I carefully curated my clothing to be respectful and modest. But, I am allowed to be angry. I am allowed to be furious by how my sisters are being treated around the world. I am allowed to be frustrated by the harassment I am receiving purely for being female. I am allowed to be fucking exhausted. You know what's the worst of all? If my boyfriend was accompanying me, I would not have experienced this. Because, they respect my boyfriend more than me. I matter. With love, from Morocco x ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ #tangier #morocco #architecture #building #promenade #seaside #travel #psa #streetharassment #feminism #patriarchy #genderinequality #imatter #livedexperience #instagram #instagood #insta #instatravel #photography #iphone #iphonex #travelphotography #vsco #vscocam #vscoedit #vscoedit #moody (at Tangier, Morocco) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvy8EG1pYUE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rgd8ku0htqrt

[imenoughh]

I’m still worrying about him. I’m still thinking about how I hurt him, how it affected him and the guilt I feel. But that’s unhealthy. I need to put myself first. I can’t torture myself forever for my mistakes. A year later and I’m still putting him before me. I need to focus on myself, do things that make ME feel good. I need to let go of the past, let go of my guilt. I hurt him, but now I’m just hurting me too. This isn’t the way to solve things. I can’t try to resolve hurting someone by hurting myself. It’s a whole lot of hurt and it’s just encouraging more hurt to be felt and dealt by me. How is this helping me? I’m not making myself feel better, and I’m certainly not changing the past or how he feels. Hurting is not the solution. Punishment is not the solution. You can’t fight fire with fire. If I want to love others more, I need to love myself more. Compassion breeds compassion. I know for a fact that I’m more likely to be unkind to others when I’m feeling badly about myself. I can’t change the past. It’s done with. I can change my present and my future though, and to do that I need to be kind to both others and myself. I can’t fix old problems. All I can do is fix the now, and to fix and improve the now I need to live in the now, and focus on the now, its beauty and it’s issues. What’s happening right now in my life is going to suffer if I am focusing all my energy on the past. And then I’m just going to make more mistakes now, and accumulate more and more regret in my life. The only way to be better is to be better in my life now. If I want change, I need to make changes now. I need to focus on what’s relevant to my life in this moment. I’m capable. I can think. I care about many things. I can have and be everything I have ever wanted, I only need to direct my energy and potential to the present. The present is the only thing I have control over. What I did before, what I might do in the future, I can’t control that right now. All I can control right now is what I am doing right now. 

[margarette-malory]

Because #Imatter 💁🏽😉 #spiritualgangster #crystallovingpeaceseekinggypsy #growth #witch #hoodoo #voodoo #triquetra #growth #humble #energy #gifted #successful #spiritual #spirit #shamanisn #rootdoctor #reikimaster #reiki #psychicmedium #powerfulwoman #powerful #positivevibes

[selfmade0913]

I'm 6 years old y'all!!! 6 years today that I have been on testosterone and finally started living my life as the man I knew I was always suppose to be. I never thought growing up in my life time I would have surgeries to save up for, shots weekly, the emotional roller coasters I've been on. At the end of the day I can sit there and say it's all worth it and will continue to be worth it until my very last breath. I've lost people who I thought would be there forever and I've gained friendships with people who I never knew I would even come across in my life. I've lived in plenty of different states, worked a lot of different jobs, and I've been on a lot of adventures. I'm not gonna lie or paint a pretty picture for y'all. Being transgender isn't easy, worth it but not easy. I am 100% proud of who I am even though some days I have my bad days and I don't show my happiness. I know that my journey is only just beginning and I can't wait to see where my future is headed. Thank you to EVERYONE who has had my back since day one and for the people who didn't know the old me but met me as Tyler and accepted me just the way I am. Life is good and God is great! I am blessed 🙌🏼 #transgender #transman #ftm #6years #testosterone #happy #blessed #proud #wematter #imatter (at The Crib)