my coping mechanism with death is to pretend it didn’t happen. they’re still surrounding us with all the memories they’ve left, just in a different dimension.
People do not give kids enough of positive and intentional interaction in general. Adults spend most of their time making kids feel like they’re inconveniences.
Your parents can be toxic too. They were never loved as a child, so they never learned how you love you. They treated you the way they were treated. Forgive them, they didn't know any better.
Manifestation. It doesn’t always look the way we think.
It’s writing out intentions. Getting really detailed. It’s meditating about them. Getting really clear. Playing the movie in the mind.
And the movie that plays on the physical plane might look different.
During the 1980s, the queen tried to stop Princess Diana's work in HIV advocacy, telling her to do something "more pleasant." But Diana ignored her, instead using her platform to tackle stigma and offer comfort to terrified people sick with what was then a terminal illness.
When everything starts going wrong & you feel like giving up, if there's no one there for you, turn to Allah. He is the best listener! When it seems like nobody cares, Allah cares. When it seems like nobody is there for you, Allah is ready to listen.
That grieving doesn't ever stop never ceases to shock me. Any piece of good news & you reflexively think of sharing it with that one person, only to realise for the millionth time that they're no longer around. Punch in the gut every damn time
No selfish shit but I've been about me first lately and the happiness is unmatched dawg.
I've done without to see people happy countless time and the energy was never reciprocated.