In Ephesians 6:11, the Apostle Paul urges believers to put on the whole armour of God to stand against the wiles of the devil. This call to spiritual warfare is not to be taken lightly, as the enemy's schemes are cunning and relentless. True readiness to stand firm requires a deep, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, not just religious rituals. Let's delve deeper into what it means to stand firm in the face of spiritual battles.
You kneel, whisper sins you'll repeat by sunset, and call it confessionābut God heard the lie before your lips moved, so tell me: is the confession for His forgiveness, or just your subscription to sin without the guilt?
Okay.
I just want to know who approved adulthood?
Because at no point did I sign the terms and conditions.
When we were kids , adulthood looked stellar!
You could stay up late and eat all the ice cream you want at whatever time.
You seem to always have money and to top it off, you make your own rules!
No one said anything about taxes.
No one said anything about the aches and pains of getting older.
No one even mentioned you always feel tired and worn out all the time.
Or the fact our adult lives is like a free 7-day subscription, that automatically renews itself. We just have no option but to pay for it.
This is false advertisement and I want a refund!
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Back in Fall 2019, a mass shooting happened in a kosher grocery in Jersey City by a black supremacist terror group called Black Israelites. They targeted the local Jewish community and scapegoated them for gentrification and their problems in Black America. While working in the central library in Staten Island, in St. George, my manager didn't bat an eye at how this affected me, and shortly afterwards, I went to work one day, and a huge white painted Swastika was smeared on the entrance doors, and I came to work in the late afternoon. I had made a major report, and none of my gentile colleagues cared to clean off the highly antisemitic vandalism on our property door, despite serving both Jewish and other marginalized patrons. It made me write this piece on how apathetic and passive Americans are to casual antisemitism.
Did you know that endometriosis alone has only 28 million dollar funding meanwhile men's hairloss consists of over 270 million dollars? Just in the US it was found that over 6.5 million women deal with endometriosis while their doctors struggle to give a cause of the condition. Does this seem fair? The condition of PCOS only has 31 million dollar funding as well, yet every 1 in 10 women are diagnosed with it worldwide? That means that 5 to 6 million women have PCOS and 70% of them go undiagnosed because of the lack of research thats been trained into our medical professionals in the US.
š„š Year of the Fire Horse Energy
In the spirit of the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Horse symbolizes drive, ambition, and forward movement ā but the Fire Horse takes it to another level.
It represents bold action, passion, and refusing to stay stagnant. No hesitation. No playing small. Just momentum.
If you had to move like a Fire Horse this year, what would you finally chase without fear?
Drop it below. Letās spark something powerful together. š„
Marco Rubioās Munich vision thus updates imperial hierarchy for the 21st century: the Global South is to be disciplined through trade, finance, borders, and narrativeāadministered jointly by Washington and European capitalsāso that American and European, overwhelmingly white, elites can reācenter their power in a world they no longer fully control.
For most astute observers, the most striking development of 2026 is the so-called "AI Paradox." While generative AI was heralded as a tool for liberation, promising to automate mostāif not allāmundane tasks, the reality is far more sobering. Recent data from Harvard Business Review and Gartner suggests AI has, in many cases, intensified work rather than reducing it.
The first time you set a boundary, it may feel like youāve done something wrong ā even when you havenāt.
If you were raised to keep the peace, anticipate moods, or manage a parentās emotions, choosing yourself can feel unnatural. Your body may react with guilt. Your thoughts may spiral: Was that too harsh? Am I being ungrateful?
This is the old conditioning talking.
Healthy family boundaries are not punishments. They are clarity. They sound simple ā sometimes almost boring:
āIām not discussing that.ā
āThat decision is mine.ā
āIf this continues, Iām going to end the call.ā
I'm not sure how much I still agree with this story, it's from a long time ago - but the idea about rejecting labels is still solid
When I was young I knew a guy who decided that āgay-bashingā was fun. Most of us didnāt know that about him. He was sort of on the periphery of our group. By the time we found out there was no reason for any of us to do anything about it. Heād already received an appropriate reward for his efforts. He tried to beat up the same guy twice and the guy slammed his car into him. Nobody visited him in the hospital. I ran into him many, many years later. I didnāt know who he was. Once he introduced himself I made some noises and then moved awayā¦
The phrase Strong Female Character has become a term of derision⦠and probably rightly. For the most part, writers who are creating Strong Female Characters are doing so with the intention of creating Strong Female Characters, which usually leads to creating underdeveloped characters.