mavidin

[mavidin]

I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obidiently, innocently slay one another.

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Drasa: My father was KGB. And years later, when I was a child, he would say to me, "Drasa, my Little Lion, you don't want to know the truth. It's better if you don't know." And I would bitch and whine and say, "Why, Daddy? Why don't I want to know the truth?"

Levi: What did he say?

Drasa: He would say, "Because too much truth puts sadness in your heart and madness in your mind."

Levi: I don't know. In my experience, it's hiding the truth that does that.

[mavidin]

Nations are invisible lines that people assign meaning to. A life, however . . . A life has real meaning. It's warm skin and a beating heart. It should only be taken as a last resort.

Righteousness can easily become rage. Justice can easily become scorn.

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Happy rainy Monday!!! Loves from my laughing coffee and me 🤍

[mavidin]

Makato will now be a Duterte municipality,

Paeapita sanda kung manami.

~Raprap

Except that drug addicts are set free. And looters and thieves are encouraged.

Criminal ta run!

~Auntie Perla as relayed by Doc Perez

Our mayor finished grade two, they say. And we cannot complain.

Ha?! Owa ta imaw it tinun-an ay?

~Auntie Lisel on Diding Lorna

What would we tell the next generation?

Indi ta kon Ne! 😤

~Milet after four years of my free service

[mavidin]

But it was hard, oh, it was hard. Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was hard to love. Sometimes my heart was sinking so fast with anger, desolation and weariness. I was afraid it would sink to the very bottom of the Pacific and I would not be able to lift it back up.

[mavidin]

Allan Karlsson didn't ask much of life. He just wanted a bed, lots of food, something to do, and now and then a glass of vodka. If these requirements were met, he could stand most things.

[mavidin]

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

[mavidin]

I act like La la la, no big deal, let's go to Bloomington, let's see if you're really face-blind. But inside my chest, my heart is clenching and unclenching and skipping beats and fluttering like it's about to burst its way out of there and fly around this car. I fix a smile on my face and stare out the window and think, Oh, heart, you traitor.

[mavidin]

They have an uncanny attraction to people who share the characteristics of a parent who in some way hurt them . . . It's not that people want to get hurt again. It's that they want to master a situation in which they felt helpless as children.

[mavidin]

The presence of God is the finest of rewards.

~The Life of Pi, Yann Martel

Simbahan ng San Joaquin, a National Cultural Treasure

Miag-ao Church, Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Guimbal Church, Parish of San Nicolas de Tolentino

Tigbauan Church, Parish of Saint John de Sagahun

Oton Church, Immaculate Concepcion Parish Church

Simbahan ng Molo, Santa Ana Parish Church, The Women's Church

Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, National Shrine of our Lady of Candles, a National Historical Landmark

Thank You so much, Lord, for guiding me in this sacrifice 🙏

[mavidin]

Sinamad ah nanda ro tropa Bhe.

~Bhe Julz

[mavidin]

But when a heart breaks, that's it.

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February and I'm already saying good bye to so many people!

Thank you Gellai 🤍 And get well 🙏

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MM love 🤍