#son of wisdom

[tampire]

So true, Goku.

[orthodoxsoul]

Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says,

"You are a saint," the other, "You won't be saved."

Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins. (St. Silouan the Athonite)

[former-leftist-jew]

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[trinalwilliams]

Thump...thump...thump

Life....

Ripped my chest wide open

For the world to see

My hearts been beating

Overtime

The bleeding sea

Loss after loss

Hit after hit

Somewhere in my life

I seemed to lose my mind

Part of my journey

Part of my time

While my cries out to the universe

Have all been heard

I now find strength

In numbers in words

Dreaming fireflies

They light my skies

In small increments

I am erasing my lies

I am able

Capable

To see....

Nothing stays the same

It all someday leaves

The trees will grow

The leaves will blow

The wind will settle

My mind will align

I will unwind

My chest mending

My hearts bending

Thump.. thump....thump

Tlw

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Proverbs of Solomon

1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason: 3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour: 4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose: 5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:) 6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings. 7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Advice to a Son

8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother: 9 For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck. 10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them. 11 If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause; 12 Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death; 13 Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth; 14 Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag: 15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways: 16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life. 17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird: 18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves. 19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

The Good Woman—Wisdom

20 Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places; 21 Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town: 22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge? 23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you. 24 Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand; 25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words: 26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear; 27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you. 28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me: 29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord: 30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them. 31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full. 32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction. 33 But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil. — Proverbs 1 | Bible in Basic English (BBE) The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 41:42; Numbers 12:8; Deuteronomy 4:6; Deuteronomy 21:18; Deuteronomy 28:63; 1 Samuel 19:10; 1 Kings 4:32; Job 4:8; Job 21:14; Job 27:9; Psalm 1:1; Psalm 10:8; Psalm 25:12-13; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 81:11; Psalm 116:6; Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 5:12; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 8:1; Proverbs 9:9; Proverbs 15:27; Proverbs 16:19; Luke 7:30; John 7:39; Romans 2:5; Romans 10:21; Ephesians 5:11; James 4:3

[artbysarf]

Some of @spectralsleuth ‘s characters from the fic series Little Scraps of Wisdom I drew these on a plane, so they are not that accurate but OH WELL

In order it’s Sal, Dr. Carter, Dr. Heo, and Xander

[milkbreadtoast]

can finally put them together... the main 4 charas of this story(*that will prob never be made into a thing but its fun to think abt)!!

*whispers* tentative names: 💚강효준 (kang hyojun), 💙이설(yi/lee seol), 💜유성화 (yu seonghwa), ❤️송혜연 (song hyeyeon). Hyojun(m) and Seol(f) are the protags and Seonghwa(m) and Hyeyeon(f) are on the "opposing side" in the story

[demigod-of-the-agni]

tell your followers about our cringe sons..,, (if you want) (i’m talking about jee and cy)

yessir o7 GUYS LISTEN UP 🗣️🗣️🗣️

stelly and i came together one day and shared braincells.. they became our little blorbos, Cyril Antares (stelly's boy) and Jeeva Prabakar (that's my boy. DO NOT CALL ME OUT ON THE LAST NAME. STOP IT. STOP. I AM NORMAL)

Their love is a tragedy... a very beautiful, painful, agonising tragedy. Their story is a tale of college roommates, of roleplaying games, of Star Wars, of dice, of difficult families, of feeling isolated and unanchored, of doctorate degrees, and above all-- reconciling with our pasts when the future looms over us.

oh, and it's also about being subjected to the horrors of entities beyond mortal comprehension and being constantly plagued by death 👍

they are our cringe sons,, they are dorky and they are silly but they are also a match made in heaven <3 Cyril is the guy who is a little too-in love with his D&D campaign, and Jeeva really loves exploring a little too much. They made out at some point. They are the definition of autism/ADHD couple (no we don't self-project in this household).

anyway i think i've divulged a good few details about our boys. stelly can you be a champ and reblog with the BEAUTIFUL TASTY ART YOU MADE OF THE BOYS 🥰🥰💖 very much thank you in advance!!!!! 🫶💖🫶

additional note: this is the meme that encapsulates their relationship

[yepthatsacowalright]

I was watching a Bacon_Mom Minecraft stream the other day and she said something about how sometimes you have to cheat by going back and forth between Creative and Survival modes, but it’s okay, because sometimes you have to switch back and forth between creativity and doing what you need to survive in real life, too. I am still staring off into the middle distance thinking about this.

[wecanbeperfect]

THE JEWS MARVEL AT JESUS TEACHINGS

John 7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

[fanfictionroxs]

"I just think that fathers are overrated and patricide would solve a lot of problems."

- Pete Phongsakorn Saengtham

(to the Theerapanyakuls at some point in his life)

[trinalwilliams]

Painted echoes

Of who we are

Wearing them on

Our memories afar

Twilight, thoughts

Passing through

Embedded in time

Becoming a new

The Earth

The tree

The fallen leaves

The wind blown

Like a breeze

I am echoes

Wearing the colors

Of love

My starlight shining

From above

Painted echoes

Tlw

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

A Father's Wise Instruction

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. — Proverbs 4 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Deuteronomy 5:32; Deuteronomy 11:21; Deuteronomy 32:2; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 12:23; 2 Samuel 22;37; 1 Chronicles 22:5; Psalm 1:1; Psalm 34:11; Psalm 36:4; Proverbs 1:2; Proverbs 1:9; Proverbs 2:2; Proverbs 2:11; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 8:23; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 19:1; Matthew 5:14; Luke 6:45; John 6:63; John 11:10; Ephesians 6:4; Hebrews 12:13

[bluffmotel]

while only a minority share this view, i do find it somewhat tone deaf when people claim jay's ending is the best outcome for an abuse survivor -- either directly or indirectly implying everyone in the holt house was an abuser that jay, their sole little victim, had to get away from. for starters, none of his endings are happy ones. not even the fugitive path where he's holed up amongst nature, has a dog, and is bathed in solitude. maybe if you close your ears to what jay's saying during that scene you could see this as good for him, but his dialogue is stifled with an achingly loneliness, a sadness. this idea that he craved being alone in the wilderness is not one jay paints himself, it's only something that's said by tyler ; someone who clearly doesn't understand the younger on any level, much less grasps his desires. yes, jay wanted out, he likes nature, though no human can stew in their own space for years without this affecting them mentally. and that's not even taking into account that his entire life is over! he can't travel, he can't visit other countries or get lost in other areas of wood lands or plains, jay is infinitely stuck where he is. it's not a prison cell but it's a cage nonetheless, as the old saying goes : a golden cage is still a cage, after all. he tells zoe these beautiful sights have grown dull on him, laments about missing his family, vanessa, and is so chained by his want for connection he reaches out to a desert dream victim of all people. like, what about this muted cynicism, this barren home, seems happy? maybe he wanted this, some whimsical dream of this, before. now though? it's not what jay thought it'd be, and he lacks any power to change it. this is not some amazing ending for abuse survivors, it's still sad in a melancholy way, simply because jay is visibly unhappy with said circumstances.

but moving on to this, ah, ‘poor little victim in a lion's den’ narrative ... what? i think a lot of people fail to grasp how complex the holt household is in terms of toxicity and abuse. something that's very common nowadays due to how much people project rather than see what's in front of them. and don't get me wrong! projection is fine, you do you, we all consume and parse through media differently -- but this narrative is, by canon evidence, rather fictional. to be completely blunt, jay is not the only victim stuck in the holt house ?? the abusers have always been bear ( physical abuse, verbal degradation ) and sharon ( passive in the face of her kids' abuse, emotional manipulation ) ... and we are literally told point blank by the story itself and another character that these two favored jay immensely compared to their other children. now i'm obviously not saying that he has not faced trauma, he has! favoritism in a house like this does not shield you from the toxicity, sometimes that favor makes things worse, but he was protected to an extent, in ways tyler and dale were not. those two very clearly faced the brunt of bear's physical abuse ; for each other, for jay, and just overall caught their dad's ire more because they stood up to him. tyler takes a beating, a sight that's not at all new by his grim acceptance of this and the fact he states he's been doing this since young :

so, this is normal for tyler. getting beaten by his dad ( which isn't even mentioning the horror story bear can tell to ash, about how he literally threatened to cut tyler's ear or finger off ) and having his mom overall turn a blind eye to it, even going as far as to dismiss this fighting as childish behavior rather than what it is. and dale? we don't see much of him and bear in general, yet the second he steps up to defend tyler, with something as measly as a shove back, bear wastes zero time in hitting him so hard he's practically out of commission for the rest of the fight. he didn't even think about it, merely swung at dale as hard as possible on instinct alone before tyler hastily stepped up to defend him. what happens when jay tries stopping the fight, though?

both parties grab for him so they can toss him out of the way so he doesn't possibly get hurt. you can speculate bear was only doing this in order to finish his punishment on tyler, he'd deal with jay later whatever, although why not punch him like dale? why, out of all the moves on his belt, does he do the more merciful option? bear, who is nothing if not made of violence and has been molded to respect it? his fist that's raised in the air isn't for jay, since the next frame is jay shoved out of the way and him hitting tyler again ... hell, in dialogue where bear and jay are sitting on their porch, the youngest can even say bear beats on tyler and dale specifically. why not say “you beat on us”? like, the game is heavily implying that while jay is traumatized, there are some methods of abuse he simply did not face. one of them being the physical abuse prominent at home. and no, i'm not counting whatever pranks dale's pulled on jay ( like shooting him six times with a bb gun lmao ) because honestly? that's just older brother behavior, and we know that despite the morbid pranks, he still looked out for jay in the ways that counted. like protecting him from pa and to an extent tyler, something which, again, jay says himself!

back on topic a bit, the notion people seem to have of jay and his family seems overly simplified to me. people just looked at dale being his usual asshole self and went ‘abuser’, people looked at tyler's rather drastic and not usually like himself reactions to a high stress situation and went ‘abuser’, and that's a bit ridiculous to me. can't say i'm shocked! since so many people nowadays just see someone mean to their favorite character and decide woobifying said fave while demonizing their opposing force is exactly what canon intended. as dusk falls couldn't be a game more clear about it's main theme of family and the fact there's no purely good or bad people in this world, two statements that correspond directly to the holt family. are they bad for each other? probably! but that's a different discussion compared to, say, every single soul in that house violently abused poor jay and they should reap the consequences of that. dale and tyler, like their beloved younger brother, are also victims of abusive parents and a toxic home life. in turn, they both show signs of this abuse in ways that aren't entirely sympathetic or easy to swallow, especially when they've been dealing with it longer than jay and have never had their parents' favor the way he did. i see people get angry at tyler for the famous cabin scene, but nobody turns a critical eye to sharon ; who for all intents and purposes is watching this unfold without a care. she never physically stops tyler and her attempts to kill the fight are weak compared to her previously steely commands. and, honestly, the fact that tyler was that stressed about sharon getting on that bike so she can be protected, when she's the most capable out of the three of them, is way more strange than tyler's outburst -- when he's in a high stress situation, his baby brother's dead, and his life as he knows it is over. a life he didn't even have to begin with, since it was stolen due to his abusive upbringing.

whether this excuses what he did or not is entirely up to the player! i personally don't think it does, though i also understand where this is coming from and the game makes it clear this is not usual tyler behavior. throughout other people's views it's hammered into us that tyler has a cool head relatively, is the most sensible and smart out of his brothers. so, no, i do not think he was choking jay out all the time for his misplaced resentment -- i think his obvious disliking came from his stilted interactions with jay, and his lack of bond with him at all. we see in book one two times he reaches out to jay, demanding that he eats ( a minor, small thing to fret and worry about ) as well as panicking when he sees jay away from the rest of them during a shoot out. dale constantly looks out for jay as well, going as far as to take the heat from romero if they get caught and something as small as taking blame for jay's mistake in the barn scene. are his brothers more prone to violence and apathy? sure! yet they clearly love jay regardless. abusive households are not easy and see through. in fact in many cases the different levels of abuse the kids suffer does breed life altering resentment later on, envy that can damage these bonds permanently. honestly the holt family intrigues me deeply because of how well written they were as a unit, the effects of abuse and toxicity subtle and not overt in a ‘psa message’ kinda way. and these horrible relationships and ideals shared do not negate from the even more horrible fact that there is love in this messed up family, even bear clearly loves his sons, but that doesn't make it better. it almost makes it worse, seeing all the good intentions and care. knowing it doesn't excuse what they've done to each other nor does it make them better. they're a picture perfect family of an ugly wound! which is fascinating! i only wish more people saw that wonderfully shown depth rather than this bland and lukewarm take on the holts overall.

jay is a victim, he is traumatized, he deserved to one day spread his wings and put some distance between himself and his family ... but he was not the only one who deserved that ending, and he was not the only victim there. he was merely the only one with easy to parse trauma responses.

[banannabethchase]

How about pipabeth "I drunkenly made you dance with me at a bar to The Chicks"

*sighs* You know I have no fight when it comes to Pipabeth. You're a monster, is what you are.

~

The Best of Friends

Song inspiration: Goodbye Earl - The Chicks

~

Annabeth is definitely drunk.

“I’m not drunk!” she giggles, swaying her hips. She reaches out for Piper, those ridiculous grabby hands of hers, and Piper has no choice but to take them, does she. Annabeth spins her without a second thought, a twirl to the peppy song blaring from the bar speakers.

“What even is this?” Piper asks. She doesn’t react when Annabeth’s hands settles on her hips, just above the waist of her jeans. She doesn’t want to press into the warmth. She doesn’t. “Country?”

“Country music is good if it’s good,” Annabeth says, like it means anything, and she starts singing along. “Annabeth and Piper were the best of friends, all through their demigod days!” The made up lyrics drop off quickly, and Piper begins to get. Well, mildly concerned and more than mildly interested are the only things she can come up with as Annabeth’s fingers slowly start to climb up her sides. She can’t, doesn’t want, to focus on anything else.

“Dude, is this song about domestic abuse?” Piper yells over the music.

“Yeah, but it has a happy ending,” Annabeth yells back. “The team up and kill the abuser and, like, start a shop together.”

Annabeth twirls Piper. The room practically sparkles around her, and it’s all she can do not to spill the drink in her hand. In order to keep pace with Annabeth, she decides to drain it, throwing back the rum and Coke like it’s something she does on a daily basis, and turns back to Annabeth.

It strikes her, rather suddenly, just how beautiful her best friend is. Curly, blonde hair, bright eyes, a grin like she knows something she shouldn’t.

Oh, fuck.

“Annabeth,” Piper says, trying not to lock her eyes on the way Annabeth’s tongue dances across her lips, “um, you good?”

“Yeah,” she says, grinning down at Piper. Grinning down. How did Piper never realize how much height she has on her? “So good.”

“You, uh.” Piper swallows. When did her mouth get so dry? “You drunk?”

Annabeth considers it, shrugs. “A little. But not, like,” her grin has something behind it, something new, “not so much that I can’t make my own decisions.”

Piper exhales, something shaky. “Yeah?”

Annabeth licks her lips again, something Piper can’t take her eyes from, but it’s a little more inquisitive this time, the kind of look she gets when she’s working through a challenge. Looking at Piper like she’s a problem she’s planning to solve. “You gonna freak out if I kiss you?” And that’s how Annabeth would ask, isn’t it? The question hidden in the reaction of another, like her decision is inevitable and the only thing standing in its way is the subject of the experiment.

Piper shudders. Suddenly, she is desperate to be the experiment. “No.”

When Annabeth kisses her, Piper feels the world and her worries float away. And, maybe, none of this has been friendship on its own the whole time.

Maybe she’s been in love.

[mysimpleservant]