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[Gilly @GillysGuidance]

A culture so rich can only be Panjab’s 🌾❤️

[Dutch Rojas @DutchRojas]

James Van Der Beek passed away today.

I’m a healthcare guy and I post about healthcare.

Now I want to talk about James.

He was special, he was 48 years old, a Father of six, a Husband. He was man who spent his final chapter teaching the ultimate guide to real life.

James was part of my growing up. Dawson’s Creek. Varsity Blues. The 90s. He was just there, woven into the background.

What he did over the last few years was bigger than any of that. He recorded a video on his last birthday.

Cancer had taken everything he used to define himself. He couldn’t be the husband who helped around the house.

He couldn’t pick up his kids and carry them to bed. He couldn’t work.

He was too weak to prune the trees on his own property. And he sat with that.

He asked himself the question most of us spend a lifetime avoiding: If I am none of the things I do, who am I?

His answer was simple.
Devastating. Beautiful.

“I am worthy of God’s love simply because I exist. And if I’m worthy of God’s love, shouldn’t I also be worthy of my own?”

That’s it.
That’s the whole thing.

We spend our careers building identities around what we produce, what we control, and what we can point to.

And then life has a way of stripping it all down to the studs. James Van Der Beek faced that moment with the courage.

He said cancer was the best thing that ever happened to him because it taught him how to live.

He left behind his wife, Kimberly, six children, and a message that every father, husband, and man chasing the next thing needs to sit with.

Watch this video.
Then call someone you love.

Thank you for your contribution.
Rest easy…

[Saint Soldier Wisdom @Sage1709]

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆/𝑹𝒆-𝑻𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒙 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅.

Dear @narendramodi, @AmitShah , @mssirsa @HardeepSPuri, @BhagwantMann & Others.

The four sons of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji were not children in the ordinary sense of the word.

They were Sahebzade.
They were Baba.

In Sikh tradition, these words are not ornamental titles. They are acknowledgments of spiritual stature, sovereignty, and earned authority.

Baba Ajit Singh and Baba Jujhar Singh rode into battle not as boys, but as commanders who chose death over dishonor.

Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh faced torture not as frightened children, but as spiritually awakened beings who rejected tyranny with unshaken resolve.

To reduce their martyrdom to “Bal Diwas” - a children’s day - however well-intentioned, risks shrinking their legacy into symbolism rather than truth.

Their shaheedi was not remarkable because of their age. It was remarkable because of their conscious choice.

In Sikh history, martyrdom is not measured by age, but by awareness.

By Bibek.
By Tyaag.
By Chardi kala in the face of annihilation.

Calling them merely “children” places them in the category of innocence. Calling them Sahebzade or Baba places them in the lineage of lions.

They were not victims of circumstance. They were volunteers for righteousness.

The intent behind Bal Diwas may be to inspire today’s youth - and that intent deserves respect. But reverence must never come at the cost of diminishing spiritual rank.

We do not honor mountains by calling them hills. We do not honor oceans by calling them ponds.

And we do not honor the sons of the Tenth Guru by framing their sacrifice in a language that softens their sovereignty, courage, and consciousness.

Let children learn from them - yes. But let history remember them correctly.

They were not merely Bal.
They were Baba.
They were Sahebzade.

They were Shaheeds who stood taller than time itself.

Love & Peace,
The Saint Soldier Community.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

Some information about Canada for Americans:

https://t.co/EnI8CrF4cB

[Sarbjit Kaur @sarbjitkaur1]

The motion has gone to legal/staff to be studies. Everyone send your input to other city of Mississauga councilors and Mayor @carolynhparrish Dipika has no business messing with the Charter for her personal and biased agenda. #misspoli

[Hacmun Dhingra Transport Safety Compliance @Hacmundhingra]

Foreign interference in candian legislative process ?
It's time we stood up together as Canadians irrelevant of color, creed our religion !

[Brittlestar @brittlestar]

DEMOCRACY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT

[Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP @TanDhesi]

Freedoms we all enjoy today were hard fought by Forces as diverse as modern-day #Britain.

Tens of thousands of #Sikh soldiers died and 100,000+ were injured during both World Wars.

Such bravery deserves an equally significant National Sikh War Memorial to mark their #sacrifice.

[The Quint @TheQuint]

The Kaurs of 1984, watch here: https://t.co/4PlHvwmu0h

Chaurasi ki Nainsafi, this is how the survivors remember it and this documentary is a testimony to the predicament of the women - the Kaurs - who continue to fight back. It is Kaurs like Nirpreet who took up arms to avenge the killers of her father, spent years in jail and emerged as one of the fierciest witnesses, unafraid to call out the killers of her father, the government, or even her own community.

This documentary is inspired by the book, ‘The Kaurs of 1984’, written by @sanamwazir, and published by @HarperCollinsIN .

(Team: Zijah Sherwani and @jas_reports)

[Pav Singh @PavSingh84]

Remember their names - The victims of the November #1984SikhGenocide Follow @1984SikhArchive - forensic, evidence-led. Learn, engage, share.
https://t.co/tfe2f6pLsx

[Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh]

By now you've probably seen the video.

For days now, bullies in Ottawa have been spewing hate and harassing Canadians who don't agree with them.

An Indigenous woman being called a Nazi. Staff being harassed. Journalists being yelled at.

That’s the country Pierre Poilievre wants.

Me? I believe everyone should feel safe walking our streets.

I believe we need to stand up to bullies and shut down hate.

Canadians believe in lifting each other up. Not tearing each other down.

Stand with us.

[Gurratan Singh @GurratanSingh]

My brother has stood up to bullies his whole life, and we all know bullies fold when someone stands up to them.

People forget he’s trained in MMA for years—he’s not afraid of these far-right cowards.

It’s time we all stand up to them.

[Gurratan Singh @GurratanSingh]

29 years ago today, Jaswant Singh Khalra was abducted, tortured, and later killed by Indian security forces for exposing the Indian government’s genocide of Sikhs.

Today, we honour his legacy by sharing his mission and continuing to raise awareness of the Sikh Genocide.

[Sikh Research Institute @SikhRI]

Today in #Sikh History:
On this day in 1922, the Babbar Akali Lehar was formally launched. The Akali movement had begun in 1919 as a response to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and the pro-British policies of Gurduara Mahants. A movement to free Gurduaras from British-backed Mahant control was started.

The Akali movement was strictly non-violent. However, after the massacre at Nankana Sahib in 1921, when over 250 Sikhs were slaughtered by the Mahants and their hired goons, some Sikhs thought that the policy of peaceful non-cooperation was no longer viable and that Sikhs should strike back against the British and their collaborators with force.

Given the title Gargaj for his thunderous speeches, Jathedar Kishan Singh first began the Chakravarti Jatha to fight against the British in 1921. In August of 1922, the Chakravarti Jatha joined with another Jatha led by Bhai Karam Singh of Daulatpur and formally became the Babbar Akalis, with Kishan Singh Gargaj as its Jathedar. Many of its members were former Ghaddari Babai and were World War I veterans and/or emigres who had returned from Canada.

The Babbar Akalis started targeting British officials and those who collaborated with them. The British government came down hard on the Babbars, and by 1924 most of its members had been killed in encounters with police or were on trial. On 27 February 1926, six leaders of the movement, including Jathedar Kishan Singh, were hanged by the British, becoming Shahids. Though the movement was short-lived, it profoundly impacted the anti-colonial struggle and demonstrated that the warrior spirit of the Khalsa was still alive.

#TodayInHistory #India #Punjab #Panjab #SikhHistory

[Akashdeep Thind @thind_akashdeep]

Uttar Pradesh Police officers video gone viral as they call Sikhs terrorists. @Akali_Dal_ President @officeofssbadal also shared the video & urged UP Govt to take action against the police officials. The incident is said to be of Lakhimpur Kheri, UP.

[HarshVivek Singh @HVSBanwait]

@pnjaban The One Lord, The Eternal Reality, Creator, Immanent, Without Fear, Without Enmity or Rancour, The Form Beyond Time or Death, Beyond the trammels of Birth or Incarnation, Self-Existent, [Realised] Through the Grace of the Guru
~ Mool Mantra, written by founder of Sikhs Guru Nanak

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The days are long but the years are short.