Jonathan Shaver

I write books. Books combining Bible prophecy with prophecy, lore and legend from other cultures. I don't use conjecture or phrases like, I think.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I’m watching playoff baseball with gambling lines on my screen and the announcers are talking about wagers. But Pete Rose is still a piece of shit, right? Fuck off.

[Fuckin’ Princess @8WithaTiara]

my favorite fall activity is stepping outside and not being hot and pissed off

[𝒢𝒾𝓁𝒷ℯ𝓇𝓉 @AbakpaJob]

What if we said “fuck you” so hard to these price-gouging streaming services, and invested in physical media again, that we brought back Blockbuster and little grocery store movie rental hubs. We had it so good

[Jim Crews @WestHardinFan1]

Who remembers that smell???

[Always the Jake @JacobsFieldRBW]

I am dead serious when I say this.

I would rather have no baseball at all for a year or two than continue to perennially suffer through this kind of inequity in team building resources.

Imagine what my team could do if Paul Dolan was forced to spend a normal amount on payroll.

[DulceBiatch @BiatchDulce]

No lies detected.
Pass it along.

[Prello @DPrello]

The guy who voted 23 times to deny Americans mandatory paid sick leave just returned back to work at the Senate after receiving 92 days of paid leave

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I liked the world better when the news came on for 30 minutes and then we did other shit for 23 1/2 hours. Now the news follows you around all day like a hobo begging for change.

[🧬Maxpein🧬 @maximumpain333]

HOW CAN I BE HAPPY WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH WRONG IN THE WORLD?

A wonderful answer by a Buddhist monk:

A man once asked an old Buddhist monk:

“How can I allow myself to feel happiness when the world is full of suffering, war, injustice, pain, and loss?”

The monk looked at him with compassion and asked:

“If your mother was sick, would you stop eating?”

The man looked confused.

“No.”

“Why not?”

“Because then there would be two people suffering instead of one.”

The monk smiled.

“Exactly.”

Then he continued:

“Many people believe that carrying the weight of the entire world on their shoulders is compassion.

But often, it is simply another form of suffering.”

The man lowered his eyes.

“But every day I see bad news.

I see people struggling.

I see cruelty.

And I feel guilty whenever I experience joy.”

The monk nodded.

Then he pointed toward a small flower growing through a crack in a stone path.

“Look at that flower.

It grows in a world of storms.

It grows in a world where leaves fall, animals die, and winters come.

Yet it still blooms.”

The man stood silently.

The monk continued:

“The flower does not ignore suffering.

It simply does not allow suffering to stop it from expressing its nature.”

Then the monk asked:

“If every kind-hearted person became hopeless, who would remain to help others?”

The man’s eyes widened.

The monk continued:

“The world does not need more exhausted souls.

It needs more people with enough peace inside them to share it.

Enough hope to inspire it.

Enough strength to carry it.”

The man whispered:

“So being happy is not selfish?”

The monk smiled gently.

“No.

Turning away from suffering is one thing.

But allowing suffering to destroy your ability to love, help, and live fully is another.”

Then he added:

“Be grateful for your meal.

Call your parents.

Help your neighbor.

Smile at a stranger.

Be kind to someone who is hurting.

You do not heal the world by carrying all its pain.

You heal the world by reducing the pain you touch.”

Tears filled the man’s eyes.

For the first time, he understood.

His happiness was not a betrayal of those who suffer.

It was strength for helping them.

And the monk said one final thing:

“Protect your inner peace.

Because a candle that burns itself out cannot give light to anyone.

A peaceful heart is not escaping the world.

It is becoming strong enough to serve the world without losing itself.”

You are allowed to smile while others are hurting.

You are allowed to enjoy your life while still caring deeply about the suffering around you.

You do not need to suffer endlessly to prove that you have compassion.

Keep your heart open.

Keep your hands helpful.

Keep your spirit alive.

The world needs your compassion, but it also needs your light.

✨🙌🏾💫

[Greg @erjmanlasvegas]

Todd Monken’s debut as head coach of the Browns

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Call me crazy, but it seems a little excessive for tax payers to cover the cost for tRump to fly 24 vehicles,19 motorcycles, and 1 Natalie Harp to Ireland for a 48 hour visit so he can attend a golf tournament while voters are unable to afford health-care, food, gas, utilities, or rent.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

They can go fuck off.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the loudest voices against Medicare For All are very rich pundits, politicians and oligarchs who never have to worry about their families being bankrupted by a medical emergency.

[jezz @JezziiB]

Tesla pays $323 million dollars a year to China in taxes for their Chinese plant.... Tesla pays $0 dollars in taxes for it American plants.... and yet somehow a single mom working 2 jobs on food stamps is the problem with this country.... wake the fuck up!!!!

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Taxing the rich is the only solution.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

MAMDANI: “We are spending tens of billions of dollars on killing people. That money could have been used to make life easier for our people.

There always seems to be money for war, but not to feed the poor.”