Makeda

A river in the desert. Also AS. #LOTR

[Makeda @steelemuse]

Hold your ground!

Hold your ground!

Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers, I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.

A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.

[ovie, the stunner @ogheneovie_o]

why do gorgeous people (like you and me) have to go through so much? it’s just not fair!

[Makeda @steelemuse]

It just dawned on me that my parents did both.

[beanie0597_2.0 @0Beanie05923291]

Parents will often introduce their children to a wide variety of foods at an early age in an effort to cultivate their palates. The idea is that once they taste nutritious, freshly-made foods they’ll be less inclined to desire prepackaged, highly-processed garbage. It’s doesn’t always work immediately, but it usually clicks at some point. Those children tend to grow up with discerning tastes and well-informed opinions of what constitutes as good food and what doesn’t.

This same thing can happen with books. Parents who introduce their children to quality, well-written literature early and often help cultivate wise and discerning literary palates. The children may go through a period where they crave the “junk food” their friends are reading in middle school, but that craving will likely pass and they will return to the beautiful, soul-nourishing stuff they were raised on.

Parents , what goes into your children’s hearts and minds is just as (if not more) important as what goes in their mouths and bellies. Cultivate their palates wisely.

[Makeda @steelemuse]

I feel so desolate 😭😭😭😭😭

[Nana B. @koboateng]

Ghana must work

[AbdurRahman @m_rahamann]

Isn't it ironic that it is flooding badly in Accra on the same day as one of Ghana's darkest days because of the same reason and because the government set up a committee and disregarded the recommendations of that committee??
Are there any major plans for the underground drains?

[Makeda @steelemuse]

Hmmmmm.

[Nana B. @koboateng]

We’ll blame the rain, blame the people, blame a party, hold meetings, take pictures in Wellington boots and return next year to swim through the same problem. 🤝

[dj franzia @hawillisdc]

it sounds dumb but it took me until 30 to internalize that people just say anything and it behooves you to ignore them and focus on what they do and how what they do makes you feel.

[Amanda Praise @Amanda___praise]

Another strict girl habit I love is not hesitating to express disappointment. Even if I choose to extend grace I won’t withhold giving negative feedback to protect people’s feelings or ego.

[Makeda @steelemuse]

@eldivine @NuesDaily This is poetry.

[Makeda @steelemuse]

I now understand what it means to covet. Loool.

[Ewgi @Ssaasquatch]

As overheard during the MCC of one of Naija’s top banks

“I really hope he (Obi Jackson) defaults on the facility so we take over the building. Lovely building. Would love to make it our head office”

[Makeda @steelemuse]

God help them. God help us.🤣🤣🤣

[bolanlebaby💋 @bolaoflyfee]

avoidant people and craving love they won’t accept lmao. 😂

[yessenia @ymsox]

i am a handwritten poem in the body of a woman

[doulos. @__ajala]

I will text you five times if I love you. I no get shame.✋🏾

[Rachel Haywire @AltCulture]

The next time that someone tells you that you can just do things, simply ask them what they’ve done.

[A Master of Arts 🪂 @Ani_Kayode]

You can only fight with your whole heart if you believe you can win. Nothing is more detrimental than fatalism. If you let the brutality of the oppression you face convince you it’s too entrenched to overcome, you lose. You have to believe in liberation. There’s no reason not to.

[Blond @BlondB00]

I often look at waiters who believe their destiny can never amount to anything beyond this and wonder, “if you just knew how great you are, but you’re too busy allowing the world to scatter your attention.” applies to half the people reading this btw. this isn’t a “delusional optimism” announcement. for the love of God, wake up. in you is a God-gifted genius that you’re not seeing because you’re steeped in worldly noise. what’s the devil? misspent attention. all the negativity around you is real only insofar as you choose to see it. ask yourself with all your being, seriously religiously one-pointedly: how much of you lies outside yourself? if you care to know, and are persistent, brace for a shower of miracles and a revival of biblical magnitude.

[Makeda @steelemuse]

@hellotheophilus remember when you said

"It's all data driven!"

[Nana B. @koboateng]

The funny thing is politicians understand data perfectly.

They know voter population.
They know swing constituencies.
They know strongholds.
They know turnout.

They only become confused when the data is about ordinary people’s needs.

[Nornal Guy 🧙‍♂️ @theralkia]

All you can do is pray for them

[Nana B. @koboateng]

This is the anthem!

[Makeda @steelemuse]

There's really nothing stopping you.

[TheVictor @Literatus_V]

I hate all these modern dating standards,

I want to double text you😭.

[Rachel Haywire @AltCulture]

Sprezzatura and Performative Effortlessness are not the same thing. Sprezzatura is advanced confidence. It’s a concert pianist who practices scales for years and then plays with ease, delighting us with the mastery over their craft.

Performative Effortlessness is when people become obsessed with looking untouched by the world around them in order to fit in. They curate the appearance of ease while they haven’t even cultivated their own personalities or set of values.

What makes this especially grotesque is how Performative Effortlessness produces a culture where trying feels more shameful than being hollow. Earnestness reads as desperation and competence appears accidental. Even desire must look casual.

This is not Sprezzatura. It is Performative Effortlessness and a plague upon Western Civilization.