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@MappingReveals@Morris_Monye This is the reason why I thought you were Catholic @Morris_Monye
The Catholic faith is the main one that believes this in Nigeria.
But yes, the same holds true for the high Anglican & Episcopalian churches and some of the orthodox religions.
I am tired.
Tired of war.
Tired of anger.
Tired of death.
Tired of lives lost.
Tired of hope destroyed.
Tired of unnecessary grief.
Tired of the destruction of well-being.
Tired of forced migration.
Tired of tears.
Tired of children living in tents, denied the childhood they deserve.
I am tired of the political excuses offered for war.
I am tired of racial hatred.
I am tired of human lust for power wrapped up in theocracy.
I am tired of talk of defence that excuses aggression.
I am tired of biased reporting
I am tired of being told that people who have died on one side of a dispute are lives lost and that on the other, they are just killed.
I am tired of a failure to recognise that any life lost unnecessarily is just that: it is a life lost unnecessarily.
I am tired of the belief that war will ever solve anything.
I am tired of the assumption that after war everything will go back to normal.
I am tired of the cost of conflict always being borne by anyone but those who started it.
I am tired of those who think we don’t have a duty of care to everyone, whoever they are, wherever they come from, whatever they believe, whatever their skin colour, whatever their gender, whatever their age.
I am tired of those who think that others don’t matter.
Most of all, I am tired of those who destroy hope,
I live in hope.
Hope of a better day.
Hope of a better life for everyone.
Hope that I might live to see that.
Hope that everyone might then share hope.
Is that too much to hope for?
"𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵. 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱.
On the front table, there was a man waiting to be served. When he was served, I said to one of my soldiers: go and ask that gentleman to join us. The soldier went and conveyed my invitation to him. The man got up, took his plate and 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲.
While he ate his 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 and he did not lift his head from his food. When we finished, he said goodbye without looking at me, I shook his hand and he left.
The soldier told me:
Madiba that man 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗹𝗹, seeing as his hands didn't stop shaking while he ate.-
𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼! 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.
Then I told him:
That man was the warden of the prison where I stayed. After he tortured me, I screamed and cried asking for some water and he came humiliated me, laughed at me and instead of giving me water, he urinated in my head.
He is not sick, he was afraid that I, now president of South Africa, would send him to prison and do to him what he did to me. But I'm not like that, this conduct is not part of my character, nor of my ethics.
′′𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. Walking out the door to my freedom, I knew that if I didn't leave all the anger, hatred and resentment behind me, I would still be a prisoner."
@the_beardedsina So this man was choking and needed a self administered heimlich.
Interesting that he also had a camera pointed in just the right angle and it even moved with him to show his self executed heimlich. Amazing the things we do for SM presence.
My #FGM Depression🫥
“I Stood On London Bridge And Wanted To End My Life Because Of FGM!"
Alimatu Dimonekene Recounts:
"When my parents decided to send me to university in Britain, my grandmother insisted I should be cut before I left. Getting me cut was my grandmother’s gift to
@aadetugbo@ancientmind@AjikeOladoyin Actually more about the normalization of ignorance.
It is a “contribution group” and it was her turn to get the collection, right? So in truth, she can use the money any way she wants.
But I would like to know where she can get a tummy tuck for that price.
Stupid much?
@BlueDiamond
The Blue diamond Xtremes were the absolute best almonds you have ever done!
Just found out the reason I can’t find them anywhere is that they have been discontinued.
Please say this is not so.
Sad. Sad. Sad.
And at the strangest moment, I think, dad would have loved this or it would be so much fun to see this with grandma. But alas, they are unreachable…..
And the tears, and the smiles, begin….
#MyFoodTour2025
So I went on a street food tour in Seoul, S. Korea.
One of the highlights.
Viewer discretion is advised.
What’s got tentacles and moves even after it is cut in pieces.
Dipped in a sauce and eaten….Not so bad.