Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, better known as "Lumumba Vea," has stood motionless at matches since 2013 to honor DR Congo's first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba
As one of the country's most recognizable supporters, Vea was included in President Félix Tshisekedi's official World Cup delegation 🇨🇩💯
everybody wants to be toxic so bad, and i’m over here trying to unlearn every toxic trait in me. i don't wanna argue, i don't want to be disrespectful, act cold, match energy, or question love. i want to be gentle, accountable, emotionally intelligent, and supportive. i literally crave a soft peaceful life.
Actually, in order to become a better person, you must first realize how horrible you really are. not in the dramatic sense, but in the quiet ways you sabotage yourself, repeat unhealthy patterns, hurt people who care about you, or tolerate what wounds you. you cannot grow if you keep pretending you're innocent in the story you created.
No one tells you how hard it is to rewire your brain to allow amazing things to happen after experiencing trauma or pain. Blessings exist, good people exist, and a softer life exists. Let it happen.
We find security in it too.
To me. I love you means if I died you’d cry for me. You might even find a way to get to the service. And your heart would ache everytime you thought of me. You also protect the things and people you love.
And there’s security in that protection.
Then there’s being IN LOVE. And that’s the best feeling in the world.
Major cheat code for life: Learn to delay your reaction. Anger, fear, and impulse will try to make you move fast. There's power in pausing. In the pause, you see clearly, you respond wisely, and you avoid decisions you’ll regret. Slow down to speed up.
Right now, your only priority is getting your life back on track and becoming the best version of yourself. Don't stress about who stays or who leaves. This season is about finally doing what's best for you.
@lorahmoe Women say they want a man who communicates until he actually communicates something uncomfortable. Say they want accountability until they're the ones being held accountable. Emotional intelligence in a man is only attractive in theory until it requires growth in return
It’s never really about the smoke when I’m alone… it’s about that still moment where everything in my head gets loud. Memories start playing, choices get questioned, old people get missed, dreams feel close and far at the same time… and somehow, in all that noise, I find a kind of quiet that only I understand.