I remember some YouTuber tweeting like “TV shows are too political these days old shows like Fresh Prince didn’t have all this sjw bullshit” and like the first episode will and uncle phil talk very sternly about malcom x
If anything, sitcom shows even from Disney esp if they're black were bold in your face political about societal issues
My fucking childhood in one post omg the only thing missing is Star Wars and Disney.
I forgot those damn BLUE CUBE BLOCKS that was meant to “help” with math. It only added pressure when I dropped them and couldn’t find a block to get. the. right. answer!
OMG KID PIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How is it possible that we all have the same exact childhood?!
In The Screwtape Letters (C.S Lewis). The uncle Satan tells his nephew:
“Whenever
they are attending to the Enemy Himself we are defeated, but there are ways of
preventing them from doing so. The simplest is to turn their gaze away from Him
towards themselves. Keep them watching their own minds and trying to produce
feelings there by the action of their own wills. When they meant to ask Him for charity,
let them, instead, start trying to manufacture charitable feelings for themselves and
not notice that this is what they are doing. When they meant to pray for courage, let
them really be trying to feel brave. When they say they are praying for forgiveness,
let them be trying to feel forgiven. Teach them to estimate the value of each prayer by their success in producing the desired feeling; and never let them suspect how much
success or failure of that kind depends on whether they are well or ill, fresh or tired,
at the moment.”
Just last month, it was made apparent to me to not rely on my own actions. “I’m not close to Allah because my actions aren’t good enough…” or “ I’ll be fine because I’ve prayed for it or I’ve fasted or whatever..” - Such statements begged the challenge: where is my reliance - is it upon my actions or my Lord? Although the prescribed actions are important, I was told that one must realise Allah’s mercy is far greater. This segment from The Screwtape Letters truly resonated with me since, for years, I had felt at a spiritual low because I deemed my actions to be too inconsistent to achieve any closeness to Allah. This thought meant that instead of being able to change myself, I ended up walking even further away from Him yet in a constant state of worry and unease. Mental. “But Allah loves you and if Allah loves you He puts you in those situations that are most beloved to Him i.e. with your head on the ground.” I wanted to walk back towards Allah - I wanted to be in the states that He loved me to be in. So I sought to pray more. And with the simple change in thinking my actions became more consistent. No longer did I trust in my actions, my trust was in Him. “Lord, Let me sincerely want You, so if in the state of prayer is where you will love me then let me endeavour to never miss one and I trust that you will make me better and help me come closer to You”
I am unruly and I wrong myself daily. But in reminding myself of this I pray that one day I never falter from the quest to know Him thus fulfilling the purpose of life,
