Are you a polyglot? @queenhorsfall is! ️ I like to learn words in other languages but like many Americans, I can only speak English.
I’m a third-generation Japanese American (sansei) & have lived in Seattle for six decades. Most of the Japanese I learned were niceties to say to my grandparents, but as a kid, I also picked up essential words like “baka” (idiot) & “hanakuso” (booger).
This week I learned “Shikata ga nai,” means, “It can’t be helped.” Podcast host @GuyKawasaki described it another way: “It is what it is, so stop feeling sorry for yourself & suck it up.”
Guy did a podcast with Jeanne Wakatsuki, the author of a memoir, Farewell to Manzanar. Manzanar was one of 10 camps built to corral Japanese Americans during WWII. In his prologue, Guy says Jeanne has traveled to educate people with the hope that nothing like this happens again. I hope that, too. ⚠️
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led the US to enact #ExecutiveOrder9066 to stop espionage. ️♂️ Fear, suspicion, & war hysteria led to the three-year incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese American citizens.
During the war, my family was dispatched to a concentration camp at Tule Lake in northern California. ☀️ It’s the Japanese way to quietly endure & overcome. My bestie & I (both sansei) have talked about how the camp experience did a real psychological number on our parents.
Can you imagine in current times locking up people because of their ethnicity or beliefs? How about their medical status? . . I discovered the #RemarkablePeople podcast through my professor @erickoester. Guy has fascinating conversations with interesting people—remarkable people, actually . I hope you’ll check out & subscribe to his podcast. The link is in my bio. . . Family update: oldest son arrived home safely! Photos: #roses #hydrangea #chrysanthemum #funeralflowers #godspeed #summercolors #summerflowers from #Charmaine&Bill #pixelphotos #googlepixel #Seattlesummer #Seattleinthesummer # #macro_delight #japanesewords . . . (at Madrona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR-3fCbrB9M/?utm_medium=tumblr
What would it look like if you actually surrendered to God’s Will?
Or whatever deity you choose to worship?
What if you were to stop saying the simple things like; “I’ll be back” or “I’ll focus on that later” or “See you tomorrow”. We don’t have control over that. Why do we say such false statements? Why lie?
I am sure this topic will annoy most because they do not want to think about the fact that they truly have no control but for me being true and honest is important. Changing the way I communicate is crucial to the way I live my purpose. I lied to myself for 43 years, why because my parents lied to me?
Because society sugar coats things and tells “white lies” to soften the blow of reality?
It’s what we know so why not follow?
Because we have been told that our words can manifest themselves? {This one is the only version I so choose now.}
Example: I was walking out the door and simply said, “I’ll be back later” (to my cat) and he looked at me smug. And I stopped and said, will I? I have no control over this statement. I “hope” I return. Why did I feel the need to lie, to my cat! To console him? To reassure he knew I would return? Does he actually understand the words coming out of my mouth? Entirely different blog post. I digress…
Here I go, again on my own… getting into an automobile that has sadly taken away a lot of people in my life, beginning at 12 with my mother, the root of where I felt I lost control in my life and decided I needed to control everything, yet sadly had no control over anything. Which brings me to today…
I accept, I have no control. I surrender to God’s Will. If it is God’s Will I will return. And sadly there is evil in this world so I will wear my seatbelt. Do my rituals, say a little prayer, and be on my merry way.
What would it look like if we stopped telling ourselves the little white lies and surrendered to the Holy Spirit, the Universe, God, Goddess, etc. etc. etc.?
I dare you to try it.
I know you’re going to do 1 thing. Shock the heck out of people. Probably gain trust and possibly respect. And I know another thing, someone(or ones) is smiling down at this post saying to themselves, “it’s about time.” (Could be you) And quite possibly this 1 little change, could make a ripple in the outcome of my and others lives. That is the mystery of life, and the beauty.
So I am off, to check a box, close a chapter. Namaste a home that should have been divine, but there was no true love there so it failed.
Byleth walks over to the prince, eyes blank. As he crouches down next to Dimitri, Byleth gently touches at his bangs, brushing them away from his face. The prince finally looks at Byleth.
Honestly, Byleth was afraid of what he would find in the prince’s face.
I absolutely had to draw it. I’ve been re-readinggodspeed byquags1re lately, which may be my faaaaaaaavourite Fe3h fanfiction ever and I just. I want to draw so many things for it but my hand is slower than my brain.
So I settled for a hug and left it as unspoilery as I could, because the reason why Dimitri is like that destroys my soul to this day. Genuinely highest of recommends, especially if you’re drawn to angst/time travel fix it/dimileth You Will Yell At This.
I will always love you how I do Let go of a prayer for ya Just a sweet word The table is prepared for you ——
Wishing you Godspeed, glory There will be mountains you won’t move (Oh-oh-oh) Still I’ll always be there for you (Oh-oh-oh) How I do I let go of my claim on you, it’s a free world You look down on where you came from sometimes But you’ll have this place to call home, always
(This love will keep us still blinded of the eyes Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind)
Until the time…
(This love will keep people blinded of the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind)
‘Till the time we die…
(This love will keep us still blinded by the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind)
Oh-oh, ohhh I’ll always love you Until the time we die Oh-oh, ohhh
S K U L L S & W R E N C H E S @oldencompany tee @griftercompanyusa X @godspeedco gloves @uglybros_usa britches - photo by @rad_rau - #oldencompany #oldenco #griftercompany #godspeed #uglybrosusa (at Playa Del Rey, California)
this man unlocked the beast’s cage and walked into it himself after bathing in raw meat juice. i have no sympathy for what happens to him as a result
didn’t those kids crash a Trump rally really fuckin hard? dude. kpop fans have a better track record for winning wars than the DoD. Tucker Carlson might literally die and we’ll have Korean musicians and their fans to thank for it. godspeed, y'all. get him.
