βThe world needs people who cannot be bought, whose word is rock-solid. People who put character above wealth, who have their own opinions and unwavering will. Those who are greater than their callings, who do not hesitate to take risks, and who do not lose their individuality in the crowd. People who are honest in small matters as in great ones, who do not compromise with evil. Those whose ambitions are not limited to their own desires, who do not follow the excuse βbecause everyone else does.β People who remain loyal to friends in both good and bad times. Those who do not believe that cunning, cleverness, or toughness are the keys to success. People who are not ashamed or afraid to stand for the truth, even when it is unpopular, and who can firmly say βnoβ when the whole world says βyes.β
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Has anyone ever truly loved you? All of you? Just as you are? The way you feel? The way you think? Loved you without demanding anything in return, giving you more than you even possessed, because nothing mattered more than your smile? Has anyone ever loved your flaws, seeing them as part of your completeness rather than as shortcomings? Has anyone ever loved your body, every single inch of it, making you feel perfect in it?
Has anyone ever loved you like that?
Has anyone ever truly loved you?
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Has anyone ever loved you like that?
Has anyone ever truly loved you?
A good question β€οΈβπ₯
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May this weekend be a moment in which you discover your own strength for change, where every choice brings peace and every smile β a new energy. Allow yourself to breathe, to be gentle with yourself, and to enjoy the simple joys of life.
Wherever you are, stay safe.
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Wherever you are, stay safe.
@OnlyFaithOverFear
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A sign of intelligence is the ability to keep asking questions.
The day you stop asking questions, you must understand that your intelligence has ceased to function.
Unfortunately, this happens either because you become too serious, or because you grow narrow-minded, forming rigid conclusions and opinions about everything and everyone.
- Jihad Bakkali
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The day you stop asking questions, you must understand that your intelligence has ceased to function.
Unfortunately, this happens either because you become too serious, or because you grow narrow-minded, forming rigid conclusions and opinions about everything and everyone.
- Jihad Bakkali
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Everyone in the world sees the rainbow in the sky, but if you are in Iran, you can see a rainbow in the heart of the earth. Among the salt domes in the south and southwest of the Zagrosβ¦ unique, extraordinary, and mesmerizing. π
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The biggest problem people have isnβt that they donβt know what to do. The problem is that they knowβ¦ but donβt do it.
Everyone knows what works: exercise, good sleep, less phone, better food, personal growth. This isnβt a secret.
The problem starts when this sentence pops up:
βI donβt have time. Iβm tired. Work, school, responsibilitiesβ¦β
And donβt fing* tell me it canβt be done. Most people have at least 30β60 minutes every day that they waste scrolling social media, mindlessly swiping.
The problem isnβt time. The problem is that you want to change everything at once. It doesnβt work that way.
Change starts with one habit. One thing you do every day until it becomes normal. For example: a daily walk β 10,000 steps.
Then you add more. Your brain solidifies a habit in about 21 days.
People fail not because they donβt know. They fail because they want to change their life in a week.
Real change is small things repeated for years.
- Anika Liora
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Everyone knows what works: exercise, good sleep, less phone, better food, personal growth. This isnβt a secret.
The problem starts when this sentence pops up:
βI donβt have time. Iβm tired. Work, school, responsibilitiesβ¦β
And donβt fing* tell me it canβt be done. Most people have at least 30β60 minutes every day that they waste scrolling social media, mindlessly swiping.
The problem isnβt time. The problem is that you want to change everything at once. It doesnβt work that way.
Change starts with one habit. One thing you do every day until it becomes normal. For example: a daily walk β 10,000 steps.
Then you add more. Your brain solidifies a habit in about 21 days.
People fail not because they donβt know. They fail because they want to change their life in a week.
Real change is small things repeated for years.
- Anika Liora
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π’ In Tibetan tradition, we are encouraged to look at life through the eyes of a traveler staying in a hotel for a few days: they may appreciate the room and enjoy the hotel, yet they do not become too attached, knowing that none of it belongs to them and that soon they will move on.
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π’ House of the Carillon,
BΓΆttcherstraΓe,
Bremen, 1930s.
Brick. Porcelain bells. Rotating panels with explorers and aviation pioneers.
One building, one street β yet in them you see the spirit of all Europe.
The same civilization that built Notre-Dame Cathedral, painted Mona Lisa, created cities, art, and culture that still inspire today.
Beautiful Europe.π€
This is the old, beautiful world.
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BΓΆttcherstraΓe,
Bremen, 1930s.
Brick. Porcelain bells. Rotating panels with explorers and aviation pioneers.
One building, one street β yet in them you see the spirit of all Europe.
The same civilization that built Notre-Dame Cathedral, painted Mona Lisa, created cities, art, and culture that still inspire today.
Beautiful Europe.π€
This is the old, beautiful world.
@OnlyFaithOverFear
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Enjoy the journey, allow yourself to take joy in the present moment, and open your heart to the love around you. Let curiosity guide each of your steps, and may kindness and a smile light your path. Remember that everything is fleeting, so embrace fully whatever life offers you today.
Have a blessed dayπΏ
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Have a blessed day
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"Never let a day pass without seeking goodness, feeling goodness within yourself, praising, appreciating, blessing, and expressing gratitude. Make this your lifeβs commitment, and you will be amazed at what unfolds in your life."
β Rhonda Byrne
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β Rhonda Byrne
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"I was told and I forgot;
I saw and I understood;
I did and I learned."
β Confucius
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I saw and I understood;
I did and I learned."
β Confucius
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Forwarded from Patrick Smith
In MedellΓn, Colombia, there is a corner of the Manrique neighborhood where, every night at exactly 3 a.m., sandwiches used to appear.
Always the same way: wrapped in aluminum foil, inside a plastic bag, hanging from a lamppost.
No one knew who left them.
The unhoused people in the area waited for them. If you arrived at 3:15, there were none left.
It happened every single night. For six years. From 2016 to 2022.
Never a single absence. Not in the rain. Not on Christmas. Not on New Yearβs Eve.
Then, in 2022, suddenly, the sandwiches stopped appearing.
βWhat happened to the sandwich man?β people asked.
A social worker named Carolina began to investigate. After weeks of asking around, a night security guard told her, βI saw him. He was an elderly man, came on a motorcycle. He hung up the bag and left. Without saying a word.β
Carolina posted an appeal on Facebook, looking for the man who, for six years, had left sandwiches every night for those who had nothing. In two days, it was shared more than 8,000 times.
Then a comment appeared:
βI think it was my father. But he died five months ago.β
The woman was named LucΓa. Her father, HernΓ‘n, was 68 years old. He worked in construction. He didnβt have much money. But every night he prepared eight sandwiches. And he left them on that corner.
Why?
In 2015, HernΓ‘n lost his son, SebastiΓ‘n, who died on the street, right there in Manrique. He was 19 years old. A fragile boy, struggling with addiction. HernΓ‘n had searched for him for years. But he hadnβt been able to save him.
βIf someone had given him foodβ¦ maybe heβd still be alive today.β
So, two weeks after the funeral, HernΓ‘n began. Every night. Without ever missing one. Sometimes with just bread and butter, when the money wasnβt enough.
In six years, he made 17,520 sandwiches.
He never wanted to know who ate them. He used to say, βIf I know them, Iβll start choosing who to give them to. This way, theyβre for anyone who needs them.β
When the story went viral, many people wrote:
βI ate those sandwiches for four years. They saved me.β
βThey were the only thing I ate on some days.β
βToday I have a home, a job. But I might not be here without those sandwiches.β
One month later, at dawn, 43 people gathered at that corner. All of them had eaten HernΓ‘nβs sandwiches. They lit candles. Brought flowers. LucΓa was there, in tears.
βMy father couldnβt save my brother. But he saved so many others.β
One of them said, βThose sandwiches kept me alive. Waiting for them every night gave me a reason to hold on. Today Iβve been clean for two years. I exist because of him.β
Thatβs how a group was born: βHernΓ‘nβs Sandwiches.β
Forty-seven people take turns. Each one prepares sandwiches one night a month. They leave them in the same place. At the same hour.
Two years have passed. And the sandwiches have never stopped appearing.
On the lamppost there is a plaque: βHere, for six years, a father left 17,520 sandwiches for children who were not his. Because he could not save his own. HernΓ‘n, your son would be proud of you.β
LucΓa comes back every month. Always at 3 a.m. To check. And she always finds a bag.
Because true love, even in silence, leaves a trace that never disappears.
And youβ¦ what would you be willing to do, every night for six years, to honor someone you couldnβt save?
Credit goes to respective owners
Always the same way: wrapped in aluminum foil, inside a plastic bag, hanging from a lamppost.
No one knew who left them.
The unhoused people in the area waited for them. If you arrived at 3:15, there were none left.
It happened every single night. For six years. From 2016 to 2022.
Never a single absence. Not in the rain. Not on Christmas. Not on New Yearβs Eve.
Then, in 2022, suddenly, the sandwiches stopped appearing.
βWhat happened to the sandwich man?β people asked.
A social worker named Carolina began to investigate. After weeks of asking around, a night security guard told her, βI saw him. He was an elderly man, came on a motorcycle. He hung up the bag and left. Without saying a word.β
Carolina posted an appeal on Facebook, looking for the man who, for six years, had left sandwiches every night for those who had nothing. In two days, it was shared more than 8,000 times.
Then a comment appeared:
βI think it was my father. But he died five months ago.β
The woman was named LucΓa. Her father, HernΓ‘n, was 68 years old. He worked in construction. He didnβt have much money. But every night he prepared eight sandwiches. And he left them on that corner.
Why?
In 2015, HernΓ‘n lost his son, SebastiΓ‘n, who died on the street, right there in Manrique. He was 19 years old. A fragile boy, struggling with addiction. HernΓ‘n had searched for him for years. But he hadnβt been able to save him.
βIf someone had given him foodβ¦ maybe heβd still be alive today.β
So, two weeks after the funeral, HernΓ‘n began. Every night. Without ever missing one. Sometimes with just bread and butter, when the money wasnβt enough.
In six years, he made 17,520 sandwiches.
He never wanted to know who ate them. He used to say, βIf I know them, Iβll start choosing who to give them to. This way, theyβre for anyone who needs them.β
When the story went viral, many people wrote:
βI ate those sandwiches for four years. They saved me.β
βThey were the only thing I ate on some days.β
βToday I have a home, a job. But I might not be here without those sandwiches.β
One month later, at dawn, 43 people gathered at that corner. All of them had eaten HernΓ‘nβs sandwiches. They lit candles. Brought flowers. LucΓa was there, in tears.
βMy father couldnβt save my brother. But he saved so many others.β
One of them said, βThose sandwiches kept me alive. Waiting for them every night gave me a reason to hold on. Today Iβve been clean for two years. I exist because of him.β
Thatβs how a group was born: βHernΓ‘nβs Sandwiches.β
Forty-seven people take turns. Each one prepares sandwiches one night a month. They leave them in the same place. At the same hour.
Two years have passed. And the sandwiches have never stopped appearing.
On the lamppost there is a plaque: βHere, for six years, a father left 17,520 sandwiches for children who were not his. Because he could not save his own. HernΓ‘n, your son would be proud of you.β
LucΓa comes back every month. Always at 3 a.m. To check. And she always finds a bag.
Because true love, even in silence, leaves a trace that never disappears.
And youβ¦ what would you be willing to do, every night for six years, to honor someone you couldnβt save?
Credit goes to respective owners
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How is it possible that the species with the greatest intellectual capacity in history is destroying its only home?
β Jane Goodall
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β Jane Goodall
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Good night.β€οΈ
In a world where the most intelligent species can still forget how precious its only home is, I wish you the simple beauty of a true home tonight β a place of warmth, kindness, and peace.
Wherever you are, I hope you feel safe.
And I hope tomorrow we remember a little more how to care for this world and for each other. π
@OnlyFaithOverFear
In a world where the most intelligent species can still forget how precious its only home is, I wish you the simple beauty of a true home tonight β a place of warmth, kindness, and peace.
Wherever you are, I hope you feel safe.
And I hope tomorrow we remember a little more how to care for this world and for each other. π
@OnlyFaithOverFear
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