The Killing Is Wrong But That Actually Involuntary Manslaughter

Man that's deep.. T_T

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Adakah prinsip baik yang dulu kau yakini, namun makin bertambah umurmu kau mulai melupakannya?

Beberapa malam lalu, seorang guru membahas satu hal sederhana. Tapi bagiku ia bagai sambaran petir luarbiasa. Tausiyah itu berjudul: "Uluwwul Himmah", semangat yang tinggi.

"Kita tidak bangkit dan maju, karena himmah kita receh. Semangat kita redup", sebuah kalimat yang sebenarnya biasa, tapi ia menggugat kepala para manusia dewasa yang mulai menyerah pada mimpi-mimpinya.

Untuk bersemangat saja, banyak di antara kita yang mulai enggan.

Sihir rutinitas membuat kita mati rasa. Semangat besar yang dulu pernah berkobar bahkan kita senyumi sinis karena kita menganggapnya polos dan tak berguna. Beberapa di antara kita, sekadar semangat saja sudah tak punya. Apatah lagi untuk menyelesaikan impian dengan sempurna.

Dulu, kita yakin betul dengan mimpi. Dulu, kita antuasias untuk lakukan banyak hal dengan penuh energi.

Ya, aku tahu realitas membuat kita kaku. Kenyataan meremukkan ekspektasi. Komentar orang membuat kita enggan mencoba lagi. Tapi, apa cuma segitu kita pernah punya nyali?

Tausiyah malam itu, tentang "Uluwwul Himmah", tentang memiliki semangat nan tinggi untuk mewujudkan hal besar. Itu kan yang sering kita bahas ketika masih berseragam putih abu-abu? Ia hadir lagi menggedor pikiran dewasamu yang mulai menjalani hidup sekadarnya saja.

Pantas saja ada orang yang hidupnya hanya sampai usia dua puluh lima, tapi baru dikubur ketika umurnya tujuh puluh lima.

Mari merenung kembali atas perjalanan yang sudah lumayan jauh ini. Adakah ia telah menyerah; atau masih yakin dan punya kemauan mengubah keadaan?

Eid Mubarak to all of you who are celebrating. I know it's hard to get in the spirit this year as so many Palestinians spend their Eid starving and in tents but I hope your Eid is full of peace and love. May we see a free Palestine by next Eid.

OTP: people will say we're in love

Why I ship it |Well, I explained most of my reasons in this post, but I’ll run through some of the basics and try not to ramble. (“Let me explain…no, there is too much. Let me sum up.”)

Hannibal and Clarice need each other. They both have holes to fill in their lives, and chortle all you want about Starling’s “Electra complex,” but you know what? She still needs him. She doesn’t need a FATHER, she just needs SOMEONE. Hannibal is her someone, and she is his - she is his Mischa, if you will.

Hannibal heals Clarice. She had this deep resentment that even she wasn’t willing to face in terms of her father and his death, and ultimately, he frees her from that. He opens new doors for her. I don’t think he changes her so much as helps her grow and learn - always good things.

Hannibal is one of the only men in Clarice’s life who does not simply WANT her. I’m sure he finds her quite beautiful, but he has bigger concerns than her physical appearance. He doesn’t lust after her in the way that Krendler does. He wants to get inside her head, and he likes what he finds there. He respects her.

Clarice chooses Hannibal. She dreamt about him, cried over him, found him impossible to forget, and finally, she proved she was a match for him - “Why isn’t there a place for her in you?” She had the freedom to walk away, but she stayed.

Hannibal and Clarice save each other’s lives, but Clarice is never a “damsel in distress”; she can kick ass, and Hannibal only steps in when he must. What’s more, she is also totally capable of saving HIM. Literally.

Also because…

“Good-bye, Clarice. Will you let me know if ever the lambs stop screaming?” "Yes. Yes. Yes, I’ll tell you.“ “Do you promise?” "Yes.“ She reached across the barrier and took it. For an instant the tip of her forefinger touched Dr. Lecter’s. The touch crackled in his eyes.

"People will say we’re in love.”

“Orion is above the horizon now…I expect you can see it too. Some of our stars are the same. Clarice.”

“You are a warrior, Clarice.”

“Did you ever wonder, Clarice, why the Philistines don’t understand you? It’s because you’re the answer to Samson’s riddle: You are the honey in the lion.”

Should time reverse and teacups come together, a place could be made for Mischa in the world. The worthiest place that Dr. Lecter knew: Starling’s place.

“Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.”

“If I saw you every day, forever, I’d remember this time.”

“Hannibal Lecter, did your mother feed you at her breast?” … “You won’t have to give up this one.”

And a thousand other quotes, but I don’t want to go overboard.

I hope this all makes sense and isn’t rambling. It’s not all of the reasons, but I don’t know if I can properly articulate them all. They might be better said in the post I linked above.

Damn, that's hit me pretty bad

"فالهروب من الموت... هو موت آخر"

''running away from death, is another form of death''

source: mohannad.aburizk (ig)

Selamat tahun baru!

Kita akan meringis begitu kita tahu; di antara sorak sorai orang-orang berpesta menyambut 2023 itu, semuanya punya kemungkinan di tahun itulah perjalanan hidupnya akan berakhir.

Tapi kita semua juga tahu bahwa ada banyak kemungkinan-kemungkinan baik dan harapan tersemai di tangga waktu yang baru ini.

Berbahagialah mereka yang cerdas memuhasabahi dirinya; harap dan cemas beriringan hadir dalam hatinya, membuatnya optimis sekaligus siaga.

Jika kelak dianugerahi kesuksesan yang didamba, bersyukurlah kita barangkali tahun ini adalah waktu paling tepat setelah kita minta pada-Nya sejak lama. Allah pilihkan timeline paling pas.

Jika hari ke depan kita ada di "bawah", ketahuilah; at your lowest, you realize a lot.

Bekasi, 1 Januari 2023

"When your heart becomes heavy, let it pull you down into sujood."

The little boy, although injured and covered in blood, smiling and said, "This is a test from Allah , Allah wants to forgive our sins because He loves us, we will be cleansed and go to heaven." It teaches us an important lesson. 😭

Lin Beifong is the Batman of her universe. No arguments.

so, I have some ideas—