Our Side of the Story

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I hope we learn to be real and stress less about ሰው ምን አለ እና አላለም I hope God blesses you with beautiful people you can have መወራጨት worthy conversations with I hope you open your eyes to see how warm and soft the world can be sometimes!

Don't throw the word "love" everywhere in places where it doesnt belong and isn't sincerely felt.

#እባካችሁ_ለቢኒ__እንድረስለት!! BINI ቢኒን እዚህ መንደር የምታውቁት እና ስለ #Poetic_Saturdays ፖኤቲክ ሳተርዴይስ (#ግጥማዊ_ቅዳሜ) የጥበብ ምሽትን በአካልም ሆነ በኦንላይን የታደማችሁ፣ እንዲሁም ለሰዎች ፈጥናችሁ የምትራሩ ሁሉ ደጋጎች ሁሉ #ስለ_ቸርነታችሁ_ትለመናላችሁ!!! ለብዙዎቻችን መሰባሰቢያ የነበረውንና በፈንዲቃ የባህል ማዕከል ሲዘጋጅ የነበረውን የጥበብ ምሽት ሲያስተባብርና ደፋ ቀና ብሎ ሲያገለግል የነበረው ባለብሩህ ፈገግታው እና ትሁቱ ወንድማችን ቢኒ ከ"#ብሬይን_ቲዩመር" ጋር እየታገለ ይገኛል። ... በአገር ውስጥ የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ቀዶ ጥገና የተደረገለት ቢሆንም፣ ... በፍጥነት ወደ ሕንድ አገር ሄዶ መታከም ይኖርበታል!!!... • ፈጣሪ ጨርሶ እንዲምረው በጸሎታችሁ አግዙት! አቅማችሁ የፈቀደውን በሁለት ወዳጆቻችን ስም በተክፈተው በቀጣዩ አካዉንት እርዱ። የኢትዮጵያ ንግድ ባንክ 1000529173435 ከአገር ውጭ ያላችሁ ወዳጆች በክሪስ አማካኝነት በተከፈተው የgofundme አካዉንት እገዛችሁን አድርጉ። https://gofund.me/da6fcd7f

A while ago, I was having this conversation with one of my closest friends. She said “I don’t remember much of what happened after a certain age, it’s like there’s two different sides to my life, before that age and after that age. And I’m still stuck there, I can’t seem to move on from it.” And yeah I bet most of you can understand this with no further explanation.

I have started to believe God always answers prayers, it may not be immediate or look the way one thinks it would but they are always answered, be it with a yes, a rejection, a redirection, another shape or form, immediate or after years, no one knows but there is always an answer.

Oh if only life was as easy as we wish it to be everyday. ምኞት አይከለከል ነገር

Something for your eyes🖤

This exhaustion that comes running every semester end when you have only one exam left, again እዋይ University!

አይገርምም ግን? That everything comes with a price? Isolating yourself from people so as to keep your inner peace and stay unbothered by whatever that comes along the way of being involved in people’s lives. But then again you’ll have to taste loneliness and an ache to be loved and nurtured. ከዛ ደግሞ when you decide to have a little bit more of interactions and going out of your routine to experience people like you never did before, you’ll have to face disappointment, uncomfortable conversations, እንደዚህ አይነትም emotion አለ እንዴ? moments, ምን አጥፍቼ ይሆን, what have my unfiltered words done to hearts?, and so many more. ተቸገርነ! ግን I think ሁሉንም እንዳመሉ መቀበል ብንችል things would be easier but you know life ain’t that always simple. ለማንኛቸውም መልካም ቀን :)

Somedays you just need your people, I know you can take care of yourself well but on those some days you really need your people. Grateful for mine.

Everyday make it your responsibility to expect less from people, not in a degrading way because it’s in our blood to find ways to disappoint each other.

“You can’t change people, you can only love them” With every human I come across, there’s a me who yearns to mold them just like myself. Beauty lies in all the patterns I unlearned about my idea of needing to only love people similar to me and learning new patterns of accepting them with all the differences I have with them. I’ve been progressing with making interactions a lot, I listen and speak my mind more and I’m loving even more. These few steps forward I’m taking are guiding my hands to tracing all the smooth and rough edges of love. To love is to find your heart smiling at the sight of your people despite your misunderstandings or fights about minor ideas. To love is to save a piece of gum in your pocket when they’re not with you. To love is to talk to God about them. To love is to find their names in your journals and conversations with your parents. To love is to realize they’re not your ideal people but regardless you eat, laugh and cry with them. You won’t find the perfect people, you just love each other through the trials of striving to be perfect for one another.

Do you ever feel like you are missing out? Missing out on things your eyes tear up for because your soul cannot handle the excitment it feels while thinking about them...Like you are missing out on all the lives you could have lived...All those stories of strangers you could have heard and documented and soaked yourself in... All of the hearts you could have loved? That you missed out on cause it was a bit too risky....Do you ever mourn everything you could have been but didn't become?

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After spending a lot of time away from home my mother still considers me as her baby, helpless, fragile and innocent. I’m not gonna lie, there’s some comfort in that, to be considered innocent enough and be protected from some truth. አንዳንዴ...የምን አንዳንዴ...ብዙ ጊዜ ማደግ ያስጠላኛል...ኧረ ጊዜ ሆይ...ጊዜ ስጠኝ:: ካደግሁ ሗላ ነው ልጅ እያለሁ ይደበቁኝ የነበሩ ሸክሞች ሰለባ የሆንኩት...ነገሩ ያኔም መሸከሜ አልቀረ ነበር...አሁን በዛ እንጂ:: I love it when people consider me safe, to put their trust on and leave their stories in. But somedays there’s a stranger at the back of my head screaming “ኧረ ተይ! ልክ አለው...leave some space for your burdens too" ጭው ሲልብኝ...ግማሽ አናቴን ከፍሎ ስለ ሌላው ጭንቀት ሲያመኝ...I wish I listened.

ሁሉም ለሰው አይነገርምና journal what goes on in your mind everyday, you’ll see the progress.

Keep Ethiopia and The Ethiopian Orthodox Church in your prayers. And please if you have nothing of support to say about the situation, stay silent. በቁስል ላይ ቁስል isn’t what we need right now. መልካም ቀን!