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pazzesco · 3 months

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#colorado #dept of transportation #mile marker #mile markers #420 #stoners

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momentsbeforemass · 2 years

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Rejection

“How do you handle rejection?”

It was an honest question. Being the smart *ss that I am, I went for the laugh with my answer.

“Badly.”

Witty. Sarcastic. And completely true.

Because my standard response to rejection involves replaying it over and over. Trying to figure out why they rejected me, what I could have done differently, and why I always do this to myself (both getting rejected and replaying it).

Getting stuck in a moment that I didn’t like the first time. And (as an added bonus) making myself feel awful in the process. “Badly,” as it turns out, is pretty accurate.

Why? Because I’ve fallen for one of the classic life traps. Without really meaning to, I’ve chained my opinion of myself, my well-being, to what other people say and do.

What makes this trap easy to fall into is that it lies so close to one of the wisest things we can do in response to mistakes and rejections – giving ourselves an honest and compassionate review. So that we don’t repeat our mistakes. Making sure that we’re following the will of God, that we’re fulfilling our purpose.

But instead of focusing on whether what we did actually should have been rejected (because it was a mistake, because we were off course), we get stuck in our feelings about it. Because rejection hurts.

So how should we respond? Jesus shows us in today’s Gospel, by how He responds to being rejected.

Jesus and the disciples are headed to Jerusalem. Jesus is following the will of God. Fulfilling His purpose.

When they’re rejected by one of the villages on the way? The disciples are hurt. They’re angry.

And they respond in a way that is all to familiar for most of us. They lash out. They want to get back at the people who rejected them.

But not Jesus. Jesus checks the rejection against what God has called Him to do. Using it as a moment to make sure that He is still fulfilling His purpose. Letting the rejection serve its only useful role.

And then? Jesus keeps doing what God has called Him to do.

Without ever responding to the people who rejected Him.

After using the rejection to check His course, to make sure that He’s still following the will of God. Jesus doesn’t get upset at the people who rejected Him, much less try to get back at them.

Jesus keeps His focus on where it needs to be. On God and God’s purpose for His life. And moves on.

Jesus even rebukes the disciples who want to bog down in the moment, who want to get upset about the rejection. Why?

The rejection has served its purpose. There’s no need to even remember it, much less get upset about it.

Because rejections are just mile markers on the highway. And nobody gets upset about mile markers.

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#Rejection #Your Purpose #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Purpose #Mile Markers #Badly #Moments Before Mass

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eri-223 · 1 year

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The longest story I've ever written for AO3 is still a Red vs Blue NaNo, and I'm almost ready to go back and reread it.

#mile markers #the longest story I've ever written is still the halo au #ive learned a lot about structure since then

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petnews2day · 14 days

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Teacher Shortages (and Dog Sledding) in Northwest Alaska

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/uctHL

Teacher Shortages (and Dog Sledding) in Northwest Alaska

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markersa twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox. Jeff Alexander was settling into retired life, after three decades […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/uctHL #DogNews #MileMarkers, #Repub

#Mile Markers #repub #Dog News

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linusjf · 23 days

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Kristin Armstrong: Clear the fog

“I ran solo for 1.5 hours in the mist and it felt like ten minutes. I thought. I prayed. I breathed. The fog outside did not clear, but the fog inside certainly did.“ —Kristin Armstrong, Mile Markers blog, Runner’s World.com.

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#Kristin Armstrong #Mile Markers #Runners World

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the-cat-and-the-birdie · 17 days

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Random ITSV facts that only I care about probably

Some fun ITSV facts from your local half-hispanic half-black Brooklynite Spider-man fan (me not Miles). ANYWAY

Miles has the number 11215 on his bookbag. That's his zip code.

This means officially, Miles lives in Park Slope. On the edge of Williamsburg.

The movie is spot on with the architecture.

We get a shot of Miles house in ITSV that basically confirms he lives in Park Slope. Not only is the 'real' Visions Academy near Park Slope (the actual school is called Midtown High. His school is a blend of two specialized tech schools in NYC - Midtown and Brooklyn Tech, both of which are near Park Slope).

Miles is 'Slapping'.

Writing your graffiti tag on stickers and putting them around the city is a genuine form of graffiti in NYC called slapping.

It's done on 'eggshell' stickers which are basically impossible to get off, and the goal is to put as is stickers around with your name in the hardest to reach places. If you walk around Manhattan and look closely, you can start seeing sticker tags like this.

One of the most common ones I see is Peru Ana Ana Peru

Here's some of mine though 😌😉

Wythe Avenue is a real Avenue.

I spoke about this in the past but it's just another instance of ITSV and ATSV being SO accurate to Brooklyn that they even get the street names, locations, and stores correct.

The store that Spot robs is a REAL BODEGA.

Anyway these were just things I caught after rewatching the ITSV trailer and I thought they were cool 🥺 BYE

#defacing public property rules #Hobie says buy a paint marker and just go for it #only if you can run fast tho #spiderman #atsv #spider man #marvel #across the spiderverse #spiderman itsv #itsv #miles morales

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lemonouiiid · 8 months

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REUPLOAD BC I MAY BE STUPID 🔥

flawless, lawless

(sketch version below)

(my ass is NOT studying + bonus hobie)

#across the spiderverse #across the spider verse fanart #atsv #atsv fanart #hobie brown #miles morales #punkflower #spiderman #spider punk #SORRY ESTOY STUPIDO #but yeah like i said i like the sketch version more bc ofc ….#but i had to redraw it into my sketchbook even tho my blue marker is unwillingly being held on life support #broke? make it work #trust me it looks better irl

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emilyych · 8 months

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🌼✨ you’re the sunmeower, i think your love would be too much ✨🌼

#spiderverse #atsv #itsv #miles morales #meows morales #spiderverse fanart #emilyyart #old art #actually not that old the marker one is from July and the digital is from June

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bma1852 · 2 years

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Marking Your Journey

Do you mark your journey? I don’t, not in a physical way that is. Like by keeping a journal, or something. Perhaps I should because it is good to look back. We are usually caught up in the moment thinking and praying about today’s needs and tomorrow’s. But looking back is a good practice. I tend to end each day by saying, “Well, God, you got us through today. The bills that were due today were…

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#death #God #journey #life #mile markers #testimony #tombstones #traveled

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floating-goblin-art · 6 months

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#arttag #atsv #ghostflower #gwiles #miles morales #gwen stacy #tried giving each one their own respective style #so miles was done with marker brushes and gwen with watercolors and pencil #also wanted to make it sort of like miles has the light and it's not fully reaching gwen cause of The Horrors #like they're not connecting or whatever #dude idk i feel so stupid whenever i try to explain the thought process behind a drawing lmao #basically just wanted to do something fun and artsy because i haven't had time to draw lately!#anyway. they're on my mind all the time and if they don't make up in the next one i'll be devastated actually

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zielshindo · 7 months

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Hobie and Miles!

i keep forgetting to post these, a friend gave me some acrylic markers and i tried to use them, it was really fun! and yeah miles was the first attempt, i couldn't decide how to paint, that's why it's so messy.

#atsv #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #miles morales #spider punk #spiderman #hobie brown #itsv #into the spiderverse #acryclic markers #illustration #artist on tumblr #art student

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atinymexicanbird · 11 months

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