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This is a good time to redirect frustration and pain onto creative outlets and prayer.

By all means, do your online activism.

But balance that out with self-care Address your mental, spiritual and emotional needs.

Self-neglect will not solve the problem.

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#MentalHealthMatters

Look for signs of burnout (use Google) and assess yourself honestly

Whilst your voice matters, so too does your spirit.

Take a break from Twitter to recharge for a few days.

You can continue supporting your cause in other ways.
Redirect the brain to different activities for a change. Art, games on your phone, deep breathing, music.

This isn't escapism. Some of the best ideas come when we're in the middle of doing something unrelated. (Like Archimedes shouting EUREKA! In his bathtub)
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Did you know? Rani Veli Nachiyar was considered the first woman of Tamil origin to challenge the British Empire and was credited with building the first human bomb and forming an all womenโ€™s army in early 1780. #Warrior #History #IncredibleIndia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿšฉ
Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 โ€“ 25 December 1796) was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780โ€“1790. She was the first #Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in #India. She is known by Tamils as Veeramangai โ€œbrave woman". ๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿ™
Velu Nachiyar was the #princess of Ramanathapuram and the only child of King Chellamuthu Vijayaragunatha Sethupathy and Queen. Sakandhimuthathal of the Ramnad kingdom. She was trained in many methods of combat, including war match weapons usage and #martialarts ๐Ÿšฉ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒบ
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Anothert manual: Guide to Martial Arts Training. Several manuals in one: grapping ๆ“’ๆ‹ฟ, pressure points ้ปž็ฉด, Taijiquan ๅคชๆฅตๆ‹ณ, Blossom Fist ่Šฑๆ‹ณ, and a form of Hung Gar (or one of its substyles) called ๅ››ๅนณๅคง้Žฎๆ‹ณ.
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Interestingly, there's lots of Chinese medicine prescriptions within these manuals, as pictured below. Chinese medicine is closely linked with martial arts and martial arts manuals. Training supplements as well as ointments and concoctions for recovering from injury. Image
These are precise presctiptions. You could walk into a Chinese herbal medicine shop and get this filled today.
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่ฆ†้›จ็ฟป้›ฒใ€‹by Huang Yi ้ปƒๆ˜“ (1952-2017). Not sure the best way to translate the title. It's a phrase that means the affairs of the world are unpredictable. It was adapted into a TV drama in Hong Kong in 2004 under the name Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion. #wuxia #fantasy (1/3) ImageImageImageImage
This is the new Taiwan reprint edition which came out last year. 10 volumes total, as you can see from the pics. I plan to do a read-through of this novel on my website, Wuxia Wanderings (link in bio), including full chapter summaries. #wuxia #fantasy #martialarts #kungfu (2/3) ImageImageImageImage
This, along with Legend of the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty and A Step Into the Past, is one of Huang Yi's renowned works. It was originally published between 1992-1995, in print. This is not a webnovel. #wuxia #fantasy #kungfu #martialarts #HongKong #Chinese #China (3/3) ImageImage
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THE ARCHER
There was a young archer who was winning competition after competition. Riding high on success he challenged the old master to a test of skills.

The young archer let the first arrow loose and it landed dead center of the bullseye. The second found its way home too.
"Ha! Beat THAT, if you can!" he boasted.

The master smiled nodding his head slowly. "Impressive. Let's take a walk," he said as he headed towards the nearby mountain.

Up they climbed all afternoon. The master said nothing. The young challenger grew more curious.
They finally reached a deep chasm with an old fallen tree acting as a natural bridge. The master calmly strode to the middle of the log, called a distant tree as his target, took aim, and let the arrow fly.

Dead center of a tiny knot in the trunk.
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