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Oh, oh, hi there. It's me. Look at him. I wanted to talk to you today. I was thinking about my trauma and my racial trauma in particular thinking about some moments in my past where I'm still healing from that I had to move multiple times and yet I'm still healing from the trauma of.
What happened to me? These were aggressions. These were micro aggressions and I was thinking about those I. You know when I was younger, I pledged a fraternity and you know, I know that you know, I shouldn't have done that you know fraternities are mean and toxic masculinity and all that but I you know, I wanted to fit in and so I joined this fraternity and Every every one of the pledges had to get like a nickname, you know.
Like like you saw from the movies, right? And so there was a ceremony that you did and you got your nickname and so. It was my turn I mean everyone went before me and I think I was one of the last ones to go and it was my turn and they told me what my nickname was and They decided to name me Rico and I don't Think that that was very legitimate.
I mean I was Puerto Rican. Yes, but Rico, I mean, could you be more toxic could you be more hurtful than to Call me Something that's what am I? I'm not. I'm not more to you than just a skin color than just a Puerto Rican.
That was a micro aggression. You know one of the other things there was another Puerto Rican in this fraternity and his name was Sanchez as if all Hispanics are the same as if all Hispanics are the same.
His last name was Torres. Wasn't Sanchez. Why'd they call him the same? It wasn't even Sanchez. It was the Sanchez. This is just the trauma that I've dealt with in fact I remember hanging out with my friends sometimes and these are people that I really cared about and they would Call me racial slurs every now and then they would call me dirty Mexican and they would you know, they would.
Okay. Non woke Adam here non woke Rico here, dude. I mean my goodness like like like. You know my friends it'd be one thing if my friends treated me differently because I was Puerto Rican. But instead they just thought it was funny to call to call me Rico or to call me a Mexican.
Even though I'm not a Mexican, but you know what because they weren't like they weren't really they were just saying these things. They thought they were funny. They I didn't think they were that funny but I didn't really care because.
It's a matter of how you treat people not about the the terms that you use to talk about them. These like a lot these jokes that you tell the people tell that aren't intended to insult like my goodness get over it grow up.
And this other another thing, you know, it's okay to talk about trauma in the right circumstances, right? You know, you go to a psychiatrist you're talking to your wife. You're talking to your dad about these things that are hurtful but what is this new new trend of like Complaining and just whining to the world all about your trauma and how evil people have been to you and you're such a victim blah blah.
Blah blah blah whatever happened to men like Kirk. Look at this is one of my favorite movies.
Let's watch this together. No, I didn't know.
Let's learn something about your oh your past trauma. No, I refuse. No, that's a man.
Made the wrong choices in my life. I turned left when I should have turned, right? I know what my weaknesses are. I don't need cyborg to take me on a tour. If you just don't end that I'll be brainwashed by this con man.
I was wrong. This con man. Pain and guilt can't be taken away with a wave of a magic wand.
I don't want my pain taken away. I need my pain. That's what I'm talking about. I don't want my pain taken away. I need my pain. Theological issues aside Captain Kirk is a real man. He doesn't need so, you know sympathy from all Facebook all about your trauma and this and that.
You know what men you got to get over it. Sometimes you got to face your pain and you know what you got to do. You got to say, you know, I know you were trying to hurt me. My feelings but you know what.
I don't take my myself worth from you. My Lord tells me what I'm worth. He died on the cross for my sins. So, you know what? Yeah all this trauma from my past, you know, I could face that and talk and it is a light Momentary affliction compared to the eternal way of glory that I'm about to receive.
You see them saying like let's stop being whiny about this. Anyway, I hope this was helpful.
Godbless. I don't want my pain taken away. I need my pain.