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Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith

by J.D. Vance

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Jul 17, 2026 04:00PM

“War is insanity magnified,
feeding off toxic madness
which then excretes chaos
completely indifferent
to the slaughtered rhymes and
screaming reasons of human beings.”
― Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

tags: chaos, conflict-resolution, gang-violence, insanity, israel-hamas-conflict, madness, russia-ukraine-war, terrorism, violence, war

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“What I’m praying is that you will choose those beautiful possibilities over any self-annihilating alternatives. My whole life on earth has been the weaving of a single powerful spell. The best part of all my magic was loving you.” (as spoken by the character Valerie Hyerman)”
― Aberjhani, Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player :

tags: inspiration, life-on-earth, love, magic, positive-motivation, praying, spiritual-philosophy, suicide-prevention, women-fantasy-characters, words-of-wisdom

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“Leadership has never been an exact science. But it has always found itself particularly challenged when tasked with elevating one segment of a society onto a level more politically, socially, and economically equitable with another.”
― Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

tags: activism, advocacy, antiracism, coexistence, day-of-service, economics, equality, leadership-theory, political-theory, social-science

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“The bird carried me inside his song. It was so beautiful that I couldn’t help myself. I reached out and tried to embrace it, the bird, and when I did, I put my arms around you.”
― Aberjhani, Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player :

tags: birds, fantasy-fiction, inspirational, love, mental-health-awareness, music, romance, songs, suicide-prevention, suicide-prevention-month

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“Opposites reconcile by affirming their separate equally-valid expressions of a single essence. Recognizing this [becomes] one way to claim peace in an otherwise tumultuous world.”
― Aberjhani, Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah

tags: antiterrorism, coexistence, conflict-resolution, daily-affirmation, diversity, israel-and-palestine, reconciliation, spiritual-philosophy, war-and-peace, xenophobia

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