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Warm sunny day! Out getting signatures and sharing info on the amazing Senator Mike Simmons!! Let me know if you want info!

*shared from Jeana Friday
TIPS FOR WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DEPRESSED 🖤🖤

Shower. Not a bath, a shower.
Use water as hot or cold as you like. You don’t even need to wash. Just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. Sit on the floor if you gotta.

Moisturize everything.
Use whatever lotion you like.
Unscented? Dollar store lotion? Fancy 48 hour lotion that makes you smell like a field of wildflowers? Use whatever you want, and use it all over your entire dermis.

Put on clean, comfortable clothes.

Put on your favorite underwear.
Cute black lacy panties? Those ridiculous boxers you bought last christmas with candy cane hearts on the butt? Put them on.

Drink cold water.
Use ice. If you want, add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.

Clean something.
Doesn’t have to be anything big. Organize one drawer of a desk. Wash five dirty dishes. Do a load of laundry. Scrub the bathroom sink.

Blast music.
Listen to something upbeat and dancey and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. Sing to it, dance to it, even if you suck at both.

Make food.
Don’t just grab a granola bar to munch. Take the time and make food. Even if it’s ramen. Add something special to it, like a soft boiled egg or some veggies. Prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something.

Make something.
Write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, fold origami, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. Even if you don’t think you’re good at it. Create.

Go outside.
Take a walk. Sit in the grass. Look at the clouds. Smell flowers. Put your hands in the dirt and feel the soil against your skin.

Call someone.
Call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. Talk to a stranger on the street. Have a conversation and listen to someone’s voice. If you can’t bring yourself to call, text or email or whatever, just have some social interaction with another person. Even if you don’t say much, listen to them. It helps.

Cuddle your pets if you have them/can cuddle them.
Take pictures of them. Talk to them. Tell them how you feel, about your favorite movie, a new game coming out, anything.

May seem small or silly to some, but this list keeps people alive.

*** At your absolute best you won’t be good enough for the wrong people. But at your worst, you’ll still be worth it to the right ones. Remember that. Keep holding on.

*** In case nobody has told you today I love you and you are worth your weight and then some in gold, so be kind to yourself and most of all keep pushing on!!!!

Find something to be grateful for!

May I please get 2 friends or family members to copy and re-post? I am trying to demonstrate that someone is always listening.





Just two. Any two.
Say done.

While I cringe at people getting labeled by others’ perceptions, this article gives helpful insight into person-first language and identity-first. However people choose to identify themselves is key 💕

The Significance of Semantics: Person-First Language: Why It Matters Thoughts on disability justice, neurodiversity, intersectional activism from Lydia Brown, q***r, autistic, east asian activist, writer, public speaker

For the past three months I’ve been continuing my journey into adult learning through designing and teaching professional development. Excited and proud to be a Talent Management Consultant for NorthShore University HealthSystem!!

So important 💞

When to Call 988, Mental Health’s New Emergency Hotline Experts say 988 is a resource for anyone dealing with mental health issues of any kind. Here’s what you can expect if you call.

"I saw everything coming my way as an opportunity." 😁
- Diana Trujillo

From Cleaning Lady To Director For NASA, This Latina Immigrant Just Put A Rover On Mars "Every single thing that I do, I'm representing my country, my culture, my heritage, my people, and I have to give my best every single time." "I remember just laying down on the grass and looking...

"I am odd, I am new
I wonder if you are too
I hear voices in the air
I see you don’t, and that’s not fair
I want to not feel blue
I am odd, I am new
I pretend that you are too
I feel like a boy in outerspace
I touch the stars and feel out of place
I worry what others might think
I cry when people laugh, it makes me shrink
I am odd, I am new
I understand now that so are you
I say I, “feel like a castaway”
I dream of a day that that’s okay
I try to fit in
I hope that someday I do
I am odd, I am new."

10-year-old boy with autism writes poem for homework, his teacher is at a loss for words Benjamin Giroux, a multi year old understudy, was given a schoolwork task and was approached to compose a ballad.As opposed to simply shooting something that rhymed, he set aside the effort to spill his guts.He needed individuals to recognize what it resembled to live with m

"The truth is they want what’s real, and they’re drawn to what’s kind." 💖

Perspective | What happened when I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kids My children started to watch 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' with me, and what they loved about it showed me what they really need.

Reminiscing... our ability to travel time.
That reminder always makes me happy, to think that our own thinking can send us soaring through time and space. Especially fun to do with others, or aided by photographs which help make moments into memories.
**to honour, here's a bonsai believed to be between 600 and 1000 years old that I admired with friends**