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To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

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Your annual reminder to not donate to Salvation Army!

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alternative Hail Mary prayers

alternative prayers to pray on the rosary beads, written by me

Hail Lady of Roses, blessed be your many names. Shelter us beneath your starry mantle, O Mother of the world, and open our hearts. Queen of the cosmos, portal of life and death, guide us throughout the cycle of our being. Amen.

Hail Mary, Lady of deep soil, all life is within you. Blessed be your fruitful bounty, and blessed be our ancestral dead underfoot. Black Madonna, Mother of the earth, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Hail Guadalupe, maize mother, the serpent is with thee. Blessed is your starry mantle, and blessed is the moon beneath your feet. Lady of roses, radiant as the sun, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Black Madonna, earth mother, alchemize our sorrows. Root us in deep ancestral soil, that we may know the eternal source of peace within us.

Hail Sophia, source of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are your many names, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Wisdom. Holy Spirit, Mother and God, be with us, your children, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Oh Queen of Heaven, Star of the Sea, Gate of Dawn, we fly to thee. Moon-bright Mother, Mystical Rose, stay with us now and at life's close.

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I still struggle with my faith. I simply struggle to fully love God. Jesus to me is like a friend of a friend, distant but likable. And I only know him through his mother. And I’m hurt by his father. His mother is what keeps me connected to Him.

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I’m not exaggerating when I say this post changed my life. Seeing this as a terrified self hating 17 year old was like finding a fresh water lake in the middle of the Sahara.

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Puki will you leave tumblr because everyone’s acting like it’s dead now :(

oh yeah its SO dead.

1000 notes this post. Now

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Tuira Kayapó brandished her machete in the face of a government official who was trying to convince indigenous leaders to accept a mega-dam project in the Amazon, 1989

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I’m at work and this honesty makes me want to cry and get into the fetal position. Like I can’t believe I thought he could be a true ally for POC and oppressed people 😭😭😭

If anybody ever sees me celebrating a white guy im being so deadass punch me in the fucking face

#like im actually sad

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I can't believe Hozier posted that.

I was wondering why he hadn't spoken about the situation, but it's not like he's required to speak, so I don't understand why he felt the need to and I don't understand why this take would come from him at all.

It's far from the worst take on the situation in Palestine, and if this was just any random *western* person, it would've actually been okay.

It's just that Hozier and his music mean so much to me personally, and given his usual takes that I agree with wholeheartedly, I guess I was just expecting better.

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Felt a bit hopeless today. I am finding it hard to see the many Zionists in my community, including some of my friends and coworkers, so openly supporting Israel. Yet I am afraid to speak up or even wear red green black and white together without putting myself at risk.

Today, I lit candles for Palestine and meditated. Today, I supported my local Halal/Middle Eastern restaurant. I have started to interact more with the Free Palestine movement on various social media platforms. I’m not sure if any of these things help the cause. But I will try everyday and continue to be a witness at the very least to the current situation. I am building up my courage to do more.

#i stand with palestine #free palestine #ceasefire now

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Important post! Share it around!!

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In case anyone needs this 🩷

#activist #allyship #free palestine #freedom #positive affirmations #spiritual #manifestation

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St. Porphyrius Church just issued a statement that approximately 150-200 people were killed when the occupation bombed the church today (19 Oct 23). Right now dozens of people are still trapped under the rubble and we don't know how many are alive or dead. Palestinians of multiple faiths were sheltering in the church after being forced to flee their homes. Nothing is sacred to the occupying entity — not human life, not history, not literal sacred spaces.

There has been a church on the site since the 5th century, when St. Porphyrius was bishop of Gaza, and the current structure dates to the 12th century.

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So do non-ADHD people not do this?

every once in a while i learn some wild new piece of information that explains years of behavior and reminds me that i will never truly understand everything about my ridiculous adhd brain

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Be honest. Did you actually read the whole thing or just the title?

How to balance all your interests when you have multiple passions?

I’ve been pondering how to balance all my different passions, interests, and side hustles, as I’m the kind of person who tends to love variety and easily gets excited about new projects. It’s often the completion part that I struggle with! This is a fairly common conundrum for certain personality types, and can also be related to conditions like ADHD. It can be really hard to know how to streamline and simplify things to make it more manageable and less chaotic.

Chronic illness can be a factor here too, as I often start a new project in a high energy period, but then may not have the physical energy to easily complete it. It can be hard to know how to handle this sometimes, as I can’t predict how I’ll feel from day to day or week to week. Sometimes I just have to let something go for a while, and accept that I will come back to it later. I also accept that there’s some projects I will abandon, and I don’t see it as a major problem as long as there’s no financial investment.

So how do you handle this tendency? 

I personally find it’s best to embrace it, and find ways to work around it rather than trying to pigeonhole myself into only one project, passion or interest at a time. However, if you’re trying to make money, earn an income or build a business - and you need to pay the bills with it to survive - then you will probably need to narrow down to one thing at a time for work. You can still allow yourself freedom to explore in your free time, though.

For example, I love borrowing a wide range of books from the library, and reading about a bunch of different topics at once. Switching from one book to another works for me and I find it stimulating. The great thing is that the books all get returned to the library, so they don’t create long-term clutter. I also enjoy writing blog posts about a range of different topics, rather than sticking to one particular subject.

Same goes for my art - I have one style that I sell commercially, and then do whatever I want in the rest of my spare time as it captures my fancy. I find creating different IG/Tumblr accounts for particular art styles/niches works well. If it becomes popular and sells it’s a cool bonus, but I don’t worry too much about it making money. Digital art is great because it doesn’t take up storage space, so I’m shifting from doing large pieces on canvas to doing more digital art.

Having said all that, I do have a bunch of blogs and Tumblr accounts floating around on the internet that I’ve forgotten about and largely abandoned. Same with old creative projects in storage. But it’s okay, because I enjoyed exploring that idea/hobby/style for a brief period of time. Sometimes I go back and integrate creative stuff from the past into my current projects (for example, taking an old blog post and updating it for my current blog).

It can become a problem if you waste a lot of money on hobbies you forget about or business ideas that never get off the ground, so I’d recommend finding ways to avoid spending too much money to begin with. Ideally, it’s best to spend no money and find free activities, but obviously this is not always possible. My post about Decluttering My Fantasy Self may be relevant if this is you.

If you’re multipassionate, I don’t think there’s one right or wrong way to manage your interests and hobbies. Some people like to focus intensely on one hobby at a time, then move on to something else. Others enjoy moving between different interests simultaneously to keep them stimulated. I’ve done both at different times in my life. Emilie Wapnick has a great book about this called How to Be Everything which is more focused on career, but you can apply the same principles to hobbies and side hustles as well.

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Nothing makes a panic attack worse like your mother yelling at you for having a panic attack