#speakfreely

[goteengrow]

This segment is created for all of those in the community, caring for, loving, and supporting adolescents. 🗣️ #speakfreelyfriday #speakfreely #wehaveavoice #parentsofteenagers #caregivers #teachers (at Howard County, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoN0XmfOxHC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#speakfreelyfriday #speakfreely #wehaveavoice #parentsofteenagers #caregivers #teachers

[megpie]

🖤 This is achingly beautiful and perfect ---- "Please, whatever you do — just leap towards tenderness. Leap towards connection. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us. But caring is not synonymous with crazy. Expressing to someone how special they are to you will make you vulnerable. There is no denying that. However, that is nothing to be ashamed of. There is something breathtakingly beautiful in the moments of smaller magic that occur when you strip down and are honest with those who are important to you, when you choose to slam your heart into those who ignite something within it, when you express. So, express. Express, express, express. Open yourself up, do not harden yourself to the world, and be bold in who, and how, you love. There is courage in that." --- Bianca Sparacino. #quotestagram #advice #loveanyway #believeinlove #beyourownhero #followyourheart #followyourarrow #empathproblems #empath #makeyourownmagic #believeinmagic #loveismagic #wordsaremagic #wordsarepowerful #speakfreely #beYOUtiful #keepgoing #keephoping #keepdreaming (at Terrace Heights, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7pz_Epsuc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[speakfreely000]

Today's Topic: Simplicity

Today's topic comes from the great book I have been reading nearly every day, "God is in the small stuff" by Bruce and Stan. This topic is something that most of us want so bad, and somehow feel like we are never achieving it. I have been having a hard time grasping this lately, because I'm so bored with not having a job, I didn't get it until I read this part of the book.

Now, this doesn't mean to put so much pressure on yourself to make your life simple. This doesn't mean to stop paying for your bills or throw everything away because that's what it means to be simple. That's just plain ignorance. Can you imagine someone saying, "Oh well, no bills, no stress." You'd probably think that person was smoking something they shouldn't. This concept is basically removing things you don't NEED in order to gain simplicity. You do not need to think of simplicity as "lowered ambitions", like the book states.

I am definitely in need of some simplicity in my life right now. As I've mentioned before, if you've been following, I am unemployed, no money, and going through my first couple weeks of sobriety from weed. That's already enough for me, and I have other things I deal with that make my life more complicated. But, like the book also states, "The reason our lives are so complicated is that we're too self centered." Now, I would never like to be looked at as self centered by anyone, even myself. But I do see where the book is coming from.

A lot of us think, "Why ME? Why is MY life like this?" Not realizing that if we just stop stressing and give it to God, we'd be better off. We can't do everything ourselves. When I've given my shit to God in the past, fully, I noticed my life was peaceful and productive. When I sit and stress about things, the days drag on and I feel worse than dog shit. Why would I want to continue on like that? Why would anyone?

It's easy to sit and worry about what we don't have. But like the affirmations list that we do, prayer and faith, we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. We have to "clear out the clutter" like the book says, and make room for God to do His work in us and our lives! "Satisfaction begins when comparison stops." I always used to tell my boyfriend, we have to be faithful over the little and appreciate it, so God can bless us with many and more. We have to stop comparing ourselves and our lives to others and appreciate what we have, because there's people out there who would kill just to have clean water or food; Just the basic things. This is why I can't stand social media, and that most of us look to these stars who we think "have it all together". In the book, it states that the poor dream about being wealthy and the wealthy just want simplicity. Like the opposite of "No bills, no stress", it's "More money, more problems". I guarantee anyone who is wanting to be rich and famous probably would be broke in their first year if they weren't smart. The grass isn't always greener on the other side honey. Even the wealthy want something simple, think about that! Us middle and lower class kill ourselves every day to be apart of that bracket, and even the top dogs don't want all of everything. (Even though some do). Start being satisfied with what you have currently, and make your life simpler than it is!

It's been hard for me to grasp this concept because I know life is hard right now for me. I know that things aren't changing YET. I have hope, but the positivity is low leveled right now and has been just because my attitude can be one thing, but what I see in my life is the opposite, and it's hard to maintain the happy go lucky tude.

But I have a plan to simplify my life and that is remaining in prayer, changing my way of thinking, going to NA meetings, going to church consistently, and just doing productive and positive things that will feed me the same things I'm feeding you readers right now. Simplifying might be hard, but it's worth it. God does not complicate our lives, we have a way of doing that shit all on our own. Quit being your own worst enemy and help yourself simplify what you have already, and be prepared to get blessed with more. But just remember with great power, comes great responsibility.

Exercise for this topic:

I am actually going to do this exercise right now, because it definitely needs to be done. Remove clutter from your house, bedroom, bathroom, garage, anywhere you know there's things that you are not using or going to use, remove it. I know some of us sit there and say, "Well maybe I'll need it one day!" Well how many days has it been sitting there and you hadn't used it. NEXT EXCUSE!

This is going to simplify your life a lot by just removing things that don't need to be there, that have no purpose. I know when I'm depressed, and things are dirty and not picked up, it worsens my depression. I also think, "Man, I gotta clean a lot of shit." Why not just clean a small portion? Instead of a whole pig-sty.

Do you feel like your schedule is jam packed and you don't have time for the people you love and care for? Learn how to say no. You don't have to be a yes man to everything. Especially if it's taking time away from your loved ones or friends. Learn to prioritize. Learn that things are replaceable, people you love, are not.

Thank you for following this blog and reading today's topic. Feel free to DM me with any topics you want covered or email me directly at [email protected]

Have a great night everyone, and HUG YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!

Mariah

#blogger #blogging #writer #writing #poet #tumblr #speakfreely #selflove #simplicity #serendipity

[jazzrj]

We so rarely feel that we can say what we need to.

#poem poetry magneticpoemoftheday magneticpoetry magneticpoem poetrymagnets writing mine speakfreely

[meditaions-blog]

Soft skills free speech session | Confidence Building

#ConfidenceBoost #SpeakFreely #EmpowermentSession #SoftSkills #SelfAssurance #ConfidenceBuilding #CommunicationSkills #ExpressYourself #BeFearless #OwnYourVoice #FreeSpeech #EmpowermentSession #PublicSpeaking #SelfConfidence #BeBold #EmbraceYourVoice #CourageToSpeak #VoiceYourThoughts #ConfidenceInCommunication #FearlessTalks #EmpowerYourself #UnlockYourPotential #Assertiveness #SpeakWithConfidence

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[m-guitguiten]

Roles

You are a friend, for sure,I was sick, you got cure.I was lost, you found me.I was high, you made plea. You are a friend, so real,You arrange every deal.My life’s like a garden.All my words, you hearken. Yet, some words, some gestures,You do need some fixturesAs a friend, let me speakFreely and please don’t shriek! Don’t hide your face from me,It’s you I want to see.Don’t block your ears,…

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#friends #humility #listen #love #truth

[toyastales]

" Beauty without expression is boring " - Ralph Waldo Emerson View more of my work at https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/latoya-cole . . . . . #beautifulart #beautifulartwork #canwetalk #speakfreely #intimacy #creativeexpression #toyastales #lcole #LaToyaCole #queenshit #blackqueens #femaleartists #neverboring #royal #ralphwaldoemersonquotes #blurredlines #connections https://www.instagram.com/p/CVoQIgdvJRl/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[poetrythreesixfive]

Just Gotta

I don’t think I can do it,

why should I even try?

you might as well convince a bird

he shouldn’t try to fly.

Tell the fish he shouldn’t swim

within the open sea;    

that is what it’s like when you

suggest these things to me.

Would you tell the cheetah

he really shouldn’t run?

would you tell the elephant

he shouldn’t weigh a ton?

I know I get in trouble,

but I can’t stay on a shelf;

if I cannot speak my mind,

I wouldn’t be my self.

#poem #poetry #poetrythreesixfive #georgefilip #spilledink #spilled words #poetsontumbler #poetsandwriters #poetryportal #speakfreely #freespeech

[biglittlecrane]

Gee. I guess the Swamp noticed that the sudden complete absence of the President might not settle things down much.

https://parler.com/profile/DonaldTrumpKAG/posts

He’s on Parler.

☆☆DONALD TRUMP 45☆☆·@DonaldTrumpKAG1 hour ago·Patriots, boycott all Amazon products. Show them that when they mess with 75 million+ American patriots they will pay a heavy price. We will fight to #keepamericagreat

John Matze 🇺🇸·@John

Sunday (tomorrow) at midnight Amazon will be shutting off all of our servers in an attempt to completely remove free speech off the internet. There is the possibility Parler will be unavailable on the internet for up to a week as we rebuild from scratch. We prepared for events like this by never relying on amazons proprietary infrastructure and building bare metal products. We will try our best to move to a new provider right now as we have many competing for our business, however Amazon, Google and Apple purposefully did this as a coordinated effort knowing our options would be limited and knowing this would inflict the most damage right as President Trump was banned from the tech companies. This was a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the market place. We were too successful too fast. You can expect the war on competition and free speech to continue, but don’t count us out. #speakfreely

Not a problem. Amazon recommended “White Fragility” to me, and since then, they’d been on my shit list, anyway.

#speakfreely #keepamericagreat

[divinitykittty]

Inner Thoughts

I’m so tired of acting. “playing my role.” pretending.

I don’t really have many safe spaces in real life, I guess I’ve built myself this house of cards, or glass, or whatever fragile structure this is. If I sneeze wrong all the walls might cave in. 

Sometimes I wish I could just run away, change my name, and start over. I dream about it sometimes. Getting out of here. I mean not to sound morbid and miserable, but its hard to be yourself around people who have already decided who you are. Hard to shift boundaries around unrelenting expectations. Biases. “seen this before”s. 

Anyways, what I’m saying is, I heard the internet is a good place to make friends, and even if not, at least I can be myself, right? Isn’t that what tumblrs all about...

#hey #newpost #friends #makefriends #follow #freepeople #selfsexpression #speakfromtheheart #speakfreely #newtumblr #blogger #blog post #feelings #safespace #bemyself #me #thoughts #confessions

[goteengrow]

Speak Freely Friday

I created this segment to have and provide a space for myself and others in the community of caring for, supporting, loving and guiding adolescents to be able to speak on topics, relevant to the adolescent community and sharing our thoughts, feelings, suggestions and opinions. 🗣️ #speakfreelyfriday #speakfreely #wehaveavoice #parentsofteenagers #caregivers #teachers #community #teencheckassistants

#youtube

[filmses-monster-princess-out]

Epiphanies: peacocking my huuuuuge ears actually works 😱🤣 #shiny #jewelry & #colors + wanted to share some (part of) honest pics of my hair, it annoys me, it makes me self conscious that it's so weak and spare because of multiple physical factors and meds... I think I'm deciding not to be ashamed anymore 💪 . . #prettyaf #details#lifestyle #noshame #health #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalhealth #bodypositivity #modified #piercing #bling #stopthestigma #speakfreely #style 😛

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[speakfreely000]

Today's Topic: Lifelong Practice of Surrender/Free Write

Today's topic comes from my NA meeting. I've been having a hard time the last couple of days, pushing through really tough depression. I have no job, money, or going back to school. It's tough for me to stay busy and positive in this time when I'm stuck in a limbo. But I am surrendering myself every day to God and to me not using. Even though, the urges are a knife in my heart, hurting and painfully obvious.

One of the definitions of surrender from Google states: "To surrender in spirituality and religion means that a believer completely gives up his own will and subjects his thoughts, ideas, and deeds to the will and teachings of a higher power."

This is tough for me to grasp sometimes, surrendering my own will because I know where my own will has taken me. To poverty, drug addiction, promiscuity, and jail. It's easy to want to fall back into that, it's harder to push through to the other side of life where you're successful in what you were trying to achieve in the beginning. I know I will make it there one day, and I will thank myself at that point for sticking through, even when it's one of the toughest things I've had to go through.

I have to surrender my thoughts daily, and I haven't been able to the past couple of days. I don't know if I can't or if I'm not wanting to. On the surface, I feel that I really am not able to surrender those thoughts when they creep in. Deep down, sometimes I think I just like being sad. And that might seem silly to some people, and it's not that I "like" it, but that I have been so used to feeling this way for so many years, that it's a part of me at this point. I wrote a "free write blog" yesterday, but didn't post it on Facebook, because it was really heavy and I was just sharing how I felt in the moment. I mentioned in the blog that I feel like this might be something I'll deal with for the rest of my life, and the other part of me says, "Hold on just a little longer kid, we're going to beat this." Where's that voice been lately? I feel like it's been clouded by the shitty thoughts, and I can't find that voice no matter how hard I try.

I have to surrender this though. As hard as it is sometimes, I have to. I want to. Depression really is a bitch. She loves to see me down, she wants to see me fail, and be lazy, not wanting to do anything. Even getting the energy to write this, I was procrastinating. I didn't do a lot of things today because of my depression, and it sucks. I wish I could just wash this all out of me, but I can't.

I feel really confused because I had such a great Sunday, going to church and surrendering myself to God fully; just to have the next few days have dark clouds. It really is frustrating for someone who is trying to stay clean, find work, and maintain my emotions and feelings about that and other things all at once. But, like we always say in church, that when we can't do something or figure it out, we give it to God. God is just waiting for me to stop fucking stressing, and I am a master of stress. I have a fucking doctorate in that shit. And I guess I have to surrender my license to stress. It's what's killing me slowly.

I know a lot of us have to surrender things like: drugs, our past, and our horrible feelings and thoughts. I know it's never easy, and I'm finally writing today because it helps me filter all the shit inside my head. And usually when you're feeling crappy and share something, someone else is going through it too or someone might need to hear what you're saying. I know I've had those moments a lot, especially tonight at my meeting. Life is always going to be hard, life is always going to give you things you think you can't handle. And I'm realizing that I have to surrender some things in order to move forward, be happy, and stop adding to the collection of white hairs that I have at 24!

I'm here sharing today the raw truth of a mind of someone who is fucking going through it right now. I had to surrender a lot of thoughts and feelings just to write and go to my meeting. Frankly, that was the only thing I did today, besides my makeup, 3 fucking times. I'm sharing because I know I will get through this, and I don't know why NOW my sobriety is finally getting to me. But with great risk comes great reward, like Thomas Jefferson said. And the risk I am taking is knowing I have to surrender, I know I have a fear of surrendering because if I didn't, I wouldn't have so many emotions about it. I know I am angry about a lot of things, that I have to let go of.

No one said it was ever easy, but I've been told lots of times that it will be worth it. I plan on seeing it to the end that that is true.

No homework or exercise for this topic, as most of this was a free write.

Thank you for following this blog, and hearing what I have to say today. I don't want to be a "Debbie Downer", but even the happiest people have tough days. Feel free to DM me with any topics you think would be great to share on, or comment about your own stories, also if you'd like to email me at [email protected], I will always be open to requests, or if you just need to talk to someone.

Have a great night and HUG YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!

Mariah

#writing #blog #tumblog #blogging #blogger #poet #freewrite #selflove #toughday #speakfreely

[architectmo]

ROLES AND FUNCTION OF MEDIA IN DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

“Media is the communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data. The term refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, the news media, photography, cinema, broadcasting (radio and television), and advertising.  “- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_(communication)

WHAT IS THE MOST RELEVANT FUNCTION OF MEDIA TO YOU (CHANNEL, WATCHDOG, RESOURCE CENTER OR ADVOCATE)?WHY?

 Channel, for me is the best among the others. Because channel is where you’re be able to share and express your own thought, opinion and information that you gather. You have the ability and the strength to share your thoughts in every certain situation. Letting others know your opinion helps them to have a better understanding of yourself. You help them how to be open minded because by explaining your side you make them hear your voice and on the other hand you also listen to theirs, so its vice versa kind of communication. Not all people have the guts to express themselves upfront. Some uses different mediums to express their thoughts and opinion. So, with that being said CHANNEL provides a variety of options, which one you are most comfortable in expressing ones thought, opinions, ideas and ways to communicate.

[gilandrenee]

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[cornerstoretruth-blog]

DIG it's not just a title for a magazine it's a mantra to live by . . . The word for the week is EXCAVATE . . . well you can't EXCAVATE if you're not willing to DIG. DIG through your feelings, DIG into your history, DIG . . . CLAW . . . SEARCH . . . ASK . . . QUESTION . . . LOOK . . . FIND . . . SEEK . . . don't be afraid to face your fears, your pain, your heart there's always something great on the other side. #DIGMagazine #DIGLyfe #DigitalMagazine #blackimagination #blackandbrownunity #penismightierthanthesword #SpeakFreely #TheCornerStoreNation #TheCornerStoreNYC #mindset #MindSetGO #mentalhealth #mentalsupreme #TruthroPower #blackownedbusiness #blackownednews #blackownership https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IO6nlB6Q0/?igshid=c296ab556ouv

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