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#BeKind21: Be An Anchor In 2021

Today’s #BeKind21 message is from Find Your Anchor.

My name is Ali, my pronouns are she, her, and hers, and I am the founder of Find Your Anchor. I am a firm believer in the power of little things – that the smallest act of kindness can change somebody’s world.

That is why, for your first #BeKind21 message, I am so proud to share about my organization Find Your Anchor, where we launch kindness in the form of little blue boxes. Each FYA box is packed with various materials designed to inspire, soothe and offer support – such as a deck of 52+ Reasons to Live cards, an infographic on depression, list of resources, a letter, posters, a bracelet, a sticker, some other sweet nothings, and a whole lot of good vibes.

Within each box, we also include the Please Stay Pledge, an interactive and accessible mental health resource, created in partnership with our dear friends at Born This Way Foundation.

We’ve built a community of strangers who offer support and believe selfless acts of kindness nourish our souls and strengthen our communities. Through kindness, we promote empathy and personal connection, lessening feelings of isolation.

We hope to inspire each of you to build acts of kindness into your lives with our gift of the #BeKind21 (printable) cards. Here’s a sneak peek of our cards:

Although no act of kindness is too small, we hope you enjoy these pocket-sized ideas to get you started spreading love.

Your kindness challenge today: Click here to access and print your 21+ Ways to Be Kind cards on 8.5 x 11 paper to carry with you, share with others, and serve as a reminder to show love to yourself and others. You never know who might need an uplifting message reminding them they matter and we need them to please stay.

Watch this video to learn more about Find Your Anchor:

In Kindness,

Find Your Anchor

P.S. Invite someone to join the challenge: bornthisway.foundation/bekind21.

Via @iamdylancurran (Twitter)

I made a rainbow ring that glows in the dark! check out on my tik tok and pls click share it helps boost number of views, although I totally get if u don't want to so heres the full video

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJ4BrX9Q/

rainbow ring!!!

Listen up!

You see a post like this? Where OP might hurt/kill themselves? You hit that button that I circled

Hit that.

Click Suicide or Self-harm Concern

Yes.

Fill in the rest of it, and hit submit. The "content you reported" will fill itself in

Tumblr will follow up and help them.

Warning: this is only for mobile. If anyone knows how to do this for desktop, please add it!

This could SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO REBLOG THIS.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF IT DOESN'T GO WITH YOUR BLOG'S THEME.

And yes, REBLOG. Liking does no shit at all. This isn't ig.

You reblog, people see it. You don't, people don't see it. This shit's that simple.

This could save someone's life. It's not a joke.

post from a friend who works on film/tv sets about the IATSE strike, feel free to repost

Ida destroyed my house.

We don’t know the extent of the damage just yet, but last night, September 1st 2021, as the rainfall worsened, we noticed some leakage in the bedroom, from the ceiling.

…and then in the living room, from where the light fixture was connected to the ceiling there. However the drainage from our flat fucking roof was set up, water started accumulating in the walls and ceiling of the lower level.

And more, and more. The leak in the living room was the fastest and most aggressive, filling up our largest containers fast enough that we had to regularly empty them out, but we started seeing leaks on all three levels—ground floor, upstairs, and basement. The bedroom, upstairs hallway, windows in the two smaller rooms upstairs, from the basement ceiling, the kitchen… pretty much everywhere except the front entryway and laundry room. Who knows, maybe there, too, by now. When we weren’t in the middle of panic attacks, we were rushing around the house trying to find solutions.

We moved into this place last October. It was our dream, the wonder that three disabled queer Jews were able to pool our resources and get not just an apartment but a house. 

We had to evacuate. By the time i was ready to go, there were spots where water was pooled deep enough to cover my smaller toes. We were able to secure our most important documents, some prized possessions like stuffed animals and books secured in dry locations or taken with us. We piled into my car with a friend who came over to help, and the cat, and dropped off that friend with our cat while we went to a motel. I’m typing this from that motel, trying to not move too much because of the cold i’ve come down with from being damp for hours.

We are not sure yet what this is going to cost us. Like many people affected by this weather emergency, we were not in any area historically affected by such rainfall; insurance and other services in the area are burdened with an unexpected number of people in immediate need of services. We know for sure that the roof is going to need to be completely redone, and probably nearly all if not all of the walls, ceilings… we don’t know yet the extent of damage to over thirty years of possessions that each of us thought were safe. Of the damage to things that can’t be replaced; old drawings, notebooks, art made by friends, et cetera.

I will post updates as I am able, reblogged on this post. I know that others have been faced with far worse losses, and we have our networks of friends and family who can offer some support, but we’re still going to need help.

Once we’ve got a more definite dollar amount in terms of the extent of damage, we’ll probably put up a GoFundMe or something like that. 

For now, if you can help in any way, please feel free to send to http://paypal.me/ayellowbirds or https://ko-fi.com/ayellowbirds

Ok so this post is extremely long and I put it all together for my blogs Feeling sad page but as I don’t have a huge amount of followers I realize so many people are not seeing this information so I’m posting it here too!

alternatives without harming yourself:

holding/squeezing ice.

splashing your face with water.

getting a rubber band and snapping it against your skin (this could hurt, though it’s better than other ways that people usually choose to self-harm).

take a hot shower or bath.

eat something sour. it will take your mind of the urge. (lemon, sour lollies)

massage where you want to self-harm.

get a red pen or red paint and draw/paint over where you usually self-harm.

remind yourself as to why you shouldn’t do it. (scars, harms organs, leave memories etc…)

describe what you are feeling. (is the urge/pain in your chest, fists, legs, arms, head).

killing yourself will not help. it is not a solution.

you have your whole life ahead of you. you have so many more years that you can accomplish things in. for example;

having a family.

getting married.

to watch the sun rise.

to watch the sun set.

to save someone else’s life.

finish school.

get your dream job.

to laugh.

to smile.

to go camping.

travel to new places.

to wake up every morning to the person you love.

friends.

family.

to keep that promise you made.

to accomplish a goal.

to meet your idol.

to listen to new music.

theme parks.

video games.

chocolate.

to be able to look back and say “i made it”.

what you’re going through is temporary.

in case you need to hear this:

you are loved.

you are wanted.

you are needed.

you are beautiful.

you are handsome.

you are important.

you are not alone.

you are okay.

you are strong.

you are worth it.

you are smart.

you are not a failure.

you are useful.

you are going to be okay.

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Just Scream Hotline

You can phone +1-561-567-8431, wait for the beep, scream, and then hang up. 

Just Scream “is a participatory sound art project created by Chris Gollmar”, an elementary school teacher. Your scream will be recorded and saved to a playlist depending on scream criteria such as featuring laughter, animal sounds, etc. The project will be archived on 21 January 2021 so it’s best to call today. 

I thought this project was perfect for my mutuals who regularly scream into the void here on Tumblr dot com. 

PETITION HERE