embrace

embracing the flaws and all. 26 years old. life's work: Social Services. I embrace the human condition. One in seven billion. Goals Me Personal

[erinestrella]

$15 referrals right now treat yo self $15 referrals right now treat yo self

[yummytoadstools]

[wnq-writers]

What I’ve learned in 2016 1. Friendship is a matter of convenience. It can be true and beautiful and fun and full of love until she moves to another city for college and finds 10 more people she can ‘connect’ with. 2. You don’t have to pursue a boring degree for a boring job. Yes, your passion is for things that make it harder to fetch money but you have one life. Do you really want to spend it doing something you don’t absolutely love? If you’re passionate about something, no matter what, you will excel, you will thrive. That’s the key to real success. Not some statistics stating the most lucrative jobs and industries. 3. You will exercise. You will drink more water. You will eat healthier. Not because you’re not beautiful the way you are but because your body deserves to be treated better. It literally has carries you around, has your back and actually has your heart from that first moment to your very last. 4. If they are a bitch to others what makes you think they won’t be one to you when the time comes? How people treat others is always a tell tale of how they will treat you. Pay attention. It’s better than feeling like a fool 6 years later. 5. Cook your own meals sometimes. You know just the amount of oil, salt and ingredients you want. You may not be a masterchef but you know what your stomach wants. 6. Surround yourself with happiness, inspiration and positivity and a very major part of that is social media. Who you follow is so important. Social media is supposed to be a happy and safe place for you. Choose the right people and the right works to fill your feeds because eventually those fill your mind and heart. 7. Nature is all healing. It’s the one thing in the beautiful presence of which even the most talkative person like you feels the need to shut up. Nature requires no words. It’s completeness is something to learn from. 8. Your parents live a life apart from being your parents. They have moments you’re not a part of, moments you don’t even know. They have not only had a life before you but also a life with you being there that you don’t know about. That’s okay and that’s not something to be mad about. 9. People will leave you. Always. Some in days, some in months. There are those who take decades and then there are those who never leave in physical form but withdraw all meaning and that’s when you must leave. But just because people leave their stay doesn’t become any less wonderful or important. 10. Sometimes the only person you need at 3 am is yourself. Give yourself mode credit. You can always help yourself. It may just take a little longer and be a little harder but you don’t need another person to help you. You are enough. You are strong. You will never disappoint. 11. Music of all type is necessary. Songs that make you cry and the ones that make you think and then those that make you only want to dance. 12. Draw. Everyone is an artist. And your drawings may look like those of a middle school kid but isn’t your joy just like hers? 13. Read more books. Yes, you’re older now and busier too but ‘busy ’ is an excuse and you know it. Find time for something that saved you. Find time for something that you love. 14. Lipstick is life. People may stare at you and they may get intimidated by certain shades but that’s okay, one smile and they will be at peace. 15. Click more selfies and click them without any shame. If you’re happy, if you look at yourself and feel like capturing that one moment where you feel good about yourself - go fucking ahead. Capture all your happiness, beauty and goofy-ness. But remember, they are for you and not your social media. 16. There’s literally no way you can help someone without helping yourself. And they may give you nothing in return and they may be ungrateful but who cares? They aren’t half the person you are and you can shrug it off and move on but remember unlike you, Karma never forgets. Also, karma is only a bitch if you are. The darkest moment is the very moment before sunrise. It’s a fact. So 2016 may have been your darkest time but that only means the sunlight of happiness and inspiration and love awaits you in 2017.

creatingnikki  (via wnq-writers)

[themushr000m]

#justfatgirlthings

[doll]

weheartit

[erinestrella]

Gpoy. Of my tired ass in a family members house for the annual christmas party. I was so exhausted from finishing a final paper (because exams don't exist in grad school? Idk?) And working a partial day with hyped up hormonal teens, all of whom were ready to get out of school. I also attended a staff christmas party which was ok. Two weeks later- I'm still mentally exhausted, but that's ok. I start school again Monday and work Monday. Which is dumb, but whatever. I'm ready.

[andrewclifton]

@stoneyjanay on IG

[billionairestatus]

[erinestrella]

2016: year of cutting everybody off

2017: year of cultivating fulfilling and kind relationships with the people that matter

[av3n]

[highclasslowlyfe]

you better have this shit on your blog before 2016.

[weavemama]

MORE LIKE THE HORRIFIC DYSTOPIAN NOVEL OF 2016

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

“When i was your age” speeches boutta be real for our kids

[divine-noire]

Rosa Parks was the TRAINED Civil Rights activist who REENACTED the events that took place when the AVERAGE Black woman Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on the bus because HER feet hurt.

I wish more people knew and understood this.

[sharkbaitwhohahaa]

Why didn’t my teacher teach this smh

[adult-ed-deactivated20210417]

The More you know =O

[linknotfoundddddddddd]

The civil rights movement didn’t want to use Claudette because she was pregnant without a husband.

[17mul]

lmsig

[blackfemmejeanvaljean]

Claudette didnt become pregnant until the summer afterwards. theNAACP didn’t want to use Claudette because she was poor, dark skinned and her father was and alcoholic. they felt white people wouldn’t sympathize with her. stop trying to clean up history

[dasaucedon-deactivated20200816]

Wayament what?!

[sunglow-xoxo]

Let’s hear it from Ms. Colvin herself:

“When asked why she is little known and why everyone thinks only of Rosa Parks, Colvin says the NAACP and all the other black organizations felt Parks would be a good icon because “She was an adult. They didn’t think teenagers would be reliable.”

She also says Parks had the right hair and the right look. “Her skin texture was the kind that people associate with the middle class,” says Colvin. “She fit that profile.”

Also, there were other black women who refused to give up their seats but were “quietly fined.” Unfortunately, their stories never made headlines. (source)

[carnapptural-deactivated2015122]

Y'all said colorism in the black community doesn’t have a huge negative impact on us

[oneman-wolfpackk]

i’m getting another lumbar puncture tomorrow morning and i think i’m gonna do my makeup and wear a flower crown. make an event of it

[cwote]

[coolthingoftheday]

‘The Ghetto Tarot’ - Haitian artist group, Atis Rezistans, re-creates the classic tarot deck into scenes, people and locations from their native Haiti. 

(Source)

[illness-to-wellness]

Speaker Paul Ryan is doing a phone survey to gauge support for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) If you want to let him know your opinion of the ACA give hima call at [phone].

You will need to navigate a small phone tree to get to the right survey. Press 2 to express your opinion on the ACA. You will then listen to a description of HB 3762 a bill that President Obama vetoed earlier this year and they could not get the 2/3rds majority needed to override the veto.

At the end of that message you can choose to press 1 to support the ACA or press 2 to not support it. (For the love of all people in your life who live with a chronic condition, press 1!)

Thank you, friends of friends on Facebook, for keeping me aware of things.

[fandomshatepeopleofcolor]

Ok guys please do this and signal boost! People like me who are disabled literally depend on this! I can’t work without my meds and since I only work part time I can’t afford my meds on my own. mod m

[rottenlittleboys]

The mailbox is full and is not accepting new messages. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND TELL THEM YOU SUPPORT THE ACA. 

You can find your representative here using your zip code. http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

You can find your senator here. http://www.senate.gov/senators/states.htm

[famehunting]

deleted the original reblog and replacing with this updated one.

[queerrussetpotato]

did this, it went exactly as described, the description of HB 3762 was heavily slanted and the ACA is ofc described as harmful and awful, so you will have to listen to that when you call

[igxbaddies]

@chiepodeu