Just Breathe

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me - like food or water. ~Ray Charles

[aldmerii-blog]

[frozun]

i think a lot of people forget that you can actually still come across as confident and have social anxiety

[jainz-deactivated20240619]

[yourmajestyyy]

I TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME

[jakegyllenhaal]

self care is unfollowing people who post negative shit about stuff that makes you happy

[alteanlotor]

self care is blocking two thirds of your own fandom

[lacetulle]

Elie Saab | Fall/Winter 2018 Couture

[chibird]

This chibird charged the 2021 good luck charm by drinking warm tea, humming Animal Crossing music, and watching videos of baby corgis. ✨ There’s no way it’s not effective! I’m wishing you all a bright start to the new year. 💛

Chibird store | Positive Pin Club | Webtoon

[dazzlingkai]

rosé instagram update 🧚✨

[constellatedlove]

you don’t need to put so much pressure on yourself, love. you don’t owe anyone productivity. you’re doing so well under the conditions you’re facing. maybe all you did today was survive; im still so proud of you.

[cosmosully]

snowflakes over acuity

[ronanlysnch]

i can’t believe it, my mother was a teacher. her handwriting looks like mine. red hair! (dear gilbert… i look like my mother.)

[brunette-dee]

listening to music alone is so peaceful

[ladypharaoh14]

A black girl will be spending years in jail because she had a mental health crisis. PLEASE READ

Meet Saraya: she was experiencing a mental health crisis. Police came and tackled her. She is 15.

Saraya Rees is a 15 year old biracial girl from Coos County, Oregon. After being abruptly instructed to stop taking her antidepressants by a local pediatrician, Saraya went into psychosis. In her manic state, Saraya poured a small amount of gasoline on the floor. Her parents called Coos Health & Wellness in hope that that would send mental health advisors, Coos Health & Wellness sent the police. While still in psychosis, the officers arrested her, questioned her without her family or lawyers present, charged with attempted murder and assault, and sent her to juvenile prison for 11 years.

ELEVEN.YEARS.

This is not justice.

This is inhumane.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:

1. Call these people and demand that she be let go to the custody in her parents.

Please call Governor Kate Brown and Senator Jeff Merkely.⁠

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📞Governor Kate Brown: [phone]⁠

📞Senator Jeff Merkley: [phone]⁠

2. Sign the petition! 

http://chng.it/dPR59dnMzq

Please DO NOT donate to CHANGE.ORG, instead donate to Saraya’s gofundme. 

3. Follow @justice4saraya on instagram. You can find info on where to send her encouragement cards and get updated on progress.

4. SEND CARDS TO THE FOLLOWING (please also note card sending rules)

OAK CREEK CORRECTIONAL FACIILITY 

C/O SARAYA REES

4400 LOCHNER ROAD SE 

ALBANY, OR 97332

EDIT: PLEASE CONSIDER THESE RULES WHEN SENDING HER CARDS! The family has asked for the following when sending cards: 

-No vulgar language or cursing (she’s a child, afterall) 

-No stickers

-No metal 

- Do not use return address stickers

-No Cash

Using these things could mean Saraya doesn’t get your card. If you want to donate to the family during this very hard time, please use the GOFUND ME.

 https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice4saraya

You can also send her gifts for when she gets out to a PO BOX: 

SARAYA’S PO BOX

PO BOX 211

MYRTLE POINT, OR 97458

MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT A CRIME. LET’S FREE OUR GIRL SARAYA!!!

Saraya’s website: https://www.justice4saraya.com/

[adventuresoutsidethegenderbinar]

Reminder that black lives will still matter in 2021.

Reminder that people of color face oppression even when it isn’t in the headlines.

Reminder that the fight for justice never stops.

[rootbeerfloats]

[solardrake]

Ohhh my god. he trying to music like a people

[gonna-getcha-boy]

I love the constant pauses and looks like he’s going ‘yeah...? Is this how it’s done...?”

[powerburial]

this cat knows how to play real lounge piano

[dazzlingkai]

[lacetulle]

Michael Cinco | Spring/Summer 2019 Couture

[naramdil]

i hate when girls feel dumb for trying to see the best in people and then end up hurt or disappointed like no!! it’s those people that were dumb for misleading you. they took advantage of your kindness and generosity, and they’ll rot for it 

[dostoyevsky-official]

a report by the university of texas at austin came out showing that 80% of people who died in texas jails from covid were not convicted of a crime, 73% of those who died were eligible for parole, and that deaths occurred at 115% the national rate (x)

[rozomat]

reminder that criminals don’t deserve death either.