[supmock-blog]

2 of the best books I've ever read

[deletingmyself]

[staypozitive]

[erynlou-deactivated20201121]

cutting ties

[theogstevemt]

it was about damn time.

[myhappynessisthis]

Know what my favorite part of this is? That one only has ties on a small part of their body whereas the other is tied all along one side up to the face, meaning one person is not quite as invested in the relationship as the other. Even better thought, the one with most ties is the one with the scissors. Im so glad they’ve built up the courage to leave even if it means cutting out a larger part out of their life than the other.

[cyberbullier]

After Ann Coulter referred to President Obama as a “retard” in a tweet during Monday night’s presidential debate, Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens penned her this open letter:

Dear Ann Coulter, Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult? I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night. I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have. Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next. Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift. Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more. After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV. I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash. Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor. No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much. Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.

A friend you haven’t made yet,

John Franklin Stephens

Global Messenger Special Olympics Virginia

[inspiration-daily]

[psych-facts]

Generate a good attitude, a good heart. Happiness in both the short term and the long term for yourself and others will come.

Dalai Lama (via psych-facts)

[icanread]

[notbecauseofvictories]

entelecheia — in the philosophy of Aristotle, the condition of a thing whose essence is fully realized [x]

[minimal-pulse]

[elenamorelli]

[homedesigning]

(via Rupert Murdoch’s new home in New York: A $57M 4-Floor Penthouse)

[psych-facts]

Nothing will bring you peace until you fulfill the calling in your heart.

(via psych-facts)

[sixpenceee]

Volcanic ash being hit by sunset. This is Volcán Puyehue, in Chile.

[fresh-mind-fresh-day-deactivate]

[rainydestiel]

SHES SO TALENTED

[staypozitive]

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

Oprah Winfrey (via staypozitive)