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little-brownbook: umistakemeforstraight: fearfullittleloverr: A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?”Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.” She continued, “The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything.”It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down! I think this just changed my life. Wow!
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A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?”

Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.” She continued, “The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything.”

It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!

I think this just changed my life.

Wow!

Help send Tenzin to Camp Aranu'tiq!

I know this kid!, He goes to the school I work at.  Smart, funny, and a sweet kid. Help if you can.

tatianaiseverywhere:

Help send ABQ PRIDE’S 2013 YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Recipient, Tenzin, to camp! Tenzin Gio Malaika Huisman, 8 years old, is a shining example of courage. His willingness to be himself no matter the odds has been inspiring to all those around him. He …

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Help send ABQ PRIDE’S 2013 YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Recipient, Tenzin, to camp!

Tenzin Gio Malaika Huisman, 8 years old, is a shining example of courage. His willingness to be himself no matter the odds has been inspiring to all those around him. He has always stood for truth and authenticity. He has chosen to come out as transgender in his life because as he told his mother, “Mama, I feel like I’m lying and I want to tell the truth.” He not only lives with integrity in his family and community but also in very public ways. Tenzin has shared his story with public audiences on television and has also been the first to successfully gain the right to compete as a transgender boy in USA Gymnastics sanctioned competitions.

From Tenzin’s Mother:

Tenzin will be attending Camp Aranu’tiq June 29th - July 6th and in order for it to happen I am going to need help funding this adventure for him.Camp Aranu’tiq is a week long, overnight summer camp for transgender and gender-variant youth ages 8 - 15, with locations in New England and California. It’s a place where life experiences are shared and lifelong friendships are made. for more info:

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Summer Camp for Transgender and Gender-Variant Youth ages 8 through 15 | Camp Aranu’tiq

Camp Aranu’tiq is a weeklong overnight summer camp for transgender and gender-variant youth ages 8 through 15.

http://www.camparanutiq.org/

It is my hope that you and/or your organizations would be willing to join our effort as donors and sponsors. One way that you may be able to help is to be willing to cover the cost of one aspect of this trip like airfare, car rental, camp fee, etc. Contact us directly for details on any particular budget item you may want to help cover.

Another possibility is to be a matching donor who matches up to a certain cash amount of donations.

We will be fundraising primarily through Facebook and face-to-face in the community.

Any other ideas that you have or other ways that you could be involved would be fantastic.

The following organizations have already graciously joined our efforts as sponsors:
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living

I truly appreciate all the support the community has already given Tenzin and our family and I thank you in advance for your help with Camp Aranu’tiq.

With love and gratitude,
one proud mama!
Amani Malaika 

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Politicizing Tragedy and the Aurora Theater Shooting

There is nothing like an actual monstrous act to demonstrate the silliness of our tendency to reduce one another to caricature. Shortly after the shooting, the website of the late Andrew Breitbart published speculation, quickly hyped by conservative internet maven Matt Drudge, that the suspect in the the shooting was a registered Democrat. With no apparent sense of irony, the website later published an “exclusive” press release from a Tea Party group criticizing ABC News’ Brian Ross, who made the outrageous decision to speculate publicly that the suspect might have been involved with a local Tea Party organization. I don’t know Ross’ political views, so I can only describe his actions as inexcusably reckless. (ABC later apologized.)

To look at the the frightened eyes of the survivors in Aurora, and see only our own intrinsic goodness, and our political enemies’ implacable evil, is the most impenetrable vanity. It’s not politics, it’s just tribalism. And it’s grotesque. But we shouldn’t mistake this kind of pettiness for politics itself, which is far too important an arena to cede to those who are incapable of seeing a tragedy and wondering, above all, what it says about themselves. We should be talking about why this happened, and what, if anything, can be done to prevent it from happening again. 

National tragedies are political. They’re too important not to be. 

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