Lisa Penney

#motivationmonday #mondaymotivaton #resilience #copingskills #stressmanagement #mindset

So, rest when you need it. Then get up. Keep going. Because when you're in the middle of hell, there is no going around, only through. You know things can be better than this. And your #determination is what will bring it to pass.

You might be in hell now, but you don’t have to stay there. You are not a helpless deer. You can create the circumstances you want for yourself, for the world. But not if you just sit there.

If you’re feeling #overwhelmed, it’s okay to #pause and rest where you are in that awful place. Just don’t fall for the story that “this is all there is” and set up camp there.

Most of us are familiar with the fight or flight reaction to #stress, but there is a 3rd reaction: freeze. Like a deer in headlights, we freeze when we perceive a threat that is overwhelming and imminent. And we all know how well that worked out for the deer.

Sometimes, we look around at our circumstances, at the world and it’s bad. Really bad. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in those moments, to believe that this is all there is. But that story is only half true. This is all there is… right now.

< Jaime Montana Cook is at Sackets Harbor Central School. 5h • Message from the Sackets Harbor Principal As the principal of these students, I need to speak plainly. Our three students who were taken by ICE were doing everything right. They had declared themselves to immigration judges, attended court on their assigned dates, and were following the legal process. They are not criminals. They have no ties to any criminal activity. They are loved in their classrooms. Their family has worked at the nearby "Old McDonald's" petting zoo and dairy farm for 15 years. They lived in a house on the same road as a home ICE had a warrant for. The fact that ICE went door to door is unfathomable. The fact that our students were handcuffed and put into the same van as the alleged criminal from down the street is unconscionable. When I think of my third grader's experience, my stomach twists and it is hard to breathe. We are in shock-and it is that shared shock that has unified our community in the call for our students' release. We are in direct communication with our students. Let me be clear: they are not "being medically evaluated." They are not being "questioned as potential victims." Calling a detention center by another name does not change what it is. We deserve better than spin and misinformation. My teachers and my students are already hurting. Please, think about how long every hour feels for a third grader in a detention center. The wait had already been too long a week ago. I have no other agenda. Please release my students and their mother back to our community. Jaime Cook Prek-12 Principal Sackets Harbor, NY

Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.

Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:

Enough is enough. The power of the people is greater than the people in power. It's time we used it. Find an event near you at handsoff2025.com

#handsoff #resist #corybooker

To our USA friends. Good luck with the April 5 protest. As friends, Canadians 🇨🇦 stand with you

The Virginia state flag is fierce. "Thus always to tyrants"
#resist #Virginia

American women friends. Are you aware one of the policies listed in the SAVE Act, the GOP are pushing through, is that women’s birth certificate names must match your current name. All of it. Changed your name when you got married? You won’t be able to vote.

Call your Congress members!

Closing rural post offices will do the same thing that closing rural schools has done: Empty out rural towns.

Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity.

It’s been the plan for decades.

A Change of Heart? Why Individual-Level Public Opinion Shifted Against Trump’s “Muslim Ban” - Political Behavior Public opinion research suggests that rapid and significant individual-level fluctuations in opinions toward various policies is fairly unexpected absent methodological artifacts. While this may gener...

Many “savvy” folks argue protests can’t work. Evidence suggests otherwise.

“Muslim ban set off a fury of protests across US, garnering tremendous media attention and discussion… Portraying ‘Ban’ at odds with inclusive elements of American identity prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes…”

18 U.S.C. § 793(f) makes it a federal crime to for people entrusted with information related to the national defense to, with gross negligence, disclose it to others in violation of that trust.

We Can’t Give In to Fear From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.

I hope you read, really consider its implications, and share it widely.

"It is often said: When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. If that is true, then only weeks into Donald Trump’s four-year term, we are approaching tyranny."

#coping #resilience #courage #sanity #mindfulness #resilience #criticalthinking #grit #intellectualhumility #yesyoucan

How to Find Your Mind After You've Lost It My greatest achievement most days is finding my mind after I’ve lost it. When I say I’ve “lost my mind,” I mean my mind is caught up in a strong current of thoughts or emotions.

Having dealt with a lot of #anxiety in my life, I've learned a thing or two and hope what I've discovered helps you too.
Follow the link below 👇to my LinkedIn article
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My greatest achievement most days is finding my mind after I’ve lost it.
I've been thinking about this topic for a few years now and want to share my thoughts since it seems so many are losing their minds these days.

The US Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins

"This virus is versatile. This virus is mutating. And it is surely infecting more people than we think."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

I wrote my thesis on barrier islands. Guess geomorphology is too woke for grants now.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Tmobile is in beta stage to offer Starlink to its customers. I contacted TMobile and told them if they didn't cancel the contract with starlink, I would move my mobile service to another carrier. You can contact them through their app & the CEO is on Twitter @mikesievert.

Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.
#dailywisdom #inspiration #believe #resist #evolve #werenotgoingback #yeswecan #loveisnotweak

#inspiration #resist #yeswecan #mindset #believe #dailywisdom