♡ here’s a reminder that you deserve rest.

♡ you deserve to be in peace. you don’t have to be working hard all the time.

♡ take breaks, take care of yourself.

♡ every now and then, drink some water and just sit down and take care.

♡ you are doing amazing. well done!

Yesterday, Regan Russell was killed. 

She was at Fearman’s Pork slaughterhouse with @torontopigsave​ for a regular vigil. During these vigils the activists have an agreement with the slaughterhouse where the trucks stop outside for 2 minutes, so the activists can approach and give the pigs water and show them some comfort (animals in transportation are not given access to any water for up to 36 hours).⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ However, one of the truck drivers ran Regan over and killed her. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Her last moments were spent showing compassion towards the non-human animals that society turns away from. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Her last moments were spent caring for the most vulnerable.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Her last moments were spent standing up for what’s right. ⁣ ⁣⁣ When you stand outside of these slaughterhouses you hear animals screaming for their life. You see horrific suffering and unimaginable pain inside those trucks. But Regan didn’t ever turn away, she was there every week for the pigs. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ She stood up against injustice and used her voice to raise awareness about the suffering of others since 1979. We must now use our voices to amplify this same message, to pay our respects to Regan, to honour her memory and to stand up for those who are suffering.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Regan was killed just a few days after the agricultural gag (“ag gag”) law, Bill 156, was passed in Ontario. Bill 156 exists to prevent activists from filming animal suffering on farms and during transport, making it illegal to do so.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Rest in peace Regan, I’m so, so sorry.

Negative thought: I am not good enough.

Replacement: I am worthy of achieving anything that I wish to. My worthiness does not have any boundaries or limits.

negative thought: i need to make a good impression.

replacement: i can only be myself and what other people make of it is up to them.

♡︎ what someone else thinks about you is none of your business - they own their own thoughts and you can’t control them.

♡︎ live your life for yourself, peoples opinions are just added noise and will inhibit you from making the right decisions for yourself.

♡︎ people who can’t deal with their opinions project them onto you. they see that you are flourishing and say “she thinks she’s all that”

♡︎ you cant control other people’s opinions but you can control how you respond

♡︎ you cant force everybody to encounter you or perceive you in a certain way, there’ll always be somebody with a negative opinion.

♡︎ own your choices and be confident in them

negative thought: I feel ugly, therefore I must be ugly.

replacement: I cannot grasp the extent of my beauty. Only things that are imperfect, incomplete and ephemeral can truly be beautiful, because only those things resemble the natural world.

♡︎ recognise that everybody’s life is not yours. different people were given different opportunities for a purpose.

♡︎ not focusing on your own path will cause you to crash and not grow as an individual

♡︎ comparing your accomplishments will mean you don’t enjoy them as much & it’ll fuel others to compete with you

♡︎ if you loved and appreciated yourself inside and out, what somebody else has would never affect you

♡︎ someone else’s light shining will never dim your own

♡︎ you need to depend on you and only you because at the end of the day, you’re the only person who’s always going to be there for you

♡︎ no matter how great somebody’s life seems on the outside, you never know what is happening behind closed doors

♡︎ being a hater is just plain ugly

♡︎ be happy for other people, but don’t let it consume you

some gentle reminders:

walk away from and unfollow people who make you feel negative towards yourself.

be kind to yourself. be proud of yourself. you matter. you make a difference.

don’t change who you are just so people will like you.