#take courage

This little rubber duck symbolizes my first completed ladies bible study with my West Texan Sisters in Christ. The study series was titled “Take Courage”, and oh how much it encouraged me as an artsy, Daughter of God!!! 🎨🥰

I know struggling with anxiety or depression that is too hard to deal. I really feel you and so do I because I used to it.

I know you are frightened because of what's happening to you, others maybe feel the same way too but choosing to hide it because of also the judgements of this world. I wanna tell you something that I hope gives you courage.

Whatever people will tell you I know you're listening but you are too blind to absorb what they wanna try to tell you and that is because of the anxiety/depression you have. Starting the day that you got the anxiety/depression, it's too hard to cope up kasi nga dumadating pa din yung mga oras na you're happy temporarily but suddenly kapag mag isa ka na lang wala ka ng maramdaman na peace. Ang nararamdaman mo lang is what inside of you, which is the anxiety/depression through emotions and your mental health problems.

Shouldn't farmer's markets be more common?

Why do we allow concrete food deserts

Where one day a week we get to talk to our neighbors who grow sustainable local food?

Sit with that for a second.

I don't know what the rest of this shit is. The windowless food centers. That exist only in rich white neighborhoods. Guarded by men with guns.

Sit with that. It is evil.

So as we begin building the post capitalist world that is failing around us. Lets center each other. Ask what you can do. It doesn't have to be big.

Can you grow anything? Then do it. And make enough to share.

Is there a farmers market near you? Use it.

Is there someone with a local coffee stand? Use it.

Look them in the eyes and smile when you exchange goods and services. This is the old way. This is how it should be.

The act of resistance is our defining act as human beings. To say "No, I will not stand for that." I will not colude, collaborate, negotiate, I will not compromise. To say to the enemies of freedom "You are wrong." To resist, whatever the cost.

Battling Anxiety: Day 137

"We're rising up with courage in our hearts."