"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." ~ Melody Beattie
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My dear friend’s niece, Shubhashree, is fighting an unimaginably hard battle against acute leukemia. This fundraiser is her fighting chance: to be pain-free, to recover completely, and to run alongside the limitless imagination she has for her life.
Your support, whether through a donation or by sharing her story, can help make that future possible. Together, we can give her the tomorrow she so deserves.
Thank you sincerely. Below is the link.
https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-child-of-bipash-roy-chowdhury
For Valentine's Day, I send my best wishes to all of you. You may just be small images on my screen, but you bring so much love, information, ideas, and opinions into my life. #ValentinesDay #Love #Gratitude #Community #Ideas #Connection #SocialMedia
Nature's offering - a beautiful Gerbera daisy with soft petals and elegance. A reminder of all the beauty that surrounds us.
https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/natures-beauty-renata-natale.html
#NaturePhotograhpy #beauty #peace #healingart #daisies #Photography #MastoArt #buyintoart #gratitude #Flowers
As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.
#appreciation #accessibility #altbot #alttext #blind #blindness #fediverse #gratitude #images #inclusivity #peoplewhocare #pictures #technology
I love this song. As a song, it holds me in a trace. As nostalgia it recalls such a terribly bittersweet age and time. Without a doubt the worst days of my life which held some of the hardest truth I have experienced. But I survived and I transformed in that survival. It took me to a place in life I didn't know existed but I was starving for.
Helping others is the highest calling. If you can, help another person. It is the best thing you can do for yourself.
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This Saturday, the 24th, will mark exactly three years since I ran away from home to join the Fediverse!
In the 1095 days betwixt, I have learned a ton from y'all, grown so much as a person, had a bunch of adventures, and changed most of my life 
Some of the highlights were:
- ⚧️ discovering I'm nonbinary
- 💞 surviving a suicide attempt
- 🧠 writing a cool paper on autism diagnosis
- 🏃🏼♀️ leaving my abusive marriage
- ❤️🩹 doing suicide prevention check-ins with folx
- 🔞 becoming an adult content creator
- 😘 dating a few Fedi folx
- ❤️ meeting my two amazing partners
- 🔓 becoming RedTeamTools' brand ambassador
- 
making the TeslaFire emoji
- 💝 meeting like 100 Fedi folx IRL
- 🐈 saving a cat
- 🩸 paying a street medic's medical bills
- ❤️🔥 founding @AltAfterDark
- 🐟 saving a couple big fish from a net
- 🩹 helping multiple people recover from surgeries
- 🤯 being followed by over 7000 of you
- 🫠 getting fan art & music from y'all
- 🤘 learning electric guitar & bass
And *all*¹ of those were only possible because of you. Thank you. Thank you so, so much.
¹ I'm sure this list is missing a ton of things 😅²
² I'm running out of emoji 😋
(way more than) #ThreeGoodThings #Gratitude #Fediversary #ThankYou