What Inspired You Today?

Every day we are surround by brilliant and beautiful people. In our fast paced culture filled with a lot of noise, the best part of life is right under our noses. Humanity: what people are truly made of.
This project was never intended to be a personal site filled my own personal thoughts. Rather I saw (and still see) this as a collaborative effort to inspire each other to simply recognize what we often take for granted: each other.

So how about it? What inspired you today?

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Girl With The Eating Disorder (Contributed by Lindsay)
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Girl With The Eating Disorder (Contributed by Lindsay)
"We are a broken people..."
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“We are a broken people…”
The story goes far beyond the cover
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The story goes far beyond the cover
Dear Girl With Only One Favorite (Contributed by Max)
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Dear Girl With Only One Favorite (Contributed by Max)
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The story goes far beyond the cover

Today’s letter was contributed by Sara-Anne (@sara___anne). Her words remind me that stories are often deeper than what we initially perceive. It is these deeper stories that make humanity so beautifully diverse. Check out more of her writing.

To the girl who thinks it's unfair some kids get extra time taking test because it gives them an advantage and better grade: It is unfair. It's unfair that those kids have mostly struggled until high school until being diagnosed. It's unfair that they study for two hours and still experience test anxiety. It's unfair when they sit down to take the test and only think about how much time they should spend on each question. It's unfair they wonder if they can finish on time and then realize they have just wasted 4 minutes calculating the questions to time and most recalculate, wasting more time. It's unfair when EVERY single noise, smell, or visual stimulation is hyped to their brain. It's unfair when they start hearing book bags zip up and they have not even looked at the last two pages of the test. It's unfair when the other kids are leaving the classroom and they have to decide whether they have time to rush and finish, stay in the class and finish (that is, once they have remembered if the teacher has a class next), or come back later and finish the test (that is, if the certain teacher even allows that). It is unfair when the teacher forgets you have testing accommodations. When you thought they actually "cared" about each student personally. It's unfair when the teacher doesn't understand exactly why you need extra time when some days you can finish a test just like everyone else. It's unfair to try 4 different medicines and 3 dosage differences after experiencing depression, migraines, panic attacks, anxiety, off of appetite, and loss of interest in being with friends. It's unfair when they have to have a million and one papers signed to even have their accommodations approved, and thats after being testing while moving little red blocks around. So to the girl who thinks it is unfair for kids with testing accommodations, it's very unfair. Always remember situations are not always as they seem. There is more to every story than you will know. And loosely joking about the fat kid, the black kid, the short kid, the kid with health issues, and the kid who has testing accommodations actually hurts. Our Creator made everyone different to bring glory to His name, having differences is not bad at all. Being different is a blessing, however it's never ok to let someone take your differences to far and act like they know what is like to have them too.

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  2. “We are a broken people…”
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  4. Humanity is not easily broken (the day the world changed forever)
  5. Dear Girl With Only One Favorite (Contributed by Max)

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