Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness

02.05.18
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Help Raise Funds for a Sensory Room for Autistic Children at Miami Int’l Airport

Leadership Miami’s Team 2 – Miami Beat – is raising funds to build a Sensory Room for Autistic kids at Miami International Airport!

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Support this Cause! 

March 6, 2018 – Connecting for a Cause Fundraiser – $35 donation per person

http://www.miamichamber.com/events/connecting-cause-leadership-miami-fundraiser

For more information on this project, Follow Team Miami Beat on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/Miami-Beat-Leadership-Miami-716114485248766/

Leadership Miami’s Team 2 – Miami Beat – is raising funds to build a Sensory Room at Miami International Airport!

We are pleased to announce that we will be building a Multi-sensory Room at MIA to benefit families traveling with children who suffer from developmental disabilities, such as autism. MIA will be just the third airport in the country with these facilities.

We’re partnering with The Arc of the United States and the UM-NSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities for the clinical/therapeutic aspects of the facility. We’re partnering with YOU to get it finished.

If you are in the Miami area, you are invited to a Shark Tank-style event, Connecting for a Cause, on March 6, 2018, presented by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
https://www.facebook.com/events/966320223532646/

At this time, we need donations to kick-start our purchase of therapy items/inventory for the room. Donations can be made at the following link by scrolling down and clicking on Leadership Miami Team 2’s “Donate” button: http://www.southfloridaprogressfoundation.org/make-a-donat…/

We will be seeking in-kind donations of building supplies, design/artistic talent, and skilled trades in the near future. Feel free to inbox me if you have any questions about the project or how else you can get involved.

02.09.16
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Twits plus 43.

So I made a bet…

If you’ve read my blog, you know what is coming. It’s time for a Twitter count!

A few months ago, I decided time spent coming up with ways to enthrall my virtual followers with stories of my day and my ideas is just too much responsibility. My elaborate plan to gain Twitter followers consisted of this one mantra – DO NOTHING.

Thus, this number represents my total lack of effort at actually forming a Twitter “presence”.

Here’s how it’s going:

As of 2/9/16, the number of Followers I have on Twitter has grown from 426 to 469.

In six months – that’s right – SIX MONTHS – I have gained 43 Followers.

That is Pretty. Darn. Good. For doing NOTHING.

Now, some would say – wow, that really SUCKS! That is sad, sad, SAD. An average of 7.1 new people per month? How can this be good? Shouldn’t you be trying to reach thousands?

Here’s why. People HAVE found my blog and chosen to hit that Follow button based upon content alone. No gimmicks. No effort, chemicals or preservatives added.

My idea was to sit back and see how many new Twitter followers I would gain NATURALLY.

Therefore – SUCCESS!

It’s time to focus on what I did RIGHT that convinced 43 NEW PEOPLE to choose to follow my silly little tweets.

And to do that, I’m giving myself a homework assignment.  I will look up 10 articles on how to naturally increase my Twitter presence, and share my findings. Wish me luck!

Please feel free to COMMENT, as I’m open to suggestions and thoughts.

09.20.14
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Back and Ready to Rock.

I’ve been neglecting my blog for quite some time – “real life” can really interfere with my social media and internet addiction.

It’s definitely time for me to start expressing myself here once again. This tiny corner where I share my thoughts helps put a lot of issues into perspective, and it is simply a comfortable place to VENT sometimes.

There are so many interesting topics surrounding our daily lives. We are living history every day – AMAZING, SCARY, INFURIATING, FUN, CRAZY – you name it, it’s out there and we are all a part of the story.

Some of the topics that interest me are charities and causes, Anti-Bullying, the Arts, social change, mental health awareness, current events, and whatever else may catch my attention (IFLS, after all).

I WELCOME COMMENTS – keeps it interesting. I’m all for open discourse. By no means do I think everyone will share my opinion, but I do hope that people will engage and upgrade the conversation by commenting on a post, or even emailing me directly! We are always learning and growing 🙂

If you want my take on a specific subject, feel free to hit me up! Not sure whether I will have anything of value to say on the subject, but I will try my best.

Fair Warning – I’ve been collecting graphics and memes for as long as I can remember (psp tubes anyone?), and I plan to upload my favorites as often as possible. I also have the tendency to share random photos of my dogs (hey, everyone has their quirks – no apologies).

GERONIMO. That is all.

08.16.13
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An Unquiet Mind – Poem by Angelina Wright

An Unquiet Mind

by Angelina Audrey Anne Wright

Can you imagine a head that would never shut off?
Can you imagine a mind that remained active far after the body required rest?
Can you imagine if you ran a million miles an hour 24 hrs. a day?
How could you ever find what is best?
I have an illness called Bipolar disorder, making me CRAZY by society.
Having a disorder that makes this happen is no gift.
Bipolar and a rapid cycle is a curse beyond what most could handle.
It will cause a huge rift
In the life of anyone who has this illness, ask me how I know……
My life is a disorganized chaotic mess I wade my way threw each day.
I hate the fact that my memory is shot. I hate the fact that some things make no sense.
I hate the fact that without my friends and love sometimes I have a hard time finding a way
To want to live to want to go on… sometimes my mind is so clouded I have not a clue.
I lose sight of me and who I am
I just want to lie down and give up the fight…
However my unquiet mind has its good days and it too wants to find the way
To settle these crazy differences that nobody else can see and make them right.
An unquiet mind some days is far clearer than those who are looking in…
I just wish the world would not judge who I am inside.
And understand I am just trying to survive the chaos in my head…
And quit making me want to hide…
Angie
©Angelina Wright

Submitted to FB Group ‘Living with Bipolar Disorder’

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