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Stars → Inheritance
God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot changethe courage to change the things I canand the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time,enjoying one moment at a time.Accepting hardships as the pathway to … Continue reading
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Mud → Lotus
“Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow. There can be no lotus flower without the mud.” —Thich Nhat Hahn No mud, no lotus I don’t remember … Continue reading
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Grounded
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.” —Marcus Garvey A memory: I was grounded. I was maybe in 5th grade? I was young. The infraction I don’t remember because it wasn’t memorable. It wasn’t anything … Continue reading
Reading
“And a month after this, James Blouis, our landlord’s son was attending High School, and was very fond of grandmother, so she asked him to give me a few lessons, which he did until the middle of 1861, when the … Continue reading
Control
“The body is a sacred garment.” —Martha Graham While working a part-time job at a country store, I enrolled at the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA), same as my sister. We would both become the first in our family … Continue reading
$9/hour
“Never forget, people DIED for the eight hour workday.” –Rebecca Gordon Calculating how many hours it will take to survive In college I worked several jobs at once. I meticulously tracked and logged how many hours I worked across all … Continue reading
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Tagged care, empathy, life, minimum-wage, poverty, working-hard, working-poor, writing
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Hardship
“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.” —Harriet Tubman … Continue reading
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Tagged family, growth, hardship, harriet-tubman, life, tenacity
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Vulnerability
“I’m not going to hide from what’s true just because it hurts.” —Toni Morrison Amygdala lovefeast Feeling vulnerable, feeling open to harm, to attack, to criticism, isn’t something many of us delight in. Certainly, our very old, very loving amygdala … Continue reading
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Tagged amygdala, health, meditation, mental-health, personal-growth, power, vulnerability
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Anger
“I believe in anger. Anger’s like fire, it can burn out all the dross and leave some positive things.” —Maya Angelou* Pulling the anger card In my introduction to You Talk About Race Too Much, I note the project came … Continue reading
Introducing: You Talk About Race Too Much—a photo writing project
Too little A section of a recent interview of writer, sociologist and MacArthur Fellow, Tessie McMillan Cotton, from my viewpoint, went viral. I’ll paraphrase the clip of the interview. Professor McMillan Cotton noted that many people are feeling fatigued about … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, art, black-history-month, Food recovery, Food Recovery Network
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Hybrid Nation 