Finding the calm in the chaos
The weight of the world is held in silence. The path to knowledge begins in silence. Many times, our power is in our ability to be silent. This year has been a transformative year for me, and it's only August. For much of my life, I have been a silent observer. Somehow in recent years,… Continue reading Silence.
Society has a way of making us feel less than if we are not striving towards making more money or having more things. When it is all around, taught to us from birth and enforced by everyone around us, it is so easy to get caught up in the material world and forget the power… Continue reading Remember your Power
Lately, I have seen many of my mom friends posting memes or pictures containing a quote similar to: "Don't tell mom she looks tired because she already knows. Tell her she's doing a great job because she may not know." It's true. We go about our lives, thinking the worse of ourselves. We only see… Continue reading You are…
I quit. I quit trying to fit in. We're conditioned to think that being "in" is what's best when in reality resisting conformity passes the test. I quit. I quit trying to join in with segregated groups-- these organized groups commitment to one view and one way and that is never how I feel on… Continue reading I Quit.
I am in the middle of reading this wonderfully painful book titled Someone knows my name by Lawrence Hill. This book is a fiction based on a historic document called ‘The book of Negros,’ which lists over three thousand names of black loyalist to the British who were relocated to Nova Scotia, Canada. This story shatters my… Continue reading Someone Knows my Name…
Humans are motivated by money and power. The higher the price or power, the more likely there will be people fight against one another or support the suppressing of others to gain more. If we wanted the world to be great, we need to look at the things we lack and put value in those… Continue reading The cost of living…
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