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Keep Black History!
Read more: Keep Black History!Some words are unforgettable. Like black, history. These words will make you regret the day you lacked clarity for words clear and deep. Those different and free. The purpose of words, like a mountain, are to help you rise, struggle but rise, still pushing against air till you bleed their essence.
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Keep knowing that you are stronger than you seem!
Read more: Keep knowing that you are stronger than you seem!Things will fall into their place. One by one. We pull and uproot. Seed and plant. Then reassemble as we root out things out of place. So let it burrow deep. Let it remind you still. Of all the ways you are stronger than you seem. For you are stronger than you seem. No one…
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Keep being like a broom!
Read more: Keep being like a broom!They say a broom has no value, yet everyday, people look around their house for a broom or something close to it to sweep their homes. The depths of a broom are so deep, that when you done using it, it goes back to being itself, a broom in silence and peaceful simplicity. Imagine being…
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Keep this light
Read more: Keep this lightYou will turn into something inexplicable, like the sun and its flowers, the moon and its showers, when you make yourself, light.
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Keep being seen with your stories!
Read more: Keep being seen with your stories!I have been thinking lately about seeing and being seen. Photos for example, are moments in time that enable us to see, the subject, their stance, their worldview, whether good or bad. All of it are captured in an image that enables the eyes to see. It’s an art form too that illustrates a certain…
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Keep being present!
Read more: Keep being present!There is this believe that all stories are true. Some have magic to their name and can do wonders to transport you from this realm to another. There are some stories portrayed as the best. We are assured in the praise songs that they are indeed the best. They can open up worlds from which…
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Keep what matters!
Read more: Keep what matters!These days I am learning much from how children work together. My kids are finally in the chore phase of our lives where everyone has something to do each day. Today’s dishes belonged to my son and he would rather we go downstairs to watch movies. The other kids just picked up and began their…
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Keep these thoughts
Read more: Keep these thoughtsSome people fear life. Others face it in a haste. Some struggle through all its phases. Others choose to fall like leaves. I don’t know how to forget. Not when my peace is involved. Forgive I can try. But to forget, no. I know that this phase will bring struggles. It’s a revolution after all.…
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Keep all your tears, those full of wonder, as you reflect on your dreams!
Read more: Keep all your tears, those full of wonder, as you reflect on your dreams!Today, I get to reflect a bit about my journey to light. I get to sit first with myself and ask my dear self, why did we create all this? Tears are flowing. Who even asked us to be the light, to spread it and love it as if it was air. I am trying…
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Keep sleeping well Papa!
Read more: Keep sleeping well Papa!I am mesmerized by the impact of death. How it’s sting lingers even as years go by? Nearly 15 years ago today, my dearest Papa became my ancestor. Whenever this day appears yearly, we are transported to that very moment when death became our friend. I call it a friend because when you have lost…
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Keep writing beyond yourself!
Read more: Keep writing beyond yourself!“You have an interesting take on things. You ought to write a book.” These words were once spoke to the late great Toni Cade Bambara, author of one of my favorite books including the one simply entitled “Black Woman.” She once shared how she had been writing stories long before she could spell. She never…
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Keep words sweet as honey!
Read more: Keep words sweet as honey!May your knowledge be like the Nile, your words blaze like a torch. May they build and plant. And like honey, remain sweet. May your words be like the morning star. Shining through the world like a full moon. May they be like roses in springtime. Lillies besides a stream. May they be like olives,…
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