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Keep rest
I am overwhelmed and tired. Trying to stay focused but exhausted. I feel like I am running a race that never ends. I want it to end, but I keep running. There will be days like this I am told. Today is one of those days, I see. Nothing brilliant to say expect that all…
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Keep remembering Toni Cade Bambara.
I came across a remembrance of the phenomenal Toni Cade Bambara written by the unconquerable bell hooks. There was so much to unpack that I felt the need to rephrase all that stood out for me to keep. Few have ever written as brilliant as Toni Bambara. Even Toni Morrison once described her as brilliant.…
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Keep knowing that the source of health is never outside!
I am re-reading Toni Cade Bambara’s The Salteaters, and I am struck by this line in the book ‘the source of health is never outside.’ The book itself is always worth a read but the idea of all you need for health nestled within you has always made me feel whole. Two days ago, my…
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Keep knowing that we are all storytellers!
I see things differently with each passing day. I know things differently too. Where one thing stands, another thing will stand right beside it. That was Achebe’s thing. I get that. Also that the storyteller is the eagle’s feather. It’s all he spoke about. I am also seeing that our focus on certain things like…
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Keep knowing you can do anything!
I know that girl. I see the light in her eyes every time she remembers she can do anything. She may not know how to be brave in the moment. May not know what to say or how to fight back in the moment. But when she remembers her mother’s voice, she knows she can…
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Keep blooming in Spring like Callery Pear Tree!
I hear you are very persistent. Prone to reinvade even when removed. I hear you are highly resilient. Thick dense branches push out others who compete with you for water, soil, space, sun. I hear some call you invasive. Birds love your fruit, spread your seeds and you rise up unbidden again. But I see…
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Keep blooming like red maple trees.
There is a red maple tree I often see. It’s finally coming in full bloom for Spring. Finally turning around for this season. All I can say is God must be smiling. For who wouldn’t when you see such red beauty becoming it’s own again. Even birds in the skies marvel at how the tree…
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Keep trust like children!
We all know trust is hard. It evades. Drowns in oceans and disappears. It’s steady if you have it. Old people seek it. Young people ignore it. But children elevate it, create new possibilities with it. Even if they are drowning. They trust they’ll never sink. Not when the ocean loves them back. To know…
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Keep moments with God, Part 5!
My son told me yesterday, he would buy me flowers forever when he gets older. I smiled. He is only five and still reminds me of God every time I look in his eyes. I forgot to pen one more moment with him as he turned 5 back in February. He reminded me of why…
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Keep the lessons of meltdowns!
Everyone that loves you know the outbursts is not in your voice. Hands flaring. Nose glaring. The outbursts are not by choice. Pitch getting loud, redirection leading to nowhere. These outbursts are only noise. For a mind overflowing with visions of sunsets, and Orion and dreams of a little star that could, even as tears…
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Keep rising!
That which is deep within us rises. Through dreams upon dreams, lifts up. Through shrouds of darkness too, continues an ascent. Until unseen visions take to the air, like eagles and soar. I see mountains. No turning back. My week has been nothing short of chaotic. If I didn’t know I was obsessed with grant…
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Keep failure!
When you have so very far to go, like miles to go, do not be afraid to fail. No one who has ever dreamed, has ever set aside the possibilities of failure. Like a third eye, failure is always lurking around, always inclined to teach a lesson. Be firm still and know it’s going to…
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