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Keep light and grace by design, by Renike!
Light and grace are my inspiration as we round up this year. Light because 2021 has been a year of darkness. A year of death. A year of sorrow. A year of pain. I experienced this kind of pain in 2020. But it burrowed more deeply into my marrow in 2021. I am choosing to…
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Keep thoughts on death and a life once lived!
I have been wondering out loud what people may say if they came to my funeral. No I’m not dying. But death is inevitable. My grandma died this past week 25 years ago. Her death is forever in my memories. My first death experience too. The first time I knew death existed was the day…
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Keep shooting your shot!
I smiled when I saw a video of Keke Palmer this morning. It was a video, a masterclass even on how to shoot your shot with what you want. Keke Palmer was on the view and she took the time on live TV to ask Whoopi Goldberg if she could be an actress on Sister…
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Keep writing as self-care!
One of my favorite magazines of late is Breathe. It’s optimism infused with wellness, kindness, mindfulness and inspirations actually helps me breathe. I usually have it by my nightstand and every now and then I pick it up to become focused on what matters for me. Today, creativity that cures. Finding opportunities for self care,…
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Keep the light of fall season!
I know a master painter. His greatest painting are in the fall. Near trees vibrant and tall. And leaves bright and small. He paints my light to shine above all.
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Keep stories with implementation science and cancer research in Africa.
I presented at the 2021 AORTIC Cancer research in Africa. There was a pre-conference the past two days and I was asked to lead this morning with a discussion on why implementation science research for cancer in Africa. What many people do not know was that the invitation which came July 12, came exactly one…
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Keep being in service to people with research!
‘Currently the scientific process is doing a major disservice to patients and society.’ That was the conclusion of a paper that popped on my Twitter field today. It’s like the entire universe is conspiring to say something to all of us in this field and I am so here for it. The authors led by…
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Keep a sense of urgency with public health!
There was a time when we had a sense of urgency in public health. When this urgency spread through all we did. We had a sense of urgency with our history. A sense of urgency for severe miseries. A sense of urgency with racism. A sense of urgency with poverty. A sense of urgency with…
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Keep knowing ‘the past is present’ with public health!
In 1968, Dr. Morris Schaefer, a Professor and Head of Department of Public Health at UNC, Chapel Hill wrote a striking paper about the current issues in delivering better health services. He presented it at the 95th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association and many of what he shared then resonates with the…
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Keep struggle!
In a 1987 interview with Chris Searle, Chinua Achebe shared why it took him nearly 15 years before he wrote his next novel ‘Anthills of the Savannah.’ It’s is one of my favorite of all his books for his critical stance on the significance of the story. The story, according to Achebe, is ‘our escort…
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Keep going close to lions!
Go close to lions, even if afraid, at least you’ll be close to lions. Reach above the stars, even if you fall, at least you’ll land on stars. Run fast with wild deers. Even if you loose, at least you ran with deers. Fly high with eagles, even if you tire, at least you flew…
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Keep moments of light!
Light slowly starts to seep in, during: Moments of intense smear, turned Moments of intense fear, which birth Moments of intense tear, that lead to Moments of intense here and now, of Moments of intense revere, that opened Moments of intense clear, for you, As your light slowly starts to seeps in. Keep these moments…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 