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Poem: Beauty Cannot Kill It
Read more: Poem: Beauty Cannot Kill ItDearest Duchess.I hope you see It.I hope you see It clearly now.That thing.That thing that beauty cannot kill.You assumedas many of us havethat once they encounteredyour poiseand Gracethat you would no longer have to face It.Not there.Not in a royal place.Not with the entire world in your face watching.Not with the paparazzi gawking. As they began talkingyou…
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Don’t Give Up on Bringing Your Dopeness into the World!
Read more: Don’t Give Up on Bringing Your Dopeness into the World!It is your time. If there ever was a moment for you to actualize love, justice and liberation in your life, like Kenny Loggins sang “This is It (or was that Michael McDonald?)!
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Poem: She Who Names the Flames
Read more: Poem: She Who Names the FlamesWhat you couldn’t comprehend was the fact that those very same flames were the very exact same ones my Ancestors taught me to tame.
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In the Conflict
Read more: In the ConflictAs has been the case with our Syrian sisters and brothers and their children, what matters are your families, your safety, your livelihood and yes, your voices. Once the fight is over, rebuilding will be work for you and the generations to come to embark upon. The labor will seem never ending and met with…
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It’s Ok If You Can’t Do This.
Read more: It’s Ok If You Can’t Do This.As I sat there attempting to complete a task that I had done numerous times for myself but totally baffled all the molecules in my body right then, it all came flooding at me. The pandemic. The divorce. The isolation. The uncertainty. The exhaustion. The expectations. All of it. Then, I heard myself say the…
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Are You Open to Aha! Moments?
Read more: Are You Open to Aha! Moments?Whether they are epiphanies regarding your job, relationships inside or outside of your home, or even a new venture you are embarking upon, give yourself permission to take it in, roll it around in your head and heart, learn from it and chart your course!
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Love, “The Dream” & Healing Our Worlds
Read more: Love, “The Dream” & Healing Our WorldsOn this day, the day before we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and all those that fought with him, re-member the relationship between justice, liberation and love (and the fact that all 3 start at home).
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Don’t Let Your Dreams be Just Dreams
Read more: Don’t Let Your Dreams be Just DreamsLet these words encourage you to not just dream, but to dream BIG. Dream for those you represent. Dream for the next generation. Dream for Dream because you have the freedom to do so.
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The Gift of Acceptance
Read more: The Gift of AcceptanceThank you for the kind responses to my last reflections on my mother’s life. I greatly appreciate each of you for being a part of this virtual transformative learning circle wherever you may be in the world. My hope is that by sharing my learnings (and unlearnings) I am supporting the reflective process of our…
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What Are the Stories of Your Petals?
Read more: What Are the Stories of Your Petals?As I hear Tupac’s truth through his beautiful metaphor of the rose that grew from concrete, while taking in both Nikki’s associated poem and the quote about change; I am led to the only question I have for us: What are the stories of your petals?
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Poem: She Stays
Read more: Poem: She StaysShe stay creating transforming destruction into art. She stay owning what she does and all that she is and stay giving from her heart.
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Are You Tired of Wearing a Mask?
Read more: Are You Tired of Wearing a Mask?Maya Angelou’s words found me when I was 15-years-old and have traveled life with me for more than three decades. I have long admired her brilliance with words. However, it was the way she was able to write herself back into her personhood (while living a very colorful and well textured life) that made me…
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