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Knowledge is Power and Power is Dangerous

Are you woke? Have you been accused of being woke? Are you anti-woke? Just what is wokeness, anyway?

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Bethune-Cookman University’s founder, Mary McLeod Bethune, is one of America’s most inspirational daughters. Educator. National civil rights pioneer and activist. Champion of African American women’s rights and advancement. Advisor to Presidents of the United States. The first in her family not to be born into slavery, she became one of the most influential women of her generation.

Dr. Bethune famously started the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training Institute for Negro Girls on October 3, 1904 with $1.50, vision, an entrepreneurial mindset, resilience and faith in God. She created “pencils” from charred wood, ink from elderberries, and mattresses from moss-stuffed corn sacks. Her first students were five little girls and her five-year-old son, Albert Jr. In less than two years, the school grew to 250 students. Recognizing the health disparities and lack of medical treatment available to African Americans in Daytona Beach, she also founded the Mary McLeod Hospital and Training School for Nurses, which at the time was the only school of its kind that served African American women on the east coast.

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is a result of an early effort of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. to erect a monument to King.[23] King was a member of the fraternity, initiated into the organization via Sigma Chapter on June 22, 1952,[24] while he was attending Boston University completing his doctoral studies

The street address for the memorial is 1964 Independence Avenue SW in Washington, D.C. 

The address "1964" was chosen as a direct reference to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a milestone in the Civil Rights Movement in which King played an important role.

The centerpiece for the memorial is based on a line from King's "I Have A Dream" speech: "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.

" To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words - Abigail Adams "

Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is sometimes considered to have been a Founder of the United States, and is now designated as the second first lady of the United States, although this title was not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women to have been married to one U.S. president and the mother of another.[1]

As much as we may want to deny it, self-confidence comes from within not from outside sources. In order for us to perform optimally we need to have the self-confidence that we can succeed and that we are worthy of succeeding.

Stephanie Simpson is an Artist, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, and the author of the “21 Day Stress Management Workbook: A Holistic, Interactive Guide to Re-Defining Your Relationship to Stress.”

We're meant to reach these epiphanies in life in order to focus on the right things rather than the wrong things. The reason why Winston Churchill once said that, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal — it is the courage to continue that counts,” was because it does take true courage to keep pushing forward.

Do we really know what we are talking about.  Chopping it up about Disney vs DeSantis, Women's rights?  Elon's Twitter, Electric cars and more.  Does this make any sense to you?

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

This   encourages a focus on achieving a clear sense of your own identity. It is an important part of mental toughness in that you create real clarity for yourself and those around you, about who you are and what you stand for. This self-awareness helps you develop some principles and boundaries that help you take control of your own destiny.

Being a first-rate version of yourself builds your resilience. It helps you respond appropriately when you encounter situations that you are uncomfortable with. It provides you with an anchor when you feel lost or overwhelmed.

Mental Toughness