For the one seeking patience

Sometimes letting go will be

the hardest thing

you’ll ever do

but you will find

that it loosens up something within you

so you can keep traveling

the way you were meant to.

– MHN

May we learn to embrace the tension of things...this is how we will grow

“Self-awareness is a beautiful thing. And it becomes a powerful thing when you use it to lean into the chasm that lay between your flaws and your fortes. To confront, to grieve, to wonder, to evaluate—but never to stay."

- https://www.instagram.com/rachelmariekang/ (Rachel Marie Kang)

What are we willing to create in the absence of light?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okH5n9CZbx0 (Black Art: In the Absence of Light - Trailer (YouTube))

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/black-art-in-the-absence-of-light (Black Art: In the Absence of Light (HBO Max))

Book mentioned: https://g.co/kgs/5C7oS9 (African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song )

What to remember before you start the race.

Joy doesn't discriminate -- what a beautiful thing.

You were meant to create. You were not just made to consume. You have a voice and story, too.

I was so moved, my eyes teared underwater, and I mixed my saltiness with the ocean’s…I looked around to find my position vis-a-vis the boat and couldn’t. But it didn’t matter. Home was everywhere. – Diane Ackerman

Adventure is not tied to who said

you could come along.

It is tied to the journey

you’ve been on all along.

-Morgan Harper Nichols