Wake the Sleeping Giant


 You have the power to overcome all obstacles, yet you stumble over pebbles.  Within you, there are  unfathomable depths, yet you flail over trivialities. Creative leaps of genius are at your command, yet you squander your time on games.  It is time to wake the sleeping giant within your spirit and walk into your destiny.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Lift Every Voice: Still, I Rise, and We Continue to Stand

Image
       Outline 1)  The importance of Juneteenth to the average American. 2) History is a process not a moment. 3) How poetry, music, and history intertwined to produce messages of hope, resilience, and success. 4) What does history tell us about the current conversation regarding DEI?  5) Why Juneteenth -and why do we need to understand the dreams of freedom? 6) What Juneteenth tells us about mental wellness and the future. 7) What the celebration of Juneteenth has to do with today's millennials and gen-z.      1)  The importance of Juneteenth to the average American. Frederick Douglass, having escaped his enslavement, became one of the most vibrant voices for freedom in the nineteenth century.  In June of 1852, asked by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society, to deliver the Independence Day address, Douglass asked a poignant question “What to the slave is the fourth of July. ...
Read more

When God Created Woman - by Donna Ashworth

Image
  When God created woman, he was working late on the 6th day. An angel came by and asked, “Why spend so much time on her?" The Lord answered, “Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her? She must function in all kinds of situations. She must be able to embrace several kids at the same time. Have a hug that can heal anything from a bruised knee to a broken heart. She must do all this with only two hands. She cures herself when sick and can work 18 hours a day.” The angel was impressed, "Just two hands...impossible! And this is the standard model?" The angel came closer and touched the woman. “But you have made her so soft, Lord." "She is soft", said the Lord, "But I have made her strong. You can't imagine what she can endure and overcome." "Can she think?" The angel asked. The Lord answered, "Not only can she think, she can reason and negotiate." The angel touched her cheeks. "Lord, it seems this ...
Read more
Image
Chapter 4: Black Agency, Racial Imperialism, and the Creation of a Racial State -- the Case of Haiti     Credit: AP US Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants crossing the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sunday, September 19, 2021. Thousands of Haitian migrants have been arriving in Del Rio, Texas, as authorities attempt to close the border to stop the flow of migrants. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) Source:    In a scene reminiscent of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment, Haitian migrants were run down by the US. Border guards for just trying to seek asylum. But this tragedy did not start here, nor is it confined to the Haitians. This particularly militarized zone along our southern border and these Black people have long been part of our tortured racial story.   It's a story that begins with European Imperialism and runs through slavocracy; it matures during deliberate and strategic p...
Read more