This poem hit me like a freight train the other day as I was about to take a nap and I was shocked I hadn’t already written something about pain. I’ve been brewing an idea for a children’s book about it for awhile, and the other day when I was in a great deal of … Continue reading Pain 2022
Category: Art
Opinion | Black History Month Is About Seeing America Clearly – The New York Times
Black history should be a challenge to our republic and its core narrative. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/opinion/black-history-month.html
Gender Identity Terms | LGBTQ+ | Young Scot
Do you know the different terms, descriptions and labels for gender identities? Read our glossary of different types of gender identities online. — Read on young.scot/get-informed/national/gender-identity-terms
What Is Touch Starvation? 20 Things to Watch for, What to Do, and More
Being touch starved — also known as skin hunger or touch deprivation — occurs when a person experiences little to no touch from other living things. Here's what you need to know about why it happens, how to recognize it, what you can do if you don't actually like being touched, and more. — Read … Continue reading What Is Touch Starvation? 20 Things to Watch for, What to Do, and More
Celebrating Indigenous Heritage Month
Celebrating Indigenous Heritage Month — Read on http://www.sierraclub.org/celebrating-indigenous-heritage-month
Lost Lives, Lost Culture: The Forgotten History of Indigenous Boarding Schools – The New York Times
Canada has recognized 9/30 as a Truth and reconciliation day, however there is much more still to do and the US needs to get to work taking ownership for their own genocide of indigenous peoples and theft of their land. Thousands of Native American children attended U.S. boarding schools designed to “civilize the savage.” Many … Continue reading Lost Lives, Lost Culture: The Forgotten History of Indigenous Boarding Schools – The New York Times
Hope 2021
Hope (In 111 words...) The unseen resonate force That moves metaphorical mountains A glimmer of light in the deepest shadows A spotlight in the abyss That which compels us Fuels us and guides us Towards positive change Hope connects us to love To a brighter present and future Teaches us forgive and move on Lifts … Continue reading Hope 2021
Infinity Portal
Infinity portal The space between Thought and action The flame and the dancer A thousandfold moments Compressed into a multi dimensional Single moment in space time And all that’s unknown And in between And beyond Left to chance To fate To the intentions Of those who dare To dream To be free From constraints Limiting … Continue reading Infinity Portal
“Limiting Beliefs” prose from the summer of 2019
Limiting Beliefs Too many to count But somehow I know them all Attached to our core Beat into our minds Into our bodies too Bruised Cut Shamed Guilted Blamed Trained To hate ourselves Berate ourselves To compare Despair And suffer That those living in joy Are selling something False Fake Woo woo Freakazoids That therapy … Continue reading “Limiting Beliefs” prose from the summer of 2019
Self love w/ Karamo from Queer Eye
https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/karamo-311 Highly recommend listening to this. One of my intentions this year is to cultivate more self love and compassion. With a familial and personal legacy of PTSD it’s a counterintuitive path but I’m grateful for people like Karamo and the folks at ten percent happier for making it more tangible.
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