Life is never easy, not really, and not for anyone, and especially if you’re a person of color living within a colonized country. It honestly feels like we’re always living in an ongoing classic movie. The underdogs fighting the Borg, the Establishment, “The Man”. Man, this fight never ends…
I’ll take heart in a recent Jeffrey A Sachs Twitter thread that announced: “The SJWs Are Winning and You’re All Just Going to Have to Deal With It!” …Wakanda forever!
I don’t know what it’s going to take for the equities we crave to come to pass, but I can hope and I can pray and I can take to the streets when it all becomes too much. In between the battles, respite is precious. This is when we take stock and take in what means the most to us at our deepest levels. At least, I hope we do.
So, this is one of my moments, when I breathe in gratitude for what lifts my heart and grounds my soul…
Through It All
Through all contention
Through any and all dramas
Through every joy
Friends for life, literally
Touchstones, sound boards, life rafts, all
RL
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Treasure Island
My finest treasure
The gift that holds my heart firm
Love guarded fiercely
Most dear; smiles that create bliss
Reminding always, the point
RL
#haiku #tanka
May the best of peace, genuine joy and healthy successes meet you all in 2019.
Cheers!
RL
Wishing you a happy new year!
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Thank you, Michelle – the sweetest of years to you!
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Wishing you love & friendship today & every day forward my friend. Happy New Year!
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Aw, thank you, sweet woman! Happiest of New Years to you too, my friend. xo
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Lovely tribute to your friends and handsome son!
How I wish those battle were even fair … may you and yours know a peaceful and fulfilling new year with some real wins tucked under your belt 🙂
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Thank you, ck, so much for these beautiful wishes and your heart-warming support. You are a gem, my friend. Happy New Year.
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hugs 🙂
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Lovely photos and touching poems.
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Thank you Byunga… Happy New Year!.
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Same to you.
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