Dream Roundup : Summer 2020

Happy Tuesday. Here are a sampling of  my favorite posts from last Summer, enjoy my friends. 

My son's Black Life Matters

Hello Summer

Somewhere in Time Day

Friday Feel Good Movie: Juanita

Good Music for your Friday

Motivational Monday : Create Money

Use that Tuesday energy

Happy Birthday Mae

Josephine

 After this long week, I am here to celebrate the life of the amazing and fabulous Josephine Baker.  Her birthday was on June 3rd. She was a singer, dancer, actress, civil rights activists. a mother and a spy!! She has always been an inspiration to me. 

Enjoy Josephine being the wonder that she is. Stay Safe. Look up tonight, it's the Full Moon. Let it's light guide you to always speak up. You can do so here to get justice for Breonna Taylor who would have been 27 today.

You have The Power!

It is a turbulent time in America. We have mass shootings, police brutality and police, themselves, being killed. We see all this in graphic videos, blared on the news and shouted on social media.

The isms of the world can feel overwhelming, suffocating and fearful. Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Ageism, Classism. We are not powerless! You are not powerless! I am not powerless!

Here are ways to reclaim your power back:




* Limit your social media. If you see, read or hear things that upset you, just log off. If you wish to engage with people, that is fine. If you don't, that's fine too.

* Vote! Not only in the presidental, also, your local elections. Write, call or email your elected officials.

* Express your feelings. Talk with your friends and family. Last week I met up with my friend, Neo. He hadn't been caught up with the news. We watched the news together and was able talk about how we felt deeply. It was healing for both of us.

* Express your feelings creatively in blog posts , like I am, vlogs, drawings, paintings, quilting, singing, writing etc.

* Volunteer for organizations that align with your values. Create your own movement or organization to better and uplift people.

* Watch television and movies that makes you feel hopeful and healed. Have a good book to dive into.

* Make your home and work life a prejudice free zone. Let people know you won't tolerate their prejudices in your presence. That include jokes, quips or stories.

* Accept how you feel. Our feelings about Racism, Sexism, The Police, Guns is highly influenced by our experiences. Know you may not fully understand people who think opposite of you. We can ,like I always say, respectfully disagree.

* Run for political office, if you feel called too.



* Pray, meditate, eat nourishing food and exercise.

* Search out good news about people and events that show the best in people.


These are a few ways to reclaim your power. Stay safe and sane. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. I'll be right back here on Monday.

Dream Thought #82: Making over our world

A country is only as good… only as strong as the people who make it up and the country turns into what the people want it to become… I don’t believe any longer that we can afford to say that it is entirely out of our hands. We made the world we’re living in and we have to make it over.
- James Baldwin

Strange Fruit

When I saw Lesley McSpadden cry in anguish over the grand jury's decision, I felt her pain deeply. For the Grace of The Divine, that could be me. Mike Brown could have been my son. 

Though lynching from trees may be more rare today, black people and other people of color are still being lynched in other ways. I acknowledge the ugliness of racism. I refuse to give into its bitter embrace.

 "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering." - Yoda.

Here is Lady Day singing