Archive for June, 2020
June 22, 2020 | Tags: collective, collective heroism, hero journey, interdependent, journey, Justice, One Day at a Time
Journey is a word we often use for challenging times when outcomes or even the path toward them is unknown. At its most basic, the dictionary defines it as “an act of traveling from one place to another.” It adds that a journey can also be, “a long and often difficult process of personal change […]
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June 12, 2020 | Tags: Blessing, Commitment, George Floyd, Justice, Social Action, social change
The poet John O’Donohue wrote that “A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal, and strengthen.” He said, “To be in the world is to be distant from the homeland of wholeness. We are confined by limitation and difficulty. When we bless, we are enabled somehow to go beyond […]
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June 1, 2020 | Tags: George Floyd, Justice, Minneapolis, racism
I am afraid of fire. Ever since I fell into a campfire, hands first as a child, I have a fearful memory for the searing pain it causes. Now, following George Floyd’s murder by a white police officer last week, my city is in flames – fires set long ago with the persistent heat and […]
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