Tag: quotes
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A sermon to white and black America
A few quotes from Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson. Too many yellow Negroes deny light privilege the way many of you deny white privilege. We are as blind to our perks as you are to yours…Too many light folk just don’t want to admit what we all…
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I’m afraid to make mistakes
One must be without error here. Walk in single file. Work quietly. Pack an extra number 2 pencil. Make no mistakes. But you are human and you will make mistakes. You will misjudge. You will yell…Not all of us can always be Jackie Robinson – not even Jackie Robinson was always Jackie Robinson. But the…
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Shock to your system
I have been collecting quotes for at least a decade. In fact, I have a notebook full of typed quotes. There must be about 300 quotes in there. I keep moving so I’m not sure where it is right now. I think I can easily get to it but I have to check. I used…
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attachment
The very act of needing certainty is a hindrance to experiencing greater levels of awareness. In contrast, the process of letting go and releasing all attachment to any belief or outcome is cathartic and healing. The dichotomy is that for true healing to occur, I must let go of the need to be healed and…
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I will be
Thou hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, – a grateful heart; Not thankful when it pleaseth me, As if Thy blessings had spare days, But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise. ~George Herbert I’d have a bad week at work. I really let them get to me. I’m…
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