Tag: Life
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P.R.A.Y.E.R. and What It Adds To or Takes Away From Reality
What Is Prayer? Over the years, what I have considered prayer has changed. I was raised to believe that praying is almost like doing magic. Many people believe that by the power of their own will they can force a reality that they want into being. And anything that doesn’t conform to the desires is…
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Crowds Vs. Community
Thank You For Being Here I want to start this post with thanking you for being here and reading this piece. When I write, I am really pouring everything in me onto this screen. I am doing it because I cannot do anything else. I truly feel like we are all here to give the…
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Good Grief: Pain, Pleasure, and Possibilities
Alchemizing Grief Into Joy Through Creativity Art Turns Chaos Into Culture The poster above is for a show I am producing this Thursday, August 20, 2026. I decided to do it as a way to process the death of my youngest brother, Marcus, in December. I needed to do something with all of the grief.…
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Your “Only Black Friend” Speaks
This morning, I woke up with the question in my head, “How can I be the greatest contribution to the world today?” I know that for some, that might sound like a big question and extremely ambitious. Who am I to think that I am going to be a contribution to the world today? But…
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Dear Person Who I Am Not Talking To: An Open Letter
Why I am Writing This Someone recently complimented me for being very intentional with my words. I thanked them for noticing. But, when I did, I was reminded of how I developed this habit. This caused a twinge of grief for my child self who became hyper-vigilant on the words I used because I didn’t…
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Become a We: The Quickest Path to Healing Relational Wounds
“Become a ‘We’ as fast as you can.” Of all the advice that my father gave me in the 32 years that he was physically in my life, this was the most important. When he was dying from Multiple Myeloma, something awakened in him that transformed the way he saw reality. All of the time…
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Who Wants to Work For a World That’s Not Working With Us?
“I hate school,” says my 7-year-old almost every single day. “Oh really?” I ask with curiosity. “What do you hate about it? Tell me more,” I encourage even as I am continuing to make her food for lunch and pack her things to send her to the very place that she has just told me…
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Death Where Is Your Sting?
As the world tossed and turned around me, I remained still. “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” The yelling and screaming. “Get his ass.” The world is upside down. Feet where heads should be. The sky and ground have switched places. “Can you plant seeds in the clouds? If so, what…
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Self Betrayal Does Not Lead to Love
Generally speaking, I am not nice. But, I am kind. Nice is performative and at its core is a subtle form of manipulation. You present yourself in a certain way in order to manage another person’s perception of you, whether its to convince them that you’re a better person than you actually are for your…
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Karma, Unbelonging, and the Consequences of Freedom
Did you know that I have a podcast with two of my fellow poets, Katerina Jeng and Mercedez Davis and that is one of the freest spiritual conversation spaces I’ve ever been a part of? We all went into job transitions at the same time two plus years ago. We started talking with each other…
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