The world is full of suffering people. Some of us feel it more deeply than others. Empathetic souls recognize the suffering of other people—pain, hunger, poverty, displacement, fear, loss, anger, war—and it […]
Like many, I fill the hole that grief leaves with food. The night I found out that our beloved RBG died, I found myself bereft – and also craving matzo ball soup. […]
I fly the American flag in front of my house to remind me of the radical freedoms I have as a U.S. citizen. As an American woman, seeing the flag as […]
No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. ― Dorothy Height
I was looking for comfort of some kind when I read a friend and fellow writer’s post. He wrote that this is something that I am “500 lifetimes away from understanding.” He was saying it to the world, to white people, but I took it personally. I hope that was his intention because it is changing me. Maybe trying to understand isn’t the best goal. Maybe taking it personally is a better one.
For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.
– N.K. Jemisin
Hello and welcome to the first Meditation Monday! I asked some of my friends and acquaintances to answer a few questions about meditation, and the answers were smart and funny, surprising and […]
The Gloria Sirens 