#NOTsoRandom fact about me: One of my favorite episodes of The
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is the episode where Aunt Viv turned 40 and, even
though she hasn't danced for several years, she decided to audition for a
modern dance performance.
Ultimately, she transcended external and internal doubts, expectations,
pressures, and rigid construction of her own narrative to perform THIS:
While
I have not recently celebrated a milestone birthday and overcome a midlife
crisis through preparation for a dance audition, like Aunt Viv I’ve been on a
journey to rediscover people, places, things, and activities that I love. As a
result, I’ve tapped into a part of myself that was once shackled and silenced.
Like Aunt Viv’s inner dancer, my inner advocate and the other attributes of my
best/authentic self are once again free and empowered to be manifested.
I
am resolved to embrace this quote by
Audre Lorde which is also the Truth and Power Nugget I’m sending
up on Tuesday, May 8, 2018:
Last week, I had the honor and privilege to participate in the Undoing Racism® Community Organizing Workshop facilitated by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (http://www.pisab.org/programs). This workshop was a constructively
challenging, eye-opening experience that has affirmed my personal and professional
transformation.
Chiefly, I am liberated
to:
- Speak truth to power,
- Walk in my divine authority,
- Use the gifts/talents I’ve been blessed with to make our world a better place, and
- Be resolved to:
I
will continue to raise my voice for honesty and truth and compassion through my
community engagement as well as legal and/or legislative advocacy.
But,
I also feel compelled to resume sharing truth with the people I care about (starting
with myself and those in my inner circle) as I started with this “Truth Going
Up on a Tuesday” blog nearly three years ago. I’m going to start by
meaningfully engaging off-line first. Maybe, I’ll return transition back to
this public forum someday. We’ll see...
In
the meantime, I encourage you to repeat these #affirmations and let them
positively transform your life on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 and beyond:
- I am POWERFUL and CENTERED at all times and NOTHING in this external universe will I allow to knock me off balance or center.
- I am whole and complete within myself.
- I am lovingly honest and genuine.
- Honest loving people are drawn to me and me to them.
- Good things happen when I speak my truth.
- I am Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing.
Go forth and have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!!!
