A Poem for the New Year
“Hurt people hurt people” that’s what we say yet healing together seems so far away In loving forgiveness, grace may be found and the joy of connection exists all around within and between us the walls we have made may crumble and transform into paths that we pave with grateful remembering- we know who we…
Oh, the Places I’ll Go!
Hey there folks! It’s been a while since I’ve posted but I’m back to share some exciting news! After many months of introspection and assessing the range of options available to me, I’ve chosen to set off on an amazing adventure! I left my full-time job and am committing myself to completing my book, “Flattening…
Apocalypse: The Great Revealing
In a number of meaningful ways, the world as we’ve known it has already ended. We are in “the in-between,” “the upside-down”- the messy middle of an unstoppable, global transformation.
Transforming the Culture of Harm
On January 29, in my hometown of Rochester, NY, police officers responded to a call about “family trouble” in an economically distressed neighborhood with predominantly Black residents. Several officers responding to the call subsequently chased, threatened, tackled, handcuffed, pushed, pulled, and pepper-sprayed a 9-year old child who was clearly experiencing severe trauma and emotional crisis…
Reflections on a Tragedy
Note: I wrote this opinion piece almost one year ago and am posting it here on the anniversary of the helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant and 8 others. This tragic event took place nearly 2 months before COVID-19 completely upended our collective sense of normalcy and predictability. Tragedy has become our…
A Safe Place to Land
This post is titled, A Safe Place to Land, in tribute to the Sara Bareilles song from her album, Amidst the Chaos (2019). A stirring duet with John Legend, co-written by Lori McKenna, this four-minute song captures and connotes the urgency and ubiquity of humanity’s current situation and personalizes it in a way that resonates…
The Love Revolution (“It’s All Happening!”)
Friends, this is an invitation. To reflect. To commit. To act. This week, our world held its collective breath, wondering if a peaceful transition of power would actually happen in the United States. Yesterday, that transition took place, as Vice-President Kamala Harris and President Joseph Biden took their respective oaths of office and became our…
Polarity, Paradox, and Possibility
Now that 2020 has drawn to a close and the New Year has begun, I am reflecting on the seemingly ubiquitous sentiment that 2021 will bring transformation of our collective pain, loss, and worry. Between the widening availability of COVID-19 vaccinations, the inauguration of a new US Presidential administration, and the prospect of “normalcy” these…
Reflections on a Year in My Life- A Holiday Offering
The great celestial “conjunction” of Saturn and Jupiter was unviewable from my location on Earth but it still happened. I have seen photographic and telegraphic proof but I, myself, didn’t see it directly so, in a way it didn’t happen for me. I think this is an apt metaphor for considering how many events of…
Moving Beyond Civilization
I invite you to participate in imagining a thriving world with me- a world where justice is normalized and all life is valued as sacred, interconnected, and necessary. A world beyond civilization. Join me and imagine what we can create together. What an amazing adventure!
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