Category: Sustaining our Humanity

Independence Day- Day of Independence- A Day to Celebrate Freedom

As many of our American citizens are celebrating the 4^th of July today, I had to re-evaluate my feelings and understanding of how I as an African American woman born to an African American father from the South, and a Jamaican mother of mixed ethnicity, fit into the fabric of the American culture celebrating the Independence from Great Britain. A battle fought by Americans and slaves alike. Promises made, and promises broken.  But the thing that comes to my mind and heart, this is a day that has significance in another way. For me I understand the need for independence and freedom. 

I have the independence to make my own life’s decisions and to know that I have the freedom to set the course of my destiny without fear of being judged or restricted. How magnificent and precious are the gifts of independence and freedom.  We take it for granted as we go about our daily lives.  In so many corners of the world, people have never experiences this gift of freedom. If ever there was a time in this country to uphold our independence, it is now! It is time to re-evaluate what we all have an investment in.  Our freedom is to be honored and respected.  This country is the “Great Experiment in the Democratic System of Government”.

We cannot allow the partisan politics that are erupting in our government to destroy the fundamentals of our country that’s intentions is to govern for the people and by the people.  I acknowledge that I am blessed this day that celebrates “Independence” and I pray that people around the world might be afforded the same gift of freedom that rings in my heart and resides in the depth of my soul.

God Bless the America for what it can be, a place of freedom, inclusion, justice, acceptance, and dignity for all that are inheriting this land, shall they be free!  May who and what we are to become as our democracy is manifested, be a light for the world to hold the truth’s, that all mankind is equal and worthy of this freedom to be independent and free. I hear the “Beat of a Different Drummer”.

There is A Better Way to Live and Let Live!

End the violence, greed, and judgment!

First of all God the Father three in one is not coming back again because He never left. The flesh was sacrificed but the Spirit of God resides within each of us that know He is the Alpha and Omega. God speaks to us as individuals, families, communities of faith, and in cultural context that meets our needs as a global society.

God is still speaking and His truth and words to us go beyond the Bible, Koran etc. Don’t get stuck at the foundations of the different religious ideologies and theologies.

It is time to be in our quiet sacred spaces and listen to His words that are calling us to love, respect, honor and care for one another! He is clear!

Feed the hungry!  -(physically, spiritually and emotionally)

Clothe the naked!

Educate everyone in our global society!

House the homeless!

Realize that the world belongs to each of us regardless of race, ethnicity, citizenship, wealth, illusions of power and physical or mental capacity. In reality not in the altered state of illusions, we are all equal. One race –the human race.

Provide employment and support each other in living sustainable lives that nurture self worth so that crime and violence are not viable answers to broken lives and tormented souls because people know they are loved and accepted unconditionally and without judgment!
End the violence and substance abuse. We are not living our lives in our divinity that was our birthright!
Compassion, Unconditional Love, Respect, Acceptance, Ethics, Grace and Mercy are the principles we must embrace and put into action in our daily lives.
God instills in us innate intuitive knowledge and wisdom of right from wrong to live by, that covers everything we need to sustain our humanity and live in peace and joy! The answers lie within our individual souls and our collective humanity if we so choose to live those essential elements. 

My stream of consciousness is evolving from this space of “wanting” change to another space that I feel emerging, but I don’t know what that is until “Spirit” speaks! I’m listening for the still quiet voice that resides in my soul!

On this Palm Sunday which coincides with the beginning of Passover, I can’t but think how significant this time is in terms of our human condition. In a world where we see political divides, racial divides, and religious divides, is there anything we can say or do to redesign our human fabric that will bring us into alignment with one another? I was reflecting on the contributions that African Americans have made historically in the context of the American culture, when it made me realize how inner connected we are to each other. America is made of people that represents the ethnicity and cultures of the world and each of us has in some way hosted a thread of the American fabric.

Whatever negative and or racist comments are being targeted towards anyone or anything people are fearful of or threatened by such as Black-Hispanic-Asian-Natives-LBGTQIA+, different religions as well, it becomes a distraction from truth and righteousness. I am an African American that is deliciously flavored with a multitude of other ethnicities that go into making me who I am and gifts me with the lens I have to view the world.

I believe this is the time to lift up and take ownership of the cultural beauty and historical contributions of each of our rich and ancient cultures. Our children have a right to know from whence they come. The more exposure we have and opportunities we have to respect, honor and appreciate each other’s culture, history and contributions to humanity, the more possibilities for us to realize acknowledge and stand in support of each other as one race- the human race. I thank God not only for my parents, but for who they were and what they stood for as individuals and as a “parent team”. I want to thank them for showing me how to honor and respect my divers heritage which has enriched my life and my perspective of what it means to be a citizen of the world. We are all divine emanations of ” Great Spirit”! The corruption of that divinity in us comes when we succumb to the dark shadows and step out of His sacred light! But there is always compassion, grace and forgiveness! It has to be our choosing. I choose unconditional love as my staff and my rod by which to live my life. What do you choose?

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