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Category: Kwanzaa Principle

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025Kwanzaa Principle

● Always There, Pt 2

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here is power in choosing one’s reaction to events instead of being a victim.




Baadaye

Shirley J ♥️👣


January 20, 2025January 20, 2025Kwanzaa Principle

● Move with dignity

Dr Martin Luther King At RAI in Amsterdam, August 16, 1964.

Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press for justice, be sure to move with … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

December 31, 2024January 10, 2025Japan: Henro Mind, Kwanzaa Principle

🌸 Noire Henro-san: On The Threshold 2

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.

Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

May 5, 2024May 5, 2024Kwanzaa Principle

● No Hiding History

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable

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oday was an overcast day – a little rain, a lot of fog. The bridge looked slippery. I felt a strange sensation that the river was waiting in … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

February 1, 2024February 4, 2024Kwanzaa Principle

● A Resolution to Keep

Continental divide street marker symbolizing growth and division.

Growth

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n my early life I used to cherish a feeling of ill will toward any one who spoke in bitter terms against the Negro, or who advocated … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

January 15, 2024February 1, 2024Kwanzaa Principle

● A Seat on the Bus

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

December 26, 2023March 21, 2024Kwanzaa Principle

● Black Madonna

When I was on my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, I had an intention to see a Black Madonna. There are over five hundred of them in … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

July 4, 2023January 31, 2024Kwanzaa Principle, Spain: Camino Thoughts

👣 Noire Pilgrim: Speak to Me, Too

Although I am far from home, I am aware of the changes that are impacting the fabric of our nation. It is both horrifying and exciting.

May we consider … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

December 15, 2021March 14, 2023Kwanzaa Principle

● African Roots – Anchoring

Africa, Benin bronze head

This is part 2 of a 2 part series regarding the world’s African roots.

• Anchoring: a concept in behavioral economics, which states that people often make decisions based … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

December 1, 2021March 14, 2023Kwanzaa Principle

● African Roots – Absorption

This is part 1 of a 2 part series regarding the world’s African roots.

• Absorption – a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

January 5, 2021October 23, 2022Kwanzaa Principle, Sloyd Instruction

● Sloyd and Kwanzaa

Sloyd and Kwanzaa share similar principles. An odd kinship exists between the two philosophies. Both have influenced people of many cultures all over the world. Sloyd or slojd is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

May 28, 2020July 13, 2022It Gets Better, Kwanzaa Principle

● Kwanzaa and the End of a Decade

In light of the extraordinary times you, I, and the world are experiencing, I am offering, with gratitude today, this post which I wrote at the end of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

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