For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of theContinue reading “fire and thunder”
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circle of stones
“It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively to their needs. To care is to accept responsibility, to dare to act in accordance with the dictum that the ruler is the strength of the helpless.” Aung San Suu Kyi
breath
“Come back to the heartbeat, the pulse, the rhythm we all walk to, regardless of nation or color. Come back to the breath – inhale, take the world deep into your lungs; exhale, give yourself back fully. This is what the body says: release the peace that lives within your skin.” Gayle Brandeis from, TheContinue reading “breath”
our progress
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
foreign
So, here you are. Too foreign for home. Too foreign for here. Never enough for both. Ijeoma Umebinyuo
