Category Archives: the spirit within
Harlem School of the Arts, part three
Scene 1: A metro train to the city on a cold but sunny autumn day. It is mid-morning and the train is half as full as the early morning commuter trains but twice as loud. A few seats away from … Continue reading
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The Harlem School of the Arts, part two
That first week the older girls laughed at Q; when he couldn’t get the steps right and another boy trying to be helpful, ran up and took Q’s arms and physically placed them where they should be. We started class … Continue reading
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Dr. King, thank-you
when Q was 3 years old in daycare they celebrated Martin Luther King day with simple words of world peace. his teacher told Q and his friends of how Dr. King taught the people of the world to be … Continue reading
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joy – unexpected
i have been unprepared for the joy that has taken over my being where is it coming from why now the world’s suffering has not stopped i have dear friends (whom i have not met) that i carry in my … Continue reading
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joy, day one
joy is work i don’t mean that to work is joyful i mean maybe for some… but for me to sit, on a beach in italy and do nothing but look at the men that’s joy no what i mean … Continue reading
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bill
bill pushed his shopping cart down the torn up side walk with hannah, his fluffy rust-colored puppy, happily walking beside him he had read in the paper about the food pantry open ten to noon it was now a few … Continue reading
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hunger
tomorrow morning saturday Q, Y and I will be going to the church we are attending not to worship we are going for service and finally i feel like maybe for a moment we are in the right place tomorrow … Continue reading
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peace
international day peace it is a happy coincidence that today, while i woke up resolved to shift my gaze inward and focus on my own internal sense of peace, calm and fulfilment it happens to the international day of … Continue reading
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for tra (and day seven of waiting with evelyn)
i do not believe god is watching down on me at this very moment i believe in god feel god within me saw god this morning in the streaks of sunlight slanting into my kitchen window in a blessing that … Continue reading
Filed under sisterhood, the spirit within
coffee
I am on a path toward a just relationship with the world one where i give at least as much as i take i’m on the path toward that place i am not there yet have a long, long way … Continue reading
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