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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Poem: Give Thanks In Everything by Nikki Jourdan

 

It is very easy to thank God

When things are going your way

The car is in good condition

The family and business are okay

 

When the sun is bright and shining

The rain cools off a hot day

When someone politely greets you

An unexpected blessing comes your way

 

Is it only on bright sunny days

You find a praise to sing?

Must someone always smile first?

Before you say or do a kind thing?

 

Must you always be in good health?

Before you thank God above

You are here by His mercy

Salvation by grace and love

 

Thank God in the victorious life

And even when things get low

Thank Him in times of abundance

In times when things seem slow

 

Oh, it is very easy to thank God

On days when things go wrong

Pray! Praise! Rejoice and Sing!

Give Him Thanks in everything!

 

Nikki Jourdan, writer, poet, exhorter

I will soon have my on Inspiration Corner, let me know if you are interested in adding your favorite inspiration and what you do.

Thanks!......Nikki