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Conservatism, Reaction, and the Elder's Responsibility: A Message to My Age Grade

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Conservatism, Reaction, and the Elder's Responsibility: A Message to My Age Grade Great Day, Fam. This one right here? It’s not for everyone. If you’re not at or approaching Eldership—defined in our tribe as about 55 years old and up—you might not feel all of this. But if you’re curious, or if you’re one of those younger souls already walking with wisdom, you’re welcome to keep reading. This message is for the Elders. For those of us who should know better. And yes—I’m including myself. Let’s Start With the Mirror I’ve got to confess something. I’ve been guilty. Guilty of being reactionary. Guilty of falling into the trap of conservatism. Guilty of romanticizing the past. Guilty of looking at our young people and calling them “soft”—as if we were born warriors, as if we didn’t have to become who we are through fire, failure, and guidance. Many of us Elders are stuck in a loop. We remember only the highlights of our youth—the toughest times we survived, the boldest moments ...

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Follow the cycles/
grow in tune with Universe/
align with power/


A couple of weeks ago I was listening to late night radio and they were conversing about the cycles of America. I was suddenly hit with an idea about charting the cycles of African people in America. This opened up a flood gate of ideas. I will share the beginning of the process and as I get my notes (I gave my notes to somebody at "Poetic Moments" poetry Night)back will put down  more info. I first had to find out how long a generation was. After a little research  I came up with 20 years. From hear I started charting in 20 year cycles the ebb and flow of my people.  The symbol I chose to use was the seasons. I chose the seasons because these are visible cycles of change that everyone can understand and it is simple. We know instinctively that there are certain things that is supposed to be done during certain seasons. For example we know that if I was going to grow some vegetables that I would not pick the winter to do it. that would be unwise. Now we can take the symbols of seasons and brake them down into thoughts and actions that should be done at certain times. Each Generation is a season and each season last 20 years. I grouped four seasons together to make what I call a generational Year which consist of 80 years. I then found a African -American timeline and started plugging in my info. Next we will discuss the symbolic meaning of the seasons and I will lay down the time line and then discuss the major things that stood out to me.


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