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Is your "no" strong enough to be a shield?

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  Is your "no" strong enough to be a shield? Podcast episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wielding-the-shield-the-subtractive-power-of-kujichagulia--72294159 Family, we are dealing with a critical tension on this day of Kujichagulia. We love talking about self-determination like it’s a badge of honor we put on by building more, working harder, and hustling faster. But what if real self-determination isn't about what you build, but what you are willing to tear down? In this episode of *Tha Daily Spark*, we confront the historical trapping of the Black experience in America—the reality that our "no" was stripped away by a system that demanded absolute compliance. We look at the chilling narrative of *The Godfather* to explore what happens when you finally decide to throw up your shield against toxic external demands. We aren't giving you a checklist of things to add to your schedule today. We are exploring the friction that happens when your boundary dist...

Sugar Bear and Gigi

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There is an evil rumor about my youngest daughter looking like Sugar Bear, tell me what you think:

Baby Cart Assassin vs. Highbanks

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Yesterday the Baby Cart and the Assassin was whooped on, by the hills of Highbanks metro park. Although there were some beautiful sites like a snake crawling down a tree after hunting for birds, or seeing the Bald Eagle in it's nest. I simply was not ready to be lugging my kids up and down those hills. Now I have set my sites on mastery highbanks, and all she has to teach me about endurance and nature. My children enjoyed themselves but victory fell from my grasp as I had to cut my run short after what seemed the 8th hill. I shall return to complete my mission.

Life (can't remember whether i posted this or not)

Life is a river/ Flowing around obsticles/ Seeking out the sea/ This life is a blessing and we must embrace it. We must learn to embrace the flow knowing that in the end we will end up in the sea. What is the sea? The sea is simply the source from which we all came from. The sea is our reward for the course we have taken. Sometimes we have to flow around obsticles, other times we have to smash through them, but at all times we have to keep the end in mind. If not we can get trapped in the flow of events. Rivers must flow and stay in motion or they will go stagnent and kill everything that is around them.