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The Thatch and the Spark: Reclaiming Kuumba within Kujichagulia

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The Thatch and the Spark: Reclaiming Kuumba within Kujichagulia https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-thatch-and-the-spark--72513557 "The rain falls on every roof, but it stays longest on the one that is well thatched." Pull up a chair on the porch, family. Let’s sit with that ancestral medicine for a minute. Right now, we are standing firmly on a day of Kuumba (Creativity) , positioned directly in the middle of a week of Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) , all while navigating the larger cycle of Ujima (Collective Work) . That is a potent, heavy alignment. It is an ancestral algorithm designed to remind you exactly who you are before the world told you who you had to be. Look at our collective journey as Black people in America. We have never lacked Kuumba . We took the scraps left at the back of the house and turned them into soul food. We took a language meant to chain us and bent it into blues, jazz, hip-hop, and gospel. Our creativity is a global currency that the entire ...
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How To Turn Your Obstacles Into Opportunities

I have been surprised many times in my life by an obstacle that seemed insurmountable. The problem would just side-swipe me, and I would feel like my life was over, but then the thing I thought was a curse turned out to be one of the biggest blessings. I would be presented with an opportunity that I didn't know that I needed.

Today's Toast is dedicated to looking at the opportunities that arise from meeting obstacles head on.

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