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Deceit is Shallow, Purpose is Deep

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  Deceit is Shallow, Purpose is Deep https://www.spreaker.com/episode/deceit-is-shallow-purpose-is-deep--72004013 We are stepping into a massive convergence of energy today, Tribe. A Double Double: Nia (Purpose) in the week of Nia, enveloped in the Ujima cycle. There is an old Haitian proverb that says, "The hole of lies isn't deep; deceit is easily exposed." For too long, many of us have carried the burden of false meanings assigned to us by a society that doesn't have our best interests at heart. We hustle, we grind, and we carry weights that were never ours to hold, all because we bought into a shallow lie. But what happens when you decide that you are the sole author of your life's meaning? What happens when you expose the deceit? Call to Inaction: Stop letting external forces dictate your worth. A tree cannot grow while holding onto dead leaves. What false narrative about your identity can you drop today? Whose expectations do you need to scrape off to reve...
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Drop the Qualifier: Reclaiming Our Narrative Without Apology

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Drop the Qualifier: Reclaiming Our Narrative Without Apology We are at a pivotal moment in history—a moment of transformation, of collapse, and of rebirth. Like the mythical phoenix, we are being pushed to redefine ourselves, to rise from the ashes of outdated frameworks. A conversation I had recently made me realize something profound: we have been conditioned to qualify ourselves in ways that no other group does. We say Black man , Black woman , Black history , as if our identity needs an extra descriptor to be understood, acknowledged, or validated. But why? When white people talk about their history, they don’t call it white history . They simply call it history. Napoleon is just Napoleon. The Renaissance is just the Renaissance. Yet, when we speak of our existence, our achievements, and our legacies, we feel the need to prefix them with "Black." But this qualifier does more than just distinguish—it subtly suggests that our reality is secondary to some greater, more dom...
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