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Drop the Weight of the World

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  Drop the Weight of the World https://www.spreaker.com/episode/drop-the-weight-of-the-world--71015334 You think you're helping your community, but what if you're actually holding it back? We throw around the word "Ujima"—Collective Work and Responsibility—but most of us are practicing it backwards. We’ve been conditioned to believe that being a good friend, a good family member, or a pillar of the community means sacrificing our own peace to carry everyone else’s chaos. Are you playing the savior in a situation where the other person doesn't even want to be saved? Are you gripping so tightly to the idea of "family loyalty" that you're suffocating your own joy? There is a massive difference between building together and bleeding out together. If your version of community work leaves you drained, bitter, and exhausted, you aren't practicing Ujima. You're just repeating a cycle. Call to Inaction A hand clutched tight around poison cannot accept...
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Simba 2012

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Time moves so quick it seems that it was just time for me to leave for Simba, and now it is over. This was a stellar year for the Columbus Chapter (Gye-Nyame Tribe). We had an opportunity to expose 21 young men to a camp that transforms lives, and that is exactly what happened. Simba is unlike any other program/camp that I have ever been apart of, the focus is providing young men with a safe place to transform and see the possibilities of greatness that lie in their soul. While the camp focuses on the young people it remains a transformational experience for everyone involved, from the kitchen staff to the people that care for the camp. The power of Simba pulls people together and forces them to look inward, release pain, and begin to grow. This year was full of spontanaity and emergence. To write about this things is one thing but to watch in action is another. This year due to my age and length of time in Simba I was able to sit back and watch the power of the Nation blossom. If yo...
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