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Nia — The Deep Roots of Purpose

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Nia — The Deep Roots of Purpose https://www.spreaker.com/episode/nia-the-deep-roots-of-purpose--71364217 The wind is coming. Can your roots hold you? We spend so much time worrying about the "weather" of our lives—the politics, the economy, the daily drama—that we forget to check our foundation. We’ve been conditioned to believe that "purpose" is something we achieve by doing more, earning more, and being more. But Nia (Purpose) isn't about the branches; it's about the roots. It’s about the Divine objective that remains once you've scraped away all the noise. Today, we're challenging the Tribe to stop "building" and start "shedding." Are you ready to find out what's left when the illusions are gone? Call to Inaction: "The heavy load only breaks the back of the one who refuses to set it down." Take a moment today to release the unnecessary. What "branch-work" (performing for others) can you stop doing immedi...
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Facing my ignorance

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First off I must apologize to those Black men who have received a felony in life. I know that I did not help you commit the crime that you are now serving time for in and out of prison, but I must take my responsibility for my view of your Journey. For a long time I have blamed you exclusively for your actions, but do to some new information that I have received, I have to apologize. I like may people in America has sat by silently while you have been shuffled into a 2nd and 3rd class citizenship. Here is where my ignorance forced on me by fear comes in. I have been suckered into the belief that you alone are responsible for your station in life. After listening to the “New Jim Crow”, I can see the traps that were laid for you and that I have overlooked not because I couldn't see it, but because it was convient to look the other way. Although I have been active in my community locally and nationally I have never sounded the alarm that you were under attack. I have n...
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