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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...

6 Ways To Stop Being Punked By Life (sample)

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Do you ever feel like you're stuck in a rut? Like nothing is happening—like you're just going through the motions? Many believe that they are on their purpose, but they are on the easy route that they were punked into believing was their own choice. This route is a simple path that leads to comfort, laziness, and mediocrity. When you wake up and go to work, do you feel like your life is fulfilling? If it isn't, don't worry! You've been punked into thinking this is what you want, but there's something inside of you screaming at you that it isn't. All of us have been punked by life at some point and time; we're all capable of more than what we see in front of us. Even if a person thinks they have no choice in the matter—that their actions are guided by external forces—they still have a chance to change their destiny. Yes, things may seem bleak right now, but there's always a way to get back on your Nia (purpose).... That is good , but the rest is waiti...