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If Everyone Does a Little, No One Has to Do a Lot: A Lesson in Collective Responsibility

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If Everyone Does a Little, No One Has to Do a Lot: A Lesson in Collective Responsibility The thoughts have been hitting me hard lately, and I realized I need to get back to blogging on a daily basis. Of course, I’m always doing too much, but I wanted to dedicate some time each day to writing. My idea was to align my blogs with the principles of the Nguzo Saba—so, for example, today being Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), I could write something that connects to that concept. Over time, this content could be compiled into something greater. And speaking of something greater, my family and I are gearing up for a trip to Ghana. That means I’ll be documenting our journey—shoutout to Ms. Sasha, who just got her passport! She’s officially stepping into the world as an international young lady of mystery and leisure. Our trip will take us from Columbus to New York, where we’ll spend a few hours exploring the city before catching a flight to Nairobi, Kenya. We’ll have a long layover there, ...

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cycles

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Image via Wikipedia Follow the cycles / grow in tune with Universe/ align with power/ A couple of weeks ago I was listening to late night radio and they were conversing about the cycles of America . I was suddenly hit with an idea about charting the cycles of African people in America . This opened up a flood gate of ideas. I will share the beginning of the process and as I get my notes (I gave my notes to somebody at "Poetic Moments" poetry Night)back will put down  more info. I first had to find out how long a generation was. After a little research  I came up with 20 years. From hear I started charting in 20 year cycles the ebb and flow of my people.  The symbol I chose to use was the seasons. I chose the seasons because these are visible cycles of change that everyone can understand and it is simple. We know instinctively that there are certain things that is supposed to be done during certain seasons. For example we know that if I was going to grow some...

Thoughts

I decided to start my Ideas down and maybe get some comments and other thoughts on my work. I plan to post poems, ideas and what ever else i can put down. I want to hopefully build some conversations with new and old comrades that may stumble across my writing. so please journey with me.