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Revealing: Get Ready
What happens when you pray this prayer?
Remove anything unlike you, not meant for me, veiled with ill-intent, overly self-serving, no longer serving a purpose, hindering your promises for me and others, draining my energy, sharing my gifts without an equitable exchange, stealing my joy and peace, and/or obstructing my vision holistically.
Friends become distant acquaintances.
Disruptors become visible.
The silence finds a voice.
The unknown becomes known.
The path becomes clearer.
This is not the end.
This is not the beginning.
This is a continuation.
What comes next is sure to amaze.
Get Ready!
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A Personal Reflection: SCOTUS 6/24 Decision
I remember leading into June my comment in a local connect meeting, “June is going to be a jam packed month”, I was right. There has been so much happening this month between celebrating Pride, remembering, and honoring the journey of Juneteenth, including Our Conversation with the Grandmother of Juneteenth on June 14th, and the list grew.
As I continue synthesizing this month’s contents, I must pause. I wear many hats, as I write I write with my intersectionality personal hat. While I mentioned initiatives completed under my professional hat, the opinions and statements herein, are mine and mine alone.
I pause because, I had intended to write a different post, but circumstances compel me to write this one, for this moment. You see, I love to write. I find writing very therapeutic and revealing. Through writing, I often lift the veil on lingering thoughts I have pushed to the side for one reason or another. This brings me to one of those lingering thoughts.
As I began my ascension below The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, my first of several stops on my scheduled excursion in New York City this past Friday, the news from SCOTUS broke. 196 steps to the top of the Pedestal my travel champion spoke somberly, “It’s Official. The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.” My heart sunk as a Native Texan, as an American, as a woman, and as a human who cares for others. Not because I support abortions. I don’t for many personal reasons, including my religious beliefs, but those are my reasons and mine alone. My beliefs should never usurp the beliefs of others on matters affecting their health and/or life. On Friday, June 24th SCOTUS knowingly did just that in more than a 3rd of the country due to the “trigger laws” in effect.
As I reached the marker for 67 steps to go, I lamented at the sheer irony of our current climate in America with shrinking liberties in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. Standing beneath Lady Liberty, I was not surprised, but still, I felt just a little gutted. Lady Liberty was a gift and a promise. A promise codified in our Constitution at a time when my intersectionality would have deemed me “not a person” and “without rights”. A promise through our preparation to host Dr. Opal Lee was solidified by why Juneteenth is so important in the history of America. On a personal level, I had struggled with the holiday until Dr. Lee spoke on the effects the movement created for the enslaved people in Texas. A reminder of the past, but more importantly, a hope for the future and “a celebration of liberation with the freedom to live, to marry, to have and keep our children from being sold, to travel, and so much more”, Dr. Opal Lee. A promise Justice Thomas threatens with his concurring opinion. The match has been lit, it is my hope we the Republic put out the fire in November before we find The Handmaid’s Tale a reality. Because, “I have to tell you, NONE of us are FREE until all of us are FREE”, Dr. Opal Lee.
In the United States, women are once again no longer free. 
26 steps to the top, “I got this!”, I said to myself as I paused before making the final climb! With the spirit of my ancestors, I reached the top! I felt great for many reasons, but one of them was out of all the people visiting Lady Liberty we were the only two people in the stairwell, opting to bypass the elevator. Due to an illness, I could not have done this a year ago. Looking back, I am not sure I could have even made it to the elevator.
Many believe we cannot surmount the conflicting climate seeping into our global affairs.
I disagree. I am proof positive. That is a lie!
We have fought tyranny before and won! And so, I was this year old when I learned my company in the face of these restrictive measures over women’s health has expanded our health benefits to provide for travel expenses in states where a woman’s informed choice is no longer a woman’s choice. We’re not perfect, no company is, but we are striving to make life work better for people. Moves of this nature are one more step in the right direction! #InItTogether #BetterTogether
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Day 208: It’s Been Awhile – Lessons Learned
I haven’t posted here in a while. Here are a few things my higher power has allowed me to experience holistically since then:
- There is life after tragedy strikes.
- It really does get better.
- Your perspective dictates your prospectus on life.
- There is power in silence.
- You can’t quantify loyalty and you shouldn’t try to.
- The more you live, the more things change.
- Principles are fixed, but friendships are not.
- There is strength in commonality.
- Truth is in the eye of the beholder.
- Simple is better.
- There is a lesson in every experience.
- Sometimes there’s a full course.
- People will surprise you.
- And, you will surprise people.
- Survival is a state of being.
- Living is a state of mind.
- Integrity is more important than loyalty.
- Love the people who love you.
- Take note of the people who don’t.
- Distance isn’t always bad, and closeness isn’t always good.
- Kindred spirits are real.
- I think I’ve identified mine.
- Saying I’m sorry, is more about you than the other person.
- An apology means nothing if the action doesn’t change.
- There are no bad experiences.
- There are only inadequate responses to those “bad experiences”.
- Pay attention to how people treat you.
- No response is an answer.
- Stop explaining.
- They don’t care.
- Wishing is good.
- Striving is better.
- Action is greater.
- Success requires a combination of dedication, the right connections, and lots of luck.
- You can forgive and still remember.
- Premonitions are real.
- Losing a job really isn’t a loss when it forces you to find a career.
- Apologize for how you said it, but not for what you meant, when you said it.
- Hugs have healing power.
- Death can knock, but you don’t have to answer.
- Listen to your heart.
- Speak from your mind.
- Love through your soul.
- Laugh.
- Cry.
- Laugh some more.
- Strength is about more than muscle.
- The best is yet to come.
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Day 259: Ghosted
Sometimes you have to remove your presence without removing your impression.
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Day 193: Reclaim Your Power
I posted recently to my Facebook Community page regarding forcing yourself to let go of the memories and situations still causing you pain long after the event has ended. Many people engaged with the post. Which brings me here.
The human condition is self-persevering. We are all flawed in one way or another. Some of us have done the work and know our greatest flaws. For us, we work to minimize the adverse impact of these human internal defects on others.
There are those of us oblivious to our character defects. We are the most dangerous because we inflict pain on others completely unaware of the negative impact we leave on their lives and our own lives further perpetuating the cycle of pain.
Then there are those within our population who know our impact but inflict pain regardless as a way to reclaim what they believe has been taken from them. These are our narcissistic sociopaths. Beware of them, the blame is almost always external.
However, regardless of the type of person we encounter, the path forward is the same. Cut the anchor cord. No one and I repeat, there is no one capable of hindering your purpose, your happiness, your joy, or your peace unless you allow it. Sometimes our brains attempt to make a connection to a new situation because it resembles a past experience. Listen to it and do not assume it’s about the past situation.
For some, I recognize when I speak or write it comes off as aloof. However, that’s because you’re looking at the cake and not the ingredients and prep time it took to make the cake.
Getting to a place where nothing phases you requires purposeful, dedicated, and long-suffering actions to reach the place I often write from. This is not an overnight enlightenment. You can’t put it in a microwave and expect all to be well in two minutes and fifteen seconds. You have to do the work. And, you have to be honest. I mean completely honest. Honest about your part. Honest about their part. Honest about your true feelings about it all. Then and only then can you start to remove the bricks from your heart, your mind, and your soul.
I pray for peace on the reader of this post. You are strong. You are powerful. You control your thoughts or your thoughts will control you.
Be blessed and do the work.
Humbly submitted,
EYHCS
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Day 164 : Detached
I had to become attached so I could detached.
I had to let go of what held me back, before I could receive what called me forward.
I let those misconceived ideas fall by the wayside.
I let those preconceived opinions sail into the abyss.
I let it go.
I let it be.
For I knew I was born free.
For I knew I would be again.
I simply let it go.
And, I simply let it be.
Detached.
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Day 145: Completion
Sometimes it’s not as much about the reason as it is about the season.
I love cooking metaphors.
When the cake rises, take the cake out of the oven.
The oven has served its purpose and if you leave the cake in too long, it will burn.
Now that the cake is out, let it cool, and turn the oven off.
We often spend so much time and energy analyzing the reason a season has ended, instead of enjoying the fruits of the decision bringing it to completion.
🥂 🍰 🍽
The cake is done.
Cut the cake.
Eat the cake.
Share the cake.
Or save pieces of the cake for later, but the key is – the cake is done regardless of the steps taken to make it rise.
The reason may satisfy some embedded curiosity, but it will not un-bake the cake.
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Day 140: Observed Revelations
I observe.
When it becomes too much, I release what I have observed.
I release what I have noticed.
I release what I have felt.
I release what I have heard.
I release what does not belong to me.
It is the only way I can truly remain free.
Thus, I must let it be.
For the branches of this tree are not for me.
I recognize, I was the witness and not the participant.
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Day 59: Embedded Favor
This is why I love the story of Jesus. An unknown child from a perceived unknown town. Grows up with an unknown identity. And is revealed to be the known savior.
Poked and prodded he hung on a cross. The unknown savior was not shocked at their behavior. Yet, his resolve never wavered.
For he knew he had embedded favor.
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Day 51: Visualized Victory
Close the door.
Shut the blinds.
This is a sign it’s time to unwind.
Focus on the obstacle.
Notice how the air moves around it.
Seek it’s tender side.
Calm the noise.
Inhale the purpose.
Exhale the excuse.
Feel your heart beat.
See the obstacle move.
Watch the path clear.
Now, you know you have nothing to fear.
For victory is near.
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Day 46: Embedded Solution
Developing a fix without including the source is like writing a novel without any words.
When looking for solutions involve the people affected by the challenges.
And, watch the challenges become accomplishments.
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Day 34: The Battle
It is the ultimate internal battle.
To speak or not to speak.
To react or not to react.
To attack or not to attack.
To respond or not to respond.
It’s the battle spiritually and mentally successful people win most days.
The battle of inner determination.
The battle of prescriptive blinders.
Performers understand the battle well.
Regardless of the crowd’s response,
the show must go on.
In spite, of the sideline antics, you still have a purpose to accomplish.
Dogs will bark.
But a bark isn’t a bite.
So why disrupt your flight?
Trust and know everything will be alright.
If the barking dog isn’t your dog, keep on moving and let the owner answer the call.
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Day 16: Chartered Ship
You know the conclusion. The odds are in your favor. Why fear your path across the ocean?
No matter what happens. No matter who leaves. No matter who stays. No matter what falls. No matter who rises. The victory is already yours.
Uncharted waters still follow a current. Use your lessons and fellow shipmates to ride the waves to paradise.
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Day 365: I Dare You
There is no dream, goal, idea, person, relationship, job, or career worth losing your identity over.
Lost is painful. It seeps into the crevices of your heart. It waffles over tender memories. But pain lessens over time and in some cases over distance. Give the emotion an opportunity to dissipate and yourself the opportunity to heal.
People would miss you even if you feel they wouldn’t. Besides, the biggest loser is the one convinced they have nothing left to lose… You!
Prove your greatest critic wrong. One more time.
I double dog dare you!
Signed the Voice You Should Be Listening To,
Antithetically You
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