Joy belongs in the Resistance PERIOD
It’s dark and scary but Joy has its part in the resistance. It’s not spiritual bypassing nor toxic positivity. If you can’t find joy in life, that’s understandable but accept the joy that finds you.
There is a divide rippling out it’s not just the white supremacist against the marginalized communities. (yes, that is happening too) Friendly fire is being shot out by allies who think people aren’t “doing enough” to stop oppression.
Why didn’t Anyone Tell Me?
9 unwanted advice tips I wish I'd told my younger self when I started the healing process...
If I’d know these things when I started the healing process, I’d have a lot less stories to tell. Like that time, I had a Reiki Session then went partying that night or how I’d start drinking an hour after Sweat Lodge (…ha…ha… *cringe) It probably wouldn’t have down like that, but we’ll never know. Maybe someone tried to tell me, and I just wouldn’t hear it…
Why Bother? You’re Just going to quit anyways.
The echoing negativity that revealed the authenticity in quitting
You never know the words that end up echoing in your mind for years to come. Uninvited at the worst possible moments, making you question every step.
I was 26 sitting in my sister’s kitchen the first time those words entered my mind. Proudly telling my mother and sisters that I was going back to school to get my accounting degree.