#blacksthoughts

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Looking towards #hope. Working to build the #will required to make the required changes. #Patience, #love, #balance, #reciprocity, #justice, #peace. - #blacksthoughts Photo from 160816

[bwiseii]

I finished learning the #wingchun #longpole form today. I'm grateful for this journey in #kungfu and #martialarts. It's much more than just learning how to fight, #itsawayoflife. - #blacksthoughts 170414 (at Wing Chun School)

[bwiseii]

Dr. Francis Cress Welsing March 18, 1935 - January 2, 2016 Her work, along with her colleague Neely Fuller Jr, bravely sought to provide the framework for understanding the historical nature of the relationship between whites and blacks in America and the world over. Synthesizing her work with Cheikh Anta Diop, Marimba Ani, Amos Wilson, John Henrik Clarke, and so many others helped me to organize a world view that allowed me to understand the problems that plague my community with clarity. They provided me with the mind state to critically and objectively analyze the world and our position within it. Dr. Welsing taught me to not fall into emotional scuffles with people, but to speak and stick to the facts. In order to survive, one must be clear of mind and balanced in the heart. She helped push the collective consciousness in the direction of scientific analysis instead of petty squabbling. For that, I salute her and give thanks for the body of work that she left behind for us to build from. Nothing is stagnant. It's our duty to carry on the legacy and make things better for those that will follow us. We have to continue the work. And btw, the latest census stats show that her theory was right on target. - #blacksthoughts #Repost @bigkevm10 with @repostapp ・・・ Energy Never Dies. Thank you for your powerful contribution to so many minds. #franciscresswelsing #masterteacher #theisispapers #gospel #readingismoreimportantthanwatchingtv ✊✊✊💯💯

[bwiseii]

Even though I can’t bind these days, I still appreciate the flexibility and openness that I possess. I’m grateful for life, just as it is. No matter the obstacles and letdowns, no matter what, I keep moving forward. Sitting here at this spot that I used to come to as a child. A spot surrounded by cows, hay, abandoned barns, fields, dirt roads and all. It’s good to feel my roots. It’s good to breathe the fresh air. It’s good to be me. It’s good to be free. “You was a little nappy headed ugly boy. Now you’re a good looking man.” I don’t mind those words. I’ve come such a long way, and God Willing, I have so much further to go. I also drove by where I used to live as a child. I walked the grounds, looked at the shed my Dad built with his bare hands, placed my hands on the dog house we made together, and admired the trees by the road that we planted. Reconnecting. Soaking every moment and every blessing in. There’s nothing like the present, even while standing upon the grounds of my past. - #blacksthoughts https://www.instagram.com/bwiseii/p/Bsi9LeDAj5owOKWdWJL1Mw2q_n7S7WijdKDP0c0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2qegydq2dvw1

[bwiseii]

The human experience can be a funny conundrum when we sit back and think about it. Just take for example feelings. We’re hard wired to feel for the things that truly matter to us and effect us, not everything else. Otherwise we’d go absolutely mad. Just imagine if we felt every sensation that we experienced - to the core of our bones. Every elation and misery. Every pain and ecstasy. I’ve felt such a sensation briefly. I thought I was going insane, but I was simply feeling a glimpse of The All. I’m belaboring the point, but not really. I’m just trying to say that compartmentalizing feelings, disassociating from certain things and people, picking our fights wisely, defending our personal space, and setting boundaries is necessary for health and well being. Like Kweli said, “I can’t be everything to everyone at the same time.” But we can be the truest versions of ourselves that we can be, with the time that we have here during this human experience. It’s okay to not care about certain things, but it’s not okay to not care about anything at all. Passion breeds purpose. Be passionate. Be purposeful. Be free to ... Be. - #blacksthoughts #mentalbreadcrumbs #notetoself P.S. Right after writing this, I received word of my Uncle’s transition (passing) this morning. I walked back pass the train tracks, and took this picture to show that the tracks had a definite ending. Everything has a purpose and a time. Peace Unc. https://www.instagram.com/bwiseii/p/Br-xUFHAU6MZURbEZczDD9HlX53QPdi_wUSsM80/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16ao8nlkvg2zg

[bwiseii]

#WinterSolsticeFast2018 I wrote a whole scientific breakdown of my fast and all, but I’d rather simply say that I’m blessed to possess life. I’m blessed to possess privileges, freedoms, liberties, technologies, luxuries, and communities of people to share my life with. I have my bad days and my good ones, my arguments and my letdown, also my victories and happy endings. No matter what I do during this fasting period for myself, I’m still but a man here in this planet seeking things the best way that I can. This is but one of my many ways; and I’m blessed to have it. I thank my teachers, all of them, I thank my heartaches and my impossibly joyous moments, I thank myself for remembering what’s truly important, and I thank those that remind me when I loose sight. So as we move into the remainder of this Holy Season, I keep the spirit of gratitude, grace and mercy in my heart, my mind and my Spirit. May the Divine’s Blessings be upon you. Peace - #blacksthoughts https://www.instagram.com/bwiseii/p/Brz6HqsgkAXVNLq2JtxKQ9cE24X9bByUQothYI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xwdxtb8m45uv

[bwiseii]

No matter how high your vantage point in life is, the ground will always remain beneath your feet. You will always return to it. So even when your head is to the sky, remain grounded. And when you're down and out, remember that the sun will eventually shine on you. It'll renew you, but only if you allow it to. Keep your focus, keep your pace, stay the path, and keep your head up. Love always, follow your gut, and seek truth. Peace - #blacksthoughts (at Valley Of The Kings)

[bwiseii]

Everyone wants more. Today I seek to enjoy what's mines. That's all. Within this space and time, I'm seeking to enjoy what I both have and don't have, what I am and what I'm not, where I am and where I know I'm headed. Just appreciating me within myself as I am. For all of my faults, weaknesses, and downfalls. I'm just appreciating me. For within me, is all of the peace that I need. And in all reality, everything comes from the mind, so all the peace that I will ever have is already within me. - #blacksthoughts