#whyirise

[ioncewaspoison-ivy]

Hey friends! Shoutout to everybody who has shared the link to my petition— y’all rock! We are at 1,657 signatures! Just wanted to share with y’all on here two fan projects started by people on Twitter that’d we’d love to get participation in!

[ioncewaspoison-ivy]

Wow y’all. Thank you to everybody who has signed and shared the petition. You all are angels and I love you. Keep up the good work.

[selfloveguru]

Getting up every day, meditating, taking care of my youngest, looking for a job, looking for opportunities, creating, healing...and still overwhelmed. The news, my personal economy, the dangerous political landscape of being a black female immigrant in America...trying to be of service and constantly battling the feeling of being so fucking pointless: it’s a lot. No wonder I get choked so easily of late. I am stretched thin and I am human. I was raised in the midst of personal tyranny. I persist because it’s what I do. The how feels pervasive sometimes. The purpose of having skills and passion and drive if only to be met with brick walls (sometimes of our own making) can be a slow gutting. But my why... my why has stayed consistent, my children. Lately I have come to consciously include my inner child...me...in the concept of ‘my’ children. They aren’t mine. They came through me but they don’t belong to me. Not even I belong to me. It is all the domain of the universe and as such we are all free agents, tools, playthings of the Divine. This I know. This my ego struggles with because that’s what egos do. #whyirise #selfloveguru #ineedajob #desperatetimes #plaything #purpose #immigrant #bw #persistence #mywhy #motivation #motherhood #survival https://www.instagram.com/p/B3opNlQhMe3/?igshid=ncdlq98taexl