Author: clfuu

“I could say grace was a woman with time on her hands, or a white buffalo escaped from memory. But in that dingy light it was a promise of balance.”
From Grace by Joy Harjo

Balance sometimes comes when we give ourselves permission to slow down in the midst of the mess, to breathe even with the dishes still in the sink.  The grace we give to ourselves and others, to not have our lives balanced, can often be the times when we achieve the most balance in our lives.

When have you experienced grace that allows you to feel more balanced?

Balance is seductive, and hard to achieve. Rocks balanced on one another are toppled by a breeze or a wave. We seek balance and yet so rarely feel it.

What are the moments in which you have felt most balanced?

 

Here on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister’s eyes, and into
Your brother’s face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope
Good morning.
-Maya Angelou, from “On The Pulse of Morning”

What do you hope greets you in the new year?

Today’s Kwanzaa principle is Nia, or purpose: To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

How are you supporting the communities of Black, Indigenous and other People of Color in the ways you live and work?

Windows separate us from the outside but allow us to experience it at the same time. What do we let in? What do we keep out? What do we see through the windows in our spirits?

Look out a window today. Notice what is out there. Notice how it makes you feel.