The power of invitation and intention go along with each other. On this, the first day of a new year, we have an opportunity to set our intentions for 2022–to invite into our year qualities that will guide us in the months to come.
What are you inviting into your life in 2022?
The sixth day of Kwanzaa celebrates Kuumba, the principle of creativity. People are instructed to reflect on what they can do to leave their communities more beautiful and whole.
What are the ways you can add beauty to the world (and to your community) in 2022?
The past is the past and we can not change it. The future can be different if we choose to make it so. We can grow a vision of a more peaceful, happier and harmonious future and work toward it. The mystery is how we trade complacency for action.
What is the next thing you need to do to move into the uncertainty of the future? How can you do it today?
Ujamaa, or cooperative economics, is the fourth principle of Kwanzaa.
How do you support Black- and brown-owned businesses with your spending?
“Because we live with mystery, we trust that which is deeper than we know—which touches our hearts—which steadies us and rekindles our spirits—which, finally, in faith, may be named the love that has laid hold upon us, and will not let us go.”
-George Kimmich Beach
What will your faith not let go of today? What will not let go of you?
