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Happy Wednesday Wellness Weigh-In💚 and happy birthday in heaven to author/poet/activist June Jordan (1936-2002). May her words inspire us today:
"Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and both be right. The difference of our positions will show stars in your window I cannot even imagine. Your sky may burn with light, while mine, at the same moment, spreads beautiful to darkness. Still we must choose how we separately corner the circling universe of our experience. Once chosen, our cornering will determine the message of any star and darkness we encounter."
(June Jordan, Soulscript, 1970; photo by Gwen Phillips)

Happy Wednesday Wellness Weigh-In💚
"If anyone should ask a Negro woman in America what has been her greatest achievement, her honest answer would be, ‘I survived!'"
-Pauli Murray, Author/poet/activist

Happy Wednesday Wellness Weigh-In💚..and happy birthday in heaven to author/poet Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929-Aug. 5, 2021). May her words inspire us today:
"I’m not striving to improve. I think growth and improvement are pretty automatic when you’re working at something that’s difficult. I want two things: to spend the hours of my life doing something that is satisfying to me and to make a contribution. I leave the assessment of my growth to others."
-Interview with Don Tate, Feb. 18, 2008)

Happy Wednesday Wellness Weigh-In💚
"Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do."
Terry McMillan, Disappearing Acts (1989)