Carmen Jones MD

🌱 Medicinal Cannabis Physician 👼🏾 Pediatrician 🤓Semi-Nerdy 😎Semi-Cool ✊🏽🙅🏽‍♀️Socially and Politically active 🩷💚

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

Dear Former President Barack Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama,

I’ve watched you and your children attacked with a ferocity and cruelty that defy any sense of decency and that certainly have no precedent.

I’ve watched your birthplace called into question, your personal faith ridiculed, your patriotism mocked, your gender contested, and your very humanity discounted.

I’ve watched you endure the incessant, bitter venom of those for whom the color of your skin was always going to be a problem.

And through all of it, I’ve watched you be the better humans, always going high despite their sickening depths.

In the face of a sustained, spitting, violent, raw-throated hatred, you’ve never responded in kind.

You never allowed yourselves to be defined by the bigotry of your critics, and you never dehumanized them or let them win by becoming them.

[Maya Angelou @DrMayaAngelou]

Juneteenth honors freedom delayed, but never denied.

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” — Dr. Maya Angelou

Freedom to read. Freedom to remember. Freedom to rise.

#Juneteenth #FreedomDay

[Chris Cadence @ChrisCadence]

White Privilege is being a former Escort that can barely speak English properly and people honor you at the White House meanwhile a successful accomplished Black Women gets disrespected 10 years removed from office.

[Carmen Jones MD @CJSpinDoc]

@Angry_Staffer On Juneteenth

[Mark Hyman, M.D. @drmarkhyman]

Laughter is anti-inflammatory. Crying is regulating. Hugging is immunoprotective. Singing is vagal toning. Dancing is neurogenic.

Joy is a biological necessity.

[Sheila of the Most High @sheilatebra]

I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, “Never play fair in a game where others cheat.” It doesn’t mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they’ll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Every human being is worthy by the mere fact of having been willed, created, and loved by God. There is no situation that causes the Lord to turn His gaze away from us. It is a consoling truth that accompanies us at all times and reminds us that His merciful love always outweighs whatever good or evil we may have done. #ApostolicJourney
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[Paroles d'auteurs @Paroles_auteurs]

Frida Kahlo à son mari Diego :

"Je ne te demande pas de m’embrasser,
je ne te demande pas de t’excuser quand je pense que tu as eu tort,
je ne te demanderai même pas de me prendre dans tes bras quand j’en ai le plus besoin.
Je ne te demande pas de me dire que je suis belle, même si ce n’est pas vrai,
ni de m’écrire quoi que ce soit de tendre.
Je ne te demanderai même pas de m’appeler
pour me raconter ta journée,
ni de me dire que je te manque.
Je ne te demanderai pas de me remercier pour tout ce que je fais pour toi,
ni de t’inquiéter pour moi quand mon moral est au plus bas.
Et bien sûr, je ne te demanderai pas de soutenir mes choix,
ni même de m’écouter quand j’ai mille histoires à te raconter.
Je ne te demanderai rien.
Pas même d’être à mes côtés pour toujours.
Parce que si je dois te le demander… alors je n’en veux plus".
Frida Kahlo

[Carmen Jones MD @CJSpinDoc]

Bravo!!

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

At just 13 years old, Alena Analeigh McQuarter made history as the youngest Black student ever accepted into a U.S. medical school.
Now 17, this brilliant young queen has already graduated high school at 12, earned a Master’s degree, interned at NASA, founded The Brown STEM Girl to inspire other girls of color, and continues blazing trails in medicine and science.
Her journey is living proof that when purpose, discipline, and brilliance collide, nothing can hold you back not even age.
The future is in incredible hands! 👏🏽

[Black Media Hub ✊🏿 @BlackMediaHub]

September 1, 2005, Jabbar Gibson borrowed a school bus and transported about 60 people who were trapped in New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Jabbar drove about 350 miles from New Orleans to Houston.

Along the way, Gibbon and the passengers pooled their money to purchase fuel, water, ice, food, etc. to make sure everyone was safe.

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

Luxuries we forget that are luxuries:

1. Your mom still around
2. Hot water
3. Feeling healthy
4. Peace of mind & heart
5. Perfect weather days
6. Good food
7. Bills paid
8. Reliable transportation

[Carmen Jones MD @CJSpinDoc]

@blakeaburge @IAmSophiaNelson That’s me! I’m a cheerleader!

[alpha man @alphaman_111]

A young man met an old man and asked him:

— Do you remember me?

The old man replied, “No, I don’t.”

Then the young man said, “I was one of your students.”

The old man asked:

— Oh really? What do you do now?

The young man answered:

— I became a teacher.

— That’s great! Just like me? — said the old man.

— Yes. I became a teacher because you inspired me to be one.

The old man was curious and asked what moment inspired him.

The young man told this story:

— One day, one of my friends brought a beautiful new watch to school. I wanted it, so I stole it from his pocket. After a while, my friend noticed his watch was missing and told you about it.

You stopped the class and said:

— Someone’s watch was stolen during the lesson. Whoever took it, please return it.

— But I didn’t return it. I was too ashamed.

Then you closed the classroom door and told all of us to stand up. You said you would check everyone’s pockets until the watch was found. But you also told us to close our eyes while you searched.

So we did.

You went through everyone’s pockets, one by one. When you reached mine, you found the watch and took it. But you didn’t stop. You kept checking the others’ pockets too.

Then you said:

— Open your eyes. I found the watch.

You never said anything to me. You didn’t punish me, and you never told anyone it was me. That day was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

But it was also the day I was saved from going down the wrong path. You didn’t lecture me, but your actions spoke louder than words.

That day, I understood what it means to be a real teacher. And that’s why I became one.

Do you remember that day, teacher?

The old man replied:

— I remember the situation and searching for the watch, but I don’t remember you — because I also had my eyes closed.

This is what true teaching is:

If correcting someone means embarrassing them, then you don’t truly know how to teach. ❣️

[blue @bluewmist]

I don't know who needs to hear this but your ability to create the reality that you want is directly determined by your willingness to experience its opposite.

Saving money will have you feeling broke while it's actually making you rich.

Setting boundaries will have you feeling alone while you're creating new healthy relationships in your life.

Digging up your trauma will have you feeling broken while it's actually healing you.

Working out has you feeling weak while its really making you strong.

Learning something new makes you feel dumb while it's making you more intelligent.

Your ability to attain the thing that you want is directly correlated with how willing you are to experience its opposite. You have to be ok with being uncomfortable to truly achieve success!

You got this

[k @alfkkifine]

Women: I want to go for a run.
Society: You can’t go alone. You’ll get raped.

Women: I want to walk to my car in the parking garage.
Society: Alone? You better get someone to escort you, or you’ll get raped.

Women: I want to live alone.
Society: You need a gun, an alarm system, a dog and probably a gun for the dog too.

Women: What about going to the park?
Society: Dangerous.

Women: Okay, I’ll just go out for a drink then.
Society: Don’t take your eyes off your drink. Watch out for predators spiking your drinks. Stay alert at all times.

Women: I was raped.
Society: Are you sure? That just seems impossible.

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

Normalize a boring life. Go to bed early, read long books, drink tea, regulate your nervous system, spend time alone, take walks without headphones, eat simple food, shrink your circle, and turn down the noise. Peace will look boring to people addicted to chaos, but that’s the point. Life doesn’t have to be loud to be meaningful, and it doesn’t have to be public to be powerful. Sometimes the magic is in being unreachable, rested, focused, and quietly becoming someone nobody can disturb.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

This timeline brings attention to a long and difficult history, but it is important to understand it with context and accuracy. The experience of Black Americans cannot be reduced to a few numbers or dates, even though those numbers help show how long certain systems lasted.

Slavery in what became the United States developed over the 17th century and was legally entrenched for generations, ending in 1865 after the Civil War. That period shaped the country’s economy and social structure in lasting ways. After slavery ended, systems of control did not disappear. Instead, they evolved into laws and practices that enforced segregation and limited rights, often referred to as Jim Crow. These laws varied by state and existed mainly from the late 19th century into the mid 20th century.

Lynching, which is highlighted in the image, was a form of racial terror used to enforce that system. It was not limited to a fixed set of years and occurred most heavily between the late 1800s and early 1900s, though incidents continued beyond that period. It played a major role in maintaining fear and control in many communities.

The Civil Rights Movement, often associated with the years between 1954 and 1968, was not a short struggle but part of a much longer fight for equality that began long before and continues today. Those years represent some of the most visible legal victories, including the end of segregation laws and the protection of voting rights.

The final point about police brutality reflects an ongoing conversation. It is connected to broader discussions about law enforcement, justice, and equality that continue in modern society. Like the rest of this history, it is complex and shaped by many factors over time.

[Carmen Jones MD @CJSpinDoc]

@isaborglobal @BlackMediaHub @AfricanArchives Bot

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Hope isn’t blind optimism — it arises in the face of uncertainty. If you look at our history, we’ve gone through some rough patches. But we tend to come out on the other side of them stronger than before.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Major cheat code for life: Stop dragging yesterday into today. The argument. The mistake. The missed chance. It’s already gone. Stop reliving it. Learn fast. Forgive yourself faster. Move forward. Life happens in the direction you face.