If you never question things, your life ends up being limited by other people's imaginations.
Take the time to think and dream, to question and reconsider.
It is better to be limited by what you can dream for yourself than by where you fit in someone else's dream.
Improvement is a battle that must be fought anew each day.
Your next workout doesn't care how strong your last one was.
Your next essay doesn't care how popular your last one was.
Your next investment doesn't care how smart your last one was.
Your best effort, again.
@Carlalemon5@GovTimWalz Please allow me to reframe your words. "This propaganda using his death is stomach churning, but Mr. Floyd's death was horrific and he didn't deserve to die." Your frustration with perceived propaganda is acknowledged, yet what really matters, a murder, is kept front & center.
The pandemic reminds us there are no differences or borders between those who suffer. We are all frail, all equal, all precious. May we be profoundly shaken: Now is the time to eliminate inequalities and heal the injustice undermining the health of the entire human family!
I'm awed by what so many teachers, counselors, and other educators are doing in the name of equity and justice despite a lack of support from formal leadership in their buildings. I'm deflated by how often these educators are burning out due to that lack of support.
"Change takes time." When leaders are confronted by targets of racism in the orgs they lead, this may be the most cowardly, entitled response. Based on my 20+ yrs working in various orgs, it also might be the most common. Translation: "We are choosing racism."