Stop assigning character roles to people that they never agreed to play, in the made up story of your mind. Then getting upset because they aren’t who you pretended they were.
Don’t try to change, control or convert anyone. Allow people to be exactly who they are.
Your part is to see if who they are meets your standard for relational intelligence, connection, care, respect, intimacy and love. And then provide or deny access accordingly.
Simple math
Ancestral veneration is sometimes simply just giving thanks and recognition for the life they lived for you and giving the love yall shared to them in the afterlife.
Your ancestors may not always seek you to “work” with them, but simply to never forget them.
HUGE NEWS: A visual library of black hairstyles just released! If you're sick of crawling through Pinterest like I am, try out Afro.Index! It's very new + still growing, but it's already pretty solid!
Anyway it’s Gullah Geechee Heritage Month Studies so I’ve decided to share my Gullah studies library, lil piece of me to you 🖤🧡🩵💚
https://t.co/QhdCQrRD14
My friend just got hit with an eviction notice after a kitchen fire caused by a landlord’s negligence (an improperly installed microwave + unfixed stove burners). Landlord has ordered they pay $2,500. They will be fighting this but they need to pay the fee to stay housed