The Celebration Continues…Kwanzaa!

Unity…Creativity…Faith…Giving gifts…December 26 to January 1, is the annual celebration of African-American culture; leading up to Karamu, a Feast of Faith…

The celebration begins in succession with Kukaribisha (Welcoming)…Kuumba (Remembering)…Kuchunguza Tena Na Kutoa Ahadi Tena (Reassessment and Recommitment)…Kushangilia (Rejoicing)…Tamshi la Timbiko (Libation Statement)…Tamshi la Tutaonana (The Farewell Statement)…

The Swahili phrase, matunda ya kwanza, means “first fruits.” First fruits festivals take place in Southern Africa, which are celebrated in December/January with the southern solstice…Kwanzaa is spelled with an additional “a” so that it would bear a symbolic seven letters…as it occurs over seven days…which dedicates each day to one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa…Nguzo Saba.

Kwanzaa is celebrated by all…

Unity…Creativity…Faith…Giving gifts…a celebration of culture…wonderful reasons to be communal in recognition and celebration…The diversity of human beings..is divine! And should be so honored…Unity…is the key….

Joyous Kwanzaa to all!

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The Evolution of the Human Spirit Will Continue…With… Or Without Us…

The evolution of the human spirit continues on its journey with each challenge that presents itself in the world around us… With each obstacle that is placed before each member of the human race…we are faced with the opportunity to place ourselves into the shoes of those who find themselves on the receiving end of “man’s inhumanity to man,” and given the choice to experience what is being perpetrated, and how we would react.

After the first two world wars, checks and balances were not put into place to keep more powerfully equipped nations to also have checks and balances to avoid what is taking place at this moment with Russia’s attack on Ukraine.  NATO must realize that any act of aggression which causes any country deciding that they are going to overtake another country, using veiled excuses to do so, is an act of war on all peaceful nations.  There can be no other way to stop such aggression except by meeting the aggressor with like aggression.

While nuclear war and world war is definitely what is needed to be avoided…the world may find themselves on that precipice despite efforts to avoid it.

Acts of war that have been initiated by Putin’s Russia should have been anticipated during the Cold War decades ago, with checks and balances put into place on world powers, at that time, looking forward.  Russia’s power to veto, as all super powers with such a “weapon” should have had neutral nations given that ability to ‘neutralize’ such a power of veto when it could be used as it was, to “justify” a monstrous attack on a peaceful country…wishing nothing more than their freedom through their choice of democracy.

The human spirit is being tested on morality and the realization that all humanity is connected…regardless of how divisions and separatist actions are constantly being imposed upon us…by one another…

We are being challenged to take a good look at us and how we respond to conditions that only we as humanity can stop…or continue to allow…by what dwells within the confines of ourselves…in the depths… or shallowness of our souls…or…if we really have a heart…and soul…to feel and use our compassion and resolve to step up and do what is right…Have we fallen so far away from the light of our spirits?

Racism is one of man’s ugliest and costliest use of evil…on every level of living…

There is no justification for Racism…ever!  There is no argument for Racism…ever!

There is no superiority or privilege that justifies any act of racism against ANYONE who does not look like you…ever!

What we are witnessing in these continued attacks of racism upon groups targeted by such hatred are nothing less than pure evil…which we condone…if we do not take the stance to stop it in its tracks.  Take off your “coat” and see that under that coat of skin…every human being is the same…organs…blood…bone…tissue…when donated, can give continued life to another…regardless of color…creed…culture…or religious beliefs…

The continuity of the human spirit is reflected in how we respond to life…and one another.  Our evolution of spirit…is what will ensure the continuity of humanity…only if we can really comprehend that destruction and the indiscriminate treatment of dismissing lives due to “appearances”… collateral damage…or casualties of war…will only hasten humanity’s demise…and perhaps our planet as well.

We are the architects of our future…We must trust the light which dwells within us to elevate our spirits to embrace what is true and just…and act upon that flame which brings about the freedom and peace…that we claim to live for…

The world is changing…so are we…and our spirits are reflecting the change that we are striving to become…Our actions will reveal how we are changing…

In the shadows of savagery and evil…

Or in the light of love and salvation…preserving the best of humanity…

Peace and unity will come…

When we step out of the shadows…

Into the light…

The human spirit is a powerful entity…

Let yours take flight…

With or without us…

The evolution of the human spirit…

Will prevail….

Your time is here.

The change is in a twinkling of an eye…

Are you ready?

You are the key to Peace…..

Christmas Wishes…

Stevie Wonder released a song called “Someday At Christmas,” as a standalone single in 1966, then included it on his Christmas album in 1967…

Whenever I hear it I wonder why we don’t just make it happen…

Someday at Christmas men won’t be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our hearts will see
A world where men are free

Someday at Christmas there’ll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life’s really worth
There’ll be peace on earth

Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime

Someday at Christmas we’ll see a land
With no hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning people will share
Our world where people care

Whoa, someday at Christmas there’ll be no tears
When all men are equal and no man has fears
One shinning moment one prayer away
From our world today

Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime

Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Hate will be gone and love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart, yeah whoa, yeah
(Someday in a world where men are free)
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime

Songwriters: Bryan Wells / Ronald Miller Someday At Christmas lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Christmas Wishes…

Christmas wishes can become our reality…if our hearts were in the right place all the time…instead of moments in time…or one day of the year, dedicated to humanity showing some love and kindness…

If our hearts were in the right place at every given second of every moment…of every hour…of every day of our existence…and we directed all of our creative energy in producing such results…we could love one another unconditionally, and materialize the ideals expressed in this poignant and beautiful, Christmas song.

We can love one another unconditionally…

We can see beyond skin color and external diversity…right to the heart of each human being…knowing that it is the content of love that colors the individual…not their “winter coats” which will eventually shed and give way to the spectrum of “Light” reflective of the love operating within each and everyone of our souls…

Live…and let live…without infringements…understand “Free-Will.” It is a Universal right…not a “privilege” decided by those masquerading as “human beings.” They are shackled by their own chains of “self-worth.” Self-undoing is inevitable…especially where love is non-existent…

We can have Unity…

Resulting in Peace on Earth and goodwill toward all humankind….if we could just resonate beyond our own selfishness and egocentricity…

There is something greater than humanity.

Regardless of whether the finite reasoning of human intelligence cares to accept it…or not. Be it science or omnipotence…A greater force exists, and it demonstrates its presence every nanosecond in our perception of time…Yet, Humanity chooses to be blinded and captivated by its own self-worth at work all around us in the chaos continually created…cultivated, and practiced by entertaining factions that corrupt, destroy, and divide…in our country…and every country around the world…The trouble with people doesn’t have to be people…Sadly, this truth will not be understood before humankind experiences more enlightenment…born out of more extreme chaos….

Christmas Wishes…

When resistance subsides…and allows the power of love to change the hearts of those who choose chaos over peace…a new beginning for humankind will prevail…hopefully…in time for you and me…

Someday…at Christmas time….

That’s my Christmas wish…

Make it yours…

Allow your Christmas Star to shine…

It’s the Light of Love…

Knock and the door will be opened…

The door…is your heart.

A New Day Dawning…

Yesterday, I wrote this piece and posted it on Facebook… I felt that I should post it on my blog for those who follow my blog, and to ask all to share it.  It is time for everyone to take a moment and reflect upon what is really happening in our country, and come to terms with the realization that our lives will never, ever be the same again.  We are all being called to service…there are no longer shades of gray.  We all know what we must do…have courage…our angels will rush to defend!!!

Today is a new day with a very real, realization…life has changed, and will continue to change with each passing day…our lives as we know them to be are in “dismantle mode” by the present regime that has taken over our nation’s capital and seeks to destroy and deprive us of our hard-won freedoms and humanity, while desecrating and negating the Constitution which created a path to the dream of America…It is by no means perfect, and it is in desperate need of an overhaul…but not by a deranged and soulless dilettante who fancies himself a leader, followed by a legion of mindless, vessels, all too willing to do his bidding, while nipping at his heels to be favored for a chance to claim fifteen minutes of fame to push forth their own mad agendas in wreaking more chaos and havoc upon our country and the world.

We must continue moving forward in unity…ever vigilant in keeping America the “land of the free…and the home of the brave.” We must never again cast our pearls before swine…believing that they will handle them with care and value their worth…every individual with a conscience and a heart are one of those pearls being trampled beneath the feet of the swine disrupting democracy while threatening to further pollute and assist the global deterioration of our home and planet…

Our greatness is our ability to be our best at our worst times…isolation is our enemy, and abandonment to those suffering in the world, due to man’s inhumanity to man…lead us to abandon ourselves, if we abandon those who are suffering due to ignorance and self-aggrandizement by those among us who care not for the value of life…nor the privilege of choice, in doing the right thing, and championing Truth, because in the end, truth is our only salvation.

“Lies,” are “Lessons in Evil Substantiated.” Let us not continue to substantiate the endless ocean of lies coming from the present Republican administration in support of their “Master of Lies.” Many of them have placed the “power and control” of their Party, before the Nation and the People they swore an oath of allegiance to…
Seeds of lies and corruption will never bear honest, robust fruit. Never, ever let anyone convince you that you will survive by partaking of “rotten anything”, as you will surely perish!

Together…from town to town…city to city…state to state…country to country…around the world, continue to stand in solidarity and RESIST, at each and every given opportunity, and create opportunity to proclaim:

“You will honor We the People…you will bend to the will of the people…we believe and practice Truth…Freedom…Justice…Liberty… Human Rights…and any individual’s right to “be”… We will take up our armor of Morals…Values…Commandments…Freedom of Speech…and the Constitution of our Nation…and we will wield the Sword stained with the blood and dignity of our Forefathers…our Ancestors…our Veterans…our Mothers…Fathers…Sisters…and Brothers…our Children…all Sacrificial Lambs fallen by insurgents, prejudices, discriminations, bigotry…hatred…and we will defeat you…We are the real and true Spirit and heart of America…who were one-time Immigrants…who built this country, and who are bent on healing the wounds and ceasing the pain caused to those who were here before us, and those who will come after us…We will RESIST the tyranny of any person, place or thing, because WE are the RESISTANCE, We…the people, in all of our diversity, the fabric of America, and we…will not stand for your virulent branding of “45” upon our chests, arms, wrists, backs, foreheads, or minds…Not today…not ever! “Never again!!!!”

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