Tom, you are truly a remarkable man who has learned to step into life in both a humbling and powerful way. That puts you ahead of the game in my book. To be both gentle and powerful. To be a leader and bow to being led. To see with the sharpness of the hawk and also to follow your spirit blindly. My, what a mighty ancestor you will be. What a wonderous human you are! Ase', my friend. So privileged to know you. Journey on!
Tom I haven't been able to follow all of the writing you have been pouring out so that we could share in your journey. But I've read this entry closely and I'm so grateful to know you (always have been). Bless you and bless your strength in body, mind, and spirit. And thank you for the song selections! Tracy Chapman has been with me a lot lately, and I'm glad to know of janis Ians recent work❤️🤗😎 Sending beams of love and light to surround you and protect you and your fellow walkers the rest of your journey. Lucy
Tom, I’m so appreciative of how you invite us into the conversation on this journey. I too am inspired by what Giavanni said about how being in the places where Harriet Tubman walked and lived adds an entirely new level of consciousness and connection. I now grasp how literal the "underground" was in the Underground Railroad. This is rather creepy for me because I get claustrophobic in dark, enclosed spaces. So the fact that freedom and liberation actually meant subjecting yourself to the opposite is sobering. Could I have done that? It makes me deep-down admire the spiritual strength of people like Harriet Tubman and Harriet Jacobs.
I sure appreciate your thoughts/words here. That deep-down admiration continues to get deeper-down. I ask myself the same question. Could I have done what they did? Or, as a white person, would I have been part of the resistance/abolition movement? Would I have joined with people like Isaac Hopper, William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, and others? The strength of people back then. We need their courage and backbones today in standing up against oppression and inequity that has grown so much worse in recent years. Thank you for being part of this conversation; this journey. My fondest hope is that we all will commit to asking ourselves what more we can do for truth, justice, mercy and peace.
Tom, you are truly a remarkable man who has learned to step into life in both a humbling and powerful way. That puts you ahead of the game in my book. To be both gentle and powerful. To be a leader and bow to being led. To see with the sharpness of the hawk and also to follow your spirit blindly. My, what a mighty ancestor you will be. What a wonderous human you are! Ase', my friend. So privileged to know you. Journey on!
Thanks for your kind words, Danita. It's truly a privilege to walk this healing path with you and so many others at the Table. Journey on, indeed!
Tom I haven't been able to follow all of the writing you have been pouring out so that we could share in your journey. But I've read this entry closely and I'm so grateful to know you (always have been). Bless you and bless your strength in body, mind, and spirit. And thank you for the song selections! Tracy Chapman has been with me a lot lately, and I'm glad to know of janis Ians recent work❤️🤗😎 Sending beams of love and light to surround you and protect you and your fellow walkers the rest of your journey. Lucy
Thank you, Lucy. Your kind, supportive words mean the world to me. I'm also grateful that our paths have connected so closely in this lifetime...
Tom, I’m so appreciative of how you invite us into the conversation on this journey. I too am inspired by what Giavanni said about how being in the places where Harriet Tubman walked and lived adds an entirely new level of consciousness and connection. I now grasp how literal the "underground" was in the Underground Railroad. This is rather creepy for me because I get claustrophobic in dark, enclosed spaces. So the fact that freedom and liberation actually meant subjecting yourself to the opposite is sobering. Could I have done that? It makes me deep-down admire the spiritual strength of people like Harriet Tubman and Harriet Jacobs.
I sure appreciate your thoughts/words here. That deep-down admiration continues to get deeper-down. I ask myself the same question. Could I have done what they did? Or, as a white person, would I have been part of the resistance/abolition movement? Would I have joined with people like Isaac Hopper, William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, and others? The strength of people back then. We need their courage and backbones today in standing up against oppression and inequity that has grown so much worse in recent years. Thank you for being part of this conversation; this journey. My fondest hope is that we all will commit to asking ourselves what more we can do for truth, justice, mercy and peace.