This post is an excerpt from a journal entry this morning. I have decided to share it because I feel you or someone you know may benefit from this beautiful reminder I received this morning.
Read MoreLoved like tomorrow won’t come.
This loving feels like his kingdom comes,
Comes and sweeps me off my feet,
The day has finally come when my prince I will now meet.
When I walk into a room heads turn, literally. However, this was not the core reason for deciding to spend my first summer of grad school in India. Curry, a rich culture, sages, social entrepreneurship and Jamsetji Tata are some of the real reasons I chose India.
Read MoreThis statement has been a resting place and assurance during my seasons of uncertainty and doubt. Many times we are consumed with the trying to get to the end of a journey or a process that we miss the sweetest part, the "in the between part". On a tomb stone the dates lived is normally represented with the date of birth and the date on which the person past, with the a "-" to represent the life (the time) that individual has lived.
Read MoreWe know the word "disenfranchisement" to mean the following:
"to prevent a person or group of people from having the right to vote".
Today as I used this word deprivation is still at its core but not in the manner relating to the ability to vote. The disenfranchisement that I speaking of today is the loss or deprived right of enjoying childhood.
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