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“Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ~Epicurus “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or …

Preparing to Give Thanks

“Loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of bondage. Set free the oppressed and break every yoke.” ~Isaiah 58:6 Our freedom will never be …

Loose the Chains

Thought for the Week “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy …

Love Is a Bridge

Yesterday, November 23rd would have marked 72 years – and the inability and denial to complete life.

The majority of yesterday, I felt extremely sad.

Today is Thanksgiving, yet, it marks 4 months – 4 months that has resulted in everyday and those following, being filled with great sadness, heartbreak, loneliness, and immense pain.

Today marks 4 months of experiencing love and loss simultaneously – a feeling that I wish no one in this world would ever experience. However, this is a result of the unexplained, unimaginable, unpredictability, and the inevitable.

Today, marks 4 months that reminds me to be thankful for every single life encounter, no matter how big, minuscule, rewarding, or devastating.

Today, on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2022. I am extremely thankful and grateful for life and love. I am thankful that I was given the opportunity to fall in love with my soulmate and give my soulmate the opportunity to fall in love life never before. My soulmate was a person that God charismatically and purposefully placed in my life for a reason and what seems like just for a little while.

Recently, I have been unhappy, angry, emotionally challenged, exhausted, loved, appreciated, and worried. However, I continually find the strength to get up each and every morning to accomplish something in life, each and every day, even if it’s big or small. My life’s objective has been to always show up in welcomed and uninvited territory, with and without permission.

I so many ways I try to overcome the unexplained and unpredicted even though I know that these are situations that I cannot control.

In so many ways, I take this time to wish you all the best and happiest thanksgiving and wish that we would take the time to appreciate love and one another.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Stop trying to explain was is predetermined and inevitable. It will make our lives so much more easier and stress free. However, I too know that we are all human and these will be extremely difficult tasks to accomplish.

Love self and others.

AuPearce

Today many people will celebrate July 4th, or what is considered Independence Day.

This is a day that many people are supposed to be brave, happy, in a celebratory mood, without riffraff; without drama; without death by terror or massive shootings.

Today is the day where many people attend house/backyard barbecues, block parties, parades, neighborhood parks, and enjoy fireworks displays. Most adults are drinking their spirits of choice responsibly. Children are playing among themselves. Individuals are dressed in their red, white, and blue attire. Mostly, individuals are engaged with others on a positive front. These engagements are filled of laughter, storytelling, shared experiences, social support, and feelings of social connectedness and belongingness.

On this day, the Fourth of July, for all persons that are do-gooders, who have fought and continues to fight a good fight, those that care about Americans, its culture, inclusivity, its diversification, and its ability that allows individuals to reach new heights and to fully embrace who they are, and yearn to be without feelings of embarrassment, entitlement, ridiculed, ostracism, or being overlooked, I salute you.

You have shown American what a true America looks like. A person who does not have any ill-intent, and who are not judgmental, and one that sees another person potential.

Today is the Fourth of July and we celebrate with fireworks.

Let this not be the day that we end our celebration, but we celebrate every day of the year, day in and day out, by appreciating who we are, those different and familiar.

Let this be the day that we channel our inhibitions or cognitive biases, to state that we are better and we will do better. We will continue to fight a good fight so that Americans are all equal, as defined by the God.

I wish all Americans and all non-Americans a very happy celebration and living a life that is true to self, thus being without judgement, or casting out others due to their unfamiliarity or difference. We as humans are better and know that we can do better.

Think for “yourself”, not caring what others will think of you. This is the only way that the world will heal.

Happy Fourth of July Americans, and Happy Day to everyone else…. Today, tomorrow, yesterdays, and for all days to come.

We are good human.

We are righteous.

We care for one another.

We love one another.

Most importantly, we love one another, wholeheartedly.

Signed,

Au’Pearce, 2022

LET US ALL ENJOY THIS MOMENT AND CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH LIKE ITS JUNE 19TH FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR EXISTENCE….

GO DRINK AND ENGAGE IN WHATEVER PLEASURABLE PROCLIVITIES YOU WISH, BUT RESPONSIBLY.

KNOW THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE TOGETHER, UNITED, AND AS ONE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS AND OUR FREEDOM.

LET US NOT PAUSE AND HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT OUR BATTLE, THE SAME ONE WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT TODAY. 

LET US STAND UP AND REJOICE AND LIFT OUR VOICES IN WAYS THAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

LETS REMEMBER THAT THIS WORLD DO NOT BELONG TO A SINGLE BEING, SINGLE CLASS, SINGLE RACE OR ETHNICITY.

KNOW THAT WE ARE WERE ALL MADE TO BE UNIQUE AND DIVERSE. I mean what two people want to be the same. Even identical twins possess unique characteristics that sets them a part from one another.

WE ALL WERE BORN TO BE RISING AND SHINING STARS.

NOT JUST ON THIS DAY, JUNETEENTH, BUT EVERY DAY, WE CAN SAY THAT WE DO MATTER. BLACK LIVES MATTER. HUMAN LIVES MATTERS. OUR CHILDREN MATTER.

WE WILL FOREVER MATTER.

WE WILL FOREVER FLOURISH.

WE WILL FOREVER BE PROSPEROUS.

WE WILL FOREVER BE BLESSED.

WE WILL FOREVER LIVE.

WE WILL FOREVER BREATHE.

WE WILL FOREVER BE.