We all think about those negative influences that we would all like to forget; yet we often neglect to acknowledge those positive warriors who quietly and compassionately help us shoulder dark toxic angst, while nurturing us back to the light of healthy joy.
This 2024 January post is to celebrate one of the positive life warrior-healers that I cherish. If you have one of these people in your life, did you stop and give God thanks for them? (If you don't have one, prayerfully your life will soon be blessed. If you do and you didn't offer thanks yet---how about doing it now?)
In the traditional Black American community, we have a custom known as "Give them their flowers (while they yet live)."
Selfless fabulous people have invested quality time and positivity into my life. This first post is a huge thank you/shout out and a huge Kuumba bouquet of red fragrant roses to my community minded sistah--professor Starla Lewis!
Not only was she a department chair of Black Studies at Mesa College during the early years, but she is also now a faculty member with the San Diego State University's Department of Africana Studies and as a community leader, she is well known. She has earned numerous accolades for her contributions to San Diego and beyond. https://www.sandiegowomenshalloffame.com/inductee/starla-lewis
She is also an educator and author who engages with a diversity of communities in person and ONLINE.
I have been in community with professor Lewis at various events in my life here in San Diego. She has personally "planted" words of consolation, wisdom, and hope as a mentor.
Recently, she reminded me of an important fact. As a celebratory gift, she handed me one of her practical inspirational books. Inspirational and practical? Ah, yes . . . she reminded me of something we all can remember this new year.
New Year's resolutions fade as time wears down our determination to enact huge changes without setting daily objectives that lead to long term goals and accomplished benchmarks.
Starla Lewis' 2018 book, "I Am: My Own Self-Validation: A Book of Inspiration by Starla Lewis, ISHE, and Yah Yah," is a ready to use collection of positive daily affirmations to read and meditate on alone, or to share in a workshop setting with others. But remember . . . start with realizing from moment to moment that you exist, you have spiritual essence. You have a divine purpose.
Just a suggestion for the New Year, for those daily objectives I just mentioned . . .
You can order "I Am: My Own Self-Validation A Book of Inspiration by Starla Lewis, ISHE, and Yah Yah," from Google Books https://books.google.com/books/about/I_Am.html?id=Rc3gswEACAAJ
2024 Year of transformation into a radiance sublime!
Happy New Year!!!!
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