Yes, and
I hung this quote up on the wall yesterday because I was sort of in a reflective mood.
Every time I take a step in my new path, people come out of the woodwork handing me ideas, suggestions, encouragement, support, guidance and even networking opportunity.
Today, I was interviewed by a woman who is seeking to understand how white mothers of children of color are invited to collude in white privilege and how they end up colluding when it’s not their intention.
I feel like the world that I have inhabited over the last seven plus years, the year of “no, but” has been flipped on its head and now all I hear is “yes, and” and right now the best thing I could do is to rejoice and be grateful that I am staying close to the source of life and my cup overflows.
“Staying close to affluence wants increase, vessels enlarge, rarely full, never overflowing. Staying close to the source of life, needs diminish, vessels reduce, always full, overflowing with joy. ” Sister Stan (from the book of hours, prayers based on the canonicl hours. Sister Stan combines verses from the Psalms with Zen like Meditations)