I am pleased to have the permission of my dear friend, Tara Edwards to post this wonderful essay. Tara is the first of many (I hope) guest writer/blogger on the Pancake Diaries. As you know we are engaged in lots of peaceful protests and conversations about racism, oppression, power, and police brutality in our country….
Tag: love
Meditation and The Funk
Friends and family, About 15 months or more ago, I meditated over a weekend with 10 other brave souls for about 16 hours in total silence. I experienced a sort of mental and emotional breaking down, questioning what really existed inside. Searching for the essence, in a sense. In a similar way, our country is…
Every curvature.
8/21/13 Going insane of course And no one will tell me So I do what any crazy man does Dreams and wants and can’t have Because the object becomes a desire And the subject is lost. I am one strand in the bird’s nest Not the egg, not the mother, not the brother, not…
The Measure of My Heart
On winged days, I know I can soar. Letting the wind of my dreams carry me. This too shall pass, I say this to myself over and over…and as it comes here to me, I will embrace this and hold it like a newborn child. Swaddle it with hope, love, and forgiveness. Healing and helping…
Giving Yourself Permission to Heal, First
When something bad happens to you or if you witness something bad happening to another person it changes the molecular structure of your brain. The brain and all of the molecules that make it up then seeks to integrate the new information into its thinking and feeling system. Experiencing pain changes us, and the memories…
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