Monday Morning

Rise up and shine on!

Those are the words I use daily to remind my children to make the best of the day. Somewhere between the rising (waking up) and the shining (the bits of love scattered about) is hope.  Between the getting up and the getting it done is hope and the actions that make it real. Hope is a practice.

Truly rising and shining is done without ifs, ands, and buts. It’s done on one’s own terms with no excuses, regardless of privileges or constraints. There will be something to do that allows us to shine. Even if it’s more of a shimmer or a flicker, it’s a showing of our brilliance. And no one can take that away.

#resistance
#hope
#love
#shine
#woke
#literate
#liberation
#riseupandshineon

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