Thought for Today

We are the children of those who chose to survive.
—Nana Poussaint in Daughters of the Dust

If you have ever doubted your ability too survive, look at who you came from. Don’t limit yourself to parents and grandparents; go all the way back to the root. IN your family line is the genius of those who were born into a barren land and built the pyramids. In the oasis of your mind is the consciousness of those who charted the stars, kept time by the sun and planted by the moon. In the center of your being is the strength of those who planted the crops, toiled in the fields and banqueted on what others discarded. In the light of your heart is the love of those who bore the children who were sold away only to one day hang from a tree. In the cells of your bloodstream is the memory of those who weathered the voyage, stood on the blocks, found their way through the forest and took their case to the Supreme Court. With all of that going for you, what are you worrying about?

I move in the power of a might past.