Happy Soul Food Friday!
This week:
| Hawke’s Healing Provocation Courtesy of Ryan B: |
| Sometimes, you see something that so resonates that you feel the need to share it. The following rant was originally posted on Questlove’s Instagram a few weeks back. It was an impassioned monologue by the wildly talented Ethan Hawke that has resurfaced from two years back. It landed so deeply with me. I hope it does the same for you. The short of it: If you are talking that ambitious talk inside your mind, muster the courage to take that first step of walking what you wonder. You won’t regret it — unless you never take that step. Enjoy! So, you have to ask yourself do you think human creativity matters? Well, most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about poetry, right? They have a life to live, and they’re not really that concerned with Allen Ginsberg’s poems or anybody’s poems, until… Their father dies, they go to a funeral, you lose a child, somebody breaks your heart, they don’t love you anymore. And all of a sudden, you’re desperate for making sense out of this life. And has anybody ever felt this bad before? How did they come out of this cloud? Or the inverse. Something great. You meet somebody and your heart explodes. You love them so much; you can’t even see straight. You know, you’re dizzy. Did anybody feel like this before? What is happening to me? And that’s when art’s not a luxury, it’s actually sustenance. We need it. Okay, well, what is it? There’s this thing that worries me sometimes whenever we talk about creativity because it can have this kind of feel that it’s just nice, you know, or it’s warm or it’s something pleasant. It’s not. It’s vital. It’s the way we heal each other. In singing our song, in telling our story. In inviting you to say, “Hey listen to me, and I’ll listen to you.” We’re starting a dialogue. And when you do that, this healing happens. And we come out of our corners, and we start to witness each other’s common humanity. We start to assert it. And when we do that, really good things happen. So, if you want to help your community, if you want to help your family, if you want to help your friends, you have to express yourself, and to express yourself, you have to know yourself. It’s actually super easy. You just have to follow your love. There is no path. There’s no path until you walk it. Are You All In? I’d Rather Go Blind Will Blow Your Mind: Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind (Live at Montreux 1975) – YouTube |
3 ways to increase your mental resilience, according to extreme athletes:
High performers approach life challenges differently, says this author.
How to increase your mental resilience, according to extreme athletes (fastcompany.com)
Supermoon puts on a dazzling display across the world:
The full moon appeared bigger and brighter than usual Tuesday night, with the natural satellite positioned closer to Earth than usual, just 222,159 miles away.
Supermoon puts on a dazzling display across the world (nbcnews.com)
US woman, 87, fights off teenage home intruder – then gives him snacks:
Marjorie Perkins of Maine realized 17-year-old was ‘awfully hungry’ after defending herself and called 911 as he was eating
US woman, 87, fights off teenage home intruder – then gives him snacks | Maine | The Guardian
Thanks this week go to Ryan B and all of you lunar-ticks modeling resilience, staying in tune with your inner and outer nature, and fighting for your rights with both courage and consideration.
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Love,
Neville
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“A strong wind may destroy a sturdy tree.
but the green willow bends
and the wind passes through.”
– Gichin Funakoshi
Happy Soul Food Friday! 