We can all take turns taking a break. Because lots of folks will have your back.
You written work can speak for you when you need to recharge.
I’m grateful for you acknowledging that sometimes this is all too much. We’ve all felt that way and withheld it from the people most able to lift us up.
I wish I lived in a world where there was no reason to "like" this piece. But it cuts to the chase. I get by with remembering all I am grateful for, and being as generous as my resources permit to help others.
Thank you. I share many of those feelings also. I resent how this constant worry seems to have taken over so many aspects of my life. I have too much negativity in my heart. Some days are really hard.
Many of us share and experience your concerns. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I always stop to read or listen to you when you're on TV and come away feeling smarter!
It is more than okay to say "I'm not okay," Eddie, and I appreciate your authenticity in this, that you are human, and whether people say so or not, sooooo many of us have these periods when the cruelty, the absence of intellect at the helm, the liars who know they're lying, the hate--, this void in humanity all about...it sickens the soul. AND you have a new book coming out! I'm reading Joy Harjo's Poet Warrior right now and it is inspiring. You are not okay now because you have a beautiful heart, mind and soul, and as you know, it passes, again and again.
Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing what is going on for you. I feel the same way every day and see the people around me cracking in unfortunate ways. It really is all too much by now. Even a tiny bit of good news is welcome but not enough. Take good care of yourself. We depend on your wisdom.
I think you wrote what you were meant to write today. Your essay is absolutely substantive, from the deepest parts of your heart and mind. You needed to say it; share your angst and sadness (I feel it too) about what the political failures have wrought. Your original essay will come…you will begin again.
Dear Professor, I definitely feel this and can relate. Blessings to you! Thank you for your work. I, and I’m sure many people, are enormously grateful.
And we could all feel your unsettled awareness of those glances and text messages. The fact that we could imagine what you were feeling in those moments hurts all of our hearts.
We sit down to write because it is what we do. It is what makes sense. It is what is hard and what makes what is hard easier. And we are as compelled as those who have brought down walls and carried out survivors and stared down hatred. And we write to brave another day. You are in my heart this day.
re: "I am not naïve about the world, just sickened by it all. I am tired"---echoing the same sentiments/dr. glaude--me too. my sense is this is the sort of 'sameness' which many folks are feeling in our present time/space. thanks for giving voice and expression of just being tired/worn by the seemingly non-stop assualt on our shared humanness/our 'labors of livingness.'
You can take a break.
We can all take turns taking a break. Because lots of folks will have your back.
You written work can speak for you when you need to recharge.
I’m grateful for you acknowledging that sometimes this is all too much. We’ve all felt that way and withheld it from the people most able to lift us up.
Thanks for expressing the thoughts in my head-to both of you.
I wish I lived in a world where there was no reason to "like" this piece. But it cuts to the chase. I get by with remembering all I am grateful for, and being as generous as my resources permit to help others.
I share similar feelings…
Thank you. I share many of those feelings also. I resent how this constant worry seems to have taken over so many aspects of my life. I have too much negativity in my heart. Some days are really hard.
Keep the faith. We are many.
Many of us share and experience your concerns. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I always stop to read or listen to you when you're on TV and come away feeling smarter!
Yes! And inspired.
It is more than okay to say "I'm not okay," Eddie, and I appreciate your authenticity in this, that you are human, and whether people say so or not, sooooo many of us have these periods when the cruelty, the absence of intellect at the helm, the liars who know they're lying, the hate--, this void in humanity all about...it sickens the soul. AND you have a new book coming out! I'm reading Joy Harjo's Poet Warrior right now and it is inspiring. You are not okay now because you have a beautiful heart, mind and soul, and as you know, it passes, again and again.
Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing what is going on for you. I feel the same way every day and see the people around me cracking in unfortunate ways. It really is all too much by now. Even a tiny bit of good news is welcome but not enough. Take good care of yourself. We depend on your wisdom.
I think you wrote what you were meant to write today. Your essay is absolutely substantive, from the deepest parts of your heart and mind. You needed to say it; share your angst and sadness (I feel it too) about what the political failures have wrought. Your original essay will come…you will begin again.
Dear Professor, I definitely feel this and can relate. Blessings to you! Thank you for your work. I, and I’m sure many people, are enormously grateful.
You are not alone, sir. Thank you for staying in the fight for justice.
Your concern about law enforcement is well reasoned they for the most part chose sides long ago-talk to a Black law enforcement professional .
And we could all feel your unsettled awareness of those glances and text messages. The fact that we could imagine what you were feeling in those moments hurts all of our hearts.
Wishing you peace. Even if it arrives in small moments, it can be refreshing.
We sit down to write because it is what we do. It is what makes sense. It is what is hard and what makes what is hard easier. And we are as compelled as those who have brought down walls and carried out survivors and stared down hatred. And we write to brave another day. You are in my heart this day.
Yes Dr. Eddie, all of that. This is the height of insanity.
re: "I am not naïve about the world, just sickened by it all. I am tired"---echoing the same sentiments/dr. glaude--me too. my sense is this is the sort of 'sameness' which many folks are feeling in our present time/space. thanks for giving voice and expression of just being tired/worn by the seemingly non-stop assualt on our shared humanness/our 'labors of livingness.'