“When grace moves in…Guilt moves out.” ~ Max Lucado~
The Professor Helps- “What are your Soundtracks costing you?”
Broken soundtrack-
“I am fat and ugly”
New soundtrack-
“I am beautiful inside and out”
Want to know more about retiring and replacing broken soundtracks ? Get the book “Soundtracks” by Jon Acuff https://soundtracksbook.com
The Professor Helps- “Learning Is An Opportunity To Do It Right”
“Getting it wrong means you get a chance to get it right” ~Professor Haston~
Think About It.
The Professor Helps- “Don’t let “We should” become “Now We Never Will”
“Love is spelled T-I-M-E” ~Dr. Edith Eger~
The Professor Helps- “Do It Now”
“What are you putting off doing that might cause a crisis soon? ~Professor Haston~
Think About It.
The Professor Helps- “What Are Your Train Tracks?
“What do you need to do to make your train tracks?” ~Professor Haston
The Professor Helps- Not So Random Kindness
“In a crisis, kindness is magnified” ~Jon Acuff~
The Professor Helps- No Hierarchy To Suffering-
“I also want to say that there is no hierarchy of suffering. There’s nothing that makes my pain worse or better than yours, no graph on which we can plot the relative importance of one sorrow versus another. People say to me, “Things in my life are pretty hard right now, but I have no right to complain — it’s not Auschwitz.” This kind of comparison can lead us to minimize or diminish our own suffering. Being a survivor, being a “thriver” requires absolute acceptance of what was and what is. If we discount our pain, or punish ourselves for feeling lost or isolated or scared about the challenges in our lives, however insignificant these challenges may seem to someone else, then we’re still choosing to be victims. We’re not seeing our choices. We’re judging ourselves.”
― Edith Eger,
Amplifying Black Voices- Claudette Colvin
Everyone knows Rosa Parks, but how many of you know about Claudette Colvin?
Her story is here.
https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin
If you know Rosa Parks, you need to know about Claudette Colvin.
From the NPR article-
{Hoose couldn’t get over that there was this teenager, nine months before Rosa Parks, “in the same city, in the same bus system, with very tough consequences, hauled off the bus, handcuffed, jailed and nobody really knew about it.”
He also believes Colvin is important because she challenged the law in court, one of four women plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, the court case that successfully overturned bus segregation laws in Montgomery and Alabama.
There are many reasons why Claudette Colvin has been pretty much forgotten. She hardly ever told her story when she moved to New York City. In her new community, hardly anyone was talking about integration; instead, most people were talking about black enterprises, black power and Malcolm X.
When asked why she is little known and why everyone thinks only of Rosa Parks, Colvin says the NAACP and all the other black organizations felt Parks would be a good icon because “she was an adult. They didn’t think teenagers would be reliable.”
She also says Parks had the right hair and the right look.
“Her skin texture was the kind that people associate with the middle class,” says Colvin. “She fit that profile.” }
At 19, I don’t know if I could been that strong. I do know that Claudette Colvin’s is a black voice that needs amplifying.
Black History Is American History and it’s time to acknowledge that.
Think About It.
Then tell me something you have learned this month on social media about Black History.
The Professor Helps- Do What You Can, When You Can!
“I always thought I was good in a crisis, turns out, I am medium” ~Professor Haston~
