"When we are tired, defeated, and dispirited,
it is not necessary to languish in this condition. Turn the faculty of
your attention to some nobler dream or aspiration within you. Bestow
upon this the full measure of available energy, and experience rest and
refreshment. We are not tired because we serve the laws of the universe;
rather we are exhausted because we try to live well without fully
maturing the soul. We all have many things to attend to, but let us
never be so busy that we neglect the integration of the inner life." -
Manly P. Hall
In the past few weeks, I've had the opportunity to have very brief conversations with Kevin Powell. Its very interesting to speak with someone with similar passions for community service. As someone who has been very transparent on her blog, I find this essay by Kevin refreshing. I just happen to see this on Facebook as someone posted it many months ago. Thanks KP. I AM A SEXIST MALE. I take no great pride in saying this, I am merely stating a fact. It is not that I was born this way-rather, I was born into this male-dominated society, and consequently, from the very moment I began forming thoughts, they formed in a decidedly male-centered way. My "education" at home with my mother, at school, on my neighborhood playgrounds, and at church, all placed males in the middle of the universe. My digestion of the 1970s American popular culture in the form of television, film, ads, and music only added to my training, so that by as early as age nine or ten I saw females, includ...
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