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Sagacious Saturday: Do You Know Momma Kai?

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Do You Know Momma Kai? Welcome and welcome back. It's another amazing day in paradise. Thank you so much for being here. If this is your first time, please know how much I appreciate you being here. If you've been here before, thank you again for trusting there is something here worth your time. Can I start out with being vulnerable? It's been a doozie of a year already. I don't throw the year away though. I'm inspired that with so many challenges to begin with, I'm being refined for greater things. I like the way Take 6 sings it when they say, "the race is not given to the swift or the strong but the one who endures to the end". It's based on Ecclesiastes 9:11. Some days have definitely felt like I was just enduring, trying to make it to the end of the day to sleep it off and try again the next. But, honestly, most days I've been more than enduring. Even though it's been a trying and tiring time, I wouldn't change it if I could. I woul

Momma's Monday: Moving To Peace From War in 2024

Moving To Peace From War in 2024 Welcome and welcome back. It's another amazing day in paradise. Happy New Year! Thank you for being here whether it's from a handout, text message or email. And Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! It's the perfect day and time to talk about the headline of this post.  As you might already know, the subject line is my theme for the year, Moving To Peace From War in 2024 . It is also the name of the course I am launching. It is the next step in the work I'm doing to eliminate homelessness, internally and externally. There was a thought that plagued my mind during the whole month of December that led me to this aspect of my journey. I didn't know the exact quote but I did know where to find it, in a book called The Peacegiver by James Farrell. This quote is the opening paragraph of the Preface. And it's the only thing I remembered about the contents of the book. Mr. Farrell  wrote:  "We live in a world at war. I am not only refe