Why, exactly, did I have the dreams I ended up having?
All in Reflections
Every culture is deeper or richer than we know.
Your Dada came here for a better life, full of prosperity. Today is a special day because we no longer have to doubt that we belong here.
We are lucky, my love, because even though we have to grapple with uncertainty we get to watch things grow.
An imagined history recounting the millennium spanning from 2020 to 3020.
A note about 2020, algorithming ourselves to find our individual higher purpose.
Lightness is a blessing that we may be gifted on the long, arduous walk toward goodness.
Very little transcends the influence of wealth, I hope a moral obligation to each other is one that does transcend.
I don’t want to start the next four years with infighting over the starting lineup.
Working moms have been pushing for better practices for some time, and I think it’s time for us join them in a big way.
The point here is not that I am cured of shouting (I’m not). The point is to share what happened after I started shouting less.
Can we reform our way out of racism?
I do want this pandemic to end. But I hope we can keep some of the happy parts when this is over.
What we do and how we do it aren’t always in tension. But it happens often enough. And when they are in tension, the choice defines me, defines us.
Am I in it for the power, or the responsibility? The distinction is a big one.
For my sons - to help you understand where you come from.
The 1% time is when I’m writing.
But how do you undo decades of acculturation and mental programming?
Whether rich or poor, young or old, healthy or sick - everyone has some real struggle.