Prayers up…Walk good. 28all. Eya. *AJ, AB, DM, NM*

The Warm-Up: 

“As we pray for Ukraine and the world, check on those around you. Check on you. These were already tumultuous and traumatizing times, with many struggling with anxiety and depression. And there were already humans facing grave inhumanity and militarism. ‘War is hell.’” ~Bernice King

The Core: 

“Do it 10 times before asking for help to get 10 times better help.” ~Sahil Lavingia

“If you don’t own a piece of a business, you don’t have a path towards financial freedom.” ~Naval Ravikant

“The truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the truth,’ and so it goes away. Puzzling.” ~Robert M. Pirsig

“Knowledge may open the door to an opportunity, but unique knowledge produces perpetual opportunities.” ~Greg McKeown, Effortless

“There’ll never be any shortage of good people in the world. All you got to do is seek them out and get as many of them as possible into your life. Keep the rest the hell out.” ~Charlie Munger

“Overwhelmed. People are going to suffer tonight, and for a long time, as superpowers use their land and lives as chess pieces to advance state power. Imperialism is an old sin with the same old consequences, no matter how much our planet ages.” ~Camonghne Felix

“And behind my mind it runs / All these thoughts of troubling / Fighting to give up my pain / Fighting to be on my lane / My mind running to the other side / When it’s time to live my life / Then it tries to take mе out / Tell you what I need right here…” ~Tems, Free Mind

“People are successful by choice, not by chance. It will mean the hard choices, or doing things others would avoid. Most of the work behind the scenes isn’t glamorous—do it anyway. Having the option for success is a privilege. Make the choice.” ~Dr. Julie Gurner

“God’s Timing…that we can materialize from our intuition…for our lives as well as for others. God is always speaking to us, but we have to be in a place ready to listen, but more important, ready to act. God can give us the plays, but we have to run them.” ~Matt Gottesman

“Deep expertise is socially discouraged, but a cheat code. Superficial learning is everywhere –in bootcamps, online courses, etc…it only gets you in the game, but doesn’t change the game. Deep expertise moves you from ‘one of many,’ to ‘the only.’ Go deep.” ~Dr. Julie Gurner

“On the generalist v. specialist debate I see sometimes on twitter I think the answer is both. Be a serial specialist. Major in a sector, minor in another, once you get a PhD in your major, make your minor your major and continue until you’ve gotten all the PhDs you want / need.” ~Paul Enright

“You’re entering a new season where everything will start to go your way. It’s time. You had enough lessons. You did the work. You overcame so much. You believed even when it was hard to. You never gave up. You pushed through it all. Now it’s your turn to receive in a major way.” ~Idil Ahmed

“I might not show every struggle, but I am overcoming them all. I improve with time. Sometimes I’m on; some days, things feel off. Still, every day, I’m growing. I’ve had to learn how to process my own emotions with patience. I don’t broadcast every high and I don’t hide every low. I’m focused on growth and truly living, I’m not trying to convince the world I have a life. An authentic existence; not a performative presence.” ~Rob Hill Sr.

“I am by all accounts a successful American who has truly lived the American dream. I am a first generation American who rose to the top of my profession. Some will look at my situation and say it is easy to achieve the American dream if you just work hard enough.  Hard work is certainly a key ingredient to success, but sometimes there are simply too many barriers that hard work simply won’t overcome.  For many people of color these barriers are reflected in emotions of fear, anger, isolation, contempt, resentment, despair and even hatred.  What I often hear is that things are better than they were. But I also often hear that I just don’t understand the anger, frustration and despair from the black community.  So, let me try to explain from the perspective of a successful American.” ~Vincent Stewart, Please, Take your Knee off our Necks so we can Breathe

Last Set:

“The exploration of Self is inextricably interwoven with the unfolding of one’s life. The natural ups and downs of life can either generate personal growth or create personal fears. Which of these dominates is completely dependent upon how we view change. Change can be viewed as either exciting or frightening, but regardless of how we view it, we must all face the fact that change is the very nature of life. If you have a lot of fear, you won’t like change. You’ll try to create a world around you that is predictable, controllable, and definable. You’ll try to create a world that doesn’t stimulate your fears. Fear doesn’t want to feel itself; it’s actually afraid of itself. So you utilize the mind in an attempt to manipulate life for the purpose of not feeling fear.” ~Michael Singer, The Untethered Soul

Food For Thought:

“Milestones come in all shapes and sizes, and only some are truly significant. When we hit those milestones, it’s important to take time to take stock of who we have become and who we are becoming. Yet many of us blow past milestones as if they’re nothing more but mile markers on the side of the highway. Today, I want you to stop and reflect on who you are and who you hope to be in the future. We are all in the process of becoming, and only some of us are courageous enough to really strive to become the person we wish to be.” ~The Rev. Dr. Christopher Girata

Blog Post: 

And we back…and oh my lanta did this hit…