(with thanks to Cosy Sheridan)
Some days, my cup runneth over
Sometimes, the mirror cracks
Every once in a while, I drop everything and accept the jigsawing of my life
A little urushi, a sprinkling of gold dust, and with patience, my broken pieces become once again whole, though changed forever
Ronda R. Scott-Marak
©️ 30 April 2024
My coffee is cold
I can’t drink it fast enough
Warm mug, teeth chatter
Ronda. R. Scott-Marak
©️16 January 2024
We know who they are: flawed, self-serving humans: greedy, narcissistic, entitled.
We know who we are:
flawed, self-serving humans;
charitable, empathetic, inclusive.
Demonstrate your plans, your intentions, your methods of getting there.
Give answers, ask questions, display concern and intelligence; think before speaking and answer with research and facts.
Do not give oxygen to the flames of hatred, amplification to the bellicose tweets; enlarging the caricatures and re-broadcasting the false narratives, satire, and hate.
Promote your values, speak your truth, spell out your plans, speak softly with strength, not loudly with derision and weakness.
Do not cover yourself in the refuse of your opponents’ lies, the stench of their name-calling, or their abusive rhetoric.
Make Your points with determination; don’t reinforce Their weaknesses with Boldface Italic diminishing Our strengths.
Stop doing their promotion by inflating their lies and alienating your own allies by promoting your own.
Think beyond today, past next month, further than next year; compare now to then before actions affect forever.
Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 15 January 2020
