Shedding the Old to Make Room for the New
One month into the Fall and the leaves have barely started to change color in my yard. Because I love the warm weather, and not so much the cold weather, I’m not feeling any rush for the leaves to fall or for the weather to change. However, as in all things, nature and life are cyclical and I am trying to embrace this. One season ushers in a new one. Everything in life has a cycle.
As I started thinking about leaves falling and seasons changing, reptiles surprisingly came to mind. I was thinking about how reptiles shed skin to make way for the growth of new skin. In my ongoing journey to be a better human and a “good ancestor” (Layla Saad), I am trying to make room for growth as well. There are old ways of being and doing that I want to shed, and there are ways of being and doing that I want to lean into more deeply.
What about you?
What will you shed to make room for something new to grow? What will you deepen and let blossom anew?
With Indigenous People’s Day having been this month and Thanksgiving Day coming up, I wanted to share some Anti-Racist resources I thought would be helpful to engage with this season.
See you on the journey,
Robin
For the October 2023 issue of Three-Fifths Magazine, I had the pleasure of co-writing a piece with Robin Alpern called, “The True Colors of White Womanhood”: https://threefifths.online/2023/10/09/the-true-colors-of-white-womanhood/
I am honored to announce that I have been invited to be one of the new co-convenors of the Undoing Racism® Executive Collective Meeting: https://marypendergreene.com/first-monday-executive-collective-meeting/#
Book recommended by Dr. Jessie Daniels: The Psychosis of Whiteness
‘We Don’t Want to Make White Kids Feel Bad for Being White’ | by Jeremy Helligar | LEVEL
In-Person Event: Archaeology of Self-Fostering Racial Literacy through Inner Work: https://events.blackthorn.io/en/5f7FDzT7/in-person-archaeology-of-self-fostering-racial-literacy-through-inner-work-5a2X5fDqsgn/overview
PISAB workshop in your area: https://pisab.org/workshops-in-your-area/
