naked in the mirror

FORGIVENESS

“The vestiges of racism reside in us all either as the perpetrator or the recipient of its ravaging energies. Either role in life affects the best parts of a soul leaving scars, and prejudices not easily removed, and grudges not easily set aside. The spiritual work to lessen the grip of this creature is difficult, uncharted, and wrought with emotions, and unforeseen dangers. At its core are ancestral lines.

A starting place is in the present beginning with reaction to what shut down communication between you, and the 'other'. Many people today are engrossed in their ancestral lines, not as a genealogist, but as a doctor doctoring himself or herself. It is a beneficial endeavor for the self, and the generations dead, and gone, and those yet to come to life. It ain't easy, but neither is giving birth.” – Gregory E. Woods 11.5.12

tattooed body of Carmen Chaplin (granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin).