Mshika Shika healer

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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still, I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I've got
gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with
your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with
your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've
got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s
shame,
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted
in pain,
I rise
I'm a black ocean,
leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling
I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights
of terror and fear,
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s
wondrously clear,
I rise
Bringing the gifts that
my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope
of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou
Still I Rise

I give myself permission to grieve what has been lost
As it is here I find healing

I give myself permission to mourn what has ended
As it is here I find closure

I give myself permission to release my suppressed emotions
As it is here I find peace

I give myself permission to spend time in solitude
As it is here I find solace

I give myself permission to start anew
And step outside of my comfort zone
As it is here I find strength

I give myself permission to show up fully in the world as myself
As it is here I find empowerment

I give myself permission to express my gifts, strengths and talents
As it is here I find self-confidence

I give myself permission to embrace my uniqueness
As it is here I find self-acceptance

And I give myself permission to simply be
As it is here I find wholeness.

Words by Tahlia Hunter

Artwork by Eduardo Rodriguez Calzado,

My Home Town

10 Deep Psychology And Philosophy Quotes.

1. The world will ask who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

2. If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

3. Everything that irritates us about others can lead to an understanding of ourselves

4. Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

5. You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

6. Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.

7. Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

8. Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings.

In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for healthy personal growth, individualization and self-actualization."

9. Everyone you meet knows something you don't know but need to know. Learn from them.

10. I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

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Myth: You can get pneumonia if you don’t wear a coat outside when it’s cold

Truth: Pneumonia is caused by infection with a bacteria or virus. When you are cold, your body may possibly be less able to fight off infection and other illnesses, but the weather is not a direct cause of pneumonia.

Today we commemorate
Together, we can prevent pneumonia by
- Getting the flu vaccine each year
- Getting the pneumococcal vaccine
- Getting the COVID-19 vaccine
- Practicing good hand hygiene and cough etiquette
-Staying away from high-risk individuals when you are sick