by Kate | Jun 11, 2020 | kind promises
Suppose there is a clean line: before May 25, 2020, when George Floyd was murdered, and after. Let that be the day it all changed, the day we ripped off the masks, stopped pretending, and started to build a new, antiracist society. I will continue to organize my...
by Kate | May 20, 2020 | kind promises, Weakness
Flash of heat travels from my chest to my face how can these people be so wrong? Valuing their convenience over my life I am here unimportant, yes but just as vital as you are to the web of the world How dare you decide I am not worthy? But soften, soften watch as the...
by Kate | May 5, 2020 | kind promises, Surrender, Weakness
The kind promise that I am considering this month is “I will be tender with weaknesses.” What weakness shall we consider in this time of pandemic? I see a weakness creeping up on all people right now. There is the tendency to want to go back to normal, even though the...
by Kate | Apr 15, 2020 | connectedness, kind promises
Human beings have evolved to live together. Yet, in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, we need to stay separate from each other. Michael Lee Stallard, president of Connection Culture Group, points out that we are already in an epidemic of loneliness, which...
by Kate | Apr 8, 2020 | connectedness, kind promises
One of the keys to well-being identified by the folks at Science for the Greater Good at UC Berkeley is social connection. Social connection simply means feeling like we belong and feel close to other people. That feeling of connectedness helps us be happier and...
by Kate | Mar 26, 2020 | Chronic healing, joy, kind promises
When you are ill, there are days when your body needs careful, loving attention and you can’t begin to think about joy. That’s okay. Know that those days won’t last forever. Joy will come, but you may need to invite it. Let your mouth curve into a smile. Think “in...
