--Harriet Tubman
I first heard that quote when I was a child. It gave me chills, and I felt something powerful begin to stir inside me. I had been awakened.
As young as I was, I knew there was injustice in the world. It made me furious. There was fire in my bones and I didn't know what to do with it. Now I'm old enough to do something about it. I'm now holding a firehose, and it's filled with fire, and I'm determined to live in the most freedom possible, and to make sure others do, as well.
I recently moved houses. My new place came semi-furnished, and the process of exploring the cabinets and closest throughout the house was an adventure. There were unexpected finds, such as a baby stroller, (won't be needing that anytime soon...), two coffee grinders (oh, happy day!), and a cabinet full of old, ratty towels. As I slid my hand along the shelf above my sight-line, and said towels, I hit a book. I pulled it out, and it was a biography...of Harriet Tubman.
Thank you to whomever left it. I was just thinking that I need a summer read. It is a sign of a new season. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how reading it inspires me, and how that inspiration takes form...
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