Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto

Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes! 37 is the year of wisdom and clarity. I am getting clear with myself and the Universe about who it is I want to be on this plane, what it is I want to do, the impact I wish to have on this world. May the 10,000 guide me. Much gratitude. Cheers! #drmnola #nola #gratitude (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCl5P3HF7Ow/?igshid=jzsx2b9dvdm9

37 years old today! Where has the time gone? “To be a Black man, 6’ 4” tall with a graceful heft, intelligent, and favored with the confidence born of being lovingly well-raised and poured into by a village who understood their own power—drawn from the Ancestors from generation to generation and sanctified by a benevolent Creator—and who held up a mirror to me to make certain that I understood the power of Spirit entrusted to me and my ability to enlarge it; is one of the greatest blessings of my life. I give thanks.” – #DRMPhD in the July 8, On the Human Spirit (top to bottom: few months old DRM, 1 yr. old DRM with great aunt Tootsie, 4 yr old DRM, 17 year old DRM) #drmnola #nola #cancerseason #Texas https://www.instagram.com/p/CCi2D65Fh_X/?igshid=8powyzzj7qtr

No lines. Go vote! #vote #drmnola #nola (at Uptown) https://www.instagram.com/p/CChHHtsF-8o/?igshid=11dgt6s9puwaw

A fact: “The university will use me alive and use me dead.” Thank you @alexispauline for your words and your wisdom. #drmnola #nola #DRMPhD #blacklivesmatter #blackscholarsmatter (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCW_-30lsYI/?igshid=1lzv47mfvohjr

Birds Nest. #drmnola #nola (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUvhUhFFgH/?igshid=j7iy08sy1o5f

A reminder. #✊🏾 #drmnola #nola #blacklivesmatter (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOqxfQlPXD/?igshid=1vhleovhshk14

Exhausted. I will not work myself to death. In the middle of a global pandemic... I have three titles, doing 10 jobs. I’m traumatized my seeing my people publicly brutalized and murdered. I’m dealing with people with unrealistic expectations. I’m trying to drink water and take care of myself. I am enthusiastically saying yes to things that allow me to live out my purpose with not enough time to devote to these things. I’m serving on six dissertation committees, conducting research, and trying complete manuscripts. This is only the half of it. I refuse to work myself to death. #drmnola #tired #freedom #nola (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCM1wGGF_qL/?igshid=1vjjtj4ry0bsz

This is what power looks like. Ancestral strength, graced at birth, an inheritance passed through the line of blood and bone by the indomitable spirit of the first Ancestor. We are because they were and remain. Today, Mama took some steps and we all rejoiced! Progress! #drmnola #nola #texas #power (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCL6W54Fz0j/?igshid=p29mr4p3aunv

I’m calling on the Ancestors for wisdom and guidance. I’m calling up the reserves of power stored deep in the well of myself for times such as these. I’m calling forth every good thing that is mine by divine right and by consciousness. By my right as a child of the Divine, made in Her image, entrusted with Her Power, and enlivened by Her Spirit, I bind anything and anyone who dares to come up against me or my family. Ashé. Ashé. Ashé. #drmnola #nola #texas #manifest #ancestors (at Galveston County, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEnOuzl3pl/?igshid=1pwc6e8kzes1y

Free. A reminder. #drmnola #freedom #ninasimone #blacklivesmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CCCwRfTlnq1/?igshid=cvg4ipmmroc1

Felt cute might delete later. 🤣 37 years old in two weeks. Let’s be honest, if I were about 100 lbs lighter you wouldn’t be able to tell me nothing. 🤭😆 #drmnola #selfconfidencesunday #supersoulsunday #nola #texas (at Galveston County, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB-8CV0lYoF/?igshid=1xyugauvqivda

My temporary co-worker got her hair did and now she think she fancy. 🤭🤣🤣 #GizmoRM #drmnola #nola #texas #teacupyorkie (at Galveston County, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB9ZBnFFkCj/?igshid=uf9aar5h6q83

Keep going! The tranformation is underway! The walls are tumbling down! #america #freedom #transformation #blacklivesmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CB9Tkr2FuDZ/?igshid=17t65ng4ak9hd

Normal is dead, a now distant memory. Liberty and justice for all. #drmnola #nola #blacklivesmatter #blackscholars #tranformation https://www.instagram.com/p/CB6Wm13FnOx/?igshid=1cvbud0zrfu8l

Normal is dead, a now distant memory. #drmnola #nola #blacklivesmatter #blackscholars #tranformation https://www.instagram.com/p/CB6VnuxF9Rc/?igshid=161n2no6eql18

My new, temporary co-worker sleeps a lot and thinks I’m a pillow. Gizmo R-M has it made in the shade. #drmnola #joypost #texas #teacupyorkie #home (at Galveston County, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5v1AlFuri/?igshid=g4v1g36y2csr