#godischange

Happy 75th Birthday, @octaviaebutler. Your gifts, wisdom, and undeniable practice of Kujichagulia (self-determination) continue to guide our daily actions. May you rest in power.  Portrait reposted from @seanbodley Swipe to explore Octavia E. Butler's Parable of The Sower, Parable of the Talents, Wild Seed, and the rest of the Patternist series. Graphics reposted from @theportalist.  #octaviabutler #juneteenth #godischange  #ParableoftheSower #ParableOfTheTalents #Wildseed #ThePatternistSeries #Fledgling #Kindred #BookTVAdaptions #OctaviaEButler #ancestors #ancestorwisdom #Kujichagulia #octaviatried#Afrofuturism #SistahScifi  // @hachetteus @orbitbooks_us @grandcentralpub @penguinrandomhouse @librofm (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfG8dKjLWv7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Where do I begin, for the past years, I have taken on so many action plans just to be closer to who I am. However, the hardest, I mean the hardest thing to do was accepting the direction of my life journey. Many people may say, it's easy to accept the things you can can't change but to really experience betrayal, surprises, and shock can really put a dent in your way of life. I must say that I've accepted things, and it has made me feel so freaking alive that all the things I couldn't change have just faded. Now I'm here, sharing this story with you, because I know it was not easy getting here. Truth be told, some things still linger in my mind, but that is only if you allow it to stay and consume you.. IT GETS BETTER! #acceptance #accept #changeisgood #change #godischange #creativelifehappylife #nature #naturephoto #positiveenergy #positivelifestyle #positivemindset #selftalk #selfgrowth #positivevibes #positivemood #positiveminds #staypositive #writerslife #writings #writtingcommunity #writinginspiration #writersofinstagram #nourishyourself #soulwisdom #soulpurpose #lifepurpose #writtingcommunity #writinginspiration #writersofinstagram #nourishyourself #soulwisdom #soulpurpose #lifepurpose https://www.instagram.com/p/CNykNlvrjS3/?igshid=1g5vc6br3yuj2

Poem by Hafiz We need joy. We need laughter to keep on going. I’m just about to leave to pick up my medicine. Take care of yourself. Do what you need to do. Poetry helps me. I don’t feel like doing anything but I know I need to opposite action the hell out of my depression. Vote. Pray. Raise hell. Comfort others. As scary as it is, change is good. #godischange #changeisgood #embracechange #hafiz #poetryheals #poetsheal #poetry #mindfulness #oppositeaction #dbt #dbtskills #depressionwarrior #anxietywarrior #mentalhealthwarrior #bpdwarrior #edwarrior #ocdwarrior #bipolarwarrior #schizowarrior #keepgoing #selfcare #selflove #alifeworthliving #hopeisreal #recoverywarrior https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-6c3dl6Qp/?igshid=1cvklyfyfvasn

Equinox I Ching reading: Heng • Enduring “Things endure not because they do not change but because they do change: They grow, they evolve, they respond, and in this way they continue. The symbol of the eternal is not the unchanging but the cycle, which is a process of constant movement and alteration governed by principles of order. In a cycle every beginning results from a previous ending, and every end point is followed by a new beginning. What endures are not the momentary manifestations of physical reality but the basic principles that shape change and give it order and continuity.” —Laws of Change, I Ching And The Philosophy of Life, Jack M. Balkin . New work: eco print full moon mixed media on bamboo for my spring equinox Patreon rewards . . #iching #springequinox #patreonrewards #godischange #ecoprint #fullmoon #fullmooninlibra #cycles #heng #hexagram #enduring #bookofchanges https://www.instagram.com/rachaelrice/p/BvQqP1zD8-l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6e5dopupftzc

#Repost @vent_diagrams (@get_repost) ・・・ Here’s a truth that’s not new: from destruction comes new growth. ⠀ What could it look like to welcome this crisis-opportunity, to own up to climate change, and shape this change to imagine radical new possibilities? ⠀ #thischangeseverything #crisertunity #ittakesroots #godischange #shapechange #earthseed

📚 #ArtIsAWeapon #SciFi #Afrofuturist #Author #OctaviaEButler reading a passage from her 1998 novel "Parable of The Talents" in a 2005 @democracynow interview: "Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery." - From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Prophetic and eerie how we are now living this 1998 imagining of the year 2032 ... #OctaviaButler #PropheticWritings #ParableoftheTalents #LaurenOlamina #Earthseed #GodIsChange #SaveHumanity #TrustBlackWomen #Resist #Organize #FBF #BlackCreativeGenius #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon

#Repost @adriennemareebrown (@get_repost) ・・・ disaster! (the tower): "you are free. a flash of enlightenment. a release of energy. lightning of revelation, inner truth. if the mind becomes closed, so we cannot see the world outside, then it becomes a prison of pride and illusion. standing precariously in a position that is out of balance. you climbed up, and now it is your time to jump down. do not be afraid. do not get stuck in oppression. coping. trying not to change. you cannot control the disaster. the change is inevitable." how to move in and through disaster? apprentice of keys (fire, alchemy): "this individual has a great deal of energy and creativity and is capable of high achievements. if a quiet center and focus can be obtained, the apprentice will be able to harness their tremendous energy and drive to accomplish the work they are passionate about." basically meditate and center y'all, it's all happening. #resistancetarot #movementtarot #emergentstrategy #godischange

Today we remember this great spirit on the date of her birth. #GodIsChange #OctaviaTaughtUs