How to share Joy to the World

Parang with Alicia Jaggasar Feliz Navidad

How great thou art..A Steelpan tribute to the Republic of Barbados

Celebrating Republic of Barbados 

A stirring Steelpan rendition of How Great thou Art 

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And if God was a voice..Morgan Freeman prays Invictus

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And as if God himself spoke

 Hear Charlie Rose's utterance ..the sigh...God 

Morgan Freeman in his inimitable poetic delivery Invictus. 

 The voice and words share cosmic chemistry And it no longer is spoken It is felt 

Invictus 

William Ernest Henley 

Out of the night that covers me 

Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be 

For my unconquerable soul. 

In the fell clutch of circumstance,

I have not winced nor cried aloud. 

Under the bludgeonings of chance, 

My head is bloody but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears 

Looms but the Horror of the shade, 

And yet the menace of the years 

Finds and shall find, me unafraid. 

It matters not how strait the gate, 

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate 

I am the captain of my soul.

A voice of Courage and Hope - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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A most compelling and elucidating address on the theme of courage, hope, justice, and redress. With the most unassuming non-threatening composure, to an audience that primarily is comprised of and resembles the perpetrators of the very wrongs committed against society, and in this case, about the stolen relics, artwork, and spiritual artifacts of African nations, that sit in museums of those who colonized in the most barbaric of circumstances, Germany, France, England, the eloquence and poised delivery of a stinging reprimand is presented with coaxing command. 

When she describes how the stories of missionaries were conferred to the Africans with regard to their cultural and religious artifacts as magic, she paints the magic of Catholic Christianity beliefs that a man could be believed to have died and become the symbolic bread of life. "The point is that belief systems vary, and as long as they feed the spiritual needs of a people they are valid" 

"Just as we can't be dismissive of a history, because we are uncomfortable with it" 

The many aspects of storytelling interwoven with the harsh truths of history as she intones "It is not that Europe has denied its colonial history, that will be too crude.. it is instead that Europe has developed a way of telling the story of its colonial history that ultimately seeks to erase that history" 

For is this not the what, the why, the present of social unrest in the intellectual conversations in the USA that are rousing controversy and opposing contradictions on critical race theory?   

With demure vocal prowess, she harpoons the pillagers of cultural travesties against the Africas, to raise the level of human conscience, amend the wrongs wrought, and rightfully return the stolen museum-encased treasures to whom they rightfully belong. 

A voice of Courage and Hope Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie addresses The Humboldt Forum 

"Courage and hope are intertwined. Courage is an act of hope. And hope is born of courage. Acts of courage create hope. And there is nothing more essential to the human spirit than hope So Here's to courage Thank You"

Normalizing death and dying with hospice NurseJulie

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One of the greatest gifts we received in the dying process of my mother in 2001 was the at-home hospice care that made her transition so healing and comforting.   I remember the tenderness that the nursing care provided to the end. The last nurse told me, she is near the end.  She stated that her breathing has slowed.  She gave me a reassuring soothing hug as she left. 

My mother died peacefully in her sleep within 72 hours. I remembered watching and thinking that I could never imagine how one can have a lasting career in Hospice care.  

 As I came across this tiktok with Nurse Julie it reflects the grace and the professional spirit of what final days caregivers provide.  

To take Hospice care and give it a voice through a platform such as tiktok and to make the dying process for loved ones so enlightening and so reassuring is a testament to our need for community, connections and healing.  

@hospicenursejulie and to the many frontline health caregivers we owe you a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid A million thank yous Here is an article https://ift.tt/3FlxPng Created by InShot:https://ift.tt/3fTQQCg

Wayne "Doppie" Dopson performs a Kaiso for World Kindness Day Nov 13