Exploring the journey of self-determination, finding your own path, and the resolve it takes to make that journey. Featured Poem: “The Journey” by Mary Oliver.
BURSTS OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND RESOLVE
Readings & Links, Thursday March 16, 2023
Readings:
The Journey – Mary Oliver
https://static.oprah.com/images/201104/omag/the-journey.pdf
be careful – Ed Roberson
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89467/be-careful
Quote from Steve Harvey: “Don't share all your dreams with everybody because the moment you say something to somebody, and they don't see it for you or themselves, they start telling you how it won't happen.”
https://twitter.com/IAmSteveHarvey/status/1550575659654709250?lang=en
Courage – Amelia Earhart
https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/literary/friday-poem-courage
A Refuge in the Smallest of Places – Joy Harjo
https://lithub.com/new-poetry-by-indigenous-women-5/ (Scroll down for poems by Joy Harjo, the second poem in the Joy Harjo series)
Quote from Christine Caine: “Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but you've actually been planted.”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7072229-sometimes-when-you-re-in-a-dark-place-you-think-you-ve
