You might be asking what a book on #blacklivesmatter has to do with my spiritual life - it has everything to do with it. If I don't understand that all parts of myself are connected- the body, the mind, the soul and the spirit I am living a compartmentalized life and more than likely unaware of the damage I do as I walk through this life. I don't want to live disjointed and out of touch with myself in this world. I want to take responsibility of how I've lived and still live

I don't have a corner on the market of hope. In fact, most of the time I'm holding onto a shred of it by a sheer act of will and the childlike notion that I can make this world a better place. This is the same place my wonder resides and a place I am unwilling to let get jaded. When you grow up in an environment where you are always waiting for the other shoe to drop, never really knowing who you can trust, wanting to trust those who are responsible for you, but ultimately kn