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Holding your ancestry, you and your descendants πβοΈπ π³πΆπΎββοΈπ±
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Dear community β β - What's an old pattern that keeps returning? - What magic do you want to hold this week (linked to your ancestry and descendants)? - What's the second step that commits you to that magic? (The first step is the start, the second step means commitment).. β I noticed my old patterns coming back in. In this time of uncertainty. Annoyance and frustration towards senior officials. Fatigue towards the news. Then that frustration seeping into my service. β Then I remembered.. The kindness and compassion of my father The way he tended to his family, which in Asian terms that means 100s of uncles, aunts, nephews..... All of whom I found out weren't actually related to me! π€£ β The way he... Wanted to support asylum seekers refugees until day he died Walked alongside a women Got excited about education Repurposed his life into law at 63! Was silly! β The way he spoke his truth about the racism and disadvantages he and particularly my mother faced The decisions of colonialism that ripped his and mum's family apart He failed his law degree the first time and then tried again. β He had alchemised his woundings into his very gifts. I wish I had understood more, to ask him how, when he was on this plane. β I remembered that MY recent frustration wasn't from a place of authenticity. Wasn't from a place of my gifts. But from a place of scarcity and wounding β I already see the wisdom of my dad in my son. I see it so clearly. I am the one to learn from both. β Email me the answers to your questions. I'd love to hold that. I'll also send you mine. β Appreciation corner If you have got impact from either my free books, free sessions or the newsletter, I'm want to raise enough money to print 100 copies of my books to gift to Global South leaders or under-represented leaders - you are welcome to make a donation here - Appreciation donation hereβ β And a song - about to wake Eli up this song. β
β PS - the emojis are for the members of the Dragonfly Collective. Water, wind, sunshine, walking, nature, seed. β |
Mohammed Ali (The Innovation)
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