Comments on: Week 1 A1

By: Ash

Ash — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 05:50:34 +0000

My favorite place is driving through the Jemez and exploring nature and the outdoors. My roommate and I would drive to the Jemez once a week when the pandemic first started. It was nice to take the doors off the jeep and just feel somewhat at peace with a whole lot going on in the world. Although we were locked down and could not see other people, we were able to leave our house and escape for a while without worrying about getting sick. We would go on weekly hikes for miles, which would lead us to a surreal waterfall. During this time, our Jemez trips felt imaged because they were an escape from reality and all the fears Covid brought, but it was also so real. Likewise, my memories also feel pliable and elastic like the emotions that gave them life.

Although we may not know each other and everything may just end with a smile and a nod, it is nice trying to feel someone’s emotions through words and have them feel mine. Being able to feel creative expression helps us grow closer due to expressing what I am passionate about, as well as identifying what you are passionate about and how our life experiences have shaped us into two entirely different people.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:04:35 +0000

“And instead of focusing on that problem, we are divided, judging the individual and not the system,”

Damien,
This was stated so well about prosperity. Each individual does have their own definition of wealth and success. I would state basic needs are necessities and everything else is prosperous.

In history we are warned about things repeating, historically only those that are prosperous held a platform for their truth.
This got me thinking about my own core values. I value genuineness in interactions with myself and others. Empathy of others and their situations. To be open to the ideas of others and guide people through positive actions, love, and support.

The truth is the entire system cannot be changed in its entirety. I find that we must look internally and challenge our engrained beliefs. Find our core values and in the process help others see the beauty in themselves.
Sarah

By: Rose B Simpson

Rose B Simpson — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 03:42:50 +0000

“It’s an exhausting loop of defensiveness and moral superiority grounded in good intentions.”

I’m really feeling this.

Are we being allowed our truth? Or maybe that settles it back in victimry. Are we allowing ourselves our own truths?

What is my fear to acknowledge my own truth? What beliefs stand in my own way?

I am feeling grateful for your words.