Yoga With Kelly

"Smile, breathe, and go slowly" - Thich Nhat Hanh We all need to be more humble... The dictionary defines humble as: Adjective 1. Not proud or arrogant; modest 2. Having a feeling of insignificance, inferiority, subservience, etc. 3. Low in rank, importance, status, quality, etc., lowly 4. Courteously respectful 5. Low in height, level, etc; small in size Verb 6. To lower in condition, importance, or dignity; abase 7. To destroy the independence, power, or will of 8. Low in height, level, etc; small in size To me humble means bettering ourselves for the common good of all humanity. As our country is falling into a deep dark abyss, where political parties are being pulled a part, fights are breaking out over issues left and right, and our world is suffering a mass pandemic we should all be humbling ourselves a little more. We should be joining forces to rebuild our broken world, beginning with our own nation/country, instead of constantly being at ea...

I’ve never watched The Help,  until now.  I was aware of it. I knew of the story. I knew of the white privilege it illustrated in the 2 ½ hours of screen time. The entitlement white people felt they had over another race during those times. Racism didn’t begin with Hitler, it didn’t begin with the colonialists who founded our land, we could say it began in biblical ages when the Egyptians used the Israelites as slaves, but it needs to end now.  If there is one thing I have learned from the BLM Movement is that there are a lot of under educated people out there and they are all stuck in a cycle. Most beliefs and ways of thinking are passed down from generation to generation and now more than ever we have people breaking those cycles, but we need more. We need more people willing to stand up and speak out against racism saying this isn’t right. All Humans Are Enough! This can begin with our schools, across America. We need better education in our school syst...