Category: Bigger than Me
DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS
My students recently read a piece from the Power of Nonviolence, a personal narrative about a man named John Lewis who participated in sit-ins during the 1960s. A lot of kids questioned the notion of nonviolent protest, said they seemed to lead to violence because the Gandhis, Throreaus and Kings of the world ended up …
DISLOYALTY
I’m a confirmed disloyal individual, I think. You might be as well. Far back as I can remember I’ve been giving people reasons to not like me. I’ve often thought that people can like the you they make you out to be but the minute you disappoint??? Now you’re the brotha they love to hate, …
GOOD GOD OF IRONY
I asked students to describe an episode of irony from their own lives. Ryan retorted, “I choked on a lifesaver once.” Touché. I’ve “choked on a lifesaver.” It’s when the thing that should be adding value to your life steals it instead. And wouldn’t you know that this is the subject of most of my …
BREAKIN’ UP 2.0
Technology has taken “Dear John” to a new level. I parted ways with my mobile carrier yesterday and fell into the arms of another. The beauty of the potentially cataclysmic event was that I didn’t even have to see my old carrier face-to-face. My ex-service provider had no leverage either. They couldn’t have retained my …
SKELETAL
What holds people up, makes them stand vertical? There’s simple answers and complex ones. There are God-fearin’ folk who would say, “God is the skeleton that supports the human frame.” But if I’m asked a similar question, I’d assume the asker wanted a more specific articulation. So I’d offer, for starters that people prop themselves …