SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa
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The Art of Giving No F****
Come into my mind today, as I take you into my world for just a few moments. Today I want to give you the skills to make you more attractive to your friends, potential romantic partners, and family. I am here to fight for the case that the more that you seem to want these connects, the less that they will come to you. I will give you 7 steps to keep people coming to you, and wanting to be around you. You don't have to be alone anymore. You do not have to rely on be-friending your books or celebrity crushes in that Netflix show you are binging any longer:
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Humans
June Jordan - In Honor
Today is October 10, 2018 and I am reflecting a lot on legacy and about the surgery that I just underwent. It is a time when my family has wrapped their arms around me to support my healing, and I am in a shift in my mind, and moving forward to my future. I want to honor Ms. June Jordan who was a poet, an activist, a survivor of abuse, a survivor of having to understand what it means to be Black and a woman, and a seeker of the truth from our lens.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Poets
Lighten Up Morgan!
When I started finding out my personality of an INFJ (Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging) I realize now that I was lost. I lost myself in the weight of carrying all of the struggles, and anger of my ancestors and community. I tend to carry them with me when I walk outside in the world. I see from their eyes in a way. It seems fantastical, but as an old soul I see young students on my campus, walking in their pairs of four, so stiff, so serious, so concerned on being seen. I was just like that before at their age. The level of growth from 18 to 21 that I have made seems tremendous to me mentally and in the way I walk through life. I want to take time to give thanks to my family and close friends that have been here supporting me in my journey. When you live in your head, sometimes it is hard to find those happy places when you have given yourself permission to be your harshest critic.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Motivation
Shut It Down!
I am not sure why is has taken me almost two years to tell this story. My first story got deleted. That's life. But this story is too important not to document. I want to take this time to write an open letter to the 45th President of the United States and his administration. I have so much anger against them. These are not just my feelings! I have black folks saying that they feel that white folks seem to carry themselves with an ego towards black folks, and even our elders! It has never felt tighter or more difficult to land a job as a Black women. Even if I am pursuing my college degree, the education system continues to teach in the format that benefits white and Asian folks at the expense of black student understanding. The administration seems to be getting passes for hate-speech on social media, stripping away immigrants' safety, the right to be able to serve in the military, our access to voting, and to safe homes to live in. This is such a violent culture!
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in The Swamp
Truth from the Mouth of Survivors
We all have the power to be messengers, holding power in our throats or with our fingers that type away taking so much time to say our truth. The benefits of a platform is that someone is always watching, and if we are lucky, receiving and then spreading the message to others. What is the purpose if we are not listening, and then practicing what we receive for good. At my campus I had the privilege of seeing and hearing Tarana Burke. That is another benefit of University, which is the opportunity to witness current events come to life in front of you. Tarana Burke I found out is from the Bronx New York, she started organizing at the age of 14, and she grew up as a "know it all" kid knowing how to recite "For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange. Her family grew up with immense black pride, which reminds me of my own. Mrs. Burke was a teacher, and she carries herself in my opinion like a modern-day Dr. Maya Angelou. She has a familiar yet a striking, grand presence. Her still strong New-York accent reminded me of my elementary school teachers back in Brooklyn. A teacher is better than any other profession. The good ones change your life and are ingrained in our memories like our first loves.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Viva
A Story of a Quiet Queer
Let's hope that the more personal I get with the world, the closer I will feel with coming to terms with my sexuality. Being the Outcast is not foreign to me. When I was growing up I felt safe alone. Writing stories, songs, poems, and singing to myself. Being among people for recreation was a source of anxiety that is unspeakable. When you create your own life in your head you become your own best friend. But, in my case, I did not treat myself like a friend, more like an intimidating stranger.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Humans
A Message from the Youth to Elders
Today, August 16, 2018, we lost the legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin. I am a woman who recently turned 21 in February. I am considered a youth in this year, and I want to be the first to say that we have a problem. We are getting further and further apart from understanding and associating with each other as humans. Technology and smartphones are leading us away from human interaction and having actual conversations. I honestly think that American millennials do get a bad rap overall for being very aloof and socially deviant. But, what generation that comes before another hasn't been considered more and more scandalous? I have had the experience of having a close relationship with my mother, and the older generations including grandparents and elders; for me it is easier to have bonds with older folks then people of my generation. I am usually steeped in music from the 90s, and below. I love history, classic movies, and the grace and regal ages of America. We truly learn how to stand and walk in dignity into a room when we know where we have come from. For some cultures it takes more digging to find the exact roots of our histories, but we all generally have pride in who we are.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Humans
Having It All Together
Do you often hear people comment when asked how they are doing that they are "working on it" or " getting it together"? WHY is this a constant when we are supposed to be getting our lives together early on so we can be smooth sailing? The problem is that we are all lying to each other. We tell ourselves a false reality when we are young that if we just follow these specific steps, that life will fall in place. We will find sexy love, be brilliant bosses, and make enough money to comfortably fit our families of three, one dog, two cats, and a Billy Goat ( If you live down South). Here is some advice for young people to slap some reality into this unfortunate lie that we are told by others.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Motivation
Grateful
Life is a battle. We want to wrestle to make life work for us, but our life rarely works out how we envision. When I try to hold tight, and control what I want in my life it is a recipe to suffocate it and die. When I think about how the natural world works there is a time for caution, and a time for relaxation, but they are balanced, organic, easy. Like the sleeping lion for instance, there is always time to find peace even in the most aggressive animals. In America, it seems that we race and run our lives seeking, wanting, craving better or different, and we often forget to think about what we have. I was reminded this week to be mindful, to "just be," to stop struggling, and to relax into myself and find gratefulness. When you create the story of your life in a series of negative events, you pile yourself with worry, and unhappiness. We need to remind ourselves each day about what we have, and even if it is just for a couple of minutes, take out the time.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Motivation
Contact
When two hearts meet and choose each other, I like to imagine that the ancestors and spirits join together to celebrate that love connection. They gather together in community, fireworks, the singing of choirs, and harps strumming. An idealistic land where we get approval by a higher realm, and it's not something that we see, it is something that we feel. If you let your mind and body want to manifest anything, it will. I can vouch for that many times over. I believe that when you take your eyes from that thing in which you wanted to manifest in the first place, then you lose the thing that you wanted to begin with, and have to start back at square one. I was on a spiritual journey this time last year. It was the beginning of the summer, I was feeling very frustrated, very anxious, and my self-worth was less than 6 feet under. This was because I lacked a positive relationship with who I was, and my mind was tricking me to believe that the way that I was, was toxic. When we feed ourselves these spirit killers, as I like to call it, this truly blocks us from receiving that in which we truly want. How do you want to be touched? I love that this question seems so erotic, but it's not for me.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Humans
Change-llenges
So you may be wondering why the hybrid between Change and Challenges? Change means that what once was will never be, and that all that snuggly comfort gets ripped from under your feet to a mysterious new territory. Change may even mean what once gave you purpose is no longer an option, or who.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Motivation