Living Out the Rooted Life
“To truly love, we must learn to mix various ingredients care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust.” – Bell Hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins)
“Love must be sincere.” – Romans 12:9 NIV
Success Is…
“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has to overcome while trying to succeed.”
-Booker T. Washington
Break Through
“I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there’s nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.”
-Cecily Tyson
Play Without Guilt
“Play is not a luxury, it is a necessity.”
Dr. Stuart Brown
My Sense of Belonging
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”
-Maya Angelou
Change, Sacrifice, Unity, Humanity—Chapter 2
“You don’t need permission to disrupt the norm of injustice but know it may cost you…”
Spotlight Junkie
“I’m starting with the man in the mirror.”
Spotlight Junkie
“Whew, that was hard. What? Don’t judge me. This was hard to admit.”
Do you have a mentor or coach?
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” – Unknown
“Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.” – Timothy Gallwey
Change, Sacrifice, Unity, Humanity—Chapter 1
“…looking up beyond the scrubby whiskers of his face into the deep dark depth of his eyes”