Well, hello there. It's Morgan Harper-Nichols here, and I am getting ready to take a short break from recording new episodes as I take a little bit of time off and I'll be back later this month with new episodes.

In the meantime, you'll still get an episode here Monday through Fridays, and I hope that you can find something that speaks to you right where you are. Thank you so much for

tuning in. You are learning to hold the tension of a lot of different things. You are learning to

accept the way some flowers take many seasons to bloom. You are learning to accept the way some flowers take many seasons to bloom. You are learning

to accept some conversations will be difficult to have, and some will be easier. Some emotions will

be easier to express than others. Sometimes forgiveness takes weeks, other times much longer. And through it

all, your heart is still beating. There is still room for healing. Even in the places where everyone

else seems to have moved on from what happened. Be gentle with yourself. Be gentle when you

are trying to be grateful for where you are while you are also missing what was. Be gentle when you

are putting a smile on your face and on the inside, you do not know how you actually feel. Lean into the grace

that reminds you. There is no shame if it takes time to work through this. There is still room

to heal. Even when it comes to those who seem to have a much better grip at working through things than you,

remember, at any given moment, we're all working through something. We are all faced with some

unknown whether we realize it or not. So if it all feels like it's too much, it's because it is too

much. It's too much for any one person

to try and work through on their own. You're not traveling through this alone. So when you're

feeling the way of the world, know that in seven billion different ways, we're all feeling it.

And all by grace, day by day, there is room for us to work through this.

It's not going to be easy. Making sure everyone's needs are met is lifelong work that takes

all of us. But maybe it's possible. Maybe there's hope, not wishful thinking, but hope.

May hope rise among us for every tired,

weary, broken heart. Let hope strengthen us into action so we may grow in our collective awareness of each other. Letting every interaction be a reminder, None of us are in this alone.

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