KWANZAA- NIA-PURPOSE- Sacrifice- Disciplina, Honor y
Abnegacion
TO MAKE OUR COLLECTIVE VOCATION THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPING
OUR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO RESTORE OUR PEOPLE TO THEIR TRADITIONAL GREATNESS
Have I told you all how much I love Sundays. I love Sundays! I love the silence of it and the gathering of thoughts. So it is with that
energy that I sat and wrote today’s Kwanzaa blog with the principle of
NIA-PURPOSE.
Familia, I also have to share how surprised I have been with
how the words have just moved on the paper with such ease. We were meant to
celebrate/reflect on Kwanzaa togetherJ
“Sacrifice is the order of the day” that is the Ifa line
that came to me as soon as I began writing. Purpose brings about sacrifice.
Sacrifice brings clarity and grounding movement.
Once we have made that connection then we are fueled by
NIA-PURPOSE. This principle fuels my every
movement. It fuels my ability to share with you, to remain on this journey that
was handed to me and to LOVE.
I can’t help but think of one of my favorite quotes by Che, that
you read at the end of all my emails, “Let me say, at the risk of sounding
ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of LOVE.”
It is from that LOVE that I truly believe we can build our
community and continue to be the great people that WE are.
Many have asked where it comes from. I cannot name a moment
but I can say that it takes over in a way that does not make sense to most.
Today I want to highlight one of my most treasured examples
of NIA-PURPOSE in my life and it comes from my father.
My father has been a volunteer firefighter and member of the
Banda de Corneta y Tambores de Colon for 50+ years. I need to add that the
Banda is the best Band in the country. I don’t think anyone who has heard “Los
Bomberos de Colon” can argue against that statement.
My father recently became Mayor Modestin. We were so excited
and moved by this recognition. Not only because of his dedication to this
familia but also because of his love for this familia. He believes in their
greatness and it has impacted all of us or anyone who has spent anytime seeing
him march or heard him talk about “Los Bomberos.”
As my father gets older we love the things that fill up his
cup and these three words do it, Disciplina, Honor y Abnegacion. Discipline,
Honor and Abnegation or I would like to say, dedication and sacrifice. He is
dedicated to this family, community that has spilled over and allows my sister,
brother and I to see them as such.
My father’s NIA-PURPOSE to be a member of this community
unconditionally feeds my commitment to each and every one of you in the best
way that I can.
I believe in you, I believe in our greatness as a people and
as a community. It is unbreakable because it is built on my LOVE for you,
NIA-PURPOSE. There is that saying that
you can’t chose your family but you can chose your friends, as we move through
the day, maybe we can all say, I chose US, our community through thick and
thin.
The sacrifices to remain on this journey have been many yet
there is no stopping it. I hope, no I want to say, Pray, that today’s words
land on you in a peaceful way. I hope that my father’s dedication teaches us
all something as it continues to do that for me. I hope that when you look at
yourself in the mirror today that you see the grown that we carry naturally and
that you hold onto to it as you move through your day.
Peace and Blessings my Kings and Queens!
In light,
Yvette
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