Bristol Mayo

My God. Here we were, on the lawn of the “Big House”, celebrating the lives of those Slaves cast aside by the indifference of the institution of slavery...The sentiment in that space danced from heart to heart, so new and vibrant!

If we are intentional, our social media experience can be one of color, enlightenment, community building, and growth. We get to decide the sort of impact it has on our mental well-being.

This picturesque scene of the gallant south was no longer a setting in a book, but a real, tangible place that was waiting to whisper to us the secrets of our past that had been purposefully hidden. We knew that no one would be there to tell us the tales, but the winds that cooled Black faces in those sugarcane rows carried the same song of peace, and trees planted by
the water had not been moved.

I was once on a “Fatherless Men” panel for a university, being interviewed by doctoral students wanting a first-hand account of our lives. It was then that I realized how much more optimistically I view my situation than most.

Being able to identify and edit the load we’re carrying is essential to a light and peaceful journey.