tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.comments2023-04-15T15:21:04.656-05:00Lifelines - African proverbs for daily livingYvonne McCalla Sobershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-61905514323872502242010-08-30T14:56:04.648-05:002010-08-30T14:56:04.648-05:00Hi Chaeles,
Thanks for this endorsement of bird&...Hi Chaeles, <br /><br />Thanks for this endorsement of bird's nest soup. I also much appreciate the website as your comment makes me want to find out what I have been missing.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />YvonneYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-28152820210265286442010-08-28T15:54:36.787-05:002010-08-28T15:54:36.787-05:00Kristi, thanks so much for visiting my blog and co...Kristi, thanks so much for visiting my blog and commenting on this post.<br /><br />When you find out how tarantulas taste, please let me know! <br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />YvonneYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-66735389394194656722010-08-28T14:41:38.227-05:002010-08-28T14:41:38.227-05:00This is a really great post. Thanks so much for sh...This is a really great post. Thanks so much for sharing. I am curious how the tarantulas taste. ;0)Kristi's Book Nookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497641900551707387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-15549216869700055152010-08-25T22:48:46.680-05:002010-08-25T22:48:46.680-05:00Yes, Colette, we definitely need to keep reminding...Yes, Colette, we definitely need to keep reminding ourselves that we can! <br /><br />Blessings, <br /><br />Yvonne NothangoYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-84219788915927130652010-08-25T22:27:10.784-05:002010-08-25T22:27:10.784-05:00Yvonne, thanks for the reminder, "Yes I can!&...Yvonne, thanks for the reminder, "Yes I can!"ColetteGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-79878993698639808852010-08-20T11:15:31.019-05:002010-08-20T11:15:31.019-05:00Thanks very much, my daughter. It is my great priv...Thanks very much, my daughter. It is my great privilege to be here for you and for all my daughters.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />VonnieYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-28393436681052766222010-08-20T11:13:44.650-05:002010-08-20T11:13:44.650-05:00Thanks much for your comment, Anonymous.
YvonneThanks much for your comment, Anonymous. <br /><br />YvonneYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-60621504827318519402010-08-20T08:54:38.846-05:002010-08-20T08:54:38.846-05:00Thank you for being wide shoulders upon which I an...Thank you for being wide shoulders upon which I and many of your daugthers do stand! May I serve as long and as well...Lisa Shomannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-81137726568418455772010-08-20T08:48:34.541-05:002010-08-20T08:48:34.541-05:00Completely excellent!Completely excellent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-36916610443650923712010-08-17T12:40:38.989-05:002010-08-17T12:40:38.989-05:00Hi Geoffrey,
Great hearing from you!
I think G...Hi Geoffrey, <br /><br />Great hearing from you! <br /><br />I think Garvey's philosophy scares people today as much as it did up to the time of his death. My work in human rights tells me how much is still left to be done, and sometimes I feel as if we are moving backward with the consciousness of our Black youth in Jamaica and elsewhere. <br /><br />I love what you do for writers with your blog, and hopefully each of us will do our bit to take Garvey's dream forward, even if inch by inch.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />YvonneYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-53696878206019194352010-08-17T10:27:02.267-05:002010-08-17T10:27:02.267-05:00Dear Yvonne,
Greetings!
Great post...I still shu...Dear Yvonne,<br /><br />Greetings!<br /><br />Great post...I still shudder when i think how much Garvey tried to accomplish during his lifetime and how much is still left to be done.<br /><br />I hope Zayda and her generation will benefit and carry on his (and your) noble work.<br /><br />1Love,<br />GeoffreyGeoffrey Philphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442948340176713964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-6969155913623728402010-08-15T15:06:33.663-05:002010-08-15T15:06:33.663-05:00My son, your comment aptly proves the wisdom of th...My son, your comment aptly proves the wisdom of this proverb, and the importance of being connected to one's roots. Sometimes people forget in these days of high individualism. <br /><br />We all definitely stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before.<br /><br />Love, <br /><br />Your maYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-26332265664563625202010-08-15T14:56:12.255-05:002010-08-15T14:56:12.255-05:00Wow Ma, one often takes for granted this business ...Wow Ma, one often takes for granted this business of roots...I'm so glad that you insisted on connecting us with our roots...it's been invaluable in navigating this life...Hilaire Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13606650232185178056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-43873193900227267412010-08-09T14:13:39.478-05:002010-08-09T14:13:39.478-05:00Thanks for your feedback on my blog post. My view ...Thanks for your feedback on my blog post. My view is that we do not allow people's approval to determine our opinions. We can trust ourselves to judge when an opinion needs to be held or changed. What do you think?<br /><br />YvonneYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-29354180139140490362010-08-03T21:38:01.525-05:002010-08-03T21:38:01.525-05:00Sister,
Thanks so much for your response to this ...Sister,<br /><br />Thanks so much for your response to this blog post. <br /><br />These posts are letters to my grandniece Zayda. I hope to spoon-feed her with self-love and therefore love for others. Zayda is not yet three months old, and I have not yet met her in the flesh as she is in Canada and I am in Jamaica. But today her mom put my call on speaker phone so Zayda and I could have our conversation, and my grandniece babbled in all the right places. <br /><br />This is such a huge task, and it sometimes seems daunting to give what we may not have received. But Zayda helps me stay on track. And so does encouraging feedback like yours. <br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />Yvonne/NothangoYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-911958587207962732010-08-03T21:17:26.762-05:002010-08-03T21:17:26.762-05:00Peace Sister,
This post is so beautiful and so tr...Peace Sister,<br /><br />This post is so beautiful and so true. I've had these thoughts myself and I have watched these two videos. Loving ourselves can be so difficult. I think it is the biggest hurdle we have as the descendants of slaves. Self-hatred was not only spoon-fed to us as babies, but the images and messages that we should feel worthless were and are so prevalent that learning to love ourselves can seem as monumental a task as reversing time, but you are right. If we are to survive, we must learn to love ourselves so that we can love others.<br />Respect.Pamela A. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405724316162226405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-73026453460787472902010-08-03T08:21:55.316-05:002010-08-03T08:21:55.316-05:00Oshunlady, thanks much for your comment. Blessings...Oshunlady, thanks much for your comment. Blessings, YvonneYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-53303610862743469062010-08-02T22:36:39.483-05:002010-08-02T22:36:39.483-05:00Excellent article! Excellent! Thank you.Excellent article! Excellent! Thank you.Golden Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372076232655902723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-85203188043216408382010-07-23T10:55:54.233-05:002010-07-23T10:55:54.233-05:00I agree with you about how we in Jamaica need to s...I agree with you about how we in Jamaica need to see things as black or white. So often, victims are also perpetrators, so we can do better helping people rather than condemning them. <br /><br />As Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Hopefully, we can one day see that our future is tied up with how we treat others or allow them to be treated.Yvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-27264097079840036512010-07-23T10:50:33.907-05:002010-07-23T10:50:33.907-05:00Thanks for your comment. More rain could well be t...Thanks for your comment. More rain could well be the answer to keeping us united in our efforts!Yvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-55556532398208515972010-07-23T09:28:21.715-05:002010-07-23T09:28:21.715-05:00All I will say is this, "We need more rain.&q...All I will say is this, "We need more rain." lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-13943074729935700962010-07-23T09:24:32.220-05:002010-07-23T09:24:32.220-05:00Your proverb today is very pertinent to this story...Your proverb today is very pertinent to this story: "He who<br />knows nothing, doubts nothing." They say poverty is not a crime, but it is. There is much ignorance in Jamaica relting to the injustices done to the poor. I listen to Perkins Online sometimes, the Jamaican talk show, and am amazed how people view the society in which they live. They view everything in black and white and can't see the shades of grey. Well, Janmaica, is cloaked in shades of grey. If you look closely there is no black and white. When Leon committs a "crime" against the person who did not pay him and against the authorites who hold him without charging him, people only see a depraved criminal, no matter the depravity that has been committed against him. As the saying goes, "Donkey say this world no level."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-66140384274474323302010-07-21T13:03:58.247-05:002010-07-21T13:03:58.247-05:00Fronse,
Thanks much for your comment. I admire th...Fronse,<br /><br />Thanks much for your comment. I admire the Ubuntu philosophy, and agree that the best way forward is for the people to work together. <br /><br />I do think, however, that leadership (such as you had from Nelson Mandela, with spiritual focus from Archbishop Desmond Tutu) is critical in nudging a divided people toward unity. What do you think?<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />Yvonne/NothangoYvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-15064015159585722922010-07-21T12:39:13.949-05:002010-07-21T12:39:13.949-05:00In South Africa before 1994 elections the politica...In South Africa before 1994 elections the political parties' mantra was 'let us agree to disagree'. Their point of unity was Ubuntu, the union of a nation. Nations develop and move forward when people, not politicians work together.Fronse Pellebon Smithhttp://www.livinginblack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037336979170362685.post-5921204745788234042010-07-20T22:03:17.863-05:002010-07-20T22:03:17.863-05:00Dame Nita is definitely my role model for leadersh...Dame Nita is definitely my role model for leadership. She showed that she could lead and be herself - female, warm, caring, focused, and firm. <br /><br />Bruce Golding needs help, or he needs to relieve himself of the burden of leadership.Yvonne McCalla Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701667047959600060noreply@blogger.com