Friday Reflection with Desmond Spann Desmond Spann

Episode 53. Freestyling for the holiday.

Friday Reflection: December 18th, 2020 - Don't Hate, Rejuvenate

We have this saying and teaching. Just one more thing, because there's always something, and it's just one more thing.

Recently we've been using this language too. I don't have any bandwidth for that. I'm running out of bandwidth for this. 

I'm not sure if I will ever escape this one more thing. I'm not sure if I'll ever have enough bandwidth to do everything that I need to do in my day-to-day.

How am I supposed to find some relief?

It's really real out here. Produced by Salaam Remi featuring Black Thought and Common. There is something Common said in the second verse that really got me thinking and raised a question.

Kind of funny when bits of insight and wisdom happens to show up in your daily life. 

This week was also the week of Thanksgiving. I like to call it the week of giving thanks, to take time to be reflective and I have gratitude for all the blessings in our lives.

I acknowledge that the myth and tradition that starts this holiday is not one that is very kind to my indigenous brothers and sisters out there. 

Just know I am grateful for your presence and with that let's get into it. 

This week, it is changed the game part two. I'm picking up where I left off last week. 
I didn't realize that, and kind of talking about the realization that I had around finite games and infinite games and comparing it to racism and anti-racism that I would go over my 15 minute limit for these episodes so I broke it up into two parts.
Alright, let's get into it,