Better little than too little. — Cameroonian proverb
Grand Rising Kings & Queens,
I just want to start off by saying that I’m tired of being tired of being tired. No seriously, I am exhausted. After a two-week vacation in California you would think that I wouldn’t be so fatigued. But anyone who travels knows that long lay overs, the hustle, and bustle of airports combined with airsickness just adds to the lethargy. Lately, I have been experiencing some amazing highs in life. A good personal relationship is brewing in my love life, my interview went well for my promotion and I’ve been receiving signs that my finances are coming together quite well. But Yesterday I was at an impasse. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Conflicted by duty and responsibility. I was weighed down like a rock and had no urge to conduct some of my meetings in the evening because I was "Tired-Tired". Do you know that feelings? It’s not spiritual exhaustion, it’s more like you want to take the longest nap of your life. Its like your body is riding on Empty and at any moment you could pass out.
I spoke with one of my Co-Chairs over at the Memphis Mid-South Democratic Socialists of America and I was almost about to cancel my participation in this month’s General Meeting. Jan Lentz was understanding and after taking a well needed nap...I realized that I needed to be in this meeting. My co-chair was extremely chill, but I mean I couldn’t just escape my responsibility. As a secretary I take minutes in the meetings and my role is vital. I realized that even though my body was tired, my spirit was charged, and I had the energy to keep going. The meeting commenced and it was so refreshing to meet and vote on resolutions and to make endorsements with my peers. That’s why this Africa Proverb hits so hard.
"Better little than too little." — Cameroonian proverb
My ancestors hailed from the Sao kingdom in Africa's Imperial Chad and the Cameroon from 283 AD- 1327 AD. They were a people of means, animism (belief in spirits) and of courage. Migrating from the Kingdom of Kush (modern day Sudan) and The Kingdom of Axum (Ethiopia) my ancestors went west into Africa to settle into Chad then South to the Cameroon to flee the Arab Slave trade around the 10th century. This quote from the Cameroonian people gave me life. After finishing my meeting, I received a boost of energy as if the ancestors blessed me for doing little but not too little. For going on even when I was tired. For completing a task no matter how hard mentally it might be. That is what my ancestors did and I’m proud that I kept going. In life you can quit, or you can keep going. My ancestors did it...so why can’t I? The work that I am doing is important. It helps improve the conditions of people’s lives whether its feeding low income families through my job, fighting for civil liberties through my DSA chapter or just motivating my people to keep going.I will continue to go even when I’m tired. And I don’t have to be Super woman, but when my back is up against the wall and I know I can do something. It’s better to do little than to do too little or nothing at all.
Ase
Daughter of Sekhmet
High Priestess
Eye of RA
Amber Ellington "My ancestors wildest dreams"
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