All Disabled People Deserve Integrated Employment And Payment Equal To What Abled People In Those Settings

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I Don’t Say Goodbye, I Only Say Ciao

Poem by. Gabrielle Octavia Rucker

What bloody lense holds firm between this mystery & us? Two shiny crows

tapping intelligently on the glass of a dream.

Please! Do not make me do the human things—

I must tend to my many plankton realities,

must be off with my better self:

One million faces lined

along a mirrored tunnel & in each that same tricky knot begging.

You couldn’t know how long I suffered over it, my long waiting at the end of the maze.

I can only guess what you think I’m after, stretching in the mirror

while you rattle on about sabotage,

an old tension springing in the body.

I spent time with my extended family over the weekend, and it just highlighted how much we've all changed, for better and worse, in lockdown.

After a few days, I'm now back up to full spoons. I can finally get back into my lockdown routine. I don't know if it's just me, is everyone feeling this way to varying degrees?

“I don’t have anyone expecting me to produce anything. And in fact, when somebody says to me, “can you draw me a bird,” like my publisher did. And I said, “Sure.” And then I couldn’t draw him a bird. And I realized that was a part of it. The freedom to do what I enjoyed had to come with no expectations and that I did it only for myself.”

— Amy Tan (Unintended Memoir)

It took some time, after finishing the "One Straw Revolution" (by. Masanobu Fukuoka) to find his food mandalas. His "do nothing" philosophy is very appealing in a lot of ways. He sought harmony with nature in his daily away from capitalism, and I believe he lived his teachings till the end of his days. Although, I currently don't own land for farming. I want to apply his teachings: mindfulness, and being keen to listen to silence. Sometimes doing nothing and allowing nature to balance itself.

I may read this book again as I continue to grow.