 Episode 53. Freestyling for the holiday.

Friday Reflection with Desmond Spann

Friday Reflection: December 25th, 2020 - 53

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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? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: December 11th, 2020 - Manage Chaos. Rest. Repeat...

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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: December 4th, 2020 - Purpose of a Dream

 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 episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: November 27th 2020 - TKO

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, --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: November 20, 2020 - Change the Game Pt. 2

 This week I find myself sitting in the car outside of the grocery store. Just when I'm about to head in to do my grocery shopping for the week. I get an idea, I get an idea about games and race. And I was so inspired by this idea that I decided to delay my entry into the grocery store by five minutes to film a video. Complete the grocery trip, not realizing that this five-minute video was a mistake. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: November 13th, 2020 - Change The Game Part 1

 There is bolder in my stomach, electricity, just humming through my skin at my fingertips. I'm teaching class, and every week, we start with acknowledgments land acknowledgments and acknowledgment of the Black Lives Matter movement, and I have to talk about another shooting. I do my best to process, hold space, but as I'm talking about what happened to the young father in Vancouver, Washington. I feel the electricity flowing through my body. I feel the tension in my stomach. I subscribe to The New York Times Online. It's my phone in hand. I'm glued continuously swiping down the screen. Refreshing election results, this tension. This tightness, this electricity just flowing through me. It rises to a point where I am unable to function. I have to do something to move this energy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: November 6th, 2020 - 10 Minutes of Funk

This week I'm sharing another poem and a question that I want to remember for times like this, a year like this, and a week like this.  I do believe the struggle is the blessing. It's amazing how much easier it is to say that when the struggle has happened or only lives in theory. I'll share this question that I want to remind myself of and gift to you. I'll share some thoughts about the shooting in Philadelphia. And then a poem.  Not necessarily in that order. Let's get into it. DesmondSpann.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: October 30th, 2020 - All For You

This week, it's week 43 and a 53 week year. This means we have just under 10 weeks left in 2020.  So I ask, how do you want to end the year, how do you want to feel in these next two weeks, and what actions can you take to get you there.  We know that this year has been a year of crisis and change of revolt revolution of protests and with 10 weeks remaining. We may be tempted to just right off the year, close our eyes, put our head under the covers, rock back and forth in the fetal position, waiting for 2020 to be done.  But this year, we'll end the pandemic will end society will move on to the next crisis, and the struggles will remain. So how can we use these 10 weeks to position ourselves in the best position possible for what's to come?  It's in the spirit that I share this home with you. It deals with something that I've been struggling with my whole life because it annoys me to no end. So you might be like me if you enjoy talking about ideas philosophy concepts, even conflict. You don't really enjoy talking about the weather or what so and so did over the weekend.  Still, I'm coming to understand something about the ability to talk about things and talk about people in a way that helps foster connection. So this poem was connected to the realization, the realization of the value of having a little chitchat. All right, take a listen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: October 23, 2020 - 10. More. Weeks.

 This week I'm doing something interesting. At the moment I'm recording this, I'm waiting for the telltale event to start where I am going to kick things off by telling a story. The theme is Something Wicked. Alright, take a listen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: October 16th, 2020 - Something Wicked

This week, I wanted to share the one belief that has given me an unshakable, unbreakable unquestionable, ultimately unconditional self-worth. I went by the river from a nice spot and recorded what you're about to hear. So take a listen. Let me know what you think. And especially for you, If you are struggling with finding self-worth and just being you. Alright, take a listen. ################# In the face of rapid change, people are unsure of the world and doubt who we are. We realized we sheltered ourselves in the commutes to and from work. We stayed busy to hide our pain pretending everything was all good. Now that normal is gone. We are left with ourselves. We are left with our pain. And we are strangers to ourselves. There are many roles that I play, and in all these roles that I play. I imagine reflect study and write about life in a way that empowers truth. So people feel inspired to act and discover who they are. This truth may convince people of their inherent self-worth. This truth may show people how to create a society that systemically works for everyone. It's a truth that seeks to bring clarity and awaken our deepest sense of who we are. Because when we empower truth. We inspire ourselves to discover who we are and impact this world. Join my email list at DesmondSpann.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: October 9th, 2020 - The Day I Woke Up

This week I am sharing a ritual of mine. On my birthday one thing that I do is write. I like to think of it as my New Year reflection. Sometimes the writing is just prose other times are writing turns into a poem. I touch on the themes of gratitude, hip hop, fear, death, prejudice, and health. The writing that I do every year on my birthday swirls around the themes that are top of mind throughout my entire year of life. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: October 2nd, 2020-Poem 922

This week, I thought this would be an excellent time to take you through something that I've been working on for the last month or two. You know how sometimes, you put a lot of energy and effort into creating a vision; then, you get caught up in the busywork. You start forgetting to ask yourself the question, what is this really for? ---------------------------------------------- Side note: I recorded this episode before the verdict for the killing of Breonna Taylor. I am saddened, and I am wondering what else is it going to take? No matter what the actions of the people in the system say, Black Lives Matter and the struggle goes on. I'm sure there will be more reflections on this, but in the meantime, I hope this episode can provide some inspiration to act. ---------------------------------------------- In the face of rapid change, people are unsure of the world and doubt who we are. We realized we sheltered ourselves in the commutes to and from work. We stayed busy to hide our pain pretending everything was all good. Now that normal is gone. We are left with ourselves. We are left with our pain. And we are strangers to ourselves. There are many roles that I play, and in all these roles that I play. I imagine reflect study and write about life in a way that empowers truth. So people feel inspired to act and discover who they are. This truth may convince people of their inherent self-worth. This truth may show people how to create a society that systemically works for everyone. It's a truth that seeks to bring clarity and awaken our deepest sense of who we are. Because when we empower truth. We inspire ourselves to discover who we are and impact this world. Join my email list at DesmondSpann.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: September 25th 2020 - My Guiding Principles

This week, I'm talking about how creativity can solve racism. And I'm also sharing some poems from Des Write Bars (on Amazon, yeah I know) I thought this week would be an early reflection episode. But then I thumb through my old poems in the book. And I found four verses that I found for many verses that speak to these times. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Friday Reflection: September 18, 2020 - Ash in the Air

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