What Kuumba Means...
Strive for discipline, dedication, and achievement in all you do.
Dare struggle and sacrifice and gain the strength that comes from this.
Build where you are and dare leave a legacy that will last as long as the sun shines and the water flows.
Practice daily Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, and Imani.
May the year's end meet us laughing, and stronger.
May our children honor us by following our example in love and struggle.
And at the end of next year, may we sit together again, in larger numbers, with greater achievement and closer to liberation and a higher level of life.
On this, the sixth day of Kwanzaa, we focus on kuumba (creativity) and "do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it."
I was always taught that we all have talents. Are you discovering, developing and using your talents? Here are some resources that may help you do so:
* Think creatively about the world's problems and how to solve them.
* Use your talents to serve your community, and we all benefit.
* Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
* Be the person you want to be.
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. We need to remember that we are created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed - Maya Angelou—author, poet, playwright, stage and screen performer, and director
What we did....
Nothing. Kuumba falls on New years Eve and is supposed to be a feast of the end of the year and celebrating family and embracing creativity. Honestly, the idea behind it saddened me so I pretty much just avoided it. No family or friends other than me and the kids were there to bring in the New Year together and it just made me realize more what we don't have. Both the kids asked me excitedly "Is it Kwanzaa?" and Mani said, "I can't wait for Kwanzaa!" but I just wasn't up to it sadly. We had that book we were making of the & principles but never finished it because there is no one to give it to. Rion and I just watched "Clash of the Titans" and brought New Years in together and crashed at 12:05.
Strive for discipline, dedication, and achievement in all you do.
Dare struggle and sacrifice and gain the strength that comes from this.
Build where you are and dare leave a legacy that will last as long as the sun shines and the water flows.
Practice daily Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, and Imani.
May the year's end meet us laughing, and stronger.
May our children honor us by following our example in love and struggle.
And at the end of next year, may we sit together again, in larger numbers, with greater achievement and closer to liberation and a higher level of life.
On this, the sixth day of Kwanzaa, we focus on kuumba (creativity) and "do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it."
I was always taught that we all have talents. Are you discovering, developing and using your talents? Here are some resources that may help you do so:
* Think creatively about the world's problems and how to solve them.
* Use your talents to serve your community, and we all benefit.
* Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
* Be the person you want to be.
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. We need to remember that we are created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed - Maya Angelou—author, poet, playwright, stage and screen performer, and director
What we did....
Nothing. Kuumba falls on New years Eve and is supposed to be a feast of the end of the year and celebrating family and embracing creativity. Honestly, the idea behind it saddened me so I pretty much just avoided it. No family or friends other than me and the kids were there to bring in the New Year together and it just made me realize more what we don't have. Both the kids asked me excitedly "Is it Kwanzaa?" and Mani said, "I can't wait for Kwanzaa!" but I just wasn't up to it sadly. We had that book we were making of the & principles but never finished it because there is no one to give it to. Rion and I just watched "Clash of the Titans" and brought New Years in together and crashed at 12:05.
Our Last Family Pic of 2010!
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