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In tarot there are 22 major arcana. Which major arcana is your super power?

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I am grateful for:
My ego,
My growth,
My capabilities to get shit done,
My blackness,
My spirituality,
My community,
Being me!,
My creativity,
My Ancestors.

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I am:
Pleasurable,
Successful,
Beautiful,
ENOUGH,
WORTHY,
Valid & I take up space & am allowed to,
Deserving of LOVE,
Vulnerable,
Exceptional.

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What does accountability look like to you?

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"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?"

– bell hooks in conversation with Maya Angelou, 1998

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Accountability is the process of taking responsibility for your actions. Under our current colonial understanding of accountability, there is a lot of guilt, shame, & punishment attached to it that is counterintuitive to being accountable.

Guilt can be helpful if it is a momentary reflection that signals to you that you have stepped out of your own moral code, however dwelling in guilt does not actually solve our initial problem. By dwelling in guilt, you make space for shame & perpetual punishment. It allows you to become stuck in patterns of self-flagellation.

To get past guilt, we need to sit with the following uncomfortable truth: We all have the capability to inflict harm.

Even with the best intentions we can still commit harm. This is due to a variety of factors – childhood patterns, complex trauma (ie exposed to multiple forms of trauma long term), & by simply being human which involves making mistakes.

This is incredibly important to acknowledge because healing from harm can never be given by someone else. This means that carrying guilt, shame or internalizing punishment while trying to be accountable neither absolves you of your harm nor heals the offended.

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"ever since i realized there waz someone calt
a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag
i been tryin not to be that & leave bitterness
in somebody else's cup/." For coloured girls [...] by Ntozake Shange.

Often times we can find ourselves shrinking to satisfy those around us. What are some moments we have shrunk ourselves to avoid leaving bitterness in somebody else's cup?

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"Uniting the search for love with the quest to be free was the crucial step. Searching for love, I found the path to freedom. Learning how to be free was the first step in learning to know love." Communion by bell hooks