America Walk In My Our Shoes

This book is about racial reconciliation. We are all Americans irrespective of our race, religion, sexual preference, or national origin. Whenever members of any race conduct themselves as being superior to another race, that's racism. If we truly care about this beautiful country of ours, we must deal with this horrible cancer of racism. It's not that complicated; but someone has to start that ongoing conversation. Americans have always been resourceful. We lead the world in science and technology. When our backs are against the wall, we rise to the occasion. This year, we were hit with the COVID-19 pandemic, and our scientists have now discovered a viable vaccine. Remember in school when the teacher paired you with a stranger to complete a two-week assignment? Maybe that person was Black and lived across the tracks. Because of the amount of racial tension in the world today, you might have felt uncomfortable and reluctant to accept that task. However, after working with that person, your inhibitions slowly faded away, and by the end of the assignment, you became quite friendly toward one another. There was nothing magical about it. The more time spent on the assignment, the more you learned about one another. The author wrote this book to make known the journey the Black people traveled in America. Moreover, the author wanted to personalize it by adding my journey as well. As with the example of the two people mentioned in their assignment, the author is hoping the more my white brothers and sisters know our journeys, the more likelihood of them understanding us. Something happened this year that proved the author's point. After the George Floyd murder, the author saw people of all races stop what they were doing to focus their attention on that video. The fact they were witnessing the actual murder of an unarmed human being triggered something inside of them. Whatever it was, they felt compelled to do something about it. During this time period, the words "Black Lives Matter" wrongly had negative connotations by some white people. However, white people proudly marched under that Black Lives Matter banner with their Black brothers and sisters. America has never seen those kind of protest marches. Not only did those marches occur all over America, the Black Lives Matter banner and protests was seen in numerous foreign countries. Those marches lasted nonstop for over a solid month. Those white brothers and sisters put their lives on the line. They were shot with rubber bullets, clubbed, knocked to the ground, pepper sprayed, and tear-gassed by law enforcement officials. They realized the systemic killing of Black men, women, and children was real, and it had to stop. They inspired the author to think about what he could do to help the cause. He decided to write this book. He thought if his white brothers and sisters can react to George Floyd's killing, how beneficial it would be to them if they learned more about the Black people's journey in America. The author is optimistic about a coming together of all Americans one day. We must learn from this new generation of Americans. They are leading the way, and he thanks God for strength, courage, and color blindness. Stay woke!

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God had a specific reason when he formed us to be individuals, unique creations that each fulfill a special purpose. Everything we are, have been, and will be is all part of a grand plan of God's love. Everything helps to shape us into the people God wants us to be and where we find our inner satisfaction, joy, and meaning.

When Emily asks her big sister what the word empathy means, Emily has no idea that knowing the answer will change how she looks at people. But does it really matter to others if Emily notices how they're feeling? Stand in My Shoes shows kids how easy it is to develop empathy toward those around them. Empathy is the ability to notice what other people feel. Empathy leads to the social skills and personal relationships which make our lives rich and beautiful, and it is something we can help our children learn. This book teaches young children the value of noticing how other people feel. We're hoping that many parents read it along with their children.

Discover “the stories America needs to hear” (Admiral William H. McRaven, US Navy (Ret.)) with these moving and powerful recollections of war, told by the men and women who lived them. Walk in my Combat Boots is a powerful collection crafted from hundreds of original interviews by James Patterson, the world’s #1 bestselling writer, and First Sergeant US Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann, part of the Ranger unit portrayed in the movie Black Hawk Down. These are the brutally honest stories usually only shared amongst comrades in arms. Here, in the voices of the men and women who’ve fought overseas from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, is a rare eye-opening look into what wearing the uniform, fighting in combat, losing friends and coming home is really like. Readers who next thank a military member for their service will finally have a true understanding of what that thanks is for.

This book provides a therapeutic method and a tool for transformation. During a walking process it becomes possible to experience a movement, a kind of shift of consciousness and give spontaneous expression to certain aspects of the behavior, the emotional as well as mental condition, and the life issues of the person one walks. People who are being walked feel accepted and understood in unexpected ways, while those who walk themselves experience liberation from restrictive concepts and a sense of enhanced self-esteem. This book combines the most recent findings of psychotherapy with proven systemic concepts of therapeutic self-experience and provides simple solutions for deep-seated conflicts.

A top aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young has been a witness to history and has made his own. During the cvil rights movement, he worked tirelessly as a strategist and negotiator during the campaigns that resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, and was at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s side when he was assassinated. For years, in correspondence and conversation, he has been mentoring his godson, Kabir Sehgal. In this entertaining and provocative discourse, Young shares his thoughts and meditations on such important topics as race, civil rights, faith, and leadership. Young offers his wisdom on these subjects to a new generation of young men and women in hopes that his battle-tested voice will inspire and encourage those in whose hands the world will soon rest.

Explains the history of the rodeo, important rodeo figures, and different kinds of rodeos.

Will empower readers to address abuse issues in their own lives and move them to understand the resulting deep emotional matrix that results from abuse and the incredible power of an individual’s ability to recover and embrace life.