Thread by @EyalaBlog

The past 6 months have felt like 6 long, heavy years. I hope the rest of the year is brighter, but I'm grateful for the 6 lessons I've learned in the first 6 months of 2020. (Issa thread 👇🏾)

(Channelling @Aliben86's list energy)
#ThursdayThoughts #2020lessons

1. Hiding (from) trauma is not enough to heal it.

I thought I'd performed my way out of the pain #Racism had inflicted on me while I was living in France, but the way I've been triggered in the past months...

#ThursdayThoughts #2020lessons

2. Sisterhood is everything. Nurture it and understand that it is about giving as much as it is about receiving.

3. It was never about finding my voice. It's all about having the courage to use it.

#2020lessons #ThursdayThoughts #sisterhood

4. Help is everywhere if I dare accept it. I must unlearn the shame and the obsession with excellence I grew up with, and get the support I need.

(Huge thanks to @Aliben86
@Asmaaouu @MariamBagayoko for volunteering to edit and translate Eyala interviews: 💛)

#2020lessons

5. #Selfcare is not just about exercising, face masks or eating 5 veggies a day. It's about treating my body like I love myself. It's about caring for myself the way I care for others.

(This one is going to take me A LOT of work!)

#2020lessons #ThursdayThoughts

6. Feminism is a verb. Allyship is a verb. Sisterhood is a verb. Compassion is a verb. Love is a verb.

#2020lessons #ThursdayThoughts

So yes, 2020 is the worst year (and we're only halfway through it!) but the challenges come with many lessons. What have you learned this year?

#2020lessons
#ThursdayThoughts

@Lusukalanga @rose_tande @EverjoiceWin @Asmaaouu @FlaviaMwaka @kaviemakau @Aliben86 @fatenaggad @muthonie @pruncie @wamburay @nas009 @OhTimehin

I beg bless me with your wisdom.