“Tough love and brutal truth from strangers are far more valuable than Band-Aids and half-truths from invested friends, who don’t want to see you suffer any more than you have.” WisdomRealityTruthValuesChoicesUnderstandingFreedomKnowingLearningAdviceHonestyHumilityLife ChangingSelf RespectRealismActionsConsequencesGentlenessTeachersGood AdviceTurning PointsLife CoachStayingpositiveu ComTough LoveStaying PositiveKeeping It RealBlatantEggshellsLiving RealityBrutal TruthGroup TherapyHalf TruthsOpenessWhite PathApplyingInterventionsSugar CoatedFighting For TruthOvercoming EgoLearned Lessons From OthersTipping PointsSwallowing PrideCold RealitySimilar PathsApplied LessonsBand AidsBetter Than ProzacDownplayingFaster TherapyHelping One AnothersProtective FamilyProtective FriendsRight As RainRules WorkSay It Like It IsSlapping Sense Into Loved OnesWaking Up FriendsYour Not Alone Author:Shannon L. Alder
“in social studies we’re only taught that Blacks weren’t allowed to own property— and then the lesson jumps all the was to Rosa Parks not getting off that bus.” Cold Reality Book:Genesis Begins Again Source: Genesis Begins Again