Rha Goddess

And every day they would, you know, come in for the market.

We pull our money and put all our money together.

And they would come back with like a few bushels of greens, some cornmeal and a small piece of meat for flavoring.

And the magic.

that Anthony was sort of our resident cook and the magic that Anthony was able to create with that crock pot.

But what was even more profound and moving was the assurance that everybody ate.

Whether we had enough pots or dishes to go, it didn't matter.

People shared plates.

People spooned food into hands to ensure that everybody in the circle had something.

And anytime we've had those experiences where everybody's been seen and everybody's been cared for and catered to in some level, they've been life-changing for us.

So our opportunity is to start to look at, as we come into the spaces that we occupy, as we have the ability to lead and influence in all of the ways that we can lead and influence outside of a title, how are we making room?

How are we creating space where everybody can thrive?

And challenging the narrative that there has to be winners and losers.

That's the biggest thing that I think we're healing and transforming right now.

As I've been traveling the country, in addition to having the privilege to do platforms and stages very much like this one, we've been doing dinners in communities.

And I will tell you, just two weeks ago, we were in Los Angeles with a community, and one of the gentlemen in the circle was turning 80.

And he was pondering the very same question because people were asking him over and over again, what does it feel like to be 80?

And he noticed the automatic sort of temptation to want to go to his aches and pains.

But one of the things that he recognized and said was, you know, I realize that time is a choice that I can make for myself.

And I can decide what these next 10 years are going to be like.