Make room for the poise of pause, discernment, insight, wisdom, and understanding. Recognize that every thought that crosses your mind doesn’t need to belong to you, hasn’t necessarily originated from you. What is truth? Speak it and repeat it over yourself—whatever contradicts the truth nomatter how subtle, is a lie and should be handled as such. .

Rid of thoughts that aren’t yours. Give them no conversation, no meal before they go. Dead voices and false ideas and inappropriate images and empty information taking up your headspace are taking food from your grandchildren’s mouths. See your mind as their genesis so you can host revelation. You have a greater, loftier call; a descendant of prophets and poets and inventors who operated from pure meditations and strode in excellence because their minds were sound. .

Teastained woman: Can you hear their mandate to you, over you? Can you handle a sound mind? Can you handle your present tense? Can you host the multigenerational thoughts about your heritage? What’s on your mind—and does it belong?