Shirley Smith Bridge The Gap

Prayer for America: season 2 prayer 2 . During this time of Covid-19, marching concerning continued injustice and bias, fires in California,hurricanes of the Gulf Coast, sandstorms from the Sahara dessert into Houston, Tx. Let us humble ourselves and pray together for America.

A Prayer: share this prayer with someone or someone’s today. Allow it to bridge a gap in your life today.

The Spirit Part 4: Meditation Heb. 11

The Body Part 4 Ish. 41:9b-13

The Body Part 3: highlight of The CEO of Merck thoughts concerning COVID issues and Racial Bias concerning executive and middle level management positions.

The body: Part 2 Ancient leadership comments by Thomas Jefferson,James Madison and Aristotle could be influencing our lack of black leadership today within Fortune 500 corporations.

The Body: Part 1 How the Bias gap started. How it continues in the professional sports and technology industries.

Spirit: part 3 suggestions for helping others you do not know. Bridge the Gap within the USA.

Part 2 Spirit: how to develop your spirit while getting to know those who may not look like you. My personal story and ways to get to know and appreciate al nations of people. We can not see people as “real” until we personally get to know their stories.

The Soul Part 2: 2 psalms to mediate upon in your quiet time of reflection. May God heal souls and bodies. Amen.

Today we discuss the soul vs the spirit and we explore ways to develop rituals that can help us positively develop our soul. We give examples of how we experienced soul moments with total strangers who are from different nations and ethnicities. Then we summarize the importance of exposing ourselves to different situations, people, & experiences. I have a thought! Please come think with me.

Bridge the Gap reviews some ways to become more mature spiritually so as to be more inclusive in our care and respect for humans of all nations and ethnicities. I have a thought. Come think with me!

Our Mind, Body, Soul, Spirit is in need of continuous development . Our family talks about some things we do to survive all the disruptions within America! I have a thought: if we work on ourselves, we can help each other to bridge the many gaps within our society today! Come “think with us”. Bridge the Gap with the gold in you!

Today we will explore how to expand our thinking by focusing on “Mind” in 2 ways: 1) Reading Nonfiction 2) Travel 3) understanding “inattention blindness”. Listen again as we explore: Spirit, Soul, and Body formation!

As we each work on ourselves, we learn tolerance and respect for others. Shirley has a thought on how we can bridge gaps in our society and listens to perspectives from her sons concerning coping and building relationships.