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| Edwin Devaughn |
At that point, I was still kinda stunned by the whole thing and I just felt weary. My head was really full of chatter about all kinds of things and I just couldn't get right about anything that was happening. The distraction of my mind had me be very distracted with what I was going to wear. All I had with me was white. In tracking my "noticing" it was the moment that Clara walked in the room in white and said that not everyone knew yet but they can wear white with purple, exactly what I was about to put on, that I knew we were present inside of an alignment I was unaware of but knew I needed to be a part of.
We gathered on Saturday, August 11, 2012 in love to support our sister Clara and to say good bye to our brother Edwin. It was a very moving tribute that had 292 of his Omega Psi Phi brothers show up in tribute to his life. As well, his high school band played as we exited the church and at the cemetary. The church was packed with all kinds of people from all of the parts of Edwin's life I didn't know about.
Summit family returning home from the Summit annual event, those living in the area plus those who traveled, all came together like NATO in response to a crisis! Clara requested for us to share the Declaration and when we stood in front of that church, I saw our power. It was an amazing demonstration of being able to notice moments and Be with what is in order to see when you are your vision fulfilled. We are our visions fulfilled. Some of us just don't get to always see that. It's confirmed for those who loved us when we die but while alive, how many of us get a chance to know for sure? The Conversation of the International Black Summit let's me know when I get present enough to notice. Standing there sharing the Declaration, I saw it for Edwin, I heard it, I experienced it. His journey is complete....He is his vision fulfilled...He has done his spiritual job toward his destiny!!!! In that moment, I was proud and determined....
"What is available when I NOTICE my Trigger, BE with what is, and TRUST it provides me access to my vision fulfilled?"
Standing in front of that church, I experienced TRUST in so many things seen and unseen. I was proud of us and how we came together in different stages of BE/ing with what is around our own relationships to death - the right people, in the right moment - to share the Declaration of the International Black Summit so those people could know that part of Edwin too. We were powerful because the opportunity is available for everyone to know now.
Edwin was the trigger....I'm doing the work to notice the moments when I am My Vision Fulfilled.....
