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DON'T BE NICE
Don't be nice!
Nice is boring.
Nice is fake.
Nice was an adaptation
designed to win you love.
It doesn't work.
Be real instead.
Nice is a mask
which covers up your anger, irritation,
frustration, disappointment
(beautiful energies you learned to smother
when you were young). Nice will suffocate you
and everyone else around you.
Nice keeps others
from ever really knowing you.
Take the risk of not being nice!
Take the risk of showing yourself.
Be prepared for others to dislike you.
To think you're selfish, cold, mean,
or even worse: "Unspiritual". Say what you mean!
Say yes when you mean yes.
Say no when you mean no.
Take the risk
of looking after yourself!
Be prepared to feel alive again.
To feel your heart pounding.
To sweat. To shake.
To wonder if you have the right... To finally feel your guilt and shame
instead of running away from them.
Be prepared for your 'nice' world
to crumble.
Be prepared to lose your
carefully crafted image.
Be prepared to feel
the rush of newness! - Jeff Foster #meditation #meditate #mindfulness #mindful #yogaretreat #dontbenice #authentic #realshit #bereal #advaita #nonduality
#Filmmaker Post: #Repost @fahamupecou
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The 9th annual #bronzelensfilmfestival is officially underway... I’m honored to share the ATLANTA DEBUT of my first short film #EmmettStill this Sunday at 2pm “Cinema & Social Justice” screenings!!! #Repost @bronzelens
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There is no charge for this event but you must register. Film Descriptions:
Don’t Be Nice - A team of young New York City Slam Poets finds its voice as it competes for the National Championship during the summer of 2016.
Emmett Still - This Film captures a day in the precarious life of a young Black man. This is a world where a random encounter with police can quickly turn into a life or death situation. Ultimately, he discovers strength and assurance in the power and beauty of his ancestors.
Register via the link in my bio #film #fortheculture #socialjustice #director #festival #blff18 #travel #atl #dontbenice #fahamupecou #fahamupecouistheshit #worldwideheknownforthat #blff18
Attendee Post: #Repost @patriceisworthy
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Just saw the best documentary @bronzelens Don't Be Nice. Wow!! It gave me so much life. I was meant to see it and I got some revelations about my own life. How in the hell do you edit yourself out of your own #life ? Just ask Patrice she's a magician, she's an expert at it. #blackness #useyourvoice #speakup #speakupspeakout #dontbenice #womanhood #blff18 #film #filmmaking
You can't be "nice" until you are capable of being mean.⠀
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Most "nice guys" are nice simply because they lack the courage to stand up for themselves and are afraid of hurting other people's feelings.⠀
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That's not really nice it all—it's weak.⠀
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You see a person will not respect you unless you are worthy of respect.⠀
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You have to step up and show people that you are capable of violence, but then to have the restraint to hold back and be diplomatic.⠀
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Respect and fear go hand and hand. The implication of violence creates more fear than violence itself.⠀
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It's not possible to always take the high ground, because if you do you will be taken advantage of.⠀
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Instead, it's important to walk the line....⠀
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To have boundaries...⠀
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To be the kind of person that would give the shirt of your back to another person in need, but also the kind of person who no one would dare to fuck with.⠀
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Stop being a pussy.⠀
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Stop claiming that it's because you're nice. It's not cause your are nice, it's cause you are WEAK.⠀
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If you are letting people walk all over your, take advantage of you, treat you like shit... and you are letting them get away with it, you are not a "nice guy," you are chicken.⠀
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#bulldogmindset #transformation #wordstoliveby⠀
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#discipline #pushyourself #selfmotivation #trusttheprocess #lawofattraction #dontquit #perseverance #beyourbestself⠀
#hustleandgrind #disciplineequalsfreedom #motivationalcoach #takeaction #mentaltoughness⠀
#finishstrong #becomemore #beaman #manup #10x #millionaire_mentor #dontquitgetfit #motivational_quotes #successprinciples #beabetterman #niceguy #dontbenice #respect #boundaries⠀
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The upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets in their 20s, prepares for the national championships. Mentored by a demanding coach who encourages them to push past their personal boundaries and write from a place of vulnerability, pain and honesty, the poets break down, break through and compose their best work ever. Timely and difficult, their spoken word slays—but will these soul-searching pieces about police violence and the whitewashing of Black culture be able to compete against choreographed crowd-pleasers for the title? Will opting to make a statement instead of a show spell their defeat? An emotional and inspiring film that gives insightful commentary on race, gender, identity and sexual politics in America today, Don't Be Nice is both an absorbing competition doc and a vital writer's workshop that proves once and for all that winning hearts and minds is the ultimate prize. I had the pleasure of doing the music for this film and it will be showing at #Hotdocs a Toronto based Documentary Festival on April 27th, 28th May 4th, 5th. Please keep a look. #dontbenice #documentary #documentaryfilm #canadianinternationaldocumentaryfestival #art #film