DEFENDING YOUR DISSERTATION……..
DEFENDING IS WHAT YOU EMBODY
DEFENDING IS YOUR MINISTRY
DEFENDING IS YOUR CALLING
DEFENDING IS YOUR LIFE
DEFENDING IS YOUR MISSION
DEFENDING IS YOU.
I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT I COULD SAY AS YOU PREPARE TO DEFEND FOR YOUR DISSERATION AND ALL I COULD SAY IS, LOOK BACK.
ALL OF THIS WEALTH YOU’VE ACCUMILATED.
ALL OF THESE HOURS OF SLEEP YOU’VE LOST
ALL OF THESE TRUTHS YOU’VE UPROOTED
NOW, YOU HAVE TO DEFEND YOUR TRUTH
NOW, YOU HAVE TO DEFEND WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW
NOW, IF YOU DEFEND TOO WELL, WILL YOU BE ORDAINED DR. WALKER OR WILL YOU BE REJECTED DR. WALKER?
THEY DON’T GET TO DICTATE OR NOT IF YOU ARE DR. WALKER OR NOT BECAUSE ALL OF YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING HUMANITY.
WHEN ONE DEFENDS SOMEHTING OR SOMEONE;
THEY UNDERSTANDS
THEY RECOGNIZE
THEY SENSE
THEY ARE INTUTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO RECOGNIZING MALTREATMENT, MALPRACTICE, ABUSE, MISUSE, HURT, HARM, DANGER AND PAIN BECAUSE IT IS INTUITIVE. HOW? FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE AND BEING ON THE FRONTLINES IS YOU AND YOU OVERCAME IT.
AS YOU PREPARE TO DEFEND YOUR DISSERTATION, I ONCE AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK BACK ON YOU:
DEFENDING THOSE WHO WERE IGNORANT
DEFENDING THOSE WHO WERE BROKEN
DEFENDING THOSE WHO WERE HELPLESS
DEFUNDING THOSE WHO WERE DEHUMANIZED DEFENDING THOSE WHO WERE IMMORALLY TREATED DEFENDING ILLEGAL POLICIES, PROCESSES, MANDATES, LAWS, RULES, CODES, MANDATES, PRACTICES, PROCEDURES.
DEFENDING HUMANITY, THAT’S YOU, YOU’VE GOT THIS BECAUSE YOU’VE ALREADY MASTERED IT, DR. WALKER
AS I CONCLUDE I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DEFEND AND BE:
DEDICATED
EFFICIENT
FIERCE
EMBODIMENT
NATURAL
DEMANDING
I am speechless. This piece written by someone I look up to because of her powerful voice, fierce advocacy and her tenacity. I am honored.