The idea of living in a world but not being part of it is a long-held tradition taught to me by my Ancestors. My grandparents and parents lived it daily and I grew up in Sunday School singing congregational songs with lyrics like: “This joy that I have / The world didn’t give it to me / The world didn’t give it / The world can’t take it away.” I am grateful for this politics of refusal and of listening to what we know to be true.
