Tools to Encourage the Healing of Black America

Tool #4

Improved Values

Actions and thoughts are driven by a certain underlying system of personal values. These values may be so rooted within that you may not even be aware of them. Some values are gained from cultural practices, religion beliefs or several other sources.


Regardless of the source, any values that are allowed to become guidance for Black America must be rooted in upright humane principles.

The reasons behind Black America’s physiological, psychological and cultural illnesses can always be traced back to the quality of the individual value systems. If your values are not founded in humane equality, then you will be incapable of viewing or treating yourself or others righteously. A weak value concept leads to the lack of self empowerment. It prevents you from rightfully respecting the humanity of others.

True values are not based on the opinions and practices of the masses. True values are not limited to specific religious practices or dogmas. Such value is not defined by
pointless materialism. True values are also not determined by cultural upbringing; although individual values are influenced by individual cultural environment. Real values are those qualities which hold the complete human race in high regards. Such true value does not discriminate or segregate any part of the human race. It empowers your being to rise to the heights of its creation, and to carry with you all the valuable hues of mankind.

In instituting change, you must back that change with sound values. You must decide how much you value your individual self growth. You must also decide how much you humanely value and respect the values of others. If you do value yourself to the degree where you can institute positive change, positive change will occur. Not only will it be the guiding force in your individual life, but also in the lives of others who you may come in contact with.

Tools to Encourage the Healing of Black America

Tool #3
Implementing Change

When you have mastered self discipline and acknowledgment; you must then begin the actual process of gradually implementing positive change in your life.


It is a modification of the method in which you, Black America, desire to view yourself. If you’ve discovered in the present acknowledgment of your inner-self, that there are issues that you do not wish to remain a part of the future you; begin to visualize yourself free of such issues. Allow those things which afflict you to be replaced by appropriate solutions.


For example, if you find that you have an irrational fear or distrust with persons of another race or religion; make a decision to seek to better understand that race or religion. In doing so, you will be more capable of gaining mutual respect for them,
giving space for such irrational emotions to be transformed into a new feeling of humane sensibility.
But know that change only begins as thought, but it is only made actual by real actions on
your part. Even a thought must be maintain honestly if it is to become a catalyst of inner change. True psychological change is a dedicated work in progress.
Let every day be an opportunity to recognize and labor for the cause of self improvement.
Changing from a state of negative to one positive may for some Black Americans, prove a difficult task.
But it is for all Black Americans afflicted with any destructive issues, a most necessary task. Without this mental rebirth of mentality, there can be no healing within the person. If there is just a few among you that are trapped by their own mental illnesses; that sickness will eventually inflict the whole of the Black society.
Therefore, these simple tools should not only be directed at the individual self, but the collective whole of the Black American community.