I am contradictions

I am contradictions

I am aging.

I am childlike.

I am evolving.

I stay the same.

I love people.

I love stuff.

I am generous.

I am stingy.

I am humble.

I am boastful.

I am open minded.

I am certain my way is best.

I am patient.

I am restless.

I protest my government’s immoral, inept, and inhumane practices.

I reap privilege from the same government I protest.

I take refuge in my faith tradition that says I need to love my enemies.

I cherry pick religious tenets and revile my enemies.

I am a loving husband and father.

I neglect my foundational relationships.

I am contradictions.

Some, like aging and childlike, peacefully co-exist. Embraced.

I wrestle with the ones that violently collide, like humility and boastfulness. I name them and I wrestle.

I am contradictions.

Milton Tyree works in the design, development and provision of supports and services centered

on people with disabilities having access to valued aspects of everyday life. A particular area of

interest has been the ongoing struggle around people with disabilities having good

employment. Most of Milton’s work has been within his home state of Kentucky in the US with

additional teaching opportunities in other places including India.