Our capacity to understand suffering can bring forth our compassion, our love. Happinees is not possible without understanding, love and compassion. Understanding and compassion are born from suffering. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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Quest to be seen as normal.
“Usually, black entertainers and black figures in general, it’s either ‘You’re super-human’ or ‘You’re sub-human.’ But I really think it’s an achievement if you’re level zero….
I am my own normal
You do you and I’ll do me and together we’ll be just fine. {Click to read the post.}
Thoughts on Cats
The caged cat just wants to be free. But what’s freedom? {Follow the link to read post.}
There is always a reason.
Not being willing to say what your reasons are is not the same as not knowing them. Truth is always present.
Note to self: When “I think I can” leads to “I did”
There is great truth in the words “if you think it, you can be it” and “what your mind conceives, you can achieve”.
Poem: WHEN GREAT TREES FALL by Maya Angelou
When Great Trees Fall by Maya AngelouWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear.When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe,ContinueContinue reading “Poem: WHEN GREAT TREES FALL by Maya Angelou”
In Honor of Maya Angelou
A woman who is in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself. ~ Maya Angelou
Blessings from Sin City: Day 3
What I know about love: Love changes your countenance; it lifts you up and shines a light that glows from within you. {Read more}
Note to self: Free myself
I didn’t know I was in a prison until I was told I could go no further than where I am. It was in that moment that I determined to free myself.
Harvest Life 