Favorite Quotes

“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.”

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

"...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you; we are in charge of our attitudes."

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”

“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Peace

I've often laid my heart on this page, and though you can't see it, these writings are laced with tear stains. On occasions, I've wrote to the point of exhaustion. For me, it's worth it; I do it for catharsis. There are days I stay in, turn my phone off, and just be because I can feel the words prodding to be free. This was never about your likes. This is my breath; writing is life. I don't have to be paid. I may never be well-known with a stage, but at the end of each day, whenever I finally go to sleep, it's enough knowing that I wrote my peace.