Unnecessary Insults: 03/27/2023

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.”

Monday, March 27, 2023

03/27/2023

Do you realize how much louder, bolder, more articulate, confident, and convinced one must be when she has to overcome an internal suspicion of unworthiness and external evidence of invisibility to use her voice?

This is more than speaking even though her voice shakes. This is speaking through emotional turbulence. This is mustering mustard seed faith for minutiae.

Using my voice to speak my truth and enforce my boundaries is moving mountains.