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.”

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Opportunities of Discomfort

I neither want to avoid discomfort nor complain in its presence. I want to learn to be student-minded in everything. If "all things are lessons that God would have me learn," let my eyes and heart focus on the opportunity instead of the discomfort. Uncomfortable does not mean unnecessary. "Help me to see this rightly."

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Complaint:
noun
com·​plaint | \ kəm-ˈplānt  \
Definition
1: expression of grief, pain, or dissatisfaction

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Gratitude 
noun
grat·​i·​tude | \ ˈgra-tə-ˌtüd , -ˌtyüd \
Definition
: the state of being grateful : THANKFULNESS

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"We can have a grievance or we can have a miracle, but we cannot have both."
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