![]() I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. You have to admit you’re the funniest person you’ve ever heard of. But you stay inside and die of thirst.Įverything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.Įveryone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. Grace is like a lake of drinkable water right outside your door. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated. Your own, first.Īll my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. If you want what you’re saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. My life has been one great big joke, a dance that’s walked, a song that speaks, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it. I must have done something great in another life. ![]() ![]() Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I’m with you kid. I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music. And I live it – I believe life loves the liver of it. By love, I mean that condition in the human spirit so profound it encourages us to develop courage and build bridges, and then to trust those bridges and cross the bridges in attempts to reach other human beings. What I really would like said about me is that I dared to love. I had to trust life since I was young enough to believe that life loved the person who dared to live it. See, I don’t personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. The sadness of the women’s movement is that they don’t allow the necessity of love. To those who have given up on love: I say, “Trust life a little bit”. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.īelieve people when they tell you who they are. Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Patience alone will not build the temple. Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.Ī wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. If one has courage, nothing can dim the light which shines from within. Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. It heals the scars left by a larger society. The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved.
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