You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
OBEHI VESSEL A.Time ensures that we heal; not that we forget; In forgetting how a scar came to be, is to silently invite another injury.
More Obehi Vessel A. Quotes
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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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A lot of my mistakes, are birthed by curiosity. Like a child, drawn to fire; I came for the light and found pain instead.
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I used to envy the sun, for having seen it all. I was wrong. Left with nothing to see, how bored she must be.
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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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“No” is such a controversial word. Clear, resounding when uttered by men. By women, Low, muffled. Sounds like “yes.”
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Every human carries a heavy past. But the good thing about what can be carried, is that it can also be put down.
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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And, when it comes to counting our blessings; we humans are all bad at math.
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There is no such thing as ‘little’ acts of kindness. Every kind act, is grand powerful. Meant to take up space.
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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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Toxicity isn’t always a harsh tone or a bruise. Often it’s a “this is who I am.” Often it’s a “I’ll change” Void of when.
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And now, we look back at what was normal, and we find that normal isn’t always good or right; No. Normal, is whatever has been spent with us, the longest time. And that in itself is not a valid reason for it to stay.
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Never give a human the job of making you happy. Some days, they might call you sick. Other days they might call quit.
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Spiritual or religious. Which will you be? Society, asks of me. Inscribe my name on the list. I said, of which has more compassion in it.
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No, I’m not one to go in pursuit of happiness. It is common knowledge, is it not? That what is chased after will run.
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