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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.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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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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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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What’s lost, can be found. What’s broken, may be fixed. But what lives in denial of either of these will remain as it is.
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Time ensures that we heal; not that we forget; In forgetting how a scar came to be, is to silently invite another injury.
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To know more, I must first admit that I know nothing. Only on a blank page, can words be written.
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Standing between who we are, and who we want to be, is that which we find easiest to be.
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‘Why are we here?’ I inquired of my body, spirit, and soul. ‘Here to do whatever feels good.’ Said the first. ‘Here to do what feels good.’ Said the second. ‘Here to choose.’ Said the third. ‘Between both.’
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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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I no longer ask humans, for a definition of love. For, they tend to force on her, the traits of those who have either treated them well or not at all.
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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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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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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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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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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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Doubt has evolved. From a ‘what if I can’t?’ To a ‘what if I can? And it doesn’t last?’
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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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When you have no money, you’re penniless. When you have no love, you’re poor.en you have no love, you’re poor.
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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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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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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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Doing good and being good; are two different things. The first is a shirt we put on, take off. The latter is our skin.
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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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