Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
OBEHI VESSEL A.Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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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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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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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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It is the silliness of youth to trust time.
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Everyone claims they want the truth. Just not in all her bright entirety. We’d rather she visit in dim shades of light, that won’t hurt our eyes.
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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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You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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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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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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When one door closes, another opens.’ Yet, in-between lies a wait persuasive enough to make many go through windows.
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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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‘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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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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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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Patience is not the ability to wait. It is, how we wait; an attitude so unruffled, that none can tell if we’re waiting or not.
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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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How abstract we humans sound, when we say these are dark times. As though it isn’t in our hands that paint our times.
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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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To know more, I must first admit that I know nothing. Only on a blank page, can words be written.
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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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It seems to be, that there are dual reasons why justice is rarely given. One, too little evidence. Two, too much.
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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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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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