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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.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.
More Obehi Vessel A. Quotes
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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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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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‘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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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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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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I used to believe that living is doing, moving, getting. But, there is life in staying still. A bird is a bird even when she isn’t flying.
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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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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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Fear is a curtain telling you she’s a door walkthrough.
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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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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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I have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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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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A fair – weathered friend; I am not. I bring my own sunshine.
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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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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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“No” is such a controversial word. Clear, resounding when uttered by men. By women, Low, muffled. Sounds like “yes.”
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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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Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.
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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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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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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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