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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.

Obehi Vessel A.

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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.

Ability Attitude Patience Philosophy Wait
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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Deep Forget Healing Injury Scars Silence Time
‘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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Body Choice Feeling Goodness Myself Philosophy Soul Spirit
Past lifetimes do not concern me. Whatever memory succumbs to be forgotten, is one I do not aspire to repeat.
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Forget Life Memories Myself Past
Every human carries a heavy past. But the good thing about what can be carried, is that it can also be put down.
OBEHI VESSEL A.

Carry Goodness Heart Human Philosophy
Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.
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Care Human Kill Oppression Race Skin Wrong
At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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Burn Leadership Mistake Nation Present
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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Happiness Human Quit Sick Yourself
Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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Chance Deep Hope Human
Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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Deep Failed Forgiveness Myself Person
Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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Lips Listen Myself Quick
A problem ignored, has two outcomes. The illusion that it is gone, and the reality of one problem becoming more.
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Ignorance Illusion Job Problem Reality
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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Change Character Hurt Myself
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.

Goodness Ordinary Philosophy Reason Right Stay Time
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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.

Deep Happiness Knowledge Myself Run
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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Doubt Growth Improvement Philosophy
Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
OBEHI VESSEL A.

Beginning Deep Road Time
And, when it comes to counting our blessings; we humans are all bad at math.
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Bad Blessing Human Mathematics Ourselves
Doing good and being good; are two different things. The first is a shirt we put on, take off. The latter is our skin.
OBEHI VESSEL A.

Deep Different Goodness Ourselves Skin
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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.

Believe Herself Life Live Myself Philosophy
There is no such thing as ‘little’ acts of kindness. Every kind act, is grand powerful. Meant to take up space.
OBEHI VESSEL A.

Act Kindness Powerful Space
I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
OBEHI VESSEL A.

Deep Man Myself See Time Violence War
Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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Deep Doubt Philosophy Powerful See
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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Children Deep Light Mistake Myself Pain
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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Deep Herself Myself See Sun Wrong
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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Compassionate Myself Religious Spiritual
Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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Serious Strong Survive Weakness

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