‘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.’
OBEHI VESSEL A.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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A problem ignored, has two outcomes. The illusion that it is gone, and the reality of one problem becoming more.
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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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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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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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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 natural law; ‘forgive them or become them.’ slowly, unnoticeably, surely.
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Past lifetimes do not concern me. Whatever memory succumbs to be forgotten, is one I do not aspire to repeat.
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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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We were purple, one day, we felt whole the next day split apart into red and blue.
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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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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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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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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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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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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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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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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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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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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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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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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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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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And, when it comes to counting our blessings; we humans are all bad at math.
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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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It is the silliness of youth to trust time.
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