It’s not your job to awaken your family.
SHELEANA AIYANA
SHELEANA AIYANA
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Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana You do not have to be perfect to create healthy love, you just have to be willing.
Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana It’s okay to let go of anyone who doesn’t hold you in your highest light.
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Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana Do not cling to what isn’t meant for you.
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Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana It’s not your job to save people from their feelings.
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Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana Some of us are here to be the change-makers in our family system. We’re here to end generational trauma and start passing down love, instead of pain.
Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana You are not responsible for carrying the pain, trauma, or shame of your mother and father. Release yourself from carrying what was never yours to carry.
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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More on awake
The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare I am trying to awake the energy contained in the air. These are the main sources of energy. What is considered as empty space is just a manifestation of matter that is not awakened.
Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?
Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway All music is is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan