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Maya Angelou summed up EVERYTHING I wished I could say, have dreamt of being free enough to say, and aspired to proclaim in “Still I Rise.” I’ve just been too stunted to go there. It was never the right time, my intentions weren’t pure, or I couldn’t find the appropriate words. YOU may have ‘liked’ my performance because I was …
‘Oh, I’ll show them!’ STOP, no ya won’t, so let me save you some time… It is kind of comical that folks believe that once they’ve achieved a certain degree of success, people will respect them more! No they won’t! Those same people will create fodder to discredit your accomplishments, devalue your successes and accredit your achievements to EVERYTHING but …
“There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.” -Maya Angelou Ain’t this just the truth? I really feel this the most when I’m on social media. Where did the encouragement of self-deprecation come from? Are we really supposed to find community by celebrating and bonding over our shortcomings? I’d argue that there …
