Tag: evolving
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Failure and success
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Failure has given me some of the most defining experiences of my life. It made me pause in my tracks, question my direction, and challenge the beliefs I once held with certainty. In those moments of disappointment, I was forced to confront what I thought I…
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#5 Travel diary: The shouting black man
Their feet are swift, their bodies light, save for the old stiff-jointed grannies wheeling walkers. They walk like ants in many lines except they are not together. They are unaware of the other person and each person seems completely disconnected from the human environment around them. It is not in a mistrusting way; it is…
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Not everyone deserves proximity to your purpose
They say that as we grow older, our circles grow smaller. And perhaps that is not loss, but refinement. Yes, I still mourn some friendships. It was never an issue of betrayal or brokenness, but rather distance, time, inevitable change, perhaps the quiet evolution of becoming. And so I hold the memories gently ; they…
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Dear friend
I wish to celebrate you for your existence and presence in a world beyong me because you carry more light than you know into it. Never believe otherwise. Selfishly, let’s focus on my world and make this about your occupancy of a large space in this tiny universe of mine. Man, do you turn it…
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The opposite of love could be fear
Sounds strange, right ? But indulge my rambling ponder for three minutes: I once heard Trevor Noah say he kept his circle very small and didn’t make friends easily because he fears to put someone in a position where they could fail him; and that he in turn didn’t want to put himself in that…
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Tell them, show them you love them.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words never said and deeds never done. We often assume that they should know how much we love them. But we should never assume, we should let them know.
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I see you.
Maybe it’s not all of you, but I see a lot of you, more of you than you purpose to give. The joy, the smiles, the depth. I see the fire, the zeal, the intellect, the wisdom, the hustle, the grind, the power of your will. I see how you knock down walls, how you…
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Lamp unto my feet
Guide every step, every mile, every milestone On this journey, never trodden, For it is only mine to take, and The destination is you To think of my frail knees, ever dwindling and faltering as they stride These feet never sure of their direction Between the messages of the mind, spirit, and body; Align them…
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Tender souls
Gazing into the dark, holding gentle hands, I know not to let my mind wander because golden moments are simply what they are, and that’s what I’ll take this for. I don’t know what love is. I only know that I want you well. Your joy is my joy, your hurt pains me. Your touch…
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My little brother is my inspiration in this season….
…….and quite frankly, he is putting an indelible mark on me. This boy is 12. He has such a strong build for this age and thinks like he’s walked on this earth surface before. Some people get this while others don’t, as they voice observations that come off as completely indifferent to a child’s emotions.…
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The same time will pass anyway
That thing you keep putting off, that thing that’s tedious and takes long… Your desire, a dream that now lingers in the back of your mind like a memory; it now plays like a movie you’ve seen before. It’s because you’ve imagined it so many times it feels like you’ve lived it. It will take…
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Happiness in moments
If happy should be a destination, an aspiration, a goal, then what happens after and beyond happy? For something as fleeting, happy should only be enjoyed in moments; small and big ones alike. Like wind, moments sip through our hands. There is no constant grand pristine state of being or existence, unless you should be…
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No one can love you like you…
…cause no one knows you like you. No one knows the baby in you that needs soothing like you. No one has experienced your joy like you have, born your sorrow to its depth, seen life through your lenses, felt the longings of your heart, dreamed the dreams of your mind, lived the insecurities of…
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Joy, be my guest
Come rushing like a hurricane, Come sprinkling like a drizzle, Come calming like a gentle breeze, Come blossoming like a flower, Come soothing like a healer, Come healing like a kiss, Come warming like a blanket, embracing like a hug, Come speaking hope like the good preacher professes, Come touching these dark hollow places and…
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Thank you Lord for…
Reciprocated love, the embrace of loved ones, the smiles of strangers, the cloth on my back, the resilience of my body, the strength and courage in my spirit, the roof that shelters me, the warmth of the sun, the promise it gives when it sets on the horizon before dusk, the promise fulfilled when it…
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Love and Nurture
It’s often said that one shouldn’t speak about children and raising them unless they have had children of their own to raise. And yes, I absolutely believe that. I know nothing about raising one but I know a few things about being raised. Today I randomly came across a conversation between TD Jakes and Steve…
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Make mistakes …
“Make mistakes but don’t regret them. Regret is the hardest thing to carry when you get older.” This is the best advice I have heard today. Recently I had a huge imposter syndrome moment which is largely attributable to a period in which I had a long spell of fails and losses. I had lost…