June 2013
87 posts
“The year of letting go
Of understanding loss, grace of the word ‘no’
And also being able to say ‘you are not kind’
The year of humanity/humility
When the whole world couldn’t get out of bed
Everyone I’ve met this year says the same thing
‘You are so easy to be around, how do you do that?’
The year I broke open and dug out all the rot with own hands
The year I learnt small talk
And how to smile at strangers
The year I understood that I am my best when I reach out and ask ‘do you want to be my friend?’
The year of sugar, everywhere
Softness. sweetness. honey honey.
The year of being alone
And learning how much I like it
The year of hugging people I don’t know because I want to know them
The year I made peace and love
right here” —Warsan Shire (via sadexistences)
Of understanding loss, grace of the word ‘no’
And also being able to say ‘you are not kind’
The year of humanity/humility
When the whole world couldn’t get out of bed
Everyone I’ve met this year says the same thing
‘You are so easy to be around, how do you do that?’
The year I broke open and dug out all the rot with own hands
The year I learnt small talk
And how to smile at strangers
The year I understood that I am my best when I reach out and ask ‘do you want to be my friend?’
The year of sugar, everywhere
Softness. sweetness. honey honey.
The year of being alone
And learning how much I like it
The year of hugging people I don’t know because I want to know them
The year I made peace and love
right here” —Warsan Shire (via sadexistences)
“i have loved and will continue to love deeply, but never desperately. i am the center of my life. i will never forget that the sources of love are plentiful, that there is kinlove and womanlove and friendlove and sisterlove, that these loves are a source of sustenance. may we keep our centers to ourselves, hold our own hearts in our hands, cultivate and appreciate love in all of its glorious manifestations.”
—nomadmanifesto (via eyesofadiaspora)
“The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.”
—Alysia Harris (via piecederesistancee)
“My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.”
— ابو عبدالله محمد بن إدريس (via awakeningapril)
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“Whatever you vibrate, you manifest and attract to your Self. So, you work on healing your Self in order to manifest tranquility around you. You become tranquility. If there is conflict living within you, you cannot live in a world of tranquility. The world mirrors back the condition of your love and of your intent. If the world that you are living in is not a world that is at peace, then you have to discover peace within your Being. The shaman no longer searches for meaning in life, but brings meaning to every situation. The shaman stops searching for truth and brings truth to every encounter. You do not search for the ideal partner, you become the ideal partner. Then the ideal partner discovers you. This is an active practice focused on interdimensional healing.”
—(via sublimesea)
“When you refuse to listen to your Spirit, it’s the beginning of your end. And when you refuse to accept that Spirit lives in all things and in all beings, it’s also the beginning of your end. It’s like a star falling from the heavens and plunging into darkness because it forgot the brilliance of its own light and no longer used it to guide others. Be true to your light; let illuminate the path before us. So many souls are in need of your guidance.”
—James Weeks, Across the Kings River (via awakeningapril)
“She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, “I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.”
—Haruki Murakami (via langleav)
“Don’t kneel please. Sometimes people put people on pedestals so they can see them more clearly and knock them off more easily. Get up.”
—
Maya Angelou
This quote is from her new book Mom & Me & Mom (exquisite read) and she said this to a Black man who saw her in Europe as she was rising to fame (singing, dancing, working on films…she did most of this before her writing/poetry career) and called her our Shakespeare as he knelt before her. She didn’t want him to view her as anything beyond (or below) human.
Novel concept it seems. Black women being human. Not any controlling image that seeks to marginalize us through deification or dehumanization (though it’s usually the latter, the former is problematic as well).
(via gradientlair)
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
—(via damedivanna)
