Category: The Journey
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Keep writing as self-care!
One of my favorite magazines of late is Breathe. It’s optimism infused with wellness, kindness, mindfulness and inspirations actually helps me breathe. I usually have it by my nightstand and every now and then I pick it up to become focused on what matters for me. Today, creativity that cures. Finding opportunities for self care,…
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Keep a sense of urgency with public health!
There was a time when we had a sense of urgency in public health. When this urgency spread through all we did. We had a sense of urgency with our history. A sense of urgency for severe miseries. A sense of urgency with racism. A sense of urgency with poverty. A sense of urgency with…
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Keep struggle!
In a 1987 interview with Chris Searle, Chinua Achebe shared why it took him nearly 15 years before he wrote his next novel ‘Anthills of the Savannah.’ It’s is one of my favorite of all his books for his critical stance on the significance of the story. The story, according to Achebe, is ‘our escort…
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Keep listening to your fears!
If there is one thing my husband says all the time, is that I never listen. I myself proceed to turn it into a spirited discussion which ends up proving his point. The idea of listening is one I have struggled with for a long time. I never listen to my body when it pleads…
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Keep trunk or treats!
Halloween started today. My kids and I went to a trunk and treat at their school this evening. Dad and baby came along too. We went from one truck to the next admiring the decorations and taking all the candy we could find. Kids were all mesmerized. I was just happy to watch them thrive,…
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Keep going close to lions!
Go close to lions, even if afraid, at least you’ll be close to lions. Reach above the stars, even if you fall, at least you’ll land on stars. Run fast with wild deers. Even if you loose, at least you ran with deers. Fly high with eagles, even if you tire, at least you flew…
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Keep moments of light!
Light slowly starts to seep in, during: Moments of intense smear, turned Moments of intense fear, which birth Moments of intense tear, that lead to Moments of intense here and now, of Moments of intense revere, that opened Moments of intense clear, for you, As your light slowly starts to seeps in. Keep these moments…
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Keep rising above stars.
When I discovered Lucille Clifton, I discovered life above the stars. It’s was magical. She is magical. I am becoming magical too. As I rise above stars.
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Keep flying above your possibilities!
Let’s fly above our possibilities, Lucille Clifton once said to my spirit, to which I responded, not just my possibilities, but how about flying above our abilities. Above my ambitions. Above their admissions. Above any ammunitions. And above their assumptions. Then the spirit moved me and said you are onto something, keep flying above your…
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Keep becoming light!
Lucile Clifton once shared, how our lives are a circular stair. It keeps turning through time. To know why, we circle the world and back, one year after the other, is to know light. I am flooded by the brilliance of light. A majestic ray, that blooms, past the very speed of itself. The very…
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Keep welcoming mama home!
Mama returned home today. About two months after the greatest heart-wrenching ordeal, the longest mutterings of sorrow, of hearts completely in despair. Our hearts are still broken, still shattered in pieces. But seeing the glimmer in her eyes, made it clear; we would get through this deepest darkness. And the darkness is so deep, still…
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Keep holding on to what you know!
Hold on to what you know. Hold on to it even if others question you, question what you know. Still hold on to it, for what you know will never disappoint you, disagree with you or deny you too. I am learning that the hard and costly way. This one is a reminder for me.
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 