Tag: storytelling
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Keep these moments of wonder!
I saw an old picture recently and I looked at the girl intently. She wore a pink shirt, loosely buttoned. Her hair in braids, seemingly old. She had a twinkle in her eyes, with lips curved up in a smile. And there was wonder and love, plus beauty and awe in eyes sparkling with excitement…
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Keep being open!
To see the door, at least once. Amidst fears of what could be. To see the door and debate whether to open or leave it close. Before the rustling winds that blow. Before trees fighting to be still. See those holding on to dreams. Choose to open the door. With the courage of a day…
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Keep the high points in life!
If true happiness consists of getting out of oneself, then for the past three years, I have been out. I have gotten out and these days, I plan to not only get out, but stay out with everything I keep. This to me is the heart of the matter. The idea of knowing who I…
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Keep surrendering to your dreams!
I did a thing today. Surrendered my dreams to universe. They say there are two moments that define a person’s life. The day they are born and the day they realize why. I found my why today. Like Kwesi Brew’s poem, I know which road to take….
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Keep persisting like Dr. Kariko!
I imagine the roots of life are buried deep. Within women like Dr. Katalin Karikó. I imagine life tried so hard to trash all the ways a womb once thrived for her. I imagine Dr. Katalin Kariko’s life, from the womb till these day, was worth every vocabulary for her struggle. Her early days, full…
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Keep funding your dreams!
My destiny is mine. It has always been from the day I was named Isioma. It’s the reason why I resign from places and people who keep me stale. It’s the reason why dreaming is a form of resistance to me. See where you are obsessed with one grant or one class, I’m on to…
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Keep being human!
There are good people. Everywhere. He said there are good people. Some even kind, some thoughtful, some considerate and some committed to the cause of these damn children. Find them, no matter how small. Find a group of people committed to our children and see how they change the world. We went to our first…
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Keep flying, this soul!
Today, this soul got a chance to fly. Beyond creatures seeped in vanity. This soul got a chance to fly. Beyond a past steeped in illusions. This soul got a chance to fly. Beyond all the things that once weighed it down. This soul got a chance to fly. Like a single blazing star, reaching…
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Keep the delights of life.
Today, I said hello to the moon, meditated with the sun and ran through green fields that reminded me of his grace. Keep these delights of life.
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Keep all the ways you live!
That she lived till she was 90 years old isn’t the issue. It’s that she lived. She lived as the longest serving. She lived leading. She lived courageously. She lived vividly. Our lives are long. Our lives are short. Who we are will spread and spread and life maybe vivid and full, so long as…
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Keep new beginnings!
The art of beginning. The terror and wonder of it. The wound it uncovers. The light it brings. Those who specialize in beginnings. All who worship at its miracle and dazzle at its droplets, earn my praise these days. They are like children swaying on crooked pine trees unafraid of what a fall may bring.…
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Keep soaring!
When the world is music and love and people, your ears would be open to people, their love and their music. I’m in a space where only listening to music will do. Only listening to those that birds play, and children sing, and heaven knows my soul needs to restore. We are also slowly setting…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 