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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 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 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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Keep learning from painful experiences!
Sometimes, it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways. I firmly believe this. To see the true manifestation of this word, also means you divorce yourself from the experiences and people who created or enabled those painful experiences to emerge in the first place. I wholeheartedly believe this. All the looking into…
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Keep chasing butterflies!
My kids and I chased white butterflies this morning. We watched as they fluttered their wings and soared to new heights. We inched closer as the nestled on ivy-leaved morning glories. We sighed deeply as they gently kissed luscious green grass. We flicked our lens as they trampled through wild shrubs, until they found a…
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Keep soaring my Belle!
Earlier this week my little girl came home with a Prize: The Duchesne Award. As background, her principal wrote the following to dad and I in an email: ‘this student lives like St. Rose Philippine Duchesne by confidently living as a child of the Sacred Heart. Her faith shows in everything she does. She has…
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Keep dream keepers like Langston Hughes!
Everything ceases the moment you discover Langston Hughes. Jacqueline Woodson shared this in her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming. I have been dreaming and Langston Hughes is my keeper. He helps you become intentional with words. To him they matter and can be fire within, setting a world ablaze when used with precision. He was skillful…
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Keep being brave even when bullied!
Nearly one in 5 youth have experienced some form of bullying. As a parent, listening as your child describes their own experience with it can make you feel angry, helpless to, as you try to navigate school policies and zero tolerance statements that seem great on paper. Like most parents, my first instinct was to…
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