And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too. I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin – find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.Ī bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.įind a beautiful piece of art. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.Īlways be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.ĭo the best you can do till you know better. One does not have to tell all that one knows, but we should be careful what we say is the truth. I don’t believe that we should be brutal about anything, however, it is wonderfully liberating to be honest. I don’t mean that one has to be brutally frank. I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me. Let nothing dim the light that shines from within. I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. I’m here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I’m at, then I go forward to the next place. In all my work, I try to say, ‘You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?’ You have to admit you’re the funniest person you’ve ever heard of. On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.Īt fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.Įveryone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. If we pause a few seconds in our journey, we begin setting down roots, tendrils that entangle other people as we ourselves are entangled. Peace means when there is conflict, use our common sense and our compassion to consider rest of humanity, our human brothers and sisters.ĭo the best you can until you know better. I’m happy…I laugh as much as I can and cry when I have to, without apology. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. You can’t get too high for somebody to bring you down.Ĭourage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation. We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike. They may have forgotten how badly they treated you, or they may pretend that they have forgotten. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. If you must look back, do so forgivingly. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine. My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son.
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