One thing I love about older friends is they don't obsess over your goals. They ask if you're taking care of yourself, if you're happy, and if you're making time for the things that bring you joy.
you have to believe me when i tell you that going out and experiencing life is really the best medicine for improving your art and writing and restoring your passion
your relationship with discipline changes so much when you shift from doing things from love rather than shame. from 'i have to clean'- to realizing i deserve to have a clean home. from 'i need to work out'- to i deserve to have a healthy body. you deserve the best from yourself
I love being the kind of woman you don’t come across twice. Not because of how I look, but because of how I love, how I think, and how I move. In a world full of temporary energy, I am intentional. Solid. Rare.
sometimes i accidentally accept the bare minimum trying to be considerate of what others are going through and that is a habit i need to let go of expeditiously
Queen Nanny of the Maroons.
Born 1686: Ghana 🇬🇭
Died 1733/1750: Jamaica 🇯🇲
For over 30 years, it is said she fought and freed over 800 enslàved people on the island of Jamaica. There are many stories about her, it is said she was a queen in Ghana from the warrior Ashanti tribe when she was captured and brought to Jamaica where she later escaped and led an armed revolt against the British Empire in the mountains and jungles of Jamaica for two decades.
It is said she used guerilla warfare to fight the British who suffered great loss and later settled with a peace treaty to spare their men. She was said to also be a powerful spiritual voodoo priestess who would use her powers to shield her fighters from the attacks of the British.
One British officer who was lucky to survive her encounter described her as being small, muscular, and strong with intense eyes. She wore a girdle with at least 10 different combat kn iv es. Queen Nanny is Jamaica's only female hero, and there are still Maroons living in Jamaica today.