Re-mortgaged her house because of how much she believed in Black British music. She wasn’t waiting on anything or anyone to tell her what she believed in and what was worth investment.
idk if this is toxic or actually practical but i’ve learned to be very careful with the extent that you allow yourself to be entangled in the lives of others so that you always have a clean exit available
A moving man will meet his luck. It is that simple.
You owe it to yourself to discover what lies ahead. You already understand your current reality. What you need now is to deliberately step into new environments and unfamiliar situations.
Even when you stumble, you are still moving forward. You can always continue from the exact point where you fell, without starting over from zero. With every effort, your knowledge grows and your experiences keep building on one another.
Life requires you to willingly subject yourself to uncomfortable situations. If you do not, you will gradually reach a bitter realization: the pain of stagnation and standing still is far worse than any risk, challenge, or obstacle you might encounter by pushing ahead.
As Lewis Carroll’s Red Queen says in Through the Looking-Glass:
"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
“who gave birth to me? whose fault is it that I'm like this? It was yours that I've been paying for it. People out there avoid me, they're scared of me, and they mock me but my mother is the one who truly hates me and looks down on me….I’ve never asked for this life” —Big World