Somewhere in your 20s or 30s you'll get the opportunity to rebuild your life after a negative loop, heal from what broke you, live in your own space, reconnect with your discipline, and learn to love yourself again. It's very important that you see that journey through.
tolerating always turns into resentment. at first, you call it patience, then love. but what it really is, is self abandonment. every time you swallow a boundary, excuse a pattern or silence your discomfort, something inside you keeps score. eventually, the bill comes due.
it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself.
i'm in love with this quote:
"if you're persistent, you'll get it. if you're consistent, you'll keep it. and if you're grateful, you'll attract more of it."
"Being black is a creative act. You have to create your world every single day because the world wasn't built for you. That makes us the ultimate architects."- Andre 3000.
Going to leave you with this tonight:
The best thing you can do for yourself is actively increase your surface area for luck to hit you. Go outside, travel more, go to new cates, museums, events, take a new route home, go for hikes, see cities, countrysides, take your notebook, speak to people, ask questions, start businesses - go on more side quests. You can literally just do things, and the more you do, the more serendipity and synchronicity will find you.
music is literally one of the best ways to understand the depths of a person. there’s so much to learn through the way someone hears, appreciates, & interprets music. it’s a cheat code.
“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.” -Assata Shakur
Amber was 22 and serving in the military when she met Faheem Najm, a kid from Tallahassee with a dream and no record deal. She gave him her number on a piece of paper. He kept it.
They married on September 11, 2003, before the fame, before the Auto-Tune, before any of it. Three kids: Lyriq, Muziq, and Kaydnz.
When T-Pain went through four years of depression and nearly lost everything, Amber didn't leave. She co-founded Nappy Boy Entertainment with him, managed his career, and pulled him back up.
On their 18th anniversary, he posted the original piece of paper with her number on it. "Thank you for sticking with me through all the crazy stuff."
Over 20 years. Hip hop never talks about this one.
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥹🥹🥹😁😁😁
i’m having the most peaceful crashout of my life rn.. like i’m going insane, but also just chilling and vibing. i’m stressed about a bunch of stuff, but at the same time i’m not. i don't know how to explain it..