I think the desire to maintain popularity in the digital landscape causes quite a few leading online personalities to turn themselves or their lives into digital fodder for consumption at a level that leans into the inappropriate/absurd/insensitive.
You know that famous Denzel quote “if you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud too” ? I’ve been thinking about it lately. Sometimes the things we want the most in life bring us the most problems. Have to be ready for all of it. I hope whoever is reading this can relate.
And maybe my favorite quote from Morrison about difficulty, from the opening remarks to a ribbon cutting for a center being named the black jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams: /8