You owe it to yourself to go where you’ll be appreciated, where they’ll tell you “thank you,” where kind gestures toward you are frequent, where you’ll be lovingly challenged to grow, and where your work will be acknowledged and honored.
pay real close attention to the things that excite you when you talk about them out loud, and do those things. you don't need to turn it into a career per se, but understanding what fills you can be a guide to doing more things in this lifetime that matter to you most.
I just saw a few comments of ppl saying I was ugly cause I wasn’t wearing any makeup. And I really want y’all to get the help y’all need because makeup isn’t real. I’m beautiful in real life, because of who I am, not what I look like.
IMPORTANT!
After dealing with long covid for 14 months last year and first half of ‘22, I feel like myself again.
So if you’re dealing with it please reach out. Let’s talk! I know how isolating and frustrating this is.
(RT it’s important)
Quick de-escalation phrases for kids:
You’re not in trouble.
I want to hear your side.
I’m not mad at you.
What happened?
How can I help you right now?
Let’s talk about this.
The reason I stay winning is because I'm relentless about being the absolute best at whatever I do — including being the best groupie for my wife & daughter.
I was in college when Biggie and ‘Pac were killed and thought there was no way we’d ever experience anything remotely close to that again. Now it’s happening so frequently that you barely have time to recover before someone else killed. RIP Takeoff.
none of this is ours. but because we feel we have dominion over this life we cling to people and things with such reckless abandon. we plunder, we harm in an effort to maintain control of what we think we own.
this is all borrowed—this time, these bodies. do right by each other.
i just wanna spend the rest of my time and energy making memories with the people in my life who reciprocate the kind of intentional love i want to continue to offer up to the world.