Hardest thing for me to grasp as an adult is you have to keep showing up no matter how you feel. You gotta do this shit sad, do it heartbroken, do it grieving, do it tired. Life doesn’t care, it waits for nobody, you just have to keep going
40 is young.
Life is longer than you think.
The idea that “it’s all downhill” after our 20s is one of the greatest (and most believed) lies of our culture.
Reject age dysfunction.
LIVE, til you die.
🗣️ Just think of me as the pages in your diary. 🎶🎶 We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Diary of Alicia Keys. On the release day
of this album, Ms. Keys came to visit 106 & Park to share her process in making the album. #TBT. #WhereBlackCulturelives 💜
Most of us are deeply angry at ourselves. We’re bitter at who we’ve become. So we project that anger onto everyone around us. What a different world we’d live in if we forgave ourselves.
Your spirit has been so resilient this year. No matter what tested you, what came your way, what did or didn’t happen, you are still here, still believing, and still trusting . It only gets better from here. Be proud of yourself.
Some parents don’t get to know their children
Not because they don’t want to, because they don’t know how.
A shocking amount of families never really ask anything about each others desires, dreams, or opinions.
This makes emotional intimacy very uncomfortable as an adult.