5 Inspirational Quotes by Women A Middle of the Month Pick Me Up When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. – Helen Keller. When you forgive, you heal … Continue reading 5 Inspirational Quotes by Women
5 Inspirational Quotes by Women A Middle of the Month Pick Me Up The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. –Maureen Dowd The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. –Anna Quindlen We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. –Anne Frank It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.–Eleanor Roosevelt As a … Continue reading 5 Inspirational Quotes by Women
Langston Hughes has always been one of the best poets to touch the subject of freedom and culture. I first stumbled upon him in my early teens and when I read “The Minstrel Man.” After the first line of the … Continue reading Poetry Moment: Langston Hughes
5 Inspirational Quotes by Women A Middle of the Month Pick Me Up Find out who you are and do it on purpose. –Dolly Parton The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present. –Barbara De Angelis No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. –Eleanor Roosevelt It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. –Agnes Repplier People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the … Continue reading 5 Inspirational Quotes by Women
5 Inspirational Quotes by Women A Middle of the Month Pick Me Up Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title. –Virginia Woolf If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. –Oprah Winfrey Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen. –Sarah Ban Breathnach I am not afraid…I … Continue reading 5 Inspirational Quotes by Women
As a lover of thoughtful and loving poetry; when I heard this next poet’s work; I was immediately in love. Hafiz is one of those poets that makes you want to write. His poetry is both gentle and insightful….Enjoy! Even … Continue reading Poetry Moment: Hāfez
5 Inspirational Quotes by Women A Middle of the Month Pick Me Up Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. –Judy Garland It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself, which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. — Maya Angelou You never find yourself until you face the truth. –Pearl Bailey If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. –Katharine Hepburn Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by … Continue reading 5 Inspirational Quotes by Women
Poetry was a part of my self-discovery and cultural appreciation from a very young age. When I was younger i searched for Black poets and stumbled onto the name Paul Laurence Dunbar. Although Dunbar is best know for his Black dialectic verses; he was also authored novels, short stories and poetry without this theme that has been largely overlooked… Enjoy one of my favorite poems by Dunbar The Sum A little dreaming by the way, A little toiling day by day; A little pain, a little strife, A little joy,–and that is life. A little short-lived summer’s morn, When joy … Continue reading Poetry Moment Paul Laurence Dunbar
5 Inspirational Quotes by Women A Middle of the Month Pick Me Up I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.–Mother Theresa A woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself. —Susan B. Anthony Love is a great beautifier. –Louisa May Alcott How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. —Anne Frank If you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with the rain. –Dolly … Continue reading 5 Inspirational Quotes by Women
It was not poetry that brought me to Maya Angelou. I was 13 or 14 when I happened upon a book that title instantly peeked my interest. This book was “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.” This autobiography was Maya’s coming of age story that took you from her early childhood to becoming a teen mother. It still remains on my must read for women…Please Enjoy her poem that shares its name with one of my favorite books! I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till … Continue reading Poetry Moment: Maya Angelou
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