I don’t always have to win.Sometimes just being here is enough.Sleep is better than TV now.Friendship is complicated-Don’t get me started about the perplexity that is romance.Family is really, really messyBut really, really important.People’s opinions are just opinions.My friends are complaining about back pain.I can genuinely smile in the mirror these days.Phone calls with Mama […]
Read more "I’m getting older"Because the emotional labor required To overlook the shortcomings of others For the sake of a healthier relationship Does not come with age, But with intention. Maturity is not a noun, As though it were something attained once off By virtue of simply being alive- No: Maturity is a choice And one that we are […]
Read more "Maturity is a doing word"One day I won’t take myself so seriously.I’ll know the difference between a bad dayAnd a bad life,I’ll enjoy the freedomThat comes fromNo longer striving.I’ll have ‘’won’’enough argumentsTo know there are no trophies there,Tasted enough of God’s graceTo be fully convinced of itBored enough peopleWith long-winded speechesTo learn that listening is far more valuableAnd stopped […]
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