This has been a sad week in the black community. We lost two greats - Joe Frazier and Heavy D. In doing some introspection, I stumbled upon this prose which I thought was beautiful enough to share. Enjoy!
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I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom
... and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.
- Dawna Markova
I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom
... and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.
- Dawna Markova
