10.26.18

Try to be better, Try to do your best. Try, just try. keep on trying, Try to be yourself. Try to stop. Try to breathe. Try to live. Try to stop trying. Have you ever been? OR have you just tried? Be better. Be the best you. Be, just be. Keep on being, Be yourself. …

To Be At War Is To Be Human

We are all at war with ourselves. That is what it means to be human. The trick is figuring out how to be on the winning side. For so long I always went hard on myself. I will give myself high expectations and then beat myself up for doing anything less than or when people …

No Just In Open Up.

Life has a way of getting to each person and the nice thing is we all have different ways of handling it. Some people let it out in a creative manner others might be violent. Some people might find it easy to talk it out while others like me just keep everything in. If you …

Get Out Your Room and Do Something

No one has their life put together or has the correct rules to live life. We learn as we take each step. We are given advice and warnings along the path of life but we never fully learn till you experience these things. There are some experiences I choose to not experience because I've been …

Silence Does Not Mean Something Is Wrong

Growing up there is so much I learn and experience that I just want to share with other people, mostly the younger kids. I had hoped some of these things someone had told me and maybe I would have still gone through those experiences but I will know how to handle it. There are some …

You Have A Purpose

It's interesting how sometimes I feel like everyone I know has a purpose whereas I am just the odd one out. Purposeless. Nothing to give. Just there breathing and standing in people's way. "I'm just an empty box. No! I'm just nothing...a box is something and is useful. I am nothing." I said this two …

[ Create Your Own Truth ]. Now Believe It.

When most people are going through a hectic period that causes them to doubt their worth and purpose in life, whether they are attempting suicide, self-harm or when they are simply down. Friends and family members tend to say " There are people that loves you and cares about you. They would miss you or …

Life Tantrums. Life Decisions.

The amount of times I've caught myself shooting my shoes at a wall while crying and yelling because something I really wanted and needed did not happen amazes me. Every time, I repeatedly tell myself everything happens for a reason and I'll be okay. Yet, just the other day, there I was sitting in my …

Dear Black Mothers

Anne Victoria Telus April 11, 2018 Dear Black mother, You are strong, you are independent, you are selfless and you don’t need any man at your side to make it through, in fact, you shouldn’t need anyone’s help to make it through, or so they taught you. ‘You can succeed in anything that you put …

What Happened…

Somewhere in between you became my lab rat and I the mad scientist. Somewhere in between I blurred the line of good and bad. Somewhere, I lost myself.