I’d like to say to all of the young innovative our classes good a
innovative our classes good a
innovative our classes good a non-violent action be used against Isis
non-violent action be used against Isis
non-violent action be used against Isis you’ve been a beat her artful the
you’ve been a beat her artful the
you’ve been a beat her artful the biggest scientific discoveries of our
biggest scientific discoveries of our
biggest scientific discoveries of our time I was in the car with my daughter
time I was in the car with my daughter
time I was in the car with my daughter the other day and my daughter is 22 and
the other day and my daughter is 22 and
the other day and my daughter is 22 and she says you know Mom I don’t get this
she says you know Mom I don’t get this
she says you know Mom I don’t get this adult thing you know she’s on her own
adult thing you know she’s on her own
adult thing you know she’s on her own she’s trying to make the best of it and
she’s trying to make the best of it and
she’s trying to make the best of it and she says it’s just not working and you
she says it’s just not working and you
she says it’s just not working and you know I look at you and and people ask me
know I look at you and and people ask me
know I look at you and and people ask me all the time I do really proud of your
all the time I do really proud of your
all the time I do really proud of your mom and she says I’m really sick of that
mom and she says I’m really sick of that
mom and she says I’m really sick of that because you know I’m still trying to
because you know I’m still trying to
because you know I’m still trying to find myself and here you had you know
find myself and here you had you know
find myself and here you had you know this career as a ward wedding
this career as a ward wedding
this career as a ward wedding journalists and now you’re in your
journalists and now you’re in your
journalists and now you’re in your second career as a teacher and you know
second career as a teacher and you know
second career as a teacher and you know I I don’t know how to do that I don’t
I I don’t know how to do that I don’t
I I don’t know how to do that I don’t know how to find myself and she said now
know how to find myself and she said now
know how to find myself and she said now you’re you know you met the love of your
you’re you know you met the love of your
you’re you know you met the love of your life and you got married a couple weeks
life and you got married a couple weeks
life and you got married a couple weeks ago and you know how do you find
ago and you know how do you find
ago and you know how do you find yourself how do how do you do this and I
yourself how do how do you do this and I
yourself how do how do you do this and I wish that I could have like a you know
wish that I could have like a you know
wish that I could have like a you know just to a path to to be able to show her
just to a path to to be able to show her
just to a path to to be able to show her how to do that but I didn’t have you
how to do that but I didn’t have you
how to do that but I didn’t have you know a straight path to to my life my
know a straight path to to my life my
know a straight path to to my life my you know I had to realize that life is
you know I had to realize that life is
you know I had to realize that life is really a puzzle and I’m not that really
really a puzzle and I’m not that really
really a puzzle and I’m not that really good at puzzles I think I’m just not
good at puzzles I think I’m just not
good at puzzles I think I’m just not patient enough and so you know I was a
patient enough and so you know I was a
patient enough and so you know I was a kid I was a middle child and I don’t
kid I was a middle child and I don’t
kid I was a middle child and I don’t know how many of you out there are
know how many of you out there are
know how many of you out there are middle children but you know we have
middle children but you know we have
middle children but you know we have some issues so my mother raised his
some issues so my mother raised his
some issues so my mother raised his Catholic so she had that you know really
Catholic so she had that you know really
Catholic so she had that you know really dependable rhythm method you know that
dependable rhythm method you know that
dependable rhythm method you know that she practiced so she was like pregnant
she practiced so she was like pregnant
she practiced so she was like pregnant for nine years in a row and so I was the
for nine years in a row and so I was the
for nine years in a row and so I was the the fifth of that and between me and my
the fifth of that and between me and my
the fifth of that and between me and my brother there was there was a
brother there was there was a
brother there was there was a miscarriage so I’m a middle child and I
miscarriage so I’m a middle child and I
miscarriage so I’m a middle child and I had two older brothers who really liked
had two older brothers who really liked
had two older brothers who really liked to pick on me who liked to choose me as
to pick on me who liked to choose me as
to pick on me who liked to choose me as someone that they could you know just
someone that they could you know just
someone that they could you know just try to do whatever that they wanted to
try to do whatever that they wanted to
try to do whatever that they wanted to do to try to belittle me and so on and
do to try to belittle me and so on and
do to try to belittle me and so on and so forth so I was bullied I was bullied
so forth so I was bullied I was bullied
so forth so I was bullied I was bullied at home that was bullied at school and
at home that was bullied at school and
at home that was bullied at school and I wasn’t a very happy kid you know when
I wasn’t a very happy kid you know when
I wasn’t a very happy kid you know when I was I think my happiness disappeared
I was I think my happiness disappeared
I was I think my happiness disappeared when I was about four and I lost my
when I was about four and I lost my
when I was about four and I lost my ability to know how to smile see when
ability to know how to smile see when
ability to know how to smile see when people would say smile and they you know
people would say smile and they you know
people would say smile and they you know take a picture I I felt like all I
take a picture I I felt like all I
take a picture I I felt like all I needed to do was show my teeth and that
needed to do was show my teeth and that
needed to do was show my teeth and that constituted a smile I didn’t really know
constituted a smile I didn’t really know
constituted a smile I didn’t really know how to be happy and how to be who I was
how to be happy and how to be who I was
how to be happy and how to be who I was and I and I lost track of the things
and I and I lost track of the things
and I and I lost track of the things that I’d love to do as a as a kid and so
that I’d love to do as a as a kid and so
that I’d love to do as a as a kid and so you know an example of this is I used to
you know an example of this is I used to
you know an example of this is I used to it I knew that I was a smart kid and I
it I knew that I was a smart kid and I
it I knew that I was a smart kid and I love school and I loved books and my
love school and I loved books and my
love school and I loved books and my brothers didn’t really like that about
brothers didn’t really like that about
brothers didn’t really like that about me so one day when I was nine years old
me so one day when I was nine years old
me so one day when I was nine years old I came home and I couldn’t wait to get
I came home and I couldn’t wait to get
I came home and I couldn’t wait to get into my books and my brothers I saw just
into my books and my brothers I saw just
into my books and my brothers I saw just one of them they were three years older
one of them they were three years older
one of them they were three years older and four years older than me and I just
and four years older than me and I just
and four years older than me and I just saw him one of my brothers and he just
saw him one of my brothers and he just
saw him one of my brothers and he just started chasing me as soon as I got home
started chasing me as soon as I got home
started chasing me as soon as I got home now I don’t know why he’s chasing me but
now I don’t know why he’s chasing me but
now I don’t know why he’s chasing me but online you know I’m thinking all of this
online you know I’m thinking all of this
online you know I’m thinking all of this is fun you know I could have fun with
is fun you know I could have fun with
is fun you know I could have fun with string right so I’m like he’s chasing me
string right so I’m like he’s chasing me
string right so I’m like he’s chasing me this is supposed to be fun let me run so
this is supposed to be fun let me run so
this is supposed to be fun let me run so I’m running through the house and I’m
I’m running through the house and I’m
I’m running through the house and I’m just picking up speed and we’re going in
just picking up speed and we’re going in
just picking up speed and we’re going in rooms and going out of rooms and and
rooms and going out of rooms and and
rooms and going out of rooms and and suddenly I hear my brother say now and
suddenly I hear my brother say now and
suddenly I hear my brother say now and the closet door opens and I run full
the closet door opens and I run full
the closet door opens and I run full force into that closet door and I’m
force into that closet door and I’m
force into that closet door and I’m there at the bottom on the floor of just
there at the bottom on the floor of just
there at the bottom on the floor of just a bundle of sorrow and they thought that
a bundle of sorrow and they thought that
a bundle of sorrow and they thought that was the funniest thing and so their
was the funniest thing and so their
was the funniest thing and so their mantra became you are ugly you’re stupid
mantra became you are ugly you’re stupid
mantra became you are ugly you’re stupid and no one will ever love you now I knew
and no one will ever love you now I knew
and no one will ever love you now I knew I was smart so I didn’t believe in what
I was smart so I didn’t believe in what
I was smart so I didn’t believe in what they said about me being stupid but
they said about me being stupid but
they said about me being stupid but those other things that kind of sunken
those other things that kind of sunken
those other things that kind of sunken because they would do this almost every
because they would do this almost every
because they would do this almost every day there would be a new thing a new
day there would be a new thing a new
day there would be a new thing a new game to try to belittle and bully me and
game to try to belittle and bully me and
game to try to belittle and bully me and so I started thinking about you know
so I started thinking about you know
so I started thinking about you know those kinds of things that they would
those kinds of things that they would
those kinds of things that they would tell me and I started believing in some
tell me and I started believing in some
tell me and I started believing in some of those things and so that paradigm was
of those things and so that paradigm was
of those things and so that paradigm was you are ugly you’re stupid and no one
you are ugly you’re stupid and no one
you are ugly you’re stupid and no one will ever love you and so when I was 11
will ever love you and so when I was 11
will ever love you and so when I was 11 my father passed away unexpected
my father passed away unexpected
my father passed away unexpected so now my mother was a widow with eight
so now my mother was a widow with eight
so now my mother was a widow with eight children and she moved us from where we
children and she moved us from where we
children and she moved us from where we were comfortable in two places other
were comfortable in two places other
were comfortable in two places other cities but we were all I was always the
cities but we were all I was always the
cities but we were all I was always the only brown kid in my classroom so I was
only brown kid in my classroom so I was
only brown kid in my classroom so I was always the I was the quiet one in the
always the I was the quiet one in the
always the I was the quiet one in the back who didn’t say a whole lot and so
back who didn’t say a whole lot and so
back who didn’t say a whole lot and so when I was 15 I got hit by a car and I
when I was 15 I got hit by a car and I
when I was 15 I got hit by a car and I was in the hospital for three months
was in the hospital for three months
was in the hospital for three months trying to save my leg and trying to
trying to save my leg and trying to
trying to save my leg and trying to learn how to walk again initially the
learn how to walk again initially the
learn how to walk again initially the doctors wanted to cut it off because
doctors wanted to cut it off because
doctors wanted to cut it off because there was so much damage but he saved it
there was so much damage but he saved it
there was so much damage but he saved it and I learned how to walk again but I
and I learned how to walk again but I
and I learned how to walk again but I don’t remember my family visiting very
don’t remember my family visiting very
don’t remember my family visiting very much when I was in the hospital for
much when I was in the hospital for
much when I was in the hospital for three months but I stayed diligent in my
three months but I stayed diligent in my
three months but I stayed diligent in my studies in the 17 I got a scholarship to
studies in the 17 I got a scholarship to
studies in the 17 I got a scholarship to go to college and a little bit past my
go to college and a little bit past my
go to college and a little bit past my 18th birthday in September I was
18th birthday in September I was
18th birthday in September I was kidnapped and sexually assaulted and so
kidnapped and sexually assaulted and so
kidnapped and sexually assaulted and so all of these things is kind of
all of these things is kind of
all of these things is kind of reinforced this mantra that they had
reinforced this mantra that they had
reinforced this mantra that they had given me that about being ugly and
given me that about being ugly and
given me that about being ugly and stupid and no one will ever love you and
stupid and no one will ever love you and
stupid and no one will ever love you and that seemed to be and reinforced by some
that seemed to be and reinforced by some
that seemed to be and reinforced by some things that were happening in my life so
things that were happening in my life so
things that were happening in my life so in my 20s that seemed to happen that see
in my 20s that seemed to happen that see
in my 20s that seemed to happen that see I was I was sad I didn’t know myself I
I was I was sad I didn’t know myself I
I was I was sad I didn’t know myself I didn’t know how to find myself but I was
didn’t know how to find myself but I was
didn’t know how to find myself but I was really good at my career and so I
really good at my career and so I
really good at my career and so I started a career as a journalist my 30s
started a career as a journalist my 30s
started a career as a journalist my 30s I got married and had three children and
I got married and had three children and
I got married and had three children and then got divorced in my 40s I got
then got divorced in my 40s I got
then got divorced in my 40s I got married again but found myself in a
married again but found myself in a
married again but found myself in a domestic violence situation that again
domestic violence situation that again
domestic violence situation that again reinforced that mantra no one will ever
reinforced that mantra no one will ever
reinforced that mantra no one will ever love you and so I just I didn’t know how
love you and so I just I didn’t know how
love you and so I just I didn’t know how to get out of it so eventually I took my
to get out of it so eventually I took my
to get out of it so eventually I took my kids to Jamaica and we were there but
kids to Jamaica and we were there but
kids to Jamaica and we were there but again if you look at my face you’ll see
again if you look at my face you’ll see
again if you look at my face you’ll see I don’t look that happy and what I was
I don’t look that happy and what I was
I don’t look that happy and what I was doing I took my computer my laptop and I
doing I took my computer my laptop and I
doing I took my computer my laptop and I was on my laptop in Jamaica doing work
was on my laptop in Jamaica doing work
was on my laptop in Jamaica doing work when I should have been having fun but I
when I should have been having fun but I
when I should have been having fun but I didn’t know how to do that I didn’t know
didn’t know how to do that I didn’t know
didn’t know how to do that I didn’t know how to laugh and and be carefree and my
how to laugh and and be carefree and my
how to laugh and and be carefree and my family would often say she never smiles
family would often say she never smiles
family would often say she never smiles but I was fortunate enough that a friend
but I was fortunate enough that a friend
but I was fortunate enough that a friend of mine had given me a book by Eckhart
of mine had given me a book by Eckhart
of mine had given me a book by Eckhart Tolle it was called a new earth and
Tolle it was called a new earth and
Tolle it was called a new earth and reading that book allowed me to
reading that book allowed me to
reading that book allowed me to understand I was missing from my own
understand I was missing from my own
understand I was missing from my own life I was absent and I didn’t even know
life I was absent and I didn’t even know
life I was absent and I didn’t even know it and that book was the first of me my
it and that book was the first of me my
it and that book was the first of me my awakening to understanding how to find
awakening to understanding how to find
awakening to understanding how to find myself again and he has this quote you
myself again and he has this quote you
myself again and he has this quote you cannot find peace by rearranging the
cannot find peace by rearranging the
cannot find peace by rearranging the circumstances of your life but by
circumstances of your life but by
circumstances of your life but by realizing who you are at a deeper level
realizing who you are at a deeper level
realizing who you are at a deeper level and I didn’t really know who I was
and I didn’t really know who I was
and I didn’t really know who I was nobody hadn’t ever talked to me about
nobody hadn’t ever talked to me about
nobody hadn’t ever talked to me about that and so the finding of myself and
that and so the finding of myself and
that and so the finding of myself and who I was and going to into myself on a
who I was and going to into myself on a
who I was and going to into myself on a deeper level started with a book that I
deeper level started with a book that I
deeper level started with a book that I had written to try to heal my inner
had written to try to heal my inner
had written to try to heal my inner child my inner Sharon and I called this
child my inner Sharon and I called this
child my inner Sharon and I called this book the awakening of Sharon a shy and
book the awakening of Sharon a shy and
book the awakening of Sharon a shy and brown super girl and she found her voice
brown super girl and she found her voice
brown super girl and she found her voice and she becomes this super girl and she
and she becomes this super girl and she
and she becomes this super girl and she teaches others about kindness and about
teaches others about kindness and about
teaches others about kindness and about having a sense of humor and about loving
having a sense of humor and about loving
having a sense of humor and about loving yourself and I use this book to teach
yourself and I use this book to teach
yourself and I use this book to teach children about courage if I could be
children about courage if I could be
children about courage if I could be buried I could change the world if I
buried I could change the world if I
buried I could change the world if I could be brewing bring I can be like dr.
could be brewing bring I can be like dr.
could be brewing bring I can be like dr. Martin Luther King if I could be brave I
Martin Luther King if I could be brave I
Martin Luther King if I could be brave I could change the world if I could be
could change the world if I could be
could change the world if I could be brain I can be and do whatever that I
brain I can be and do whatever that I
brain I can be and do whatever that I dream and so I would teach them that and
dream and so I would teach them that and
dream and so I would teach them that and that was part of me finding myself
that was part of me finding myself
that was part of me finding myself because I was told she can’t sing so I
because I was told she can’t sing so I
because I was told she can’t sing so I wouldn’t sing in public so I was doing
wouldn’t sing in public so I was doing
wouldn’t sing in public so I was doing all of these things to really understand
all of these things to really understand
all of these things to really understand who I was and that book was the start of
who I was and that book was the start of
who I was and that book was the start of me healing and becoming myself and so I
me healing and becoming myself and so I
me healing and becoming myself and so I told my daughter it was a dramatic
told my daughter it was a dramatic
told my daughter it was a dramatic ending that led to the beginning of my
ending that led to the beginning of my
ending that led to the beginning of my awakening and so that it was aware i
awakening and so that it was aware i
awakening and so that it was aware i will start at the point where i quit my
will start at the point where i quit my
will start at the point where i quit my job to follow my heart see 2008 i was at
job to follow my heart see 2008 i was at
job to follow my heart see 2008 i was at the top of my game i was the number one
the top of my game i was the number one
the top of my game i was the number one newspaper columnist in five western
newspaper columnist in five western
newspaper columnist in five western states it seemed like everyone knew my
states it seemed like everyone knew my
states it seemed like everyone knew my name
name
name and unless you regard that is empty
and unless you regard that is empty
and unless you regard that is empty boasting well let me be precise I was
boasting well let me be precise I was
boasting well let me be precise I was nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer
nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer
nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize twice I was so hot it felt like
Prize twice I was so hot it felt like
Prize twice I was so hot it felt like even the flutter of my false eyelashes
even the flutter of my false eyelashes
even the flutter of my false eyelashes could melt ice but in a moment of
could melt ice but in a moment of
could melt ice but in a moment of impulse I walked away from the only
impulse I walked away from the only
impulse I walked away from the only career that I had ever known after 25
career that I had ever known after 25
career that I had ever known after 25 years I had become an expert at cherry
years I had become an expert at cherry
years I had become an expert at cherry picking the words of others and sauteing
picking the words of others and sauteing
picking the words of others and sauteing them with my own and serving up such a
them with my own and serving up such a
them with my own and serving up such a spicy banquet of salacious sentences you
spicy banquet of salacious sentences you
spicy banquet of salacious sentences you wouldn’t even have room in your mind for
wouldn’t even have room in your mind for
wouldn’t even have room in your mind for dessert but my storyline fit the moral
dessert but my storyline fit the moral
dessert but my storyline fit the moral of the fiction that you told yourself
of the fiction that you told yourself
of the fiction that you told yourself about who you thought I was see you
about who you thought I was see you
about who you thought I was see you forced me to make my smiles the biggest
forced me to make my smiles the biggest
forced me to make my smiles the biggest outlaws that ever existed because you
outlaws that ever existed because you
outlaws that ever existed because you were always searching for them at their
were always searching for them at their
were always searching for them at their last known address and so yes I would
last known address and so yes I would
last known address and so yes I would grin but with eyes so blank that you
grin but with eyes so blank that you
grin but with eyes so blank that you could fill out every line and cast that
could fill out every line and cast that
could fill out every line and cast that happiness check without the bank ever
happiness check without the bank ever
happiness check without the bank ever realizing it was forged joy year after
realizing it was forged joy year after
realizing it was forged joy year after year I tried to remember the steps to
year I tried to remember the steps to
year I tried to remember the steps to the dance with deception keep your
the dance with deception keep your
the dance with deception keep your weight on the balls of your feet right
weight on the balls of your feet right
weight on the balls of your feet right arm up keep a tense follow his lead
arm up keep a tense follow his lead
arm up keep a tense follow his lead stand with your feet close together step
stand with your feet close together step
stand with your feet close together step back with your white foot then your left
back with your white foot then your left
back with your white foot then your left move your right foot next to your left
move your right foot next to your left
move your right foot next to your left you’re back where you started and now
you’re back where you started and now
you’re back where you started and now repeat now it may sound easy but it was
repeat now it may sound easy but it was
repeat now it may sound easy but it was no small feat to take a backseat to your
no small feat to take a backseat to your
no small feat to take a backseat to your own life but in public I was the good
own life but in public I was the good
own life but in public I was the good journalist I was the good mother I was
journalist I was the good mother I was
journalist I was the good mother I was the good wife you saw me but you didn’t
the good wife you saw me but you didn’t
the good wife you saw me but you didn’t know me see how was all show so you
know me see how was all show so you
know me see how was all show so you couldn’t tell i was so despondent i
couldn’t tell i was so despondent i
couldn’t tell i was so despondent i wanted to crawl out of my own skin i
wanted to crawl out of my own skin i
wanted to crawl out of my own skin i wanted to shed my pain within like i was
wanted to shed my pain within like i was
wanted to shed my pain within like i was a courageous caterpillar metamorphose
a courageous caterpillar metamorphose
a courageous caterpillar metamorphose into something beautiful in something
into something beautiful in something
into something beautiful in something other see for far too long my heart it
other see for far too long my heart it
other see for far too long my heart it was torn and bleeding from brutal
was torn and bleeding from brutal
was torn and bleeding from brutal haunting words and
haunting words and
haunting words and ford attempts to help him remember that
ford attempts to help him remember that
ford attempts to help him remember that I was the one in the white trust that he
I was the one in the white trust that he
I was the one in the white trust that he promised to love and cherish forever
promised to love and cherish forever
promised to love and cherish forever well at least until he died or maybe
well at least until he died or maybe
well at least until he died or maybe until I died and at the time I thought
until I died and at the time I thought
until I died and at the time I thought those were very appropriate words to a
those were very appropriate words to a
those were very appropriate words to a song yet in real life he was intent on
song yet in real life he was intent on
song yet in real life he was intent on moving that death process along and so
moving that death process along and so
moving that death process along and so in a moment of lucidity or rather what
in a moment of lucidity or rather what
in a moment of lucidity or rather what he called inherent stupidity our
he called inherent stupidity our
he called inherent stupidity our marriage became liquidity I quidam I was
marriage became liquidity I quidam I was
marriage became liquidity I quidam I was done with Dancing with tornadoes I
done with Dancing with tornadoes I
done with Dancing with tornadoes I traded in my white picket fence dreams
traded in my white picket fence dreams
traded in my white picket fence dreams for my freedom and eventually I quit my
for my freedom and eventually I quit my
for my freedom and eventually I quit my job too and people thought I was crazy
job too and people thought I was crazy
job too and people thought I was crazy for following my heart heart doesn’t pay
for following my heart heart doesn’t pay
for following my heart heart doesn’t pay the rent they want but a heart I learned
the rent they want but a heart I learned
the rent they want but a heart I learned can restore passion to a deflated soul
can restore passion to a deflated soul
can restore passion to a deflated soul so weary and wounded she was blinded to
so weary and wounded she was blinded to
so weary and wounded she was blinded to her own possibilities see I believe I
her own possibilities see I believe I
her own possibilities see I believe I believe that a heart can hold my hand
believe that a heart can hold my hand
believe that a heart can hold my hand and it can rub my back gently and it
and it can rub my back gently and it
and it can rub my back gently and it could say look again one more time look
could say look again one more time look
could say look again one more time look again until the moment i could stand
again until the moment i could stand
again until the moment i could stand before a mirror alone and like what i
before a mirror alone and like what i
before a mirror alone and like what i see looking back see that is what art
see looking back see that is what art
see looking back see that is what art has done for me it saved my life and so
has done for me it saved my life and so
has done for me it saved my life and so people want to talk about social justice
people want to talk about social justice
people want to talk about social justice right they want to talk about a larger
right they want to talk about a larger
right they want to talk about a larger purpose and that is certainly a noble
purpose and that is certainly a noble
purpose and that is certainly a noble gesture a very worthy cause to use your
gesture a very worthy cause to use your
gesture a very worthy cause to use your passion to call attention to violence
passion to call attention to violence
passion to call attention to violence and poverty and wars but I say to live
and poverty and wars but I say to live
and poverty and wars but I say to live your life authentically you first have
your life authentically you first have
your life authentically you first have to know how to be your own cause
to know how to be your own cause
to know how to be your own cause honestly how can you save a life when
honestly how can you save a life when
honestly how can you save a life when you are drowning in misery and you can’t
you are drowning in misery and you can’t
you are drowning in misery and you can’t even breathe and how can you help
even breathe and how can you help
even breathe and how can you help someone find themselves when you don’t
someone find themselves when you don’t
someone find themselves when you don’t even know who you are or even how to
even know who you are or even how to
even know who you are or even how to receive
receive
receive I had to go find my misplaced heartbeat
I had to go find my misplaced heartbeat
I had to go find my misplaced heartbeat I had to understand that the people who
I had to understand that the people who
I had to understand that the people who gave me advice dressed in wolves
gave me advice dressed in wolves
gave me advice dressed in wolves clothing oh you can’t you shouldn’t you
clothing oh you can’t you shouldn’t you
clothing oh you can’t you shouldn’t you couldn’t you aren’t you never will be
couldn’t you aren’t you never will be
couldn’t you aren’t you never will be they lived they lied to me so I had to
they lived they lied to me so I had to
they lived they lied to me so I had to forgive myself because I thought loved
forgive myself because I thought loved
forgive myself because I thought loved ones always spoke the truth so I had to
ones always spoke the truth so I had to
ones always spoke the truth so I had to define my own reality I had to look
define my own reality I had to look
define my own reality I had to look between the cracks of life cement and
between the cracks of life cement and
between the cracks of life cement and celebrate my weeds for having the
celebrate my weeds for having the
celebrate my weeds for having the audacity to reach for freedom this is
audacity to reach for freedom this is
audacity to reach for freedom this is not an easy journey you cannot be on
not an easy journey you cannot be on
not an easy journey you cannot be on this divine path of authenticity and
this divine path of authenticity and
this divine path of authenticity and still live your life based on others
still live your life based on others
still live your life based on others expectations and beliefs sometimes
expectations and beliefs sometimes
expectations and beliefs sometimes social justice is wrapped up in the
social justice is wrapped up in the
social justice is wrapped up in the righteous anger of one who is done with
righteous anger of one who is done with
righteous anger of one who is done with what is and ready to embrace what will
what is and ready to embrace what will
what is and ready to embrace what will come righteous anger might be exactly
come righteous anger might be exactly
come righteous anger might be exactly what you need to step away from the
what you need to step away from the
what you need to step away from the seductive shadows of dark night and know
seductive shadows of dark night and know
seductive shadows of dark night and know that you are unquestionably worthy of
that you are unquestionably worthy of
that you are unquestionably worthy of saving your own life so let her be born
saving your own life so let her be born
saving your own life so let her be born let her be born and handled tenderly and
let her be born and handled tenderly and
let her be born and handled tenderly and gratefully let her emerged from the
gratefully let her emerged from the
gratefully let her emerged from the midst where shameful secrets have
midst where shameful secrets have
midst where shameful secrets have barreled so deeply into your bosom that
barreled so deeply into your bosom that
barreled so deeply into your bosom that you almost forget they even exist let
you almost forget they even exist let
you almost forget they even exist let her speak to me through you so that I
her speak to me through you so that I
her speak to me through you so that I made reclaim myself and know that I am
made reclaim myself and know that I am
made reclaim myself and know that I am finally understood she is the completion
finally understood she is the completion
finally understood she is the completion of your HEA RT she is art she is art she
of your HEA RT she is art she is art she
of your HEA RT she is art she is art she is art let her be born
I quit my job to follow my heart and
I quit my job to follow my heart and this amazing life-giving organ took me
this amazing life-giving organ took me
this amazing life-giving organ took me on a remarkable journey that led me back
on a remarkable journey that led me back
on a remarkable journey that led me back to myself thank
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