In a world where busy equals important
And important equals status
‘Still’ is an unpopular choice
All in Courage
On being in two places at once
When you heart is in two places at once
When you feel it tearing and twisting
On Kenya
I traveled to experience
I traveled to see beauty, to find beauty
I traveled to choose brave
On breaking
I can’t break and stay the same
That’s the beauty of the breaking
On skin
And only a God that pushes continents together so that you and I would meet
Could create a place that includes such beautiful variations of people made in his image
On giving help
If you give help
Then receive help willingly
If you sacrifice
Then accept the gifts of others
On opposites
Maybe opposites are only things outside our experience
Maybe they only exist at first glance
At snap judgment
At the superficial
On seeing
It’s hard to prove the lack of something
It’s hard to see what’s not there
On joining in the fear
I remembered the last time I tried something new
When I went somewhere for the first time
And I joined him in the fear
I started there first
On standing out
Maybe you are the most beautiful when you stand out
Maybe it takes a little alone-ness
Loneliness
To find pride in exactly who you are
On nudges
Every nudge is a holy nudge
Let them all call me to action
On conquering
You have conquered big things before
You can do it again
On endings
Thank God something ended
To give way to this
On the hard things
Remarkable is created in the mix of dark and light
What if we understood that in the dark is when the light shines bright
On centering
Get centered
Get grounded
Notice how your feet connect with the ground
On where strength comes from
Behind every strong woman is...
Something different
On stillness
You are more than what you produce
Your work does not get to define you
Or tell you who you are
On a journey
I want a healthier way
I’m trying to find it
Not just the loudest way
Not the most popular way
But the care-full way
On looking
The choices we make matter
They impact our emotions
Even on the simplest things
Like looking in the mirror
On a risk
The world needs me to be brave like that
And the world needs you to be brave like that too