Ayodele Shaihi

“All the people in your life are truly doing the best they can with what they have. People can only love you to the capacity that they are able to love themselves. They can only forgive and embrace you to the capacity that they are able to forgive and embrace themselves. They can only give you what they have the capacity to give. You may think that you deserve more, and you may be correct. But that means nothing if a person simply doesn’t have the ability to give it to you.”
― Lisa Nichols, No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love

“Negroes
Sweet and docile,
Meek, humble, and kind:
Beware the day
They change their minds!

Wind
In the cotton fields,
Gentle breeze:
Beware the hour
It uproots trees!”
― Langston Hughes

“You have to speak the future into your words too. Write about your husband and everything you want in him. Don’t leave out ONE detail. Then write about him everyday just like it’s your life. Walk him right on in… Hello.”
― Victoria Davis, Unbothered: How To Stay Motivated When Life Is Determined To Stress You Out

“We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is our only ruler; sovereign.”
― Marcus Garvey