i will not mute my voice to make you comfortable i will not dull the colors of my thoughts or feelings to fit inside your ignorance every word i speak carries fire, carries truth even if it burns the fragile air around you i am not a shadow to fade at your unease i am a storm, a spark, a flame and i will not be dimmed for your fear of light my voice is mine raw, unedited, alive and it will ripple through the walls you build

It’s good to leave each day behind, Like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.

The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

You are not responsible for For the versions of you That exist in other people’s minds.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

A smile can travel far and wide it needs no language, none to guide it crosses seas, it climbs the skies and lights the dark in others’ eyes it speaks of hope, of love, of cheer its gentle voice is always near no words can match the sound it makes the way it lifts, the peace it wakes so when you grin, the world will know the beauty that your lips can show for smiles connect both near and far a quiet, universal star

Time travels at different speeds for different people. I can tell you who time strolls for, who it trots for, who it gallops for, and who it stops cold for. ― William Shakespeare,

Even in a loud and harsh world, your quiet kindness can bring peace, comfort, and light. A gentle soul often heals what loud voices cannot.

i planted hope where no one would see tended the quiet, the calm, the plea and yet they took what i had sown a prize, a medal, a fame of their own my hands grew weary, my heart stayed true while coins fell into a stranger’s view the world may cheer for another’s name but peace is mine, it cannot be claimed i stand unbowed, my spirit wide the honor lives deep, it will not hide no gold, no prize, no public acclaim can erase the fire that still burns the same