February 2012
TheAfroSistuh: fromonesurvivortoanother: Why the... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
Why the US Owes Haiti Billions by Bill Quigley (Plus, the $22B France Owes Haiti)
kemetically-ankhtified:
The reparation money that Haiti was forced to pay France after the revolution to gain its independence ($1 billion then, $22 billion today)…
“No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your...”
– President Barack Obama
(via heytinafey)
mamma-wolf:
accidentally a bougie black girl
“I hope you find what you’re looking for.”
– to that one person who’s desperately seeking as hard as I did for something real to hold on to, whether its truth, love, purpose, faith, or God.
Midnight Marauder
streetetiquette:
Still dark, yet nearby a blackbird sings; liquid notes spill into the dawn
likealilikoi:
مآ أجمّل أنْ تصمتْ .. فيْ ؤجهْ منْ ينتظرْ منِك الخِصَام .. ! وما أجمل أنْ تضحك فيْ وجهْ منْ يُنتظرْ منك البكـاءْ ..!
How beautiful is it to stay silent
When someone expects you to be enraged from them.
And how beautiful it is to laugh
When someone thinks you are going to shed tears.
“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different...”
– Hermann Hesse (via adreamoftrains)
Celebrate Misery!
wolfmama:
nirvikalpa:
“Even about misery you can take an attitude of celebration. For example: you are sad — don’t get identified with sadness. Become a witness and enjoy the moment of sadness, because sadness has its own beauties. You have never watched. You get so identified that you never penetrate the beauties of a sad moment. If you watch, you will be surprised at what treasures you have...
“Let the waves of the universe rise and fall as they will. You have nothing to...”
– Ashtavakra Gita (via nirvikalpa)
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themindofphife:
when you are close i love the warm fuzz of your skin and your eyes like giant half moons dipped in the ocean.
sunra:
You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free. — Thich Nhat Hanh
