This 12th episode we visit the year 2000.
This entry comes to you from me as a 20-year-old between my sophomore and junior year in college. There was so much going on for me at school and at home, truthfully during this time I was still kind of living two lives, one back in the hood at Wexford, and one at school. If I am being honest, I struggled a during those 4 years of college, never in the classroom, that was easy, fun, and I loved it. My struggle was in finding where I fit in society. I craved upward mobility and the future life I dreamed of far away from poverty and anybody’s hood, but I also was proud of where I came from and proud of the little street cred I had built up.
Key themes from reflection on this entry:
· These journals are for me first, I am only reading a brief piece of this entry because most of this is just for me, at least for now.
· Read the signs, listen to the whispers! If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, it’s a duck! Stop trying to make things fit what you want them to be. This notebook had pages of red flags, I can’t even say I ignored them because I wrote them down, but I overrode them and that was a miss.
· Stay the course, stay the course, stay the course!
· Everything in life comes to teach you something about you and gives you something for your journey. Not matter how good or bad something feels, count it all joy!
Queens aren’t easily led astray; they are led by a higher calling and a bold trust in self.
- Have you ever almost changed your whole life for a romantic partner or relationship?
- With what and where do you need to stay the course, and why might it be hard to do so right now?
Author, poet, spoken word artist and emcee Opal Ellyse has been keeping handwritten journals since 1995. Each week she shares an entry and ties it to current events and relevant topics of conversation. Royalty is living in your legacy while you're still here. Understanding your past and bridging it to the present (and future) is a gift. Join Opal as she shares wisdom from the past as it becomes present day epiphany and a blueprint for all that is next.
Enjoy!
Music: DJ Pain 1
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