"Don't let anybody, anybody convince you this is the way the world is and therefore must be. It must be the way it ought to be."
-Toni Morrison
-Toni Morrison
January 27, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"Don't let anybody, anybody convince you this is the way the world is and therefore must be. It must be the way it ought to be."
-Toni Morrison
-Toni Morrison
“Instead of explaining your philosophy, just live it.”
- Epictetus
- Epictetus
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
“Instead of explaining your philosophy, just live it.”
- Epictetus
- Epictetus
Kite Zo A by Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray on Apple Music
Song · 2021 · Duration 5:54
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January 24, 2026 at 12:55 AM
What is the price of Freedom? Telling the truth, and breaking generational curses.
My Final Freedom Diary:
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My Final Freedom Diary:
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January 23, 2026 at 3:32 AM
What is the price of Freedom? Telling the truth, and breaking generational curses.
My Final Freedom Diary:
substack.com/@kaeyaealo/n...
My Final Freedom Diary:
substack.com/@kaeyaealo/n...
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 PM
“If you butter up a snake for too long, it becomes difficult to catch.”
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January 21, 2026 at 1:14 AM
“If you butter up a snake for too long, it becomes difficult to catch.”
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‘it is not unusual to sift
through ashes
and find an unburnt picture’
— Nikki Giovanni
through ashes
and find an unburnt picture’
— Nikki Giovanni
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
‘it is not unusual to sift
through ashes
and find an unburnt picture’
— Nikki Giovanni
through ashes
and find an unburnt picture’
— Nikki Giovanni
🎵 I guess, I guess I get it
So much pressure to appear
Just like them
Pretty and cosmetic
Elementary alphabetic
So much pressure to appear
Just like them 🎵
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So much pressure to appear
Just like them
Pretty and cosmetic
Elementary alphabetic
So much pressure to appear
Just like them 🎵
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To Whom This May Concern by Jill Scott on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 19 Songs
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January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
🎵 I guess, I guess I get it
So much pressure to appear
Just like them
Pretty and cosmetic
Elementary alphabetic
So much pressure to appear
Just like them 🎵
music.apple.com/ca/album/pre...
So much pressure to appear
Just like them
Pretty and cosmetic
Elementary alphabetic
So much pressure to appear
Just like them 🎵
music.apple.com/ca/album/pre...
Teyana Taylor is forever inspiration to remain a rose, no matter what 🌹#goldenglobes
January 12, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Teyana Taylor is forever inspiration to remain a rose, no matter what 🌹#goldenglobes
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
- Steve Biko, from ‘I Write What I Like’
I’m now awake, and my mind is Free.
- Steve Biko, from ‘I Write What I Like’
I’m now awake, and my mind is Free.
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
- Steve Biko, from ‘I Write What I Like’
I’m now awake, and my mind is Free.
- Steve Biko, from ‘I Write What I Like’
I’m now awake, and my mind is Free.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
By all means, keep moving forward #martinlutherkingjr
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
By all means, keep moving forward #martinlutherkingjr
Reminder to Self: overthinking creates problems that weren’t there to begin with. Breathe.
Now, go finish the thing. 🤎
Now, go finish the thing. 🤎
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Reminder to Self: overthinking creates problems that weren’t there to begin with. Breathe.
Now, go finish the thing. 🤎
Now, go finish the thing. 🤎
“Thus we may say that the Divine does not speak in words; it speaks in synchronicities.”
— Carl Jung
— Carl Jung
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Thus we may say that the Divine does not speak in words; it speaks in synchronicities.”
— Carl Jung
— Carl Jung
“The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.”
— Simone de Beauvoir
— Simone de Beauvoir
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.”
— Simone de Beauvoir
— Simone de Beauvoir
When everything is uncertain, anything is possible.
October 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When everything is uncertain, anything is possible.
I can still remember the scent of that library copy of ‘Assata: In Her Own Words’.
Assata Shakur was a hero who looked like me.
Rest in power and everlasting peace, Assata 👑
Assata Shakur was a hero who looked like me.
Rest in power and everlasting peace, Assata 👑
September 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I can still remember the scent of that library copy of ‘Assata: In Her Own Words’.
Assata Shakur was a hero who looked like me.
Rest in power and everlasting peace, Assata 👑
Assata Shakur was a hero who looked like me.
Rest in power and everlasting peace, Assata 👑
Everything that’s drowning me, is teaching me how to swim.
September 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Everything that’s drowning me, is teaching me how to swim.
“Dripping water hollows out stone,
not through force
but through persistence.”
- Ovid
not through force
but through persistence.”
- Ovid
September 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Dripping water hollows out stone,
not through force
but through persistence.”
- Ovid
not through force
but through persistence.”
- Ovid
Cut the sugar - they can handle it.
September 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Cut the sugar - they can handle it.
“When I dare to be Powerful,
to use my strength in the service of
my Vision,
then it becomes
less and less important
whether I am afraid.”
- Audre Lorde
to use my strength in the service of
my Vision,
then it becomes
less and less important
whether I am afraid.”
- Audre Lorde
September 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“When I dare to be Powerful,
to use my strength in the service of
my Vision,
then it becomes
less and less important
whether I am afraid.”
- Audre Lorde
to use my strength in the service of
my Vision,
then it becomes
less and less important
whether I am afraid.”
- Audre Lorde
Finished, in the final heat of Sun.
September 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Finished, in the final heat of Sun.
“There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.” - Rumi
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.” - Rumi
“Your only limitation is what you choose to see.” - John Williams, Taylor Townsend’s Coach
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Your only limitation is what you choose to see.” - John Williams, Taylor Townsend’s Coach
May your preparation be informed by purpose, not pressure.
September 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
May your preparation be informed by purpose, not pressure.