I am a tiny 5'3 girl next an ordinary girl living an extraordinary life. I write as often as possible but sometimes creativity escapes me and pictures or things I find along my journey, will have to do…I write from my heart & don't often check up on grammar for my own posts so grammar police. As a Digital Marketing Exec for 19yrs, my blog is about life outside the faux world of Social Media - it is about honesty, realness and an appeal to others that NO ONE has a perfect life, YET it can still be a perfectly happy life. Welcome to my blog or journey through life. His wings are clipped and his feet are tiedĮnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.įollow My Journey Via My Blog Just Me Just A Little About Me Beautiful and free.Īnd the trade winds soft through the sighing treesĪnd the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawnīut a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams So in honour of one of my favourite writers, instead of trying to put pen to paper myself, I would like to rather share a few of my favourite Maya Angelou quotes and a poem. It is difficult to even write about this mentor, muse and role model as my words fall so far short of even a single sentence she uttered. Each poem, song or quote she penned motivated and enhanced me in so many areas of my life. To me, a writer and quote lover, she was the epitome of excellence. “If we don’t laugh, we will shrivel up…and die, ” she said – with a laugh.Īngelou recounted her struggles with being raped by her mother’s boyfriend when she was 7, yet insisted both men and women have the power to be “phenomenal.” She also beamed with pride at her successes that her grandmother knew she was capable of this long before she knew it herself. She sang gospel songs, recited a few of her favourite works and shared her own life lessons – including the importance of laughter.

When Maya Angelou spoke to a sold-out crowd at SU’s Goldstein Auditorium for the 2004 Women’s Leadership Program. Her credits include: three Grammy awards, the best-selling autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her film “Georgia, Georgia,” and countless others which include the Presidential Medal of Arts and the Lincoln Medal.īut of all things this “Phenomenal Woman” is probably best remembered for her words. The famed writer, educator and civil rights activist passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 86 – what a wonderful and long life. Like Cadbury Mini Eggs.“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.”Īll over the world fans are remembering one of the most incredible poetry writers and inspirational woman of the last century with some of her most memorable quotes and outstanding pieces of advice. It's more fun to talk about other things, anyway. And if you flat-out don't agree with them? Say nothing and move the heck ON. When someone shares about a personal choice they've made, don't shut down the conversation with a closed mind. Remember that we're all doing the best we can and life's not a competition. So, the moral of this post is, when you feel pressed to use a Maya Angelou quote to prove a point, choose the unabridged version and be nice about it.

Like when I should be cleaning my house but I'm on Facebook.Or, when I have a choice between eating an apple or a handful of Cadbury Mini Eggs and I pick the latter (ok, so that was a bad example - Cadbury Mini Eggs always win).

Plenty of people (aka ALL OF US) know better but still choose regularly to do. Definitely not Maya-approved.Īlso, the first 'quote' rarely rings true. But to manipulate her quote to serve our own devices? Not cool. Granted, Maya Angelou is a total rock star and we can all learn something from her example. For one, it's personal - Maya Angelou is using it in reference to herself and no one else.

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